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What is the future of commercial plugins?

Brian Krogsgard

July 1, 2013

Every now and then there are discussions and debates that arise to the forefront of the WordPress community. One of these discussions caught our attention: paid products based in WordPress and how they are (or are not) promoted within the…

The Styles plugin integrates a ton of customizer options into the default themes

Brian Krogsgard

June 26, 2013

WordPress News

I ran across the Styles plugin today, thanks to a tweet from Brady Vercher. I was intrigued because Brady said, "I really think this plugin could be the standard for easily customizing themes." That's quite a statement. But after installing…

If you’re serious

Brian Krogsgard

June 3, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

Matt, If you’re serious about forking b2 I would be interested in contributing. I’m sure there are one or two others in the community who would be too. Mike Little's fateful comment on Matt Mullenweg's blog. A short history of…

WordPress.org theme demos leave a lot to be desired

Brian Krogsgard

May 7, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress.org has made incredible strides the last few years on improving the quality of the themes in the repository. Every theme goes through a stringent approval process, thanks to the WordPress Theme Review Team. But discovery can still be challenging on WordPress.org.

WordPress is turning 10 – let’s party everywhere

Brian Krogsgard

April 11, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress turns 10 on May 27th. So, in proper celebratory manor, WordPress.org is helping WordPress users to host and attend local WordPress parties everywhere. Many meetup organizers will likely coordinate in your various towns, but feel free to host your…

WordPress.com vs WordPress.org

Brian Krogsgard

March 28, 2013

WordPress News

Sarah Gooding has done a nice comparison of WordPress.org and WordPress.com. This could be useful for when you're trying to explain the difference to clients.

FooTable Plugin now available for free in WordPress.org repo

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2013

WordPress News

After we released the FooTable jQuery plugin (which is also available from GitHub), we had no idea it would become so popular. So the next obvious progression was to create a WordPress plugin, and it is now available for free…

What WordPress.org support forum tools can be made better?

Brian Krogsgard

January 25, 2013

WordPress News

There's some very healthy discussion going on in the Make WordPress Support blog, where Mike Epstein (Ipstenu) asks: What support forum tools can be made better? Be sure to see her list of known ideas (like reply-by-email), check out the…

Where do independent commercial theme authors go from here?

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2013

WordPress News

After reading Jake Caputo's post that went nuts, Matt's comments there, and Collis' reply on WP Daily, I'm left feeling lost. If individuals want to stay involved in the community, but also want to sell themes, what do they do?…