WordPress News

Say hello to UpThemes Hosting

Japh Thomson

June 28, 2015

UpThemes has entered the hosting arena! The hosting service includes access to a great selection of over 40 themes pre-installed and ready for activation. This includes their entire library, Aesop Interactive's entire library, and a curated list of themes from…

Launching Apollo: Behind the scenes of our data-driven redesign

Japh Thomson

June 28, 2015

Recently WooThemes underwent a data-driven redesign, codenamed "Apollo". Always great to read up on the background and thought processes of a redesign.

Remkus de Vries

Japh Thomson

June 28, 2015

One of the WordPress community's gentle giants, Remkus, wrote a great post recently on honest feedback. The processes of giving and receiving feedback can be delicate, and both need to be handled with thoughtfulness. Remkus shares some thoughts on how…

Announcing: WordCamp Europe 2016

Japh Thomson

June 27, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

Discussing larger, pan-regional WordCamps, and announcing the details for the next WordCamp Europe.

Linux Containers in the WordPress World

Japh Thomson

June 27, 2015

If you're into Docker, you may also be interested in linux containers more generally, and there's a new Linux Foundation collaborative project called the Open Container Project you should check out. The number of logos from supporting companies and or…

New Security Czar for WordPress.org

Japh Thomson

June 27, 2015

Matt Mullenweg also announced that the Nikolay Bachiyski will be the new Security Czar for WordPress.org. If you don't know him, Nikolay is a contributor to WordPress core, an Automattician, contributor to GlotPress, and generally a hugely talented individual. WP…

The upcoming release of PHP 7.0

Japh Thomson

June 27, 2015

Zeev Suraski spoke about PHP 7.0, which is currently due for release around mid-November 2015. As we often are for WordPress before a new release, they're looking for testers! He highlighted that performance, particularly comparing with HHVM, will be one…

FrontKit Beta is open for testing

Japh Thomson

June 27, 2015

You may remember from WordCamp Europe 2014, that Adrian Zumbrunnen gave an excellent talk on Rethinking content creation, introducing a new tool he'd been working on called FrontKit. This year he gave a short talk to update on progress, and…

WordCamp Europe coming soon!

Japh Thomson

June 25, 2015

In case you weren't aware already, WordCamp Europe is kicking off this weekend. I'll be trying to select pieces of news and people that I think are of particular interest to share with you. You can also tune into the…

7 Lessons I Learned from Fighting a 9 Month Long Lawsuit

Japh Thomson

June 25, 2015

Legal issues in the WordPress space are definitely topical at the moment, as you'll recall from the previous newsletter with the WordPress Foundation suing The WordPress Helpers. Syed Balkhi has posted a few of the lessons he's learned the hard…

WP Migrate DB Pro 1.5 & Multisite Tools Addon 1.0 Released

Japh Thomson

June 25, 2015

While we're talking about Delicious Brains, Brad has posted announcing updates to their premium plugins. WP Migrate DB Pro in particular is a hugely useful plugin that a lot of people rely on for migrating data from MySQL databases between…

WordPress Library Review: Extended CPTs

Japh Thomson

June 25, 2015

There's a really nice review of the Extended CPTs library from Ian at Delicious Brains. The library was written by John Blackbourn, a recent release lead for WordPress, to make life easier and remove some of the repetitive boilerplate needed…

Growth in the French community

Jenny Beaumont

June 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Jenny Beaumont, a freelance web developer based in France, describes the recent growth boom in France's WordPress community and some of those who've helped it thrive.

WordCamp Europe 2015 – Live Streamed!

Japh Thomson

June 22, 2015

The third WordCamp catering to the entire European continent will be on this weekend, and there'll be a live stream! The live stream will be free, however the organisers do request that you register. So if you won't be joining…

Using the WordPress Media Loader in the Front-End

Japh Thomson

June 22, 2015

A little while ago at LoopConf, Derek Springer wrote up some code samples and explanations to help kick start anyone wanting to use the WordPress Media Loader on the front-end of their site. It's a great little example, with a…

The Funnel Framework

Japh Thomson

June 22, 2015

There's a really interesting write up comparing the success of Microsoft in the Windows-dominant era versus Apple in the mobile era called The Funnel Framework. It's really on point at the moment, and also mentions some other examples you'll recognise.…