VaultPress, the backup solution from Automattic, has introduced a feature to restore a site backup to a new location or site. It’s interesting to seem them get into the migration space.
Morten Rand-Hendriksen has put together one of the more thoughtful posts I’ve seen about the complexity of WordPress. As he notes, “the way we talk about WordPress to new users and clients gives them a distorted picture of what the application is and sets up unrealistic expectations. WordPress is not easy. Learning WordPress is.”
Adam Pickering shares some tips for other theme developers for testing their themes, based on their own experience at MintThemes.
We have more big hosting news, again from Liquid Web. They’ve acquired WiredTree, the much beloved VPS service. According to Liquid Web’s announcement, WiredTree customers will be migrated to their infrastructure. The post also says Liquid Web has 600 team members, which is a number I have not seen before. They are making so many…
The WordPress.org website now includes a WordPress security whitepaper, donated by WordPress.com VIP. It’s sparse in its current form, but it’s a great start. Why does this matter? Well, a whitepaper from the official project is a great tool for answering WordPress security concerns when pitching large or bureaucratic organizations that often have a lot of…
Tom McFarlin makes a well-reasoned article on his issues with the way the WordPress plugin repository works. I disagree with some of what he says, but he definitely makes some great points. I especially agree that the repository is extremely user-focused, and I don’t see why it can’t be a little bit of both user…
WordPress co-founder and Jetpack enthusiast Matt Mullenweg has announced that WordPress is to be bundled in future versions of Jetpack as a module, to fulfill Matt’s mission to power 50% of the web.
