Some people were discussing Spam Free WordPress on Twitter. I took a look at the code and came to the conclusion that there are just too many red flags in the plugin for anyone to recommend it. Read the full review for details.
Placester is a Boston-based startup that gears toward real estate agents, and they’ve recently raised $50 million in a Series D round — bringing their total fundraising to $100 million. Why should you care? Well, two reasons. Placester uses WordPress — big time. Their real estate websites are made with WordPress. It’s a big real…
I work a decent amount with Multisite. Not a ton, but maybe on about 10% of the websites I build. There’s sometimes confusion at work as to what’s a good use for Multisite and what is not. I also see this in the greater WordPress community. Let’s discuss what some common issues are, and how…
Dave Rosen, CEO of X-Team, today announced on the X-Team blog that X-Team is being split into two separate companies “to remain focused and agile”. X-Team International Pty Ltd will focus on “developer resourcing” (i.e. providing developers to other agencies and development shops), while X-Team WP Pty Ltd (note the “WP”) will focus on “Enterprise WordPress solutions”. Dave…
In this episode, Vova Feldman of Freemius joins Cory Miller to discuss the need for developers to prioritize products over infrastructure, the state of WordPress, and goals for providing a better user experience for customers.
Austin Gunter has done a nice feature on the WP Engine blog on a new plugin called Swiftype. It seems the folks behind Swiftype have been “blessed” by the WordPress.com VIP team as a more relevance-based search solution. I’m certainly going to check it out soon.
Joost de Valk sent a newsletter this morning noting that Yoast has been in business for five years. It’s hard to believe just five years ago he had a job working for someone else. Now they are a team of twenty four. And he didn’t hire his first employee until 2012. In his newsletter, he…
