WordPress News

You might not want to use your developer licenses for your clients’ plugins

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2015

Syed Balkhi doesn't recommend you use a developer license for your clients' plugins. He says you'd be leaving money on the table. First you’re responsible to provide support. Should they contact the original plugin developer, they’d most likely leave frustrated.…

A practical guide to the GPL

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2015

Business

Richard Best has invested a lot to understanding the GPL, inside and out. He now has an ebook to help guide others on the GPL. Now, in a single place, you can find answers to all manner of issues relating…

WordPress 4.2.4 maintenance and security release

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2015

Security

WordPress 4.2.4 was released and auto-updated in the last 24 hours, thankfully to seemingly little attention (other than perhaps a bit of update fatigue). And that's a good thing. According to the announcement post, the release addresses six different issues.…

Genesis for strangers

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2015

As we mentioned at the outset, this isn’t a Genesis tutorial. Rather it’s an introduction to Genesis for strangers. The basic thing a stranger needs to understand about Genesis is this: know Genesis’s action and filter hooks, and everything is…

Inside the mind of a white hat WordPress hacker

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2015

Security

I've read, I think, my favorite WordPress security post ever. I admit, I do get excited when something is teased to me as a trilogy, but Netanel Rubin follows through with flying colors. Now, this post is long. And when…

IDX+ real estate plugin sold to own customer

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2015

Zack Katz has sold his IDX+ plugin to one of his customers, Bruce Hiatt. The IDX+ is a super niche add-on plugin that enhances functionality in the free dsIDXPress plugin. I talked to Zack about the sale and a number…

Two CMSs, one pageload

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2015

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. This may…

WordCamp US site is live, with calls for speakers, sponsors, and volunteers

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2015

The WordCamp US site is live, and has calls for speakers, sponsors, and volunteers up. The conference is scheduled for Friday, December 4th through Sunday, December 6th. I understand there's an unconfirmed possibility for a community event prior, but I…

Two ways to use Amazon S3 for your WordPress media files

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2015

There are two new plugins you should be excited about if you wish to put WordPress media on Amazon's S3 service. WP Offload S3 has been around for a few years, but has been completely rewritten over the last several…

A series on creating apps with the WordPress REST API and React

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

I really am excited about a new series on the Delicious Brains blog, where Jeff Gould is demoing how to use the WordPress REST API and React to create a mobile app. My favorite part is that they are creating…

Gravity Forms hook reference

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

David Smith runs one of my favorite niche WordPress websites: Gravity Wiz. The site is dedicated to extending and manipulating Gravity Forms. David has a new post that highlights the many Gravity Forms hooks. Gravity Forms has really been building…

You screwed up. Now what?

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

Everybody screws up, Andrew Norcross says on the newly popular Dear Design Student. The differentiator is how you handle it. All it takes is a few hours delay here, then one piece taking a bit longer than anticipated, plus a…

Aesop seeks buyer, with $4,000-5,000 per month revenue

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

Nick Haskins is looking to sell Aesop Story Engine, the themes he's built for it, and the other properties he's built around it -- namely the Lasso editor and the Story.am platform. He just moved to North Carolina, and in…

WordPress as an enterprise contender

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

The Huge team blog has a recent post where they discuss the merits of WordPress as a proper CMS. One would think this battle is long won by WordPress, but the author gives a few reasons why the CMS doesn't…

Format your WordPress plugin readme properly

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

David Decker goes into detail on the Pippin's Plugin blog for how to properly format your readme.txt files. Sometimes it can be a bit confusing the best way to set things up, so if you haven't submitted many -- or…

WordPress themes will allow a requirement of the REST API

Brian Krogsgard

July 31, 2015

A recent theme review team meeting concluded that they would accept theme submissions that require the WordPress REST API. The move is out of the ordinary because typically themes that require a particular plugin are not accepted. This is a…