Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

Managing Jetpack enabled blogs on WordPress.com

I have tons of WordPress.com connected blogs. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites that are mine. Some are connected to WordPress.org sites of one-off clients and friends that I wasn’t in the mood to explain Jetpack and WordPress.com too. Some are WordPress.com blogs I’m somehow a contributor to. Some are actually WordPress.com sites. What that…

Business theme highlight: Forefront
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Business theme highlight: Forefront

I discovered a new WordPress theme today, thanks to a tweet from Ian Stewart, called Forefront. Forefront is a business theme by Automattic that is available on both WordPress.com and on Creative Market for WordPress.org users. Forefront has its own domain, which is interesting. They don’t do that too often as far as I’m aware….

Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism
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Welcome to the small leagues: On WordPress and journalism

A friend and former coworker of mine really likes the word “webmaster”. Because it’s a hilarious word. It suggests that this person has control over the web in general, which is pretty pretentious. However, traditional webmasters have long had a place in the workplace. Today, I stumbled upon a conversation between Marc Andreesson, of the…

Techniques for running code on installation, activation, deactivation, and uninstall

Mike Jolley is the lead developer of WooCommerce, amongst other awesome plugins. He’s very smart, and has a ton of experience with mature WordPress plugins. His blog is kicking butt this month, as he’s taking part in WooThemes Blogging for Benjamin challenge, so you should read more than just this post. But this particular post…

WP Engine acquires WP Daily archives, launches Torque
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WP Engine acquires WP Daily archives, launches Torque

WP Engine has been working on Torque for a number of months. Their tagline for it, as it turns out, is “The WordPress News Core.” Beyond that, they don’t particularly say on the site how they plan to frame the content, but they’ve kicked things off with a number of posts from prominent community members,…

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