Integrations

Clef offering password-less integrations for WordPress plugins that enable user registration

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

Clef is a password-less login solution that utilizes a phone app and WordPress plugin for more secure logins. You can get more specific information about two-factor authentication (which is different than this, but along similar lines) on my post where…

Interview with Drew Strojny, Founder of The Theme Foundry

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2014

BusinessDesign

I had the pleasure to interview Drew Strojny, founder of The Theme Foundry, about their work at The Theme Foundry, their philosophies about themes, and their latest theme release, Oxford. [audio src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/PostStatus/DraftPodcast/Post-Status-Draft-3-Drew-Strojny-ThemeFoundry.mp3"] Direct Download Drew is a former Duke football…

Jetpack 2.5 gets deeper Google and Facebook integrations

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2013

WordPress News

Jetpack 2.5 was just released and comes with a number of new features. The most interesting is the new integrations with Google, including the ability to easily embed maps, calendars, and more. For those that are big Facebook users, you…

StudioPress releases Genesis 2.0 with HTML5 and microdata goodness

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

The StudioPress team has announced the launch of Genesis 2.0. This is a huge update for them, and they've been working on it for months. Genesis 2.0 is responsive, and all child theme updates and future child themes will also…

Andrew Norcross (Reaktiv Studios) releases ratings plugin

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2013

WordPress News

Andrew Norcross and his cohorts at Reaktive Studios have released their first commercial plugin, called Reaktiv Ratings. It's a commercial star rating plugin for posts and custom post types. It'll run you $39 for a single site install. There isn't…

Gravity Forms releases Zapier addon, enabling massive third party integration opportunities

Brian Krogsgard

July 16, 2013

WordPress News

Gravity Forms has released an addon to integrate with Zapier, which is an automation service. Zapier essentially helps various APIs from popular services communicate with one another. If you've heard of IFTTT, it's fairly similar. There are loads of integrations…

WYSIJA is a surprisingly delightful WordPress newsletter plugin

Brian Krogsgard

June 21, 2013

DesignWordPress News

WYSIJA. A play on WYSIWYG, WYSIJA stands for "What You Send Is Just Awesome." Yeah, it's tough to remember. But once you check it out, this plugin is hard to forget. The team of seven people behind WYSIJA is from…

Numeric shortlinks plugin makes shortlinks simple

Brian Krogsgard

April 8, 2013

WordPress News

The biggest issue I've ever had with shortlink plugins is that the plugins usually seem like overkill. Custom domains and third party integrations annoy me. Kaspars Dambis seems to have simplified things a bit. His new Numeric Shortlinks plugin creates…

Memberful wants to help you sell stuff

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2013

Business

Memberful is a project by Drew Strojny and the folks at The Theme Foundry. It's not on WordPress, but it will have easy integrations built in. The Theme Foundry has been using it for over a year to process payments.…