Admin Columns Pro has released version 4 of their tool to improve the, well, admin columns of the WordPress backend. I use the free version of this plugin on Post Status and it’s very handy for doing the kind of things that usually take a just-annoying-enough amount of code. Including taxonomies, images, meta data, or…
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, has been released with the all new WordPress REST API Content Endpoints, a new default theme, many customizer features, and much, much more.
I love a good developer rant, especially if it involves the WordPress admin. Jeff Starr from DigWP pleads to stop ruining the WordPress admin area with popups, admin notices, and other items that we’re all too familiar with. Jeff offers some tips that might help if you’re drowning in a UX mess, but it boils down…
Helen Hou-Sandí — a Lead Developer of WordPress — has some really good thoughts on the new user experience (NUX) for WordPress. She will be leading WordPress 4.7, and says that she’d like to tackle some of the NUX problems in WordPress in that release, both from the perspective of core, as well as the…
This afternoon, I spent a few minutes playing with Server Pilot, after seeing is mentioned in Slack for at least the fifth time. Server Pilot offers a control panel and an API for managing WordPress installs on top of Digital Ocean. It’s pretty dang slick. There are a few UX kinks, but that’s me being…
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 a lot of brand new features. Folks have been clamoring for a release like this…
WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”, has just been released. The release includes new inline editing features, custom logo support, customizer enhancements, and some under the hood changes that you’ll like.
GoDaddy is targeting products by companies like Digital Ocean and Amazon with their new by-the-hour Cloud Services and Apps project. The pricing is pretty much a direct mirror of Digital Ocean’s right now (starts at $5 per month), and they are marketing it to target developers seeking on-demand services. They are partnering with Bitnami to…
WordPress 4.5 should hit beta 1 fairly soon — like probably within the next 24 hours. In some ways, 4.5 has felt like a hangover release, coming (as releases tend to do) right after a monstrous 4.4, a string of events surrounding WordCamp US, and the holidays. I say that hesitantly, because while the release…
Michael Arestad’s ideas for improving the “new post” screen are very exciting to me. Well worth spending some time reading about, and a great time to pitch in if you have any magical UX ideas.
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 among the changes are real-time content analysis, and a whole new UX to the SEO…
The customizer really is quite polarizing in the WordPress world. People often either love it or hate it. We’re definitely getting some more of it each release. Nick Halsey has submitted a proposal to put WordPress menus into the customizer (here’s the actual feature plugin on w.org). People have opined on this proposal, and many of the…
WordPress 4.2, “Powell”, has been released. The release was lead by Drew Jaynes and includes contributions from 283 community members.
All theme options must now be included in the Customizer for themes submitted to the WordPress theme repository. Custom theme options pages will not be allowed. The change will have implications for authors, reviewers, and users of WordPress themes.
The new Happytables is a slick setup, and they’ve invested more time and energy into a hosted WordPress solution than perhaps anyone but Automattic on WordPress.com. The difference here is they are going after a niche, and it’s a huge one with a big need: restaurants.
Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback after over a year away from the community. The WooThemes co-founder has made a strategic investment into Obox, the team behind the newly launched Layers product. In return, he’s received a 30% stake in the company to complement Receiptful, his new eCommerce product.
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