Year: 2015

  • Access Monitor Plugin Tests WordPress Sites for Accessibility Compliance

    Access Monitor Plugin Tests WordPress Sites for Accessibility Compliance

    Web accessibility guidelines are constantly in flux, making it difficult for site administrators to keep pace. Even if you have a decent grasp on the basics, changes to your theme, plugins, and content can introduce new accessibility issues that you didn’t anticipate. Legal requirements may soon put publishers under the gun for accessibility compliance. Plugin…

  • Show Support for Free Speech with the Je Suis Charlie Plugin for WordPress

    Show Support for Free Speech with the Je Suis Charlie Plugin for WordPress

    This week the world mourns with Parisians following yesterday’s terrorist attack at the headquarters of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Masked gunmen, claiming to be Yemeni al-Qaida, killed 12 people, including eight journalists and two police officers. The attackers targeted Charlie Hebdo’s daily editorial meeting, in protest of the publication’s controversial satirical depictions of religious figures.…

  • Advanced WordPress Facebook Group Milestones in 2014

    Advanced WordPress Facebook Group Milestones in 2014

    For the Advanced WordPress group on Facebook, 2014 was a great year. The group added key admins Joost de Valk and Danny van Kooten to cover the European time zone. It took two and a half years to reach 7,500 members, but after highlighting the group on the Tavern, membership skyrocketed from 7,500 members to…

  • WordPress For Android Version 3.5 Embraces Google’s New Material Design Principles

    WordPress For Android Version 3.5 Embraces Google’s New Material Design Principles

    WordPress for Android is starting 2015 with a big update. Version 3.5 was released today, introducing major changes to the app’s overall design. This release follows Google’s new Material design principles, which was created to unify the experience of apps across platforms and devices. The design spec includes basic tenets for the various aspects of…

  • Better Search Replace: A New Plugin for Updating URLs and Text in WordPress Databases

    Better Search Replace: A New Plugin for Updating URLs and Text in WordPress Databases

    When migrating a WordPress site to a new domain, you’ll have to update every instance of the site’s URL in the database. Some developers prefer to use tools like WP-CLI or WP Migrate DB to handle this, while others opt for a general database search and replace plugin with a UI in the WordPress admin.…

  • Happy Joe to Host WP Boot Camp January 23: A Free Training Event for Military Veterans

    Happy Joe to Host WP Boot Camp January 23: A Free Training Event for Military Veterans

    Happy Joe is launching its first planned WP Boot Camp in San Antonio, TX on January 23, 2015. The non-profit organization helps US military veterans re-enter the workforce through training in WordPress and the web technology industry in general. Happy Joe was started by former service member James Dalman, who will be presenting at the…

  • WordPress StackExchange Thrives in 2014 with 17 Million Page Views and 14K New Questions

    WordPress StackExchange Thrives in 2014 with 17 Million Page Views and 14K New Questions

    Last week, moderators from the WordPress Development StackExchange (WPSE) posted a short summary of stats from 2014, which demonstrate the remarkable growth and success of the community surrounding the site. This past year WPSE pulled in approximately 15,000 new users, bringing the total to 45,000. The site received a total of 17 million page views…

  • Control the Visibility of WordPress Widgets Based on Time and Date

    Control the Visibility of WordPress Widgets Based on Time and Date

    The traditional use of widgets in WordPress is to set it and forget it. After placing and configuring a widget, it stays in the widgetized area until manually removed. Many plugins have extended widgets to add visibility settings that are based on the page or post where the widget appears. But what if you could…

  • Emil Uzelac Launches New WordPress Theme Review Service

    Emil Uzelac Launches New WordPress Theme Review Service

    Emil Uzelac’s new WordPress Theme Review service is the first of its kind. As a four-year veteran of the WordPress.org Theme Review Team, he is uniquely qualified to operate a service that focuses on theme standards and quality control. Uzelac plans to assist developers with theme reviews for client projects, commercial themes, and free themes…

  • Kim Parsell, Affectionately Known as #wpmom Passes Away

    Kim Parsell, Affectionately Known as #wpmom Passes Away

    In the eight years I’ve covered the WordPress scene, only once have I written about someone passing away. It’s with a heavy heart and great sadness to inform you that Kim Parsell passed away last week at her home in Southern, Ohio. The cause of death is unknown and a small service is tentatively scheduled…

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