WordPress News

ProductPier wants to be the host for WordPress eCommerce stores

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2013

I recently found this teaser page for a service called ProductPier, that's aiming to be a go-to hosting solution for WordPress eCommerce stores. They list WooCommerce, Jigoshop, Shopp, WP E-Commerce and Cart66 as supported platforms on the landing page. I'm…

“Curated news”

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2013

WordPress News

Joe Foley posted on WPMU about news curation and their Autoblog plugin, and it's relevant to this space. He discusses the value of curated news sites (which I agree with) and says how their plugin can help make one great…

Lisa Sabin-Wilson on CodePoet, DradCast

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2013

HostingWordPress News

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is a partner at WebDevStudios, and the author of multiple WordPress for Dummies books. She's given a very nice interview on CodePoet, and she'll also be hosting the DradCast WordPress podcast tonight with Brad Williams and Dre Armeda.…

Media embedded feed widget for WordPress

Austin Passy

February 26, 2013

WordPress News

Ever tried using the default RSS widget included with WordPress to show a photo blog or media embedded in a RSS feed? This plugin adds that feature. It will grab images (that have been embedded) and show them on the…

WooThemes passes 400,000 customers

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

WordPress News

I don't mean to showcase a bunch of WooThemes news, but hey, they are making news! I saw in a tweet from co-founder Adii this morning saying they've passed 400,000 customers. Wow, that is incredible. Just for fun, if we…

Genericons

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

Design

Genericons is a 100% GPL icon font by Automattic. It's in use with twenty thirteen, and I'm excited about it. It looks like a great option for most themes that need fairly few, simple icons. I'll be bundling this with…

WordPress user registration options with pros and cons

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

Development

Cristian Antohe has published a pretty nice walkthrough of various user registration plugin options with pros and cons for each. Personally, I use Gravity Forms User Registration module, but it's nice to see what else is out there.

5 Sure-Fire Ways to Get a Software Refund (for a Theme / Plugin)

Chris Lema

February 26, 2013

WordPress News

While the post is in jest, the points highlight what we often see when people submit tickets for paid plugins. That said, these five steps will ensure you get your money back.

Sidebar navigation is back

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

DesignWordPress News

As WP Lift proves with this list of themes, sidebar navigation is back. Some of these are beautiful, but it makes me kind of sad to see there are a few leaders taking risks with their themes, but many, many followers.

ChurchPr.es

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

Business

A new hosted platform has arrived called, ChurchPr.es. WP Daily goes into more detail of their setup, but I'm a bit surprised they are calling it hosting. I'd think they'd market themselves as website providers. Either way, surely just one of many…

Revamped WooThemes docs

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2013

WordPress News

WooThemes has revamped their documentation. I like that in general, that a company is investing in their documentation, but I also like how they've done it. Siobhan McKeown worked with them to organize a complete overhaul. I love the new…

Why the Genesis and Thesis Comparison isn’t a comparison at all

Chris Lema

February 25, 2013

WordPress News

With the release of Thesis 2.0, there's been a resurgence of the comparison between these two WordPress frameworks.

Automate WooCommerce order status changes

Brian Krogsgard

February 25, 2013

Development

Chris Lema has posted a nice tip for automatically changing WooCommerce order status when some orders a product. It's especially useful in his context, as he sells digital downloads, and there's no waiting period between processing and completing the order.

Dependency injection for WordPress plugins

paul de wouters

February 25, 2013

Development

Mike Toppa gives us a guide for using dependency injection to organize code in our plugins.

Blog Exercises

paul de wouters

February 25, 2013

WordPress News

Formerly “Blog Challenges,” this is an ongoing collection of exercises to flex your blogging muscles. You can tackle these from the beginning or in any order. The rules are simple.