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The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

The WordPress.org recommended host page is a valuable piece of real estate. Many rumors have been circulated over the years in regard to how the page is curated and what criteria are used. It was long neglected, then transitioned to two…

Automattic has won the rights to manage .blog

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

Automattic has won the rights to manage the gTLD .blog, one of the most sought after generic top level domain extensions to date. They paid "about $19M" for the privilege, according to Matt Mullenweg's blog post (which he has since…

Trademarks, Woo, and you

Brian Krogsgard

May 12, 2016

Business

There's been talk lately about Automattic enforcing trademarks for the term "Woo", by sending takedown notices to websites utilizing the term in their domains and offering services or products associated with WooCommerce. Automattic has been sending letters, primarily to sites…

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

Brian Krogsgard

May 10, 2016

Last week, Automattic introduced WooCommerce Connect, a Jetpack-esque suite of tools for WooCommerce, where modules could utilize the processing power of WordPress.com to run particular elements of eCommerce websites. WooCommerce Connect requires Jetpack, and therefore also a WordPress.com account, in…

In case you were wondering about…

Brian Krogsgard

May 7, 2016

In case you were wondering about the state of WordPress.com ElasticSearch systems, here's some recently posted released information for you. It's pretty extensive.

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

Brian Krogsgard

May 2, 2016

DesignHosting

A couple of months ago, Mark Uraine described the thinking behind what is now likely to be a new landing page at WordPress.org/get: For quite a while now, the meta team has been interested in improving the download and mobile pages…

It’s nice to see Sucuri is…

April 21, 2016

Hosting

It's nice to see Sucuri is offering SSL certificates to their customers at no charge with LetsEncrypt. With WordPress.com adopting SSL everywhere and ways you can currently installing a LetsEncrypt SSL on hosts like SiteGround, DreamHost, and Bluehost, I'm wondering…

It’s not often that you hear…

April 14, 2016

It's not often that you hear about client interactions with WordPress.com VIP from the client's perspective. A blog post from 3.7 Designs spills some beans a bit and talks about how a project with VIP went, touching from how they…

1.4 million WordPress.com custom domains have just gone fully SSL

Brian Krogsgard

April 8, 2016

WordPress.com makes up for a huge number of LetsEncrypt's total SSL certificates. This morning, Automattic flipped the switch on enabling LetsEncrypt certificates for 1.4 custom domains on the platform. They had already enabled SSL on all WordPress.com subdomains, but this…

WordPress.com has a (fairly new) Instagram…

March 21, 2016

WordPress.com has a (fairly new) Instagram account. The lack of an apostrophe in "Lets" of the first picture is killing me.

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

In discussing the Pressable story, a few folks have asked me about the WordPress recommended hosting page, and if Automattic's ownership of Pressable will affect that page. The answer is that I don't think so, but I don't know for sure. However,…

Jetpack is testing direct email marketing for Automattic products

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Automattic is testing email marketing to WordPress.com users who have accounts linked to Jetpack, in order to market Automattic products like VaultPress and Akismet. It's the first time I've seen them make use of the WordPress.com <-> Jetpack connection; previously the…

Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2016

Hosting

There is really only one existing WordPress integration for Facebook Instant Articles. It is from Jack Spurlock, a developer at WIRED. Facebook has a limited spec for supporting Instant Articles, which at a base level can just use RSS, but deeper integrations would…

WordPress.com is happy to brag about…

February 4, 2016

WordPress.com is happy to brag about their perfect score from the Electronic Freedom Foundation. As many things that sometimes frustrate me about Automattic, their insistence on this style of transparency is an excellent trait.

The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2016

PlanetWordPress News

I had the privilege to attend and be the media partner at A Day of REST, the world's first conference devoted to the WordPress REST API. Here's my initial review, and some pictures, from the event.

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

Hosting

The WordPress Foundation is the legal entity that has ownership of the WordPress trademark, and also acts as a pass through for WordCamp and other WordPress funds. As a 5013c non-profit in the US, the foundation has to submit paperwork…

The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

Automattic has won the rights to manage .blog

Trademarks, Woo, and you

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

In case you were wondering about…

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

It’s nice to see Sucuri is…

It’s not often that you hear…

1.4 million WordPress.com custom domains have just gone fully SSL

WordPress.com has a (fairly new) Instagram…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

Jetpack is testing direct email marketing for Automattic products

Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April

WordPress.com is happy to brag about…

The first WordPress REST API conference, in review

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

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