WordPress News

Akismet getting auto-updated for critical XSS bug

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2015

Akismet has a critical XSS bug that dates back quite some time. A researcher from Sucuri notified us of an XSS vulnerability in the Akismet WordPress plugin. This bug affects all versions of the Akismet WordPress plugin since 2.5.0, but…

The snowballing of practice

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2015

I loved this post by Chris Coyier, on the merits of practice. You also can't learn web development overnight. The path is full of frustrations. It takes time to know what you don't know. It takes time to build up…

There’s been a lot going on…

October 13, 2015

There's been a lot going on lately, but not all of it requires much commentary. This edition of footnotes is a bit long...

It looks like the second WooConf…

October 13, 2015

It looks like the second WooConf will be April 7th-9th in Austin, Texas. Last year's was in San Francisco a week before WCSF, and difficult to get to, so I look forward to attending this one. You can signup for updates…

Planning for WordCamp Europe in Vienna…

October 13, 2015

Planning for WordCamp Europe in Vienna next June is also underway, with a post about what to expect. They are on the ball, planning well in advance. That's nice, for those of us traveling a long way for that one.…

Restrict Content Pro has a dedicated…

October 13, 2015

Design

Restrict Content Pro has a dedicated site now. It's the smallest of Pippin William's three primary projects, but it has a lot of potential. I imagine he knows that, and is giving it the real estate it deserves. The design…

Visual Composer has had some updates…

October 13, 2015

Visual Composer has had some updates to fix several XSS vulnerabilities. This plugin is on millions of websites, either by itself or baked into themes. Envato has an update on how they're handling it, but many of you probably already…

BuiltWith is a super handy tool…

October 13, 2015

BuiltWith is a super handy tool (check out the CMS stats, but it does loads of stuff... for instance, you can see what Post Status is made with, and it's pretty accurate), and it turns out it is run by one person…

Page Templates can now be added…

October 13, 2015

Page Templates can now be added and removed from plugins, with a new filter. This could be used in a lot of clever ways, I think, for "functionality packs" for certain themes.

Chris Reynolds goes mega in-depth with…

October 13, 2015

Chris Reynolds goes mega in-depth with a new post on WebDevStudios blog on their Git workflow.

VersionPress caused a lot of buzz…

October 13, 2015

VersionPress caused a lot of buzz when it launched, though doing versioning through a plugin really does make my head hurt. Well, 2.0 is out now, and includes partial database merging. It might be worth giving another look.

RainMaker Digital (formerly known as Copyblogger,…

October 13, 2015

RainMaker Digital (formerly known as Copyblogger, also responsible for StudioPress) are teasing a new project called Digital Commerce. I assume it will be a hosted service like Rainmaker, but for managing digital downloads and commerce; but I really have no…

“Beginning January 12, 2016, only the…

October 13, 2015

Security

"Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates," per the Internet Explorer support policy, as linked to from an announcement about IE11 support.…

WooThemes introduces pay-for-play WooExperts program

Brian Krogsgard

October 12, 2015

WooThemes has introduced a pay-for-play style consulting program for WooCommerce, in a similar vein to the WordPress.com VIP model. The WooExperts program has three levels: Gold: $7,500 / year Silver: $3,500 / year Standard: $1,000 / year If indeed the…

Responsive images for WordPress and mobile pages with AMP — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

October 9, 2015

DraftPlanet

This week’s Post Status Draft podcast is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. The topics are responsive image support in WordPress and Google’s new AMP specification.

There is another draft of the…

October 8, 2015

There is another draft of the Shortcodes roadmap out that appears to scale back the scope yet again. I really don't envy Robert and the others working on this nightmare.