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Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.

Adii Pienaar raises half a million for Receiptful from Matt Mullenweg, Collis Ta’eed, and more

Brian Krogsgard

May 12, 2015

WooThemes co-founder Adii Pienaar -- who sold his shares in late 2013 -- has raised half a million dollars for Receiptful, his newish eCommerce receipt sending SaaS. Adii boasts 2,500 active subscribers (of 5,000 signups) for Receiptful. More interesting to…

WordPress.com suspends open theme submissions

Brian Krogsgard

May 1, 2015

WordPress.com has changed their policies a couple of times on theme submissions. It was closed, then it opened up, and now it's closed again. Sarah Gooding did the hard work on this one: I contacted Automattic to find out why…

Test your i18n knowledge

Brian Krogsgard

April 23, 2015

The Automattic engineering team has a fun quiz to test your i18n (internationalization) knowledge. I'm curious how everyone else does, but the point is to learn. Take it!

Facebook has abandoned their official WordPress plugin

Brian Krogsgard

April 23, 2015

From Sarah Gooding on WP Tavern: The official Facebook plugin for WordPress launched in 2012 with the help of engineers from Automattic and currently lists 14 contributing authors. The plugin is active on more than 200,000 websites, but Facebook has…

Mega marketing of hosted website solutions

Brian Krogsgard

April 17, 2015

Wix, Shopify, and Squarespace are marketing absolutely everywhere, and spending fortunes to do so. The 3 companies listed here are on course to spend well over $200 million on marketing in 2015. In total, the 3 companies had revenues $141…

How remote work can help cure homelessness in the bay area

Brian Krogsgard

April 17, 2015

Eric Elliott has a unique perspective on homelessness and code. He sees the startup scene (and lack of remote work options) as one of the primary drivers of expensive housing -- and therefore homelessness -- in the bay area. And…

A theme shop year in review

Brian Krogsgard

April 3, 2015

Business

Mike McAlister has shared an in-depth post recapping his first year as an independent theme shop, Array. Array sells themes on their website, but has also been on WordPress.com for a while. However, they also experimented with Creative Market. What…

Release leads for WordPress 4.3 and 4.4 announced

Brian Krogsgard

April 2, 2015

Konstantin Obenland will be lead on WordPress 4.3, after a number of years of experience as a contributor. His focus has historically been on themes, but he's been involved in many aspects of WordPress. Konstantin works at Automattic as a Code Wranger.…

Drupal and WordPress have sold us out

Brian Krogsgard

April 1, 2015

Hosting

Kevin Ohashi dives into the hosting recommendations from both Drupal and WordPress, calling them out as false and with little-disclosed intentions.

WordPress to be bundled in Jetpack with mission to power 50% of the web

Brian Krogsgard

April 1, 2015

WordPress News

WordPress co-founder and Jetpack enthusiast Matt Mullenweg has announced that WordPress is to be bundled in future versions of Jetpack as a module, to fulfill Matt's mission to power 50% of the web.

Mesh, by Automattic, promises “effortless photo galleries”

Brian Krogsgard

March 30, 2015

I stumbled upon a new app by Automattic today. Mesh, it appears, is another project in the works by the "Skunkworks" labs team at Automattic. The app promises "effortless photo galleries" and "lets you share stories from your phone to…

Happytables 3 is taking on Squarespace and Wix for restaurant websites with a brand new platform

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

The new Happytables is a slick setup, and they've invested more time and energy into a hosted WordPress solution than perhaps anyone but Automattic on WordPress.com. The difference here is they are going after a niche, and it's a huge one with a big need: restaurants.

WordPress.com VIP partners with CoSchedule, a bad sign for Edit Flow

Brian Krogsgard

March 17, 2015

The team at WordPress.com VIP has partnered with CoSchedule, the editorial plugin that's gaining popularity. CoSchedule is mostly a hosted application with a WordPress integration. It's quite nice, for folks that need a variety of editorial tools. Notably, their calendar…

Automattic wins $25,000 in case against DMCA takedown abuser

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

Automattic has been awarded just over $25,000 in damages in a case against a DMCA takedown abuser, to cover legal fees and company costs from the case. As the TorrentFreak article notes, while this is largely a symbolic win, it's…

Automattic removes Bitcoin payments (for now)

Brian Krogsgard

February 24, 2015

CoinDesk reports that Automattic has removed Bitcoin from accepted payment options. The original news by Automattic to support Bitcoin in 2012 was heavily covered and applauded. Matt Mullenweg commented on the CoinDesk article that it's perhaps not gone forever: We're still…

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Adii Pienaar raises half a million for Receiptful from Matt Mullenweg, Collis Ta’eed, and more

WordPress.com suspends open theme submissions

Test your i18n knowledge

Facebook has abandoned their official WordPress plugin

Mega marketing of hosted website solutions

How remote work can help cure homelessness in the bay area

A theme shop year in review

Release leads for WordPress 4.3 and 4.4 announced

Drupal and WordPress have sold us out

WordPress to be bundled in Jetpack with mission to power 50% of the web

Mesh, by Automattic, promises “effortless photo galleries”

Happytables 3 is taking on Squarespace and Wix for restaurant websites with a brand new platform

WordPress.com VIP partners with CoSchedule, a bad sign for Edit Flow

Automattic wins $25,000 in case against DMCA takedown abuser

Automattic removes Bitcoin payments (for now)

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