New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers
Jack Lenox
It's a new year, and a great time to set some New Year's resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.
Year In WordPress is a really…
Brian Krogsgard
Year In WordPress is a really cool micro site by Jesper van Engelen. You get to see a personalized review of your work on WordPress.org, which includes plugin downloads, WordCamp talks, and other data snagged from various WordPress.org APIs attached…
New WordPress.org homepage is “unstuck”
Brian Krogsgard
The new homepage for WordPress.org is live. It's a working prototype, and I like the way Matt put it on his blog: "What’s on the page today actually isn’t that important, even though it’s better in many ways, the key…
Easy Digital Downloads has raised prices,…
Brian Krogsgard
Easy Digital Downloads has raised prices, pretty much across the board, for extensions. For most extensions, they've increased prices between 30% and 50%, though a few were more than that. It'll be really interesting to see how the changes affect…
WordPress TV is lighting up with talks…
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress TV is lighting up with talks from WordCamp US. I'm interested in several of them, since I didn't get to see any while I was there. Top on my list for now (though not in order): Ines van Essen talks…
The ROI of WordCamp sponsorship
Brian Krogsgard
Tony Perez guest posted on WP Tavern about the ROI of WordCamp sponsorships. He provides great insight into the thinking behind sponsoring events, which is highly valuable for WordCamp organizers, business owners, and the broader WordPress community as well. Even as event…
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the new WordPress release cycle and more
Brian Krogsgard
I had the opportunity to interview Matt Mullenweg at the end of WordCamp US 2016, and we chatted about the new WordPress development cycle, the WordPress REST API, and more.
Photos from Post Status Publish and WordCamp US 2016
Brian Krogsgard
The first Post Status Publish and WordCamp US 2016 were both last week. Brian Richards and I took some pictures, and here they are.
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, released
Brian Krogsgard
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.
Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
Pantheon removed from WCUS sponsorship: what you should know
Brian Krogsgard
Pantheon was removed from WordCamp US sponsorship the night before the event started. It was the result of a series of disagreements and discussions that led to a fairly drastic result. The price to sponsor WCUS was $100,000 for Pantheon. Additionally,…
Regional WordCamps, WCUS 2017, and design kits
Brian Krogsgard
There's a good bit of WordCamp news worth covering right now. WordCamp US in Nashville First off, WordCamp US 2017 and 2018 will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville is less than a three hour drive from me, because I…
Loopconf postponed indefinitely
Brian Krogsgard
Force majeure is a term that you don't pay too much attention to in contracts until it matters. It means "superior force" in Latin, and typically refers to uncontrollable events like natural disasters, that prevent something in the contract from happening…
Scaling for support can be especially…
Brian Krogsgard
Scaling for support can be especially tricky for small businesses and agencies. Matt Cromwell shares his formula on support, with one of the main takeaways being to collect data and know your capacity limits. Matt also shares a spreadsheet and…
GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP
Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy has acquired the WordPress website management service, ManageWP. ManageWP will remain a standalone app, and GoDaddy will integrate several features into their GoDaddy Pro and WordPress hosting plans.
Aaron Jorbin shares his WordCamp personas…
Brian Krogsgard
Aaron Jorbin shares his WordCamp personas technique he used for WordCamp US last year. Personas are regularly used in web design to make sure that you are solving your users problems, and not your own.
