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What a “plugin aware” Calypso looks like

Brian Krogsgard

December 13, 2016

In my last note, I started talking about the plugin awareness stuff in Calypso and it morphed into a more broad editorial about Automattic's relationship with the WordPress community. But what does plugin awareness really mean in Calypso? After getting…

Matt Medeiros does some testing to…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Matt Medeiros does some testing to determine if Jetpack slows down a WordPress site. The short answer according to him? Not really. But his methods and opinions in his post are worth the read. While you are checking that out,…

Alex Denning writes about Jetpack modules…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Alex Denning writes about Jetpack modules that you might have missed. As Alex points out in the post and in this comment on Twitter that the "role Jetpack plays in reducing abandonment rates from new installs" is notable.

WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, released

Brian Krogsgard

December 6, 2016

Make WordPressPlanet

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.

WPtouch — the mobile WordPress theme company — wants $1.39 million

Brian Krogsgard

October 4, 2016

WPtouch is a mostly pointless product. Well, it's not pointless for everyone, but it the base version of the product gets more and more pointless every year. Yet, they are still making $730,000+ in revenue per year. The product is also…

What is a WordPress theme anyway? — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

September 19, 2016

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Joe and Brian discuss WordPress themes, the functionality people put into them, and the challenges that face the WordPress ecosystem with the current state of theming.

Jetpack 4.3 to include React-based settings, further integrated marketing

Brian Krogsgard

August 31, 2016

Jetpack 4.3 Beta was announced today, and includes a new React-driven interface, as well as more integrated marketing pitches for the WordPress.com apps and paid upgrades. The new interface is an improvement, but there are several changes functionally. One I noticed…

Makers of WP Rocket are getting into WordPress security

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2016

BusinessSecurity

WP Media -- the team behind WP Rocket (a commercial caching product) -- are getting into the WordPress security sector. SecuPress hasn't yet launched, but they are starting early access trials for people that sign up through their home page.…

WPTavern switched their commenting system from Jetpack…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

WPTavern switched their commenting system from Jetpack to Postmatic, and Postmatic has written how the general experience was improved.

Jetpack also has a critical security…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

Security

Jetpack also has a critical security release around shortcode processing, and is shipping auto updates.

Trademarks, Woo, and you

Brian Krogsgard

May 12, 2016

Business

There's been talk lately about Automattic enforcing trademarks for the term "Woo", by sending takedown notices to websites utilizing the term in their domains and offering services or products associated with WooCommerce. Automattic has been sending letters, primarily to sites…

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

Brian Krogsgard

May 10, 2016

Last week, Automattic introduced WooCommerce Connect, a Jetpack-esque suite of tools for WooCommerce, where modules could utilize the processing power of WordPress.com to run particular elements of eCommerce websites. WooCommerce Connect requires Jetpack, and therefore also a WordPress.com account, in…

Shared hosting is hard, and EIG owns a lot of shared hosting companies

Brian Krogsgard

April 15, 2016

Hosting

Chris Lema recently shared his opinion on some hosting companies to avoid. Spoiler: generally he doesn't care for hosting companies owned by EIG. You've probably never even heard of many of the companies in the list -- though you've probably all heard of…

WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”, released

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2016

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 4.5, "Coleman", has just been released. The release includes new inline editing features, custom logo support, customizer enhancements, and some under the hood changes that you'll like.

Konstantin Kovshenin has spent over four…

April 8, 2016

Konstantin Kovshenin has spent over four months working on a new performance module for Jetpack that makes WordPress faster by removing slow actions and filters in core. The plan is to release it in Jetpack 4.0, provided it's been tested…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

In discussing the Pressable story, a few folks have asked me about the WordPress recommended hosting page, and if Automattic's ownership of Pressable will affect that page. The answer is that I don't think so, but I don't know for sure. However,…

What a “plugin aware” Calypso looks like

Matt Medeiros does some testing to…

Alex Denning writes about Jetpack modules…

WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, released

WPtouch — the mobile WordPress theme company — wants $1.39 million

What is a WordPress theme anyway? — Draft podcast

Jetpack 4.3 to include React-based settings, further integrated marketing

Makers of WP Rocket are getting into WordPress security

WPTavern switched their commenting system from Jetpack…

Jetpack also has a critical security…

Trademarks, Woo, and you

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

Shared hosting is hard, and EIG owns a lot of shared hosting companies

WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”, released

Konstantin Kovshenin has spent over four…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

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