Here’s a WordPress plugin to register…
Dan Knauss
Here's a WordPress plugin to register custom taxonomies on your entire multisite network from Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this week, but sadly the PHP error protection handler slated for this release will be held for WordPress 5.2 instead. Some potential security issues cropped up in the implementation, and the team wanted to play…
An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team
Dan Knauss
The MLA's Humanities Commons team maintains several WordPress projects to support Digital Humanities at colleges and universities.
Distributor is a free WordPress plugin…
Dan Knauss
Distributor is a free WordPress plugin that makes it easy to syndicate and reuse content across websites (including multisite installations) or across the web with the REST API. 10up has brought the plugin out of beta, and it is now…
I enjoyed reading this post by Pam…
Dan Knauss
I enjoyed reading this post by Pam Aungst about the things that should be taken into consideration when you are trying to determine if managing multiple websites through a Multisite network is the right choice for you — especially when it…
John Blackbourn has authored a plugin…
Dan Knauss
John Blackbourn has authored a plugin for WordPress Multisite that shares a central media library across all the sites on a Multisite network.
On Twitter some people noticed the WooCommerce inline update…
Brian Krogsgard
On Twitter some people noticed the WooCommerce inline update message on the plugins page. Gareth Harris shows you can create inline plugin update messages for your own plugin for both single and multisite installs. Gareth notes this is useful because "WordPress doesn’t currently offer…
Taking a new product from concept to launch
Brian Krogsgard
When you launch a new project there’s always a buzz of excitement, hope, and relief, but also that of fear of failure and disappointment. This is something I’ve experienced for all the projects I’ve been part of over the past…
It’s nice to see some “under-the-hood…
Brian Krogsgard
It's nice to see some "under-the-hood improvements" for Multisite user roles and capabilities are making it into WordPress core.
Jonny Harris explains the importance of…
Brian Krogsgard
Jonny Harris explains the importance of site meta for WordPress multisite. Originally proposed by John James Jacoby, Jonny states it's the, "key building block for the future of multisite." This will make it easier for developers to extend multisite and…
The editor and customizer aren’t the…
Brian Krogsgard
The editor and customizer aren't the only parts of core getting attention. Felix Arntz has posted about improving the, "well-known, but not well-loved Settings API." Improvements include a long-desired default callback option for common field types. Felix also posted about…
A new life for WP Test
Brian Krogsgard
WP Test is a micro-site previously run by Michael Novotny, initially with the aim of providing theme unit test data for WordPress sites. It was one of the first efforts of its kind, and is still quite popular. It's home is WPTest.io,…
Here’s a script to add multisite…
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a script to add multisite "get" and "update" commands to WP-CLI.
10up has a plugin that might…
10up has a plugin that might help making moving single WordPress sites over to a Multisite install less painful.
WordPress Questions & Answers — Draft podcast
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listeners' WordPress questions, from topics like Multisite, to understanding taxonomies versus posts, the state of the WordPress importer, and more.
