Optimizing WordPress Queries
Curtis McHale
Here's a good look at optimizing WordPress queries. It includes a bunch of things I wasn't aware of.
WordPress is turning 10 – let’s party everywhere
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress turns 10 on May 27th. So, in proper celebratory manor, WordPress.org is helping WordPress users to host and attend local WordPress parties everywhere. Many meetup organizers will likely coordinate in your various towns, but feel free to host your…
The Events Calendar 3.0 preview
Brian Krogsgard
The folks at Modern Tribe have been working really hard on The Events Calendar, their flagship product. Their 3.0 release is nearing completion, and they've got a preview available for you and me. It looks fantastic. I'm really excited about a lot…
WordSesh – 24hrs of free WordPress talks – this weekend
Brian Krogsgard
This weekend, you can get 24 whole hours of fresh WordPress talks by the community's finest, available by live stream, completely free! You can see coverage on Do It With WP and WooThemes.
Review an intentionally vulnerable plugin
paul de wouters
This is a really nice idea. It's a coding challenge where you have to audit a plugin for security flaws. A chance to learn more about best practices and getting your code reviewed by core developers.
Announcing the Uber Media WordPress plugin
Iain Poulson
The Uber Media WordPress plugin upgrades the new WordPress Media Manager with support for third party services such as Flickr, Instagram, 500px and Dribbble out of the box. Fully integrated with WordPress you don’t even need to leave the Media…
WordPress plugin Social Media Widget hiding spam
Brian Krogsgard
If you are using the Social Media Widget plugin (social-media-widget), make sure to remove it immediately from your website. Sucuri discovered it's being used to inject spam into websites and it has also been removed from the WordPress Plugin repository.…
Matt Mullenweg retracts Pressgram backing
Brian Krogsgard
Pressgram, an Instagram for WordPress Kickstarter app proposal, lost its primary backer today. Matt Mullenweg had backed the project with the highest $10,000 support level, and retracted it after learning the app would not be open source. John Saddington, who…
Plugin to see comments not replied to
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a plugin that really takes a single problem and solves it. Tom McFarlin, Pippin Williamson, and Andrew Norcross collaborated on a plugin to enable authors to see comments that are pending replies. I also love the way these guys…
Bad documentation is a bug
Brian Krogsgard
"Bad documentation is a bug" is a quote I saw from Jennifer Hodgdon at the Write The Docs conference that really stuck with me. I'm not at the conference; I just saw the quote. I think all developers should think about this quote, and…
Happy Easy Digital Downloads customers
Brian Krogsgard
I've seen quite a few happy customers voice out about Easy Digital Downloads, and its ease of use. James Dalman is the most recent example. I've been wanting to use it (beyond just testing) for a long time, and hopefully…
Open source choices
Brian Krogsgard
John Saddington shares why his WordPress-based / Instragram-like app, Pressgram, will not initially be open source. His Kickstarter project is very close to full funding with five days to go.
Numeric shortlinks plugin makes shortlinks simple
Brian Krogsgard
The biggest issue I've ever had with shortlink plugins is that the plugins usually seem like overkill. Custom domains and third party integrations annoy me. Kaspars Dambis seems to have simplified things a bit. His new Numeric Shortlinks plugin creates…
BadgeOS plugin for site achievements
Brian Krogsgard
WebDevStudios have released a plugin called BadgeOS for site owners to enable achievements and badges. I looked into a number of badge and achievements plugins when building Post Status, but never found one that fit. The Achievements plugin is quite…
The future of SEO plugins for WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
Joost de Valk talks about what he sees as the future of SEO plugins. In short, most of them suck. Joost's and a couple others are good, but don't trust most of what you see out there.
Different ways of instantiating WordPress plugins
Brian Krogsgard
Many different ways exist to structure WordPress plugins. You can use singletons, global references to your plugin class instance, static classes, namespaces and so forth. In this article, many different ways are outlined in the context of extensibility.
