Automattic has been making pretty good money for some time. But in order to help early investors lock in returns, they’ve partnered with Tiger Global for an $50 million investment of Automattic secondary stock. It’s not the same as raising money, according to both the Founder, Matt Mullenweg and CEO, Toni Schneider, who independently blogged about the event.
The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then… Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic’s impact on WordCamps for the first episode.
Here are a few things I think about when I work on WordPress themes that other developers may encounter down the road. It’s good to work in a way that helps those who come after you know what you’ve done, especially when you have to do something that’s not particularly ideal.
Jack is a one-man WordPress web design and development agencywhose clients include Peter Gabriel, Disney & Real World Records.
The Automattic engineering team has a fun quiz to test your i18n (internationalization) knowledge. I’m curious how everyone else does, but the point is to learn. Take it!
An overview of using Varrying Vagrant Vagrants as your local development environment.
Sucuri is seeking to build a full CloudFlare alternative, according to WP Tavern: “The fundamental difference is that it’s security first, performance second,” Perez said. “So yes, in the coming months you’ll see more as our solution blossoms into a full WAF/CDN solution.” Up until now the company has been limited by using a leased…
