Themememe is a free theme directory by Charlie Livingston. Charlie was the buyer of Pro Plugin Directory, you may recall, and Themememe seems to be in the same spirit, except for the whole free versus paid part.
In reaction to as-yet-unpublicized details about the abuse of active install data in the WordPress.org plugin repository, the charts displaying that data have been removed from plugin pages in a move expected to be temporary. Important (and some familiar) questions are emerging as this story unfolds: how to balance the values of openness, security, and privacy as well as cooperation and competition at WordPress.org — still the central hub for WordPress plugin businesses.
The first prototypes for the redesigned plugin repo for WordPress.org have been released. I think it’s pretty neat that they are on CodePen, as it makes for an environment where more people can engage with their ideas for adjusting the prototypes. The designs themselves fit pretty well into the general path that WordPress.org has taken…
WYSIJA. A play on WYSIWYG, WYSIJA stands for “What You Send Is Just Awesome.” Yeah, it’s tough to remember. But once you check it out, this plugin is hard to forget. The team of seven people behind WYSIJA is from all over the world; and their plugin has steadily grown over the last year to…
Let’s pull the bandaid off real quick, and it won’t hurt as bad: Theme Framework has turned into a marketing term. I lean more every day to giving theme framework the premium treatment. Just because a product costs money doesn’t make it premium at all. Nevertheless, the marketing term came and it stuck, and almost…
Twitter has finally announced an official WordPress plugin. It’s pretty thorough, and on a quick test run, works as advertised. Here’s a rundown of some of the features and background.
Based on customer feedback, we’ve removed the top-level menu item and added submenu items under Plugins and Appearance. Good move? Bad move?
