Set up unit tests for your plugin
Brian Krogsgard
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
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
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
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
Paul shares some of the WordPress utility functions he's collected and uses often.
100% uptime
Brian Krogsgard
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Write Simple CSS in Plugins
Pippin Williamson
One of the philosophies of plugin development that I believe in very strongly is that CSS should be kept simple and easy to override.
WPLift got a big facelift
Brian Krogsgard
WPLift is a popular blog about WordPress. Oli Dale launched their second design iteration this morning. It's a whole new scheme, and they've included new plugin and theme repositories that will be interesting to see how they're used. It's very…
WordPress.com theme guide resource
Brian Krogsgard
Michael Fields posted on the theme review team listserve this morning that the WordPress.com Theme Team has created a resource page for theme guidelines. They use this resource for reviewing themes submitted to WordPress.com, but it can be useful to…
A review of Professional WordPress Design and Development
Brian Krogsgard
David Bisset did a vey nice review of Professional WordPress Design and Development, a book about WordPress written by Brad Williams, David Damstra, and Hal Stern. I have my copy sitting next to me, and have made it through a…
