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LoopConf: A new WordPress conference that’s only for developers

Brian Krogsgard

October 14, 2014

Early May 2015 will be the first ever LoopConf, a WordPress conference that's geared solely toward developers. Ryan Sullivan, the owner of WP Site Care, is hosting the conference that is to be held in Las Vegas. LoopConf describes…

Week in review: Themeforest changes, Jetpack 3.1, Polar Polls, Yoast and Sucuri partner

Brian Krogsgard

August 4, 2014

DesignPlanet

Welcome to the sixth “Week in Review” on Post Status, where I hope to offer up some of the things you may have missed in the last week or so. Unfortunately, I haven't posted since the last week in review. Trust…

Automating i18n in WordPress themes

Brady Vercher

July 8, 2014

DevelopmentPlanet

According to the Polygots Make blog, WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. To put that in perspective, more than a third of existing WordPress installations are non-English and in his keynote at WordCamp Seattle,…

The cost of running a WordPress website

Brian Krogsgard

May 3, 2014

HostingSecurity

A WordPress website is very affordable to get up and running. You can do it for free, plus the cost of your average shared hosting account. However, running a more serious site can get considerably more expensive. Here's the list…

Yoast enters the WordPress theme market

Travis Northcutt

February 11, 2014

WordPress News

Joost de Valk has announced his company (Yoast) have released three Genesis Child Themes, with more on the way. We’re releasing 3 themes today, all of them very different but all of them share a lot of functionality too. They’re…

Yoast acquires WP Force

Brian Krogsgard

February 7, 2014

WordPress News

Joose de Valk announced that Yoast has acquired WordPress news site WP Force from Jonathan Dingman.

Beware of a spam email disguised as if it’s from Yoast

Brian Krogsgard

November 26, 2013

Security

An email spam campaign disguised as being from Yoast is making the rounds. If you get an email from Yoast linking to their latest post, be sure to verify the sender and the link before you click it. According to…

Yoast introduces commercial version of WordPress SEO

Brian Krogsgard

September 11, 2013

WordPress News

Joost de Valk announced on the Yoast blog yesterday that they're pre-releasing a commercial version of the highly popular WordPress SEO plugin. The plugin will come with additional features with the full release, but for now it's an option for…

Yoast changes licensing structure to not allow unlimited licenses

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2013

WordPress News

Joost de Valk posted on his Tumblr, of all things, that their commercial plugins at Yoast.com have undergone a licensing structure change. They've changed to yearly based support, and also removed their unlimited site license. They're hoping to eliminate abuses with the move,…

All plugins are (not) created equal

Sarah Pressler

July 30, 2013

DesignSecurity

Plugins are the new black in WordPress site development, and picking out the perfect plugins for your site can quickly become overwhelming. The WordPress.org plugin repository hosts over 26,000 plugins and the plugin forum contains over 1.3 million posts. Check…