Year: 2014

  • WordPress Cape Town to Host Charity Hackathon in August

    WordPress Cape Town to Host Charity Hackathon in August

    WordPress Cape Town is the largest and most active meetup group in South Africa with members gathering for regular meetups, workshops and an annual WordCamp. The group is dedicated to giving back to the community and announced that they will be hosting their first charity hackathon on Saturday, August 23. The event is called do_action(…

  • Themosis Object-Oriented Development Framework for WordPress Now in Beta

    Themosis Object-Oriented Development Framework for WordPress Now in Beta

    Themosis is a new object-oriented development framework for WordPress that is currently in beta and set to be released soon. It’s aimed at developers of all skill levels but those with stronger PHP knowledge will have an easier time working with the framework. Themosis was created by Julien Lambé, a Belgium-based application developer. His framework…

  • Add Avatar Upload to BuddyPress Registration

    Add Avatar Upload to BuddyPress Registration

    Getting users to upload avatars can be a challenge for BuddyPress communities. Avatars aren’t like profile fields where you can require users to complete them. The problem is that a community without many real-user avatars can be somewhat uninviting. Member directories and widgets end up looking grey and white and uninspiring. Too many default “mystery…

  • Exploring The Idea Of An Internet Archive Specifically For WordPress Content

    Exploring The Idea Of An Internet Archive Specifically For WordPress Content

    It seems like each time a WordPress podcast disappears, there is one or more to take its place. A few weeks ago, the WP Bacon podcast announced the end of their show to concentrate on other projects. However, a recent search in iTunes for WordPress Podcasts show there is almost an endless amount of content…

  • WPcast.fm Billed As The Professional WordPress Podcast

    WPcast.fm Billed As The Professional WordPress Podcast

    Billed as The Professional WordPress Podcast, WPcast.fm is the latest entrant into the WordPress podcasting scene. Produced by Doug Yuen and David Hehenberger, the show focuses on the professional aspects of WordPress such as how to be a better business consultant, how to hire great software developers, and the best ways to take payments with…

  • WordPress Tip: New Plugin Automatically Gets Featured Images from Videos

    WordPress Tip: New Plugin Automatically Gets Featured Images from Videos

    When you post a video or include it in your content, chances are that you don’t want to have to hunt around for a featured image to accompany it. However, many WordPress themes look their best with featured images in the homepage, category, and archive templates. Without featured images, many image-dependent designs can break or…

  • Translate WordPress Plugins and Themes Directly in Your Browser

    Translate WordPress Plugins and Themes Directly in Your Browser

    Loco is a free service for managing and editing software translations. Many WordPress plugins and themes include language files that make it possible for users to translate the text strings. Loco offers a place to manage assets associated with translations and easily collaborate with translators: The service also offers a PO file editor that works…

  • Keep Track Of Changes To Your WordPress Site With The WP SMS Notifications Plugin

    Keep Track Of Changes To Your WordPress Site With The WP SMS Notifications Plugin

    While there are plenty of plugins that help monitor changes to a site such as Stream, maybe you want a text message when specific events happen within WordPress. A brand new plugin called WP SMS Notifications, developed by Jeff Matson, fulfills this role. The plugin supports both International and US carriers without the need to…

  • Responsible Plugin Adds a Responsive Testing Kit to the WordPress Admin Bar

    Responsible Plugin Adds a Responsive Testing Kit to the WordPress Admin Bar

    January 2014 marked the first month that mobile traffic has overtaken PC traffic on the internet in the US, accounting for 55% of Internet usage. As mobile traffic is on the rise, designing in the browser has become more popular, as it offers better tools for testing sites against various devices. Responsible is a plugin…

  • WPCore: Create WordPress Plugin Collections and Install Them in One Click

    WPCore: Create WordPress Plugin Collections and Install Them in One Click

    WPCore landed in the WordPress plugin repository this week. The plugin extends WordPress to interact with the new WPCore service that allows you to create and manage plugin collections. The new WPCore plugin lets you bulk install all the plugins from any collection in just one click. The service was created by Stuart Starr, an…

  • Hybrid Core 2.0 Adds Composer Support, Removes Widgets From Framework

    Hybrid Core 2.0 Adds Composer Support, Removes Widgets From Framework

    Theme Hybrid released Hybrid Core 2.0 today after many months in development. The framework, created by Justin Tadlock, powers this site and many other WordPress sites on the web. Version 1.0 was first released in October 2010, built from the engine that made up the base of Tadlock’s popular Hybrid Theme. Since that time, Hybrid…

  • WP Quick Install Script Offers a Fast Way to Install WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

    WP Quick Install Script Offers a Fast Way to Install WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

    WP Quick Install is an interesting new tool from Julio Potier, Jonathan Buttigieg, and Jean-Baptiste Marchand-Arvier, the folks behind WP Rocket. As part of supporting their commercial caching plugin, the WP Rocket team works extensively with clients. WP Quick Install is a tool they use internally and decided to share with the community. Its creators…

  • Critical Security Update For WPTouch, Users Should Update Immediately

    Critical Security Update For WPTouch, Users Should Update Immediately

    First reported by Sucuri, the WPTouch plugin has a dangerous security vulnerability and users are encouraged to update immediately. WPTouch is used to quickly add mobile support to websites and has over 5 million downloads making it one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress plugin directory.   According to Sucuri, WPTouch incorrectly uses…

  • Baskerville: A Free WordPress Theme for Hoarders

    Baskerville: A Free WordPress Theme for Hoarders

    Baskerville is a new masonry grid style WordPress theme available from designer Anders Norén. His popular Hemingway theme has received more than 60,000 downloads on WordPress.org and is also offered on WordPress.com. Baskerville was created to showcase many different types of content, hence its tagline: “A WordPress Theme for Hoarders.” The theme bears Norén’s trademark…

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