Bundling

Post Status Notes #501

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David Bisset
Elementor acquires StratticWP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins 🧠 • When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you're in a strip mall with a fruit stand...Jetpack decouples • InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic 🌱 • Automattic hire #2000 • World-class FSE, how? 🌐 • WCEU by the numbers • Weglot gives back • RoleUp rolls out • Tadlock exits WP Tavern 🍺 • Why 'why' matters most • The Big 2-0 next year • All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented ✉️ • System font stack check • Do not follow by default • Museum of Block Art opens 🎨 • Meet Yvonne Doll • Mostly modest WordPress wishlists • WooCommerce Experts to go global • How to do well in a downturn 📉 • Some things we don't — but ought to — talk about. 🐘 Silent no longer about Sustainability.

Alex Denning at WP Zoom tells…

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Brian Krogsgard

Alex Denning at WP Zoom tells the story of the rise and fall of their page builder tool, including what they learned. The product existed for more than two years. After noticing the plugin, “created too much confusion,” and that…

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Brian Krogsgard
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Brian Krogsgard
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Bundling plugins into themes is really dumb

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Brian Krogsgard
Coen Jacobs posted about a couple of examples where theme authors were bundling commercial plugins into their commercial themes. This is incredibly dumb, which Coen gives good reasons as to why. The comments are also worth reading. And for an…

Genericons

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Brian Krogsgard
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…
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