WordPress News

Is it ethical to use a pre-built WordPress theme for client sites?

Brian Krogsgard

February 20, 2013

A reader of Paul Boag's site asks if it's okay to use a pre-built WordPress theme for a client site. Two people share pros and cons. The much shorter answer is, yes. It's okay. But, you should absolutely disclose it.…

WordPress is a mature platform

Brian Krogsgard

February 19, 2013

WordPress News

Austin Gunter, of WP Engine, attempts to quell concerns from some who think WordPress may not be a mature platform. He gives a very level headed response to some common criticisms. While I think there is room for WordPress to…

Strategies for supporting WordPress plugins

Brian Krogsgard

February 19, 2013

WordPress News

Thinking about releasing either a free or commercial WordPress plugin? Read this post by Tom McFarlin on wpTuts+ first, along with the discussion in the comments.

Set up unit tests for your plugin

Brian Krogsgard

February 19, 2013

Development

The wp-cli (command line interface) project has really been gaining traction. Scribu shows in this post how to easily setup unit tests for WordPress plugins using wp-cli.

First look at the twentythirteen default theme

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

DesignWordPress News

A first look at the twentythirteen theme has been posted on the Make WordPress Core blog. The theme's goal is to get back to blogging and to highlight post formats, a feature that will get some love in 3.6. The…

gdgt’s Acquisition Forces Us to Up Our Game

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Business

In an interview, gdgt co-founder Ryan Block hints that his team was hired at AOL for "technology", not content. As more media orgs like AOL continue to choose in-house platforms, what can WordPress developers do to help keep WP relevant…

Who’s hiring in WordPress?

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Careers

It's always great when people can get hooked up to work together. I consistently find people looking for WordPress developers, for both full time positions and contract work. Periodically, I also see folks looking for new opportunities. I'd like to…

Useful WordPress utility functions

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Development

Paul shares some of the WordPress utility functions he's collected and uses often.

100% uptime

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Hosting

Jason Cohen, of WP Engine, talks about the unachievable goal of 100% uptime for hosts. He lays out the reality very nicely. It's great to see that logic. I added my own remarks in the comments, because I think more…

Mini freelance projects

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

WordPress News

WooThemes recently announced a partnership with Codeable for referring people for small customizations to their sites. Now Envato announced Microlancer for a similar concept. I know there are others, like Tweaky, as well. And there's a WordPress centric one somewhere…

Rethinking WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Caleb Mellas wishes WordPress had the intuitive interface and ease of use for CMSs that Square does for payments. It's a popular topic of late, and Caleb gives a strong argument that WordPress needs to simplify.

Theme Mentor

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

WordPress News

Mario Peshev has reviewed a lot of themes for the WordPress theme review team. So he's created a complimentary plugin called Theme Mentor, to assist theme reviewers (and theme makers) in accounting for various things that the theme check plugin…

Child theme support in theme guidelines

Brian Krogsgard

February 18, 2013

WordPress News

Chip Bennett has been working on a section of the theme review guidelines to cover child theme support.

WP Shindig – all WordPress events at a glance

Brian Krogsgard

February 14, 2013

WordPress News

The folks at Modern Tribe have created a nice little demo of their Events Calendar Pro plugin, with a helpful twist. WP Shindig is a community calendar of all WordPress events across the world, that happens to use their plugin. This…

WordAds, explained

Brian Krogsgard

February 14, 2013

WordPress News

The Daily Post on WordPress.com has a post explaining more about the WordAds system on WordPress.com. WordAds is a managed ads system Automattic created for the platform, so bloggers can monetize their blogs. It's relevant, as traditional advertisers like Google…