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If you have grumbles about the…

April 8, 2016

If you have grumbles about the WordPress.org plugin repo in terms of its design and user experience, you might want to check out some wireframes recently done by the plugin team. So far, I like the general way things are…

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,…

WordPress plugin directory redesign: great potential, great power

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2016

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…

Taylor Lovett has created a plugin…

February 16, 2016

Taylor Lovett has created a plugin for, "Webhooks style subscriptions for all post types" using the WordPress REST API. There's a Github to learn more, and the WordPress.org plugin page.

Ultimate Member is averaging $712 per day in sales in less than a year

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2016

Ultimate Member has really come out of the gate speeding. An impressive free plugin with monetization options via an extensions model, Ultimate Member is proving to be an attractive option for a combination of membership website and community solution. From my…

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

Brian Krogsgard

January 12, 2016

Hosting

After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public…

WordPress 4.4, “Clifford”, released

Brian Krogsgard

December 8, 2015

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 4.4, “Clifford”, has been released. Clifford includes infrastructure for the WordPress REST API, taxonomy and comment improvements, as well as the new Twenty Sixteen default theme, the ability to embed posts anywhere, and much more.

State of the Word, 2015

Brian Krogsgard

December 5, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

Matt Mullenweg has just completed the 2015 State of the Word, the annual speech where he highlights the last year of everything WordPress and what we can anticipate in the future.

Github to WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

November 30, 2015

Mike Jolley has released a very handy Github to WordPress script, that might well be the new standard for such a tool. Available on Github, the script is executed with a simple sh release.sh command. If you manage your code…

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

Recently, theme updates started getting auto…

November 25, 2015

Recently, theme updates started getting auto approval on the WordPress.org directory. A couple of theme authors got their themes suspended for not following the rules, and Justin Tadlock writes that the theme team is banking on theme authors to be…

The Creative Commons license is now compatible with the GPL

Brian Krogsgard

November 6, 2015

The Creative Commons license and the GPL have not always played too nicely together, as much to do with semantics as anything else. Now they do, but there are some things to consider, if you are trying to bundle a…

Akismet getting auto-updated for critical XSS bug

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2015

Akismet has a critical XSS bug that dates back quite some time. A researcher from Sucuri notified us of an XSS vulnerability in the Akismet WordPress plugin. This bug affects all versions of the Akismet WordPress plugin since 2.5.0, but…

Rest in peace, Alex King

Brian Krogsgard

September 28, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

Alex King passed away at his home last night, after battling cancer for more than two and a half years. Alex was one of the original WordPress developers, and leaves a lasting legacy and impact on the WordPress community.

WooCommerce was release four years ago.…

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2015

Hosting

WooCommerce was release four years ago. It's amazing. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was paying close attention to JigoShop at the time, and following the saga of WooThemes trying to come up with an eCommerce solution. The…

Send to Apple News from your WordPress site

Brian Krogsgard

September 18, 2015

WordPress VIP announced the launch of Apple News for WordPress today. The plugin was developed by VIP partner Alley Interactive, and released for VIP and for WordPress.org websites using the free plugin. It's on Github as well. This is awesome.…

If you have grumbles about the…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

WordPress plugin directory redesign: great potential, great power

Taylor Lovett has created a plugin…

Ultimate Member is averaging $712 per day in sales in less than a year

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

WordPress 4.4, “Clifford”, released

State of the Word, 2015

Github to WordPress

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Recently, theme updates started getting auto…

The Creative Commons license is now compatible with the GPL

Akismet getting auto-updated for critical XSS bug

Rest in peace, Alex King

WooCommerce was release four years ago.…

Send to Apple News from your WordPress site

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