Another fun AMA on ManageWP, this…
Another fun AMA on ManageWP, this time with WebDevStudios partner, Lisa Sabin-Wilson.
There is no longer a tab…
There is no longer a tab to see new WordPress plugins on the repo, but I was asked about it yesterday so I went and hunted down this URL, where you can still see new stuff, and even an RSS…
Medium upgrades, including a plugin for WordPress cross-posting
Brian Krogsgard
Medium announced some big upgrades last night. A new logo, a new API (raining on our REST API infrastructure parade), custom domains for everyone, and more. If I were Automattic, I would be doing some nervous toe-tapping right now. As…
Google’s AMP and what it means for WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. It's an open source spec created by Google and collaborated on by a number of other mega companies, in response to Facebook's "Instant Articles" feature. The tl;dr on AMP is that it's a not…
Features as plugins hit core for 4.4
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress 4.4 train is rolling and rolling fast still. oEmbed, Responsive Images, and the REST API infrastructure have all been committed to core. The links for the merge tickets are as follows: oEmbed, #32522 Responsive Images, #33641 REST API…
Footnotes is such an obviously better…
Footnotes is such an obviously better choice for the ever expanding "Bonus Links" section that unfortunately was named "Bonus Links & Tidbits" for a few editions. Thanks to Jenny Beaumont for the excellent name.
Upvoted is the new Reddit-owned news…
Upvoted is the new Reddit-owned news website that made a big splash today. It's on WordPress.com VIP and it's my understanding it was built by 10up. Props. It's a nice win for WordPress, as I would bet this site will…
Starting and running a company are…
Starting and running a company are completely different, Envato CEO Collis Ta'eed explains in a forgotten draft he published today, two years after writing it initially.
Eric Lewis uses gists as his…
Eric Lewis uses gists as his blog, and this guide with some customizer tips and tricks is great.
Geoff Graham has a helpful post…
Geoff Graham has a helpful post on managing technical debt on CSS Tricks. Any project gets technical debt as it ages. My struggle is giving up and starting over on my own stuff; and that's not really scalable for projects…
One of the things I like…
One of the things I like about SiteGround is their commitment to continuously improve hardware and software for existing customers. They are rolling out a whole new shared platform that'll make anyone on their service happy.
In case you want to visualize…
In case you want to visualize the WordPress 4.4 activity levels, and just how impressive it is:
Helen Hou-SandĂÂ has a new plugin called…
Helen Hou-SandĂÂ has a new plugin called Revision Notes that lets you -- wait for it -- put notes on revisions. It could be quite handy for some publishing workflows.
“With WordPress, Holger had found a…
"With WordPress, Holger had found a way out of the body he could no longer command, and the will to go beyond what other people thought he could or couldn’t do." Amazing, amazing story on overcoming the odds.
