WordPress Security — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week, Joe and Brian discuss WordPress and website security, why it matters, how to go about it, and what the consequences can be when everything goes downhill.
Encouragement to reward folks who find plugin vulnerabilities
Brian Krogsgard
Mika Epstein posted a recommendation on Make WordPress Plugins for authors who make money from plugins to utilize a service like HackerOne to help identify and fix vulnerabilities in their plugins. The WordPress tag on HackerOne -- which is a…
WordPress 4.6 to be a release for refinement
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.6 is officially underway, and release lead Dominik Schilling announced in the weekly chat that the goal of this release is to fix as many longstanding bugs as possible, and to refine existing features, rather than to focus on…
WordPress 4.5 — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
Joe and Brian talk about the release and features of WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”. They also discuss the earliest stages of WordPress 4.6 -- no rest for the wicked.
Easier Excerpts For WordPress is a…
Easier Excerpts For WordPress is a plugin that automatically changes the size of the excerpt field to fit the length of the content. Tom McFarlin has the backstory about his new plugin. It's short and sweet, but often I like reading from…
The WordPress design team is looking…
The WordPress design team is looking for feedback, which is part of the early exploratory research for revisions to the Plugin Directory. If you have ever used an app store or installed an extension in any major browser... they would…
Plugin repo and frameworks
Brian Krogsgard
There's a newly clarified policy on Make Plugins from Mika Epstein where she says that developer frameworks are no longer going to be approved for the plugin repo. Plugins like CMB2, Advanced Custom Fields and others that may be dependencies of other…
WordPress plugin directory redesign: great potential, great power
Brian Krogsgard
Sometimes I wonder if those who work on WordPress.org website projects realize just how powerful their decisions are. I think they do, though I'm also confident the direct commercial impacts of their decisions will never be their first consideration. The…
Themememe is a free theme directory…
Themememe is a free theme directory by Charlie Livingston. Charlie was the buyer of Pro Plugin Directory, you may recall, and Themememe seems to be in the same spirit, except for the whole free versus paid part.
WordPress security release, and 4.5 development kicks off
Brian Krogsgard
It was the first truly busy day in WordPress core land since the release of WordPress 4.4. Two big things happened: A maintenance and security update was released in WordPress 4.4.1, and the security component affected all versions back that can…
Pro Plugin Directory bought by owner of aThemes
Brian Krogsgard
Pro Plugin Directory, which I noted was for sale a few weeks ago, has sold to Charlie Livingston, owner of aThemes. Neither Charlie or Steven would disclose the sale price, but Charlie did answer a couple of my questions via…
WordPress.com VIP is close to launching VIP Go — their next generation of hosting
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com VIP is working hard on launching new infrastructure that allows for a more traditional WordPress setup for VIP clients, and makes a variety of improvements that their service partners will enjoy. Called VIP Go, it's basically a VIP 2.0.…
Partner deals, and Black Friday deals
Brian Krogsgard
Howdy! So, Post Status site partners offer deals to you, members, year round! I figured, to remind you, I'd share them here before Black Friday. If you're in the buying mood, use these if they match up well. Gravity Forms:…
Steven Gliebe is looking for a…
Steven Gliebe is looking for a buyer of his Pro Plugin Directory project. It's a manually (and user submitted) directory of commercial plugins, that relies on affiliate income. My audience is probably a good group of people that are in…
Understanding WP-CLI and a discussion on micro plugin businesses — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week’s Post Status Draft podcast is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week, they talk about WP-CLI, and running a micro plugin business.
Most of the questioners in this…
Most of the questioners in this Pro Plugin Directory interview, as well as the answerer and site owner, are all Post Status members! So go read Jeff Chandler's answers to your questions.
