ZippyKid partners with Google PageSpeed
Brian Krogsgard
ZippyKid has partnered with Google PageSpeed to "automatically apply web performance best practices" to their WordPress sites. The test cases look pretty promising.
Tammie Lister to write BuddyPress theme development book
Brian Krogsgard
Tammie Lister has made a deal with Packt Publishing to write a book about BuddyPress theme development. She plans for the book to be a relatively short, 100 pages, with lots of resources for developers that wanted to get started…
The new WordPress Download Monitor plugin
mikejolley
Announcement post + plans for the (beta) Download Monitor plugin which is being rebuilt.
Check your security settings: Brute force attacks against WordPress and Joomla sites have tripled
Brian Krogsgard
Hosting providers around the world are seeing a massive increase in brute force attacks against WordPress and Joomla sites. Attackers are looking to gain access to and compromise accounts, but failing that, they are slowing down their targets or even…
Choosing a WordPress Theme and Why You’re Doing It Wrong
Brian Krogsgard
Focusing on graphics alone is the main mistake people make when selecting a theme. To help you out, here’s a better approach.
Pro version of WP Migrate DB released
Brian Krogsgard
The free WP Migrate DB allows you to export your database, does a find and replace on URLs and file paths (handles serialized data), then allows you to save it to your computer. The pro version includes these features and…
Handling recurring content in WordPress theme development
Brian Krogsgard
Recurring content is present in just about all WordPress themes, and handling it properly is important to keep themes lean, extensible and scalable. So what’s the right approach for handling recurring content in different situations?
Big update to WordPress for Android
Brian Krogsgard
Android owners will be happy to know that WordPress for Android has received a big update. Personally, 've grown to really like using WordPress with my phone.
Are You An Open Source Pragmatist, Really?
Curtis McHale
Next time the WordPress Community starts a discussion over GPL, lets try and understand the starting point of the ideas on the other side.
Launching a product at a WordCamp
Brian Krogsgard
In this post about the launch of FooPlugins, Adam Warner does a great job chronicling his experience with Brad Vincent of launching a product at WordCamp. It's a great read, with very nice advice for others that may be trying…
A summary of recent WordPress security attacks
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Jean, of iThemes, has done a nice job summarizing the recent flood of WordPress brute force login attacks, along with ways to prevent them. There is also a Codex page on handling brute force attacks that's getting a lot…
Fauxgo in the wild
Brian Krogsgard
Almost extinct, almost... [editor's note: this is what he's referring to.]
Easy Digital Downloads – One Year Old
Pippin Williamson
Today, Easy Digital Downloads is one year old. Let's take a look back over the last 365 days.
Brute force attacks call for an end to the default “Admin” WordPress user
Brian Krogsgard
In the light of recent events, Morten Rand-Hendriksen suggests it's time that WordPress stopped sending the wrong signals in allowing - even encouraging - the use of the vulnerable old default username.
Advice for speaking at WordCamps
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Lema offers some great advice for getting started with speaking at WordCamps. I completely agree with his points - it's very practical advice for new (and experienced) speakers.
Three projects to scale up WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
In the coming weeks Rocket Lift will release and showcase three open-source projects to improve how WordPress scales to larger sites.
