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WooThemes is investigating alleged website vulnerabilities

Brian Krogsgard

May 9, 2014

Some WooThemes customers are alleging that their credit cards suffered from fraudulent charges after purchasing items from WooThemes’ website. The point of vulnerability is unknown at this time. The number of affected customers is unknown. The following is what we know:…

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…

New Rainmaker, a hosted WordPress service by Copyblogger

Brian Krogsgard

April 24, 2014

HostingWordPress News

I have called it the future in the past, and it seems the future is here. I've always wondered why more people haven't created their own little hosted WordPress platforms. In my view, there could be a hundred WordPress.com style…

Demo WP Pro helps you create demo sites for WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

April 24, 2014

BusinessHosting

The folks behind Ninja Forms are working on a new plugin, called Demo WP Pro. Demo WP Pro is pretty meta, as it's intended for people that sell WordPress related products. The plugin allows you to create demo sites available for users…

Performance benchmarks for managed WordPress hosts compared

Brian Krogsgard

March 27, 2014

Hosting

Kevin Ohashi has put together a very thorough comparison of performance benchmarks for a number of managed WordPress hosts on Review Signal. Included in his review: A Small Orange Pressable WP Engine WebSynthesis SiteGround Godaddy (managed) Digital Ocean (VPS) Pagely A…

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2014

BusinessDraft

Pantheon is a website development, deployment, and hosting platform. But they aren't just any host. They like to think of their product as a hosting killer, because in their mind, they do much more than just hosting. I heard about…

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

Brian Krogsgard

March 20, 2014

BusinessDesign

AutoDesk is an enormous company. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq, they have a market cap just under $12 Billion. You may have heard of AutoCAD, the thirty year old drafting software that's an absolute titan in a broad range of…

How to deactivate WordPress Multisite properly

Brian Krogsgard

February 22, 2014

HostingWordPress News

WordPress Multisite is a great feature of WordPress. But it's not always the right feature.

My journey to managing my own WordPress server

Brian Krogsgard

January 31, 2014

Hosting

I used to shy away from managing my own server, but with experimentation I got more comfortable with it and now manage my own server.

Cory Miller, Founder & CEO of iThemes

Brian Krogsgard

January 21, 2014

BusinessDraft

I had the opportunity recently to talk to Cory Miller, the founder of iThemes. Cory started iThemes in January 2008, so they are currently celebrating their 6th anniversary. Cory is a really thoughtful businessman and leader, and I really enjoyed…

WP Engine raised $15 million in VC, grew customer base 27% last quarter

Brian Krogsgard

January 14, 2014

HostingWordPress News

WP Engine is making another splash with the announcement of a $15 million round of venture capital from North Bridge Growth. I first saw the announcement on TechCrunch, but it's also on VentureBeat. Torque, WP Engine's WordPress publication, also noted…

Barley for WordPress is a simple and effective inline editor

Brian Krogsgard

November 26, 2013

HostingWordPress News

I've had an opportunity to play with Barley for WordPress, an inline editor plugin. Barley is a two-sided product. Barley is a hosted, PHP based CMS, and Barley for WordPress is a WordPress plugin that extends the hosted Barley editing…

ZippyKid relaunches as Pressable, makes changes to business

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2013

BusinessHosting

ZippyKid is a managed WordPress host that's been around around three and a half years. They have grown their business consistently since their launch in May 2010, and today have a number of high profile blogs and corporate profiles as…

iThemes enters the WordPress site management sphere with Sync

Brian Krogsgard

November 11, 2013

HostingWordPress News

iThemes has announced a new product today, called Sync. It's a tool to manage WordPress website updates, including themes and plugins. Sync is free for up to 10 sites for all iThemes account holders. They will announce plans soon for…

GoDaddy has acquired Media Temple

Brian Krogsgard

October 15, 2013

Hosting

In a shocking move (to me), GoDaddy has acquired fellow hosting company Media Temple. According to the post on TechCrunch, Media Temple's 225 employees will continue to manage its 125,000 customer base as a separate entity. GoDaddy has apparently been…

Create a WordPress VIP simulated dev environment, quickly

Brian Krogsgard

October 9, 2013

DevelopmentHosting

If you want to create a development environment to mimic the WordPress VIP hosting platform, the VIP team has you covered. VIP Quickstart is a new tool, available on Github, that helps you set up everything easily. According to the…

WooThemes is investigating alleged website vulnerabilities

The cost of running a WordPress website

New Rainmaker, a hosted WordPress service by Copyblogger

Demo WP Pro helps you create demo sites for WordPress products

Performance benchmarks for managed WordPress hosts compared

Pantheon for WordPress: a website hosting and management platform

Creative Market acquired by AutoDesk

How to deactivate WordPress Multisite properly

My journey to managing my own WordPress server

Cory Miller, Founder & CEO of iThemes

WP Engine raised $15 million in VC, grew customer base 27% last quarter

Barley for WordPress is a simple and effective inline editor

ZippyKid relaunches as Pressable, makes changes to business

iThemes enters the WordPress site management sphere with Sync

GoDaddy has acquired Media Temple

Create a WordPress VIP simulated dev environment, quickly

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