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The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

The WordPress.org recommended host page is a valuable piece of real estate. Many rumors have been circulated over the years in regard to how the page is curated and what criteria are used. It was long neglected, then transitioned to two…

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…

Ryan McCue has created a tiny…

March 26, 2016

Ryan McCue has created a tiny utility to allow submitting pull requests to WordPress. Matt Mullenweg announced in one of his previous State of the Word talks that folks would be able to contribute to WordPress via Github -- but it…

Matt Mullenweg was recently on the…

March 15, 2016

Matt Mullenweg was recently on the ChangeLog podcast where he talked about JavaScript for WordPress, REST APIs, Calypso, amongst other (mostly technical) subjects.I haven’t yet listened to this in full, and it’s long, but it’s an open source centric podcast that…

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,…

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2016

BusinessHosting

Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther's shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2016

BusinessDesign

The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2016

PlanetWordPress News

I had the privilege to attend and be the media partner at A Day of REST, the world's first conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. Here's my initial review, and some pictures, from the event.

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

Brian Krogsgard

January 12, 2016

Hosting

After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public…

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

Hosting

The WordPress Foundation is the legal entity that has ownership of the WordPress trademark, and also acts as a pass through for WordCamp and other WordPress funds. As a 5013c non-profit in the US, the foundation has to submit paperwork…

State of the Word, 2015

Brian Krogsgard

December 5, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg has just completed the 2015 State of the Word, the annual speech where he highlights the last year of everything WordPress and what we can anticipate in the future.

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

Extra bits and bobs around the new WordPress.com Calypso project

Brian Krogsgard

November 24, 2015

Phew, it's been a bit of a whirlwind couple of days, and I don't work at Automattic. The Calypso project sparked a lot of conversation, and confusion. Calypso is the name of the effort, but the result was the WordPress.com…

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

Brian Krogsgard

September 23, 2015

Security

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on Product Hunt. There's not a ton you haven't seen, but apparently there's a new WordPress mobile app that's still in "internal" beta. I wonder if it's using the new REST API? I hope it's…

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2015

Security

The much anticipated proposal for core inclusion of the WordPress REST API is here. Ryan McCue -- the project lead -- has proposed a draft for the inclusion process that recommends a two stage approach. He recommends that stage one…

The WordPress 2015 survey is out

Brian Krogsgard

August 26, 2015

The 2015 WordPress survey is out and you should all take it. It's really short and simple and your answers will go towards the data Matt Mullenweg shares during his annual State of the Word. I always love seeing the…

The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

Trademarks, Woo, and you

Ryan McCue has created a tiny…

Matt Mullenweg was recently on the…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

State of the Word, 2015

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Extra bits and bobs around the new WordPress.com Calypso project

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

The WordPress 2015 survey is out

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