Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2017
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2017 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
WordPress 4.9, “Tipton”, is released with drafts for the customizer
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.9 introduces an all new ability to draft, save, and schedule customizer changes, as well as widget improvements, added code editor safety, and more.
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the WordPress ecosystem — Draft Podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, I talk to Matt Mullenweg -- co-founder of WordPress and the CEO of Automattic -- about what's happening in the world of WordPress, and his role in it all.
There is a new weekly meeting…
Brian Krogsgard
There is a new weekly meeting for new contributors on WordPress Slack. As Adam Silverstein mentions, it is a perfect place to come if you are new to contributing to WordPress core and have questions.
The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried
Joshua Strebel
Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.
WordPress 4.8, “Evans”, is out
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.8, "Evans," has been released. It's a bit of a stop-gap release, as I covered before. The most visible feature is the addition of several media widgets -- for images, audio, video, and an enhanced text widget. These new…
WordPress 4.8 to be slim compared to past releases
Brian Krogsgard
When I talked with Matt Mullenweg about the three focus areas for 2017 (and perhaps beyond), I kept referring to "releases." Finally Matt said, "You keep saying release; it's not a release. It's all about the functionality and the feature.…
LoopConf in review
Brian Krogsgard
LoopConf 2, hosted in Salt Lake City, was a great WordPress developer-focused event. Post Status was there, taking pictures and video. Here's our review.
Morton Rand-Hendriksen documents his proposal for…
Brian Krogsgard
Morton Rand-Hendriksen documents his proposal for shipping an opt-in Telemetry feature that collects anonymized data, which would result in better understanding WordPress users. Better understanding users would of course allow core contributors to add, remove, or alter WordPress features to…
Contributing to Twenty Seventeen
Sami Keijonen
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.
Core focus areas get leads, clarity
Brian Krogsgard
The three focus areas for WordPress core for 2017 have been assigned leads. The focus areas are replacing the WordPress major release cycle, as described in the State of the Word, and expanded on in my interview with Matt Mullenweg.…
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, released
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, has been released with the all new WordPress REST API Content Endpoints, a new default theme, many customizer features, and much, much more.
Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
WordPress REST API content endpoints proposed for core
Brian Krogsgard
Readers know that the WordPress REST API has had a lot of activity this release cycle. There has been a concerted effort to get the API ready for a core merge in 4.7. The release isn't slated until December, but…
Sponsoring open source
Brian Krogsgard
Dries Buytaert wrote a post analyzing the contributions to Drupal, and who sponsored them. Despite the large number of individual contributors, a relatively small number do the majority of the work. Approximately 51% of the contributors involved got just one…
Renewed push for WordPress REST API content endpoints
Brian Krogsgard
There's a renewed push going on right now to try and get what is being termed "content endpoints" into WordPress core with the 4.7 release -- which is being led by Helen Hou-Sandà of 10up. In the first core development…
