Growth in the French community
Jenny Beaumont
Jenny Beaumont, a freelance web developer based in France, describes the recent growth boom in France's WordPress community and some of those who've helped it thrive.
BuddyPress 2.3, “Livio”
Brian Krogsgard
BuddyPress 2.3 has been released, and it's called "Livio", after the famous Tuscan restaurant. BuddyPress 2.3's biggest feature is an attachments API that powers the new avatar interface. In the release post, Mathieu Viet calls the attachments API, "the long-awaited foundation…
Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce
Brian Krogsgard
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%.
WordPress REST API 2.0 Beta 1 released
Brian Krogsgard
It's a big day in the land of the WordPress REST API. Beta 1 of the 2.0 branch -- the one that will be proposed for core -- has been released after many months of development. Twenty three contributors are…
Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service
Brian Krogsgard
Andrew Nacin now works at the U.S. Digital Service, the federal government service that aims to "redefine public service for a new generation." Nacin continues his role as WordPress lead developer, but is stepping back from working on the project full time.
A case for the front-end editor
Brian Krogsgard
On WP Shout, Fred Meyer makes an impassioned case for the front-end editor, and why he believes it deserves a renewed effort as a WordPress feature plugin and eventual WordPress core inclusion. It's a really thoughtful post, and at well…
Tom McFarlin is transferring ownership of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate
Brian Krogsgard
Tom McFarlin created and has lead the development of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate for nearly four years now. I've used the boilerplate many times in my own work. The project has evolved and gained traction by the WordPress community and…
A little perspective
Brian Krogsgard
From Club member Gerasimos Tsiamalos -- also known as Tsiger from CSSIgniter -- I got one of the best comments I've read in a long time. He has a very personal story about how he got involved in WordPress theme…
The WordPress REST API
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress REST API is a huge initiative and feature plugin being developed for the core WordPress project. But it can be a bit confusing if you don't know much about it yet. Let's discuss what this project is, why it's important, and how to get involved.
New user experience working group for WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
Drew Jaynes has introduced a new user experience working group for WordPress, which will begin during this WordPress 4.2 release cycle. I'm really excited to be a member of this (now 20) person team, who were "invited to participate were…
WordPress 4.1, “Dinah”
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.1, "Dinah", has just been released. WordPress 4.1 is the result of months of work and includes a number of excellent new features. WordPress 4.1 was led by John Blackbourn, who did an outstanding job. Two hundred and eighty three…
WordPress is an army
Brian Krogsgard
I'm going to make an analogy and it isn't a perfect one. That's the thing with the vast majority of analogies. This is an overly long and perhaps unnecessary post to dissuade us from writing or caring about "top" lists…
Matt Mullenweg’s 2014 State of the Word
Brian Krogsgard
"Oh, my name is Matt Mullenweg by the way. Nice to meet you." After the WordPress co-founder welcomed the largest WordCamp San Francisco audience ever, he introduced himself and began this year's State of the Word -- the annual talk where…
Contribution as culture
Brian Krogsgard
This post spends a lot of time analyzing and referencing two other blog posts. Excuse me for that, but also be sure to read both, as they are relevant for this post and also interesting in their own right. Matt…
The future of Post Status
Brian Krogsgard
I'm tired. Really, really tired. I've been tired for weeks. Those of you who follow this blog closely know that it's been slow around here. I've only published ten blog posts since the beginning of August. For me, that's three…
The WordPress community summit is back
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress community summit was an exciting event in 2012. For the first time ever, over one hundred core contributors, team leads, and community influencers were set to gather with the specific goal to "work together and discuss the vision…
