WordPress News

Tip for getting buyers to take that next step

Brian Krogsgard

March 13, 2015

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 12, 2015

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 12, 2015

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 12, 2015

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2015

Design

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2015

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…

New to me: Unsplash photos in the admin and an alternative Ajax post loader

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2015

I like running across things that aren't necessarily new but are new to me. I discovered a company recently called Connekt that has a few nice little plugins, two of which I'd like to note: Ajax Load More: A slick…

Yoast SEO vulnerability, disclosure, and forced upgrade

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2015

Security

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2015

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…

The book about the story of WordPress is open source and ready for preview

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2015

Siobhan McKeown is in the final stages of the official book about WordPress, which details the history and significant milestones of the project. I have much more to come about the book on the main blog. But I wanted to send a Note now…

New theme page has caused a large drop in referrals for commercial shops

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2015

Design

The new WordPress.org commercial theme page -- which was launched just a couple of weeks ago -- seems to have greatly reduced the number of referrals to commercial theme shops. Many commercial theme providers featured on WordPress.org are noting 80%+…

Micro and niche conferences abound

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

Hosting

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

Security

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

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…