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ByDan Knauss

Once you know these states, you can assign probabilities of transitioning from one state to another (someone hacks your account and locks you out, you forgot your own password, etc.) and then build optimal security and reliability to deal with it. It’s a truly elegant way of conceptualizing the problem.

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John James Jacoby has released WP Spider Cache, and it looks really great. Specifically, he’s done some work to cater it for use with Jetpack, WooCommerce, EDD, BuddyPress, bbPress, and in networks. Definitely check it out.

bbPress 2.6.0 is out after only…

ByDan Knauss

bbPress 2.6.0 is out after only six years (years?!) of development. John James Jacoby explains the reason for this timeframe was mainly because there are only far “less than part-time folks” actively working on the project. bbPress is installed on “over 300k sites, each with their own thousands of users.” This release addressed 420 tickets…

Building Your First WordPress Plugin: Live Webinar Friday

ByDan Knauss

Join WP core contributor and developer John James Jacoby for this live coding workshop on Friday, June 26, from 1-3 p.m. Central.  JJJ will walk through best practices and steps for building your first WordPress plugin. JJJ is co-author of Professional WordPress Plugin Development (2nd Edition) and will be joined by fellow authors Justin Tadlock…

John James Jacoby released the initial…

ByBrian Krogsgard

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Open Secrets: Forced Updates in WordPress
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Open Secrets: Forced Updates in WordPress

ByDan Knauss

We’ve seen forced updates become increasingly common and less controversial over time. But who decides, and how is that decision made? Are there unofficial channels and processes, like a decision tree, for escalating to a forced update?