WordPress News

Working with images on Jetpack related posts

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

Jetpack's related posts module is very good at matching, using ElasticSearch and WordPress.com's servers. It's one of the more compelling features of Jetpack. But I've never been a big fan because when the post doesn't have an image, the resulting…

BuddyPress 2.3, “Livio”

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

BuddyPress 2.3 has been released, and it's called "Livio", after the famous Tuscan restaurant. BuddyPress 2.3's biggest feature is an attachments API that powers the new avatar interface. In the release post, Mathieu Viet calls the attachments API, "the long-awaited foundation…

Easy Digital Downloads makes their themes free

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

Sean Davis announced a new free theme on the Easy Digital Downloads blog, called Vendd. Vendd is designed to bring a number of EDD's "more hidden features to light." In addition to releasing Vendd for free, EDD is also making their…

The Menu Customizer has been proposed for core and opinions abound

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

The customizer really is quite polarizing in the WordPress world. People often either love it or hate it. We're definitely getting some more of it each release. Nick Halsey has submitted a proposal to put WordPress menus into the customizer (here's…

A commercial plugin directory

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

Business

Steven Gliebe has launched a commercial plugin directory called Pro Plugin Directory. My point is that commercial plugins are a big deal but there is no central place to locate them. I usually search WordPress.org and find something free that…

WordCamp US needs some attention, like ASAP

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

WordCamp US is supposed to happen this year after a seven year run as WordCamp San Francisco. But it is June and there is no host city. There is no organizer. There is no WordCamp. And it's supposed to be…

Greenfield front-end development with the REST API… what tool would you use?

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

I recently submitted an audio question to my favorite web podcast, the Shoptalk Show. Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert are mega smart and I wanted to know what front-end development methods they'd want to explore for a greenfield project based…

Extended custom post types

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

We'll put this in the "new to me" category of awesome WordPress development tools. John Blackbourn created something called Extendable CPTs, and it's glorious. It makes doing all those little things you wish were easier, easier. It adjust CPT registration…

Wapuu for you

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

Wapuu is the adorable little yellow WordPress mascot, largely popularized by the Japanese WordPress community. They have a whole page of forkable Wapuus. But to further ease creating new Wapuu variations, Michelle Schulp has shared her "My Wapuu" repository so…

Automattic to acquire WP Job Manager from Mike Jolley

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Mike Jolley has agreed to terms to sell WP Job Manager to Automattic. Mike is already joining Automattic after the WooThemes acquisition -- under his role as WooCommerce lead developer -- and the sale of WP Job Manager is in part due to Automattic's rules for employee side projects.

WordPress.com Stats get Github-ish improvement

Brian Krogsgard

June 2, 2015

WordPress.com Stats now has an "Insights" tab that's quite Github-ish. The tab shows a graph of post activity (though only of posts it seems, and not CPTs), most popular posting day, and most popular posting hour for a particular site.…

WP Stagecoach launches with host agnostic staging site tool

Brian Krogsgard

June 1, 2015

BusinessHosting

WP Stagecoach is a tool that's been in development, alpha, and beta testing for around two years. It's a host agnostic tool that allows website owners to create staging sites and merge changes back to the live site. Morgan Kay announced…

Maker of Antispam Bee to move on from WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

June 1, 2015

From WP Tavern, [Sergej] Müller is discontinuing his WordPress contributions due to health reasons, but he plans to find a suitable successor who will be able to deliver the level of quality and support that his users have come to…

Meta announcements and introductions

Brian Krogsgard

June 1, 2015

I'm super excited to be able to share two bits of site news today that will have a big impact. Japh Thomson to be Guest Editor First, I'm happy to announce that Japh Thomson will be the Post Status Guest…

Updates to the theme review and directory debate

Brian Krogsgard

May 29, 2015

Matt Mullenweg dropped in on the conversation surrounding the theme review debate last night, and dropped hammer. To try and summarize, he basically opened the door for all sorts of potential changes for both the theme review process and the…

The complexity of WordPress solutions

Brian Krogsgard

May 29, 2015

Tom McFarlin has a thoughtful post on the complexity of creating WordPress solutions, partly as a rebuttal to a friend of his citing that WordPress offers opportunities for "stupid simple money." I think it’s fair to say that it’s not terribly…