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Get your favorite Trac ticket some attention

Brian Krogsgard

February 2, 2015

For WordPress 4.2, Scott Taylor has published a blog post so that folks can submit Trac tickets they believe deserve special attention this release. There are already a few dozen tickets on the thread, but at a minimum this is…

Matt Mullenweg’s 2014 State of the Word

Brian Krogsgard

October 26, 2014

PlanetWordPress News

"Oh, my name is Matt Mullenweg by the way. Nice to meet you." After the WordPress co-founder welcomed the largest WordCamp San Francisco audience ever, he introduced himself and began this year's State of the Word -- the annual talk where…

WordPress.com is very mobile centric with their first video ad

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2014

Business

WordPress.com has released what appears to be their first ever video ad, and it's quite mobile centric. The ad portrays a number of users using the WordPress mobile app to snap and blog pictures. It's only 16 seconds, and is…

WordPress and Drupal teams collaborate for simultaneous security releases

Brian Krogsgard

August 6, 2014

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress and Drupal are both releasing security updates today that affect all supported versions of the two popular CMS platforms. Nir Goldshlager, a security researcher and part of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team, discovered a PHP-level vulnerability that could result…

The new New Yorker is live and on WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 21, 2014

DesignPlanet

The New Yorker is an iconic magazine that's been in print since 1925, and its online web presence is now on WordPress. Reported in the New York Times originally, the New Yorker is altering its online strategy, broadening the number of magazine articles…

Week in review: Evolving the customizer, WordPress philosophies, and more

Brian Krogsgard

June 29, 2014

The Week in ReviewWordPress News

I thought it'd be fun to try something new here. As you've probably noticed, I've been doing fewer link posts. That is the result of a good bit of thinking, strategic and otherwise. I'll dive more into that later. I'll…

How to build a Gravity Forms add-on

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2014

Development

In an effort to showcase how Gravity Forms can be used as a platform, Rocket Genius developer Steven Henty has created a quite in-depth tutorial on how to create a Gravity Forms add-on. With over one million WordPress sites running…

WPArmChair now has its own mobile app, powered by BuddyPress and AppPresser

Brian Krogsgard

May 8, 2014

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

WPArmchair is a pet project by David Bisset. An avid WordCamp fan, he's regularly created microsites for WordCamps, so that attendees and folks at home can follow along, viewing tweets and pictures based on WordCamp hashtags. Now, WPArmchair is taking…

WordPress 3.9, “Smith”

Brian Krogsgard

April 16, 2014

Make WordPressWordPress News

WordPress 3.9, "Smith", has just been released. It is named after James Oscar "Jimmy" Smith. WordPress 3.9 is the hard result of hard work from 267 contributors. The WordPress 3.9 release was led by Andrew Nacin and Co-led by Mike…

Two step authentication for WordPress.com, Jetpack, and WordPress mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

February 20, 2014

WordPress News

A few months ago, I enabled two-factor authentication for WordPress.com. There are a number of reasons I did so. For one, at Range, we sometimes work on WordPress VIP projects, where two step authentication is recommended for about anything that…

Explicit browser support

Brian Krogsgard

October 29, 2013

BusinessDesign

Browser support is not a minor thing to consider when building web projects. Whether developing a website for a client or building a product, one of the most important things to clarify right away is what level of browser support…

AppPresser: A foundation for using WordPress to make mobile apps

Brian Krogsgard

October 23, 2013

DesignWordPress News

AppPresser is a foundation for people to use WordPress based tools to build mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms. AppPresser is a collaborative effort between Scott Bolinger, Brad Williams, Brian Messenlehner, and Lisa Sabin-Wilson. You may notice that…

The WordPress mobile app is ready for iOS7

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2013

DesignWordPress News

The WordPress Mobile team has been working hard to get the WordPress iOS app ready for iOS7, which is to be released today. Design was led by Hugo Baeta, but eight contributors took part in the design and development for…

2013 State of the Word from Matt Mullenweg

Brian Krogsgard

July 27, 2013

DesignWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg just delivered the 2013 State of the Word, his annual update about WordPress. He started off discussing the history of WCSF, and the first WordCamp San Francisco 8 years ago. It was pretty low tech at first, and…

A refreshed Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

July 11, 2013

DesignPost Status Team Blog

Post Status has been iterating quite a bit over the last six months since it launched. However, not everyone noticed. I'm excited to launch a redesign that reflects the changing purpose that Post Status serves. It started as a link…

Automattic acquires popular mobile WordPress app, Poster

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2013

WordPress News

Automattic acquired what is probably the most popular third party WordPress publishing app, Poster. Tom Witkin, Poster's developer, is joining Automattic to work on the official WordPress mobile apps. There's a little more info on Mac Stories, TechCrunch and WP Daily, if you're…