Mobile apps that work with WordPress — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about various third party publishing apps available and how they work with WordPress.
Speaking of analyzing websites, Datanyze recently…
Brian Krogsgard
Speaking of analyzing websites, Datanyze recently released some interesting facts on data collected from 45 million websites and mobile apps. A fact you find most interesting perhaps: “Only 22% of YC [Y Combinator] sites use a third party CMS. Of those, 83%…
Static site generators versus WordPress
Sonya Mann
WordPress is the dominant method to build and manage a website, but static site generators are surging in popularity amongst developers and for certain types of websites.
Cameron Moll makes the case that…
Brian Krogsgard
Cameron Moll makes the case that progressive web apps are making the future less about "apps everywhere" and ensuring a future where the browser is just as important. While I use native apps on my mobile phone everyday, I don't…
WordCamp Europe takeaways
Brian Krogsgard
After a whirlwind WordCamp Europe, I've had some time to sit back and consider some of the common conversational threads. When a big group of people gets together in the WordPress space, you can start to identify what folks are…
Joseph Lichterman writes about The Pew…
Brian Krogsgard
Joseph Lichterman writes about The Pew Research Center's annual State of the News Media report. Quick highlights: Nearly half of American adults now get news from Facebook. Daily newspaper circulation fell 7 percent from 2014 to 2015, and newspaper ad…
A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works
Brian Krogsgard
A couple of months ago, Mark Uraine described the thinking behind what is now likely to be a new landing page at WordPress.org/get: For quite a while now, the meta team has been interested in improving the download and mobile pages…
From The Washington Post: “Americans are…
From The Washington Post: "Americans are abandoning wired home Internet". According to the article's source it's not just one particular social class, but it seems more widespread that ones are relying on their mobile and wireless networks verses traditional wired…
Apppresser has recently announced it’s an…
Apppresser has recently announced it's an extension for WooCommerce stores called WooCommerce Smart Checkout. It makes the mobile checkout experience better by offering a multi-step checkout process, autofill address integration, and other mobile optimizations. The changes are all geared to…
Simplenote, acquired by Automatic in early…
Simplenote, acquired by Automatic in early 2013, has recently come out with versions for Windows and Linux. The versions are also going to be open-sourced, which is certainly something a company behind owned by Automattic would do. Simplenote is one…
When it comes to eCommerce, mobile…
When it comes to eCommerce, mobile usually doesn't do as well as desktop when it comes to conversions. Part of the reason is the checkout experience. This is how Scott Bolinger's post on making WooCommerce checkout better starts, and then…
Here’s some interesting survey data of Alexa’s…
Here's some interesting survey data of Alexa's top 10,000 websites from Smashing Magazine: they saw a 25% increase in mobile web adoption eight months after Google announced the launch of its new mobile ranking system. It also shows how many sites (especially e-commerce…
Scott Bolinger makes a point on…
Scott Bolinger makes a point on the AppPresser blog that simply changing the layout of your website for a smaller screen isn't enough and offers some "proven mobile optimization tips."
AppPresser 2 includes offline mode and other improvements
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Bolinger announced AppPresser 2, a new major version of the popular WordPress to mobile app bridge. AppPresser seems to be doing quite well and the team has iterated the plugin a good bit. One of the most requested features…
Google’s AMP launches, Automattic plugin integration ready
Brian Krogsgard
Google launched AMP in a pretty big way.
10up has released a thorough article…
10up has released a thorough article on Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project, and what it means for publishers. Nice resource to have on hand.
