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WPupdatePHP is a project by Coen Jacobs to evangelize the need for people to use modern PHP versions for their WordPress installs. It’s both a website and a script people can include in their plugins, to function like BrowseHappy does. Coen hasn’t really announced this project officially that I know of, but I did talk…
Chris Lema offers some great advice for getting started with speaking at WordCamps. I completely agree with his points – it’s very practical advice for new (and experienced) speakers.
WPLift is a popular blog about WordPress. Oli Dale launched their second design iteration this morning. It’s a whole new scheme, and they’ve included new plugin and theme repositories that will be interesting to see how they’re used. It’s very different front the original, and very modern. Nice work, Oli!
Troy Dean wants to help other consultants be better at what they do. He’s starting a new monthly membership site he calls a WordPress business coaching program to train consultants through every step of the web development process. It’s $97 per month. You can learn more on their website and he talks about it in…
Hate the WordPress admin dashboard? Now’s a good time to voice your opinion. Dave Martin is looking into rethinking the dashboard, potentially for WordPress 3.8. He’s put a survey on the Make WordPress Core blog where you can voice your opinion on what currently works and doesn’t work, and what you’d like to see.
The Akismet blog announced this morning that Akismet accounts will now require a WordPress.com sign-in. They already required an Akismet login, but now it’s integrated directly with WordPress.com. There are some checks Akistmet is doing for people that didn’t have .com accounts. But new accounts will all require WordPress.com logins. Akismet is still bundled with…
