WordPress News

Customer support web app for WordPress theme publishers

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2013

We're building a new customer support solution for theme publishers so they can handle support in less time and in fewer steps. We are looking for people to try it out when the beta launches - we think it's going…

Quick Hits: WordPress and Universal Analytics

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2013

Business

This post shows you a few additional metrics you can track in WordPress using Universal Analytics, the new Google Analytics.

An excercise in design of the new post format UI

Brian Krogsgard

April 11, 2013

DesignMake WordPress

Sara Cannon, Creative Director at Range, has put together a number of ideas for possible designs of the post format UI proposed in WordPress 3.6 beta 1. She goes through a number of options from putting the post formats in…

Optimizing WordPress Queries

Curtis McHale

April 11, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 11, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 11, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 11, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 10, 2013

DevelopmentSecurity

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

April 10, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 10, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 9, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 9, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 9, 2013

WordPress News

"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

April 9, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 9, 2013

WordPress News

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

April 8, 2013

WordPress News

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…