WordPress News

Anyone can change

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2015

Update: Change is hard. I wrote this 20 months ago, but after seeing some of the responses on social media to my article on GoDaddy acquiring ManageWP, I was surprised that GoDaddy's changes as a company haven't been more widely recognized.…

I ripped off PressNomics

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2015

Business

Fresh and rested after PressNomics, today I'm reflecting on the WordPress business event that's made such a name for itself. After finally making it myself, on its third iteration, I can tell you that I now know what all the fuss is about. Here are just a few of my takeaways.

Let’s Grow: Introducing the Post Status Membership Club

Brian Krogsgard

January 21, 2015

BusinessDesign

Today marks two years since I launched Post Status. It's been an incredible two years. Today, I'm thrilled to announce that the Post Status Membership Club is open.

Hexagon: a French language theme shop with an American / French partnership

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2015

Devin Price and Fx Benard are partnering in a new theme venture called Hexagon. It's a French language theme shop. Devin owns DevPress already, and he got to know Fx when Fx translated some of his themes into French. As the two began…

What to expect from PressNomics

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2015

BusinessHosting

PressNomics is this week. Here's a preview of some of the things I'm looking forward to. I can't wait to hang out with those of you going!

ThemeCobra for sale (~$500 / month revenue historically)

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2015

Rob Hope and Derek Clark are a pair of South Africans that own ThemeCobra. They've been running the small theme shop for about a year, but they're selling it on Flippa. It's not a big revenue shop, but perhaps a…

Ideas for small improvements to the new Distraction-Free Writing

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2015

DesignMake WordPress

Distraction-Free Writing in WordPress changed in 4.1. It's now an extension of the regular post editor, and it's had some critics and resistance (like all new WordPress features). I took some of the complaints to see if they could be integrated into the DFW editor to make the feature better.

Dashicons in SVG

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2015

Dashicons are shipped with WordPress and made available to developers looking to use custom icons in their plugins and themes. It's a great little resource that makes stuff like icons for custom post types much simpler. Currently, Dashicons are an icon…

What’s your WordPress wishlist?

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2015

The good fellas over at WP Shout are doing a survey: they want to know what's on your WordPress wishlist. You can describe three features you'd like to see in WordPress. I did this last night, and I'm always moody…

It looks like WordPress.com has completed the move to HTTPS only

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2015

WordPress.com announced in June of last year that they were going to move all WordPress.com subdomains to be HTTPS only. Be the change you want to see in the world — that’s why we’re joining the many other companies who…

A small Medium experiment

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2015

DesignPlanet

I wrote my first post on Medium today. I wanted to see what the hype is about (late to the party, I know), and compare it to what I know and love about publishing with WordPress.

How to find WordPress.com third party themes, now that they don’t blog them

Brian Krogsgard

January 15, 2015

Did you know that WordPress.com doesn't blog about third party themes any more? It's been that way for a few months now. I started following a new Twitter account called @wpcomthemes so that I can keep up with new releases. The…

A WordCamp scholarship in honor of Kim Parsell

Brian Krogsgard

January 15, 2015

Kim Parsell passed away a couple of weeks ago. There have been some excellent tributes to honor her impact on the WordPress community. She was special woman, and one heck of a contributor to the WordPress project. She was everything…

WordPress and the new European Union VAT (Value-Added Tax) rules

Brian Krogsgard

January 15, 2015

BusinessHosting

The new European VAT rules rolled out at the beginning of January, and they really complicate selling digital goods to Europeans. I have done a ton of research and reading, and this is the most straightforward post I could make from it to try and wrap up the state of the EU VAT rules for WordPress business owners and eCommerce shops.

The value of niche content

Brian Krogsgard

January 15, 2015

Brad Williams put together a list of the recommended WordPress sites from the three editions of his book, Professional WordPress Design & Development. In the list, he notes whether these sites are active or inactive today. It's a sad list.…