In order to take advantage of the WordPress 3.7 “language packs” functionality, Otto Wood lays out some ground rules that plugin and theme authors should be following. This is an excellent resource. If Otto’s post looks like a foreign language to you (oh, the puns) then check out my guide to understanding internationalization and translation in WordPress.
Joe Hoyle, of Human Made, has posted a nice tutorial on the WPRealm blog about rewrite rules. Be prepared for your brain to melt.
Parrot is an integrated site builder and editor concept for WordPress, and Davide Casali talks about it here. This concept started as the team thought of new approaches to how a future WordPress customization experience could have worked. I like the concept and you can understand how if you start off with “What if we…
David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! Recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.
David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: “I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent too much time creating the perfect product… If you think you have a good idea,…
Sorry for the shameless plug, but I thought I’d share my interview with Code Poet. I talked about my path into web development and WordPress, but also went into some depth about Post Status.
Matej Latin did a survey of designers who quit their jobs and discovered: No career progression opportunities and unhappiness with the work they do were about equal, at about 20% each. Problems with company culture came next. A lack of UX maturity was third followed by salary, poor relationships with management, and misalignment with company…
