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Brian Krogsgard

It’s about overcoming your fears. The fear you won’t be able to understand the code you read. The fear that you won’t be smart enough to use it. The fear that you’ll waste your time. Fear is always there in…

Tip for getting buyers to take that next step

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Brian Krogsgard

I found a tweet by UpThemes that caught my eye. In a test on their website, they found that ~90% of purchasers will tweet or share a theme in order to get a $15 discount. You never know what will…

Beware of cheap integrations

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Brian Krogsgard

Anyone with experience in client work can probably nod with recognition of the scenario Andy Adams lays out in yet another great post. This time, he talks about the danger of the last 10% of a project where the goal is to…

Plugins, auto updates, and the average WordPress user

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Brian Krogsgard

Emotions ran high today with debate about whether the WordPress team should be able to force update plugins, following the vulnerability in WordPress SEO. Oddly, it was far more heat for the practice than when it was done last year…

WordPress 4.2 Beta 1 is available for testing

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Brian Krogsgard

Drew Jaynes announced the release of WordPress 4.2 Beta 1. In the post, he highlights Press This, Theme switching in the customizer, shiny (plugin) updates, and emoji support as the primary user facing features. There are some big developer focused…

The results of a $50,000 redesign

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Brian Krogsgard
This isn't WordPress-specific, but Andrew Youderian wrote an outstanding case study of his company's $50,000 redesign. The redesign is for an eCommerce company and includes more than just the website design -- it's branding, migration from Magento to Shopify, and…

GiveWP wants to be a source for simple in-WordPress donations

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Brian Krogsgard

GiveWP is a project that's pending an initial beta release by the WordImpress team which aims to create a simple method to accept donations inside WordPress. I look forward to seeing what they come up with. I agree with them…

Yoast SEO vulnerability, disclosure, and forced upgrade

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Brian Krogsgard
Yoast released a new version of the WordPress SEO plugin in the last 24 hours, which fixes a blind SQL injection vulnerability. According to a post mortem by Joost de Valk, the bug wasn't caught in security audits, but was…

GigaOm, an early and prominent WordPress site, shuts down

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Brian Krogsgard

It's a sad day when a seemingly successful niche news operation shuts down. GigaOm stopped operations last night, due to an inability to pay their creditors. GigaOm was started by Om Malik and Om went full time on the project…

Micro and niche conferences abound

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Brian Krogsgard
There have been many announcements of late for micro and niche conferences. This is a steady occurrence these days, which I'm happy to see, but it's not easy to keep up with it all. I'm even considering a calendar of…

Custom WP-API authentication

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Brian Krogsgard

Scott Bolinger shares a custom WP-API authentication method on the AppPresser blog. If you’ve worked with the API before, you may have come across the issue of authentication. The API can allow you to create a post, get information about…

WordPress security whitepaper

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Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress.org website now includes a WordPress security whitepaper, donated by WordPress.com VIP. It's sparse in its current form, but it's a great start. Why does this matter? Well, a whitepaper from the official project is a great tool for…

Automattic wins $25,000 in case against DMCA takedown abuser

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Brian Krogsgard

Automattic has been awarded just over $25,000 in damages in a case against a DMCA takedown abuser, to cover legal fees and company costs from the case. As the TorrentFreak article notes, while this is largely a symbolic win, it's…

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