Year: 2014

  • Free Revisr Plugin Offers Git Management for WordPress

    Free Revisr Plugin Offers Git Management for WordPress

    This month we featured a project called VersionPress that brings version control to WordPress, a concept that has many in the community excited. The VersionPress development team is seeking $30,000 in funding by the end of June in order to get it off the ground. However, they aren’t the only ones working on adding git-based…

  • Easy Pricing Table Plugin Creates Beautiful, Responsive Pricing Tables for WordPress

    Easy Pricing Table Plugin Creates Beautiful, Responsive Pricing Tables for WordPress

    A pricing table gives your potential customers the ability to quickly compare and visualize the different feature options within your pricing structure. With a little bit of pricing strategy, these comparison tables can be an effective way of positioning your packages for better sales. Creating and styling pricing tables can be a challenge if you’re…

  • WordPress JSON REST API Version 1.1 Released with New Authentication Documentation

    WordPress JSON REST API Version 1.1 Released with New Authentication Documentation

    Over the weekend, Ryan McCue and collaborators released version 1.1 of the JSON REST API plugin. The WP API team is aiming to have it ready for inclusion in WordPress 4.1, which will drop later this year. This release focused heavily on testing, fixing bugs discovered through tests, and improving the API documentation. New routes…

  • Dates Announced For PressNomics 3 – Jan 22nd-24th, 2015

    Dates Announced For PressNomics 3 – Jan 22nd-24th, 2015

    Dates have been announced for the third annual PressNomics conference. Organized by Joshua and Sally Strebel of Pagely, PressNomics is a conference similar to a WordCamp but focuses exclusively on the business of WordPress and the economy surrounding it. The conference will take place January 22nd – 24th, 2015 in Tempe, AZ. The venue is the…

  • What Naming Convention Do You Use For WordPress Media?

    What Naming Convention Do You Use For WordPress Media?

    After six years of serving cold beverages at the Tavern and publishing more than 2,100 posts, our media library has over 2,770 images. Over the years, the meta information I give images has changed from very little to as descriptive as possible. For example, we use a theme that utilizes featured images. When I upload…

  • WPWeekly Episode 152 – Electrifying Interview With Nikhil Vimal Of TechVoltz

    WPWeekly Episode 152 – Electrifying Interview With Nikhil Vimal Of TechVoltz

    At age 15, Nikhil Vimal is the youngest guest to ever be interviewed on WordPress Weekly. Based out of Minnesota, Vimal has quickly made his mark in the WordPress community. He’s already spoken at his first WordCamp and contributed to the core of WordPress through the inline documentation project. He’s also been confirmed to speak…

  • How to Create Demo Data for a BuddyPress Site

    How to Create Demo Data for a BuddyPress Site

    When testing BuddyPress themes and plugins, it’s helpful to have some data to populate the network and demo its social components. Manually adding users with avatars, activity updates, messages, etc, can be a tedious process. Fortunately, there’s a way to automate the creation of demo data. The BuddyPress Default Data plugin instantly creates a bunch…

  • WordPress Publish to Twitter Plugin Lets You Tweet by Category

    WordPress Publish to Twitter Plugin Lets You Tweet by Category

    Last month, Twitter rolled out its new mute button feature which allows users to filter out unwanted tweets. This makes it easy for your followers to turn you off entirely if they feel that you’re overloading them with tweets. Users won’t always opt to unfollow you, so you’ll never know who has pushed the mute…

  • Quick Reference Guide For Those Writing About WordPress

    Quick Reference Guide For Those Writing About WordPress

    After participating in the WordPress community for several years, it’s easy to forget there are new users entering the community every day. As someone who writes about WordPress for a living, it’s frustrating to come across errors such as the incorrect spelling of WordPress or the incorrect logo being used. However, I’ve discovered that most…

  • CLI Cheat Sheet: A Beginner’s Resource for Using the Command Line

    CLI Cheat Sheet: A Beginner’s Resource for Using the Command Line

    CLI Cheat Sheet is a handy new resource for any WordPress developer who is just getting started with the command line. This week on the Dradcast, Brad Williams linked to the cheat sheet, which the folks at WebDevStudios put together for their team. They decided to share the resource with the community. The repository is…

  • GravityForms Detected On 53% Of The Top 1 Million Sites Ranked By Alexa Using Hosted Forms

    GravityForms Detected On 53% Of The Top 1 Million Sites Ranked By Alexa Using Hosted Forms

    Datanyze, a company specializing in determining what web technologies are being used based on their code signature, has new data indicating GravityForms has the most market share. Out of the top one million websites ranked by Alexa that use hosted forms, GravityForms was detected on 53.3% of them. That’s more than all of the other…

  • Make Forms More User-Friendly With the Chosen jQuery Plugin for WordPress

    Make Forms More User-Friendly With the Chosen jQuery Plugin for WordPress

    Select boxes with a long list of options can quickly get out of hand. One common example is a state or country dropdown. Perhaps you’ve become desensitized to the expert scrolling and mousework required to navigate the most cumbersome select boxes. Ordinarily, they’re anything but user-friendly. Chosen is a handy jQuery plugin created by the…

  • What’s Your Perception Of ThemeForest?

    What’s Your Perception Of ThemeForest?

    Philip Arthur Moore has published a great post that I think strikes a nerve for many. Although the entire article is blockquote worthy, I think the most important point he made is that WordPress developers need to step up their game and stop contributing to the perception that WordPress sucks. Whether you’re a theme or…

  • WordCamp San Francisco to Host WordPress Community Summit and Contributor Meetups

    WordCamp San Francisco to Host WordPress Community Summit and Contributor Meetups

    WordCamp San Francisco is one of the most important WordPress events of the year. Contributors from all over the globe travel to connect and inspire one another at the event where Matt Mullenweg traditionally delivers the annual State of the Word address. This year the activities will be spread out over five days to incorporate…

  • Ravel By ThemeHybrid Is A Modern WordPress Theme Designed By Tung Do

    Ravel By ThemeHybrid Is A Modern WordPress Theme Designed By Tung Do

    Ravel is a free new WordPress theme released by ThemeHybrid with a focus on blog, portfolio, and professional sites. It’s the result of teamwork between Justin Tadlock and Tung Do. Ravel is slick, modern, and has an eye pleasing color scheme. One of my favorite features of Ravel is the social icons that blend in…

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