Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. Everybody creates workflows…
Yoast Google Analytics plugin acquired by Awesome Motive
Brian Krogsgard
AwesomeMotive -- the company lead by Syed Balkhi -- has acquired Yoast's Google Analytics plugin, which boasts over one million active installs of the free plugin, plus a commercial version that was generating revenue that was at least low six…
If you use Yoast SEO for…
If you use Yoast SEO for WordPress, you might be interested to know that Yoast has made free Yoast SEO plugin tutorials for every tab on every page of the Yoast SEO configuration pages.
Yoast SEO 3.1 partially rolls back snippet editor, introduces primary category feature
Brian Krogsgard
Yoast SEO 3.1 partially rolls back the snippet editor design, after 3.0 feedback made it clear that users preferred the old way. The new editor is much improved from 3.0, but they also include the real time feedback feature the…
Yoast SEO 3.1 has a release…
Yoast SEO 3.1 has a release candidate out, and they are taking a lot of the feedback they got in 3.0 into consideration. The biggest changes are a rollback on the snippet preview (though it's still more than it was…
Apparently some WordPress recipe plugins that…
Apparently some WordPress recipe plugins that provide rich snippets are causing some sites to get hit with algorithmic SEO penalties. This is far from my area of expertise, but worth looking into if you're working with a lot of food…
One year of the Post Status Club
Brian Krogsgard
Business
I'd like to share some details with you about the first full year of the Post Status Club. I like transparency, so I figured I'd lay out exactly what happened over the year, what went well, what didn't, and how…
Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership
Brian Krogsgard
BusinessHosting
Envato has been testing a pitch for hosting since December 1st, and plans to roll it out on a broader scale in the new year. Two theme shops are running the hosting pitch now, Qode and Select-Themes. Buyers can see…
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:…
Dave Warfel has a pretty in-depth…
Dave Warfel has a pretty in-depth post about the issues some folks had with the Yoast SEO 3.0 update, and gives the whole thing a fair analysis.
Yoast SEO 3.0 is in the…
Yoast SEO 3.0 is in the release candidate stage, and there are quite a few new features. It's worth testing if you run a complicated install or are just curious what's going on. Here's a link to the changelog, but…
Benefits for importing old archives, versus separate sites
Brian Krogsgard
Running large, long running publications can come with significant challenges. I think one of the shining examples of WordPress in action on the web today is WIRED. In their latest engineering update, Kathleen Vignos shares that they've moved more than…
Yoast to expand to Drupal with SEO product
Brian Krogsgard
Business
It makes sense, given Yoast SEO's recent API changes and adjustment to a real-time Javascript driven SEO analysis, that they can now create a cross platform SEO product. And today they announced that Yoast SEO for Drupal 7 will be available…
Coordinated plugin updates to address security vulnerability in many popular WordPress plugins
Brian Krogsgard
PlanetSecurity
The common vulnerability that triggered a coordinated plugin update of many popular plugins this morning is caused by a lack of escaping of two WordPress functions, add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg(). It appears it was a common misunderstanding that the functions needed…
A few follow-ups on recent news
Brian Krogsgard
There are a few items from the last few days I'd like to follow up on, so figured I'd just lump them in here together. First off, Jetpack had a bit of a rocky update to 3.4. Version 3.4.1 came…
Yoast SEO vulnerability, disclosure, and forced upgrade
Brian Krogsgard
Security
Yoast released a new version of the WordPress SEO plugin in the last 24 hours, which fixes a blind SQL injection vulnerability. According to a post mortem by Joost de Valk, the bug wasn't caught in security audits, but was…
