WordPress News

Tidy Repo plans to be a consistent source for reliable plugins

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2013

It's tough sometimes telling somewhere a good place to find reliable plugins. We have an overload of list posts that list every single plugin doing the same thing; and the repository, while good and also monitored, is just huge. Tidy…

WordPress 3.8 brainstorming

Brian Krogsgard

August 8, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg led the first WordPress 3.8 planning meeting today. A bunch of potential ideas were thrown out, and it's also been opened up on the Make Core blog. Go check out all of the options and get involved in…

WordCamp demographics and selection processes

Brian Krogsgard

August 8, 2013

WordPress News

There are many challenges for WordCamp organizers. One of those challenges if finding the right balance of speakers. That includes balancing topics, demographics and having a proper number of local speakers versus out-of-towners, and weighing pros and cons for each…

A guide to promoting your new plugin

Brian Krogsgard

August 8, 2013

WordPress News

Ben Sibley, of SupportDash, has created a thorough guide to promoting WordPress plugins. For someone that has a plugin that they think is good, but they're having a hard time getting the word out, definitely check out some of Ben's…

On being a developer friendly developer

Brian Krogsgard

August 8, 2013

Development

Here are a few things I think about when I work on WordPress themes that other developers may encounter down the road. It's good to work in a way that helps those who come after you know what you've done,…

Thoughts on design patterns in WordPress

Curtis McHale

August 8, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Tom McFarlin has yet another great post talking about design patterns in WordPress. There is a time and place for Object Oriented and Procedural approaches.

Get started with the WordPress Heartbeat API

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

Development

Jason Coleman describes just why the new WordPress Heartbeat API is beneficial, and gives a sample implementation to help get you started.

WordCamp Europe speakers announced

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

WordPress News

The WordCamp Europe speakers have been announced. It is going to be a wonderful event. Do not miss it if you can go. Let me repeat: do not miss it if you can go. I am nearly certain this will…

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The StudioPress team has announced the launch of Genesis 2.0. This is a huge update for them, and they've been working on it for months. Genesis 2.0 is responsive, and all child theme updates and future child themes will also…

Email users with custom templates on specific actions

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

WordPress News

Patrick Daly has written a plugin called Email that allows site administrators to build custom text-based email templates to be delivered to users based on specific user activity. Based on the screenshots, this seems like it could potentially be a…

Join me on the DradCast tonight

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

WordPress News

Tonight, I'm joining Dre Armeda and Brad Williams as guest host on the DradCast. The DradCast is a really fun evening podcast about WordPress. Each week, they have a guest host, and this week I'm the lucky guy. Dre does…

WordPress 3.7 may include automatic minor version upgrades

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

I must have missed this in Matt's State of the Word talk at WordCamp San Francisco, but Vid Luther of ZippKid has brought it to my attention that WordPress 3.7 may include an automatic upgrade feature for minor versions. Meaning,…

Anonymity is bullshit

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

I'm a little fired up. Tonight, I saw an open-ended and, honestly, silly post from Torque about a strange WooCommerce extensions shop called WP Avengers. WP Avengers, as it turns out, is a group of essentially anonymous folks who claim…

New tools for WordPress core development

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

WordPress News

Daryl Koopersmith posted on the Make Wordpress Core blog about some new tools and strategies for WordPress core development. The new setup will allow code, testing mechanisms, and build tools to all be under one roof. WordPress core is also…

SearchWP wants to be your finely tuned WordPress site search solution

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

WordPress News

Jonathan Christopher has released a commercial plugin called SearchWP. The plugin aims to improve WordPress search, and put control into site administrators hands to tailor results. It looks pretty nice, though I haven't used it yet. It's available for $25 per year…

The Theme Foundry releases a Backbone powered theme

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2013

DesignWordPress News

The folks from The Theme Foundry have released a new theme called Collections, which is a post formats centric, Backbone powered WordPress theme. They emailed me to let me know they were wrapping up a Backbone powered theme, and I…