HeroPress, founded by Topher DeRosia in 2015, has obtained its first financial sponsor in XWP, a web development firm that specializes in WordPress. In recent weeks, DeRosia has added a sponsors page to the site that highlights businesses that are supporting the project. Pantheon is hosting the site for free and Ninja Forms, Theme Foundry, Postmatic, and…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Matt Cromwell, Head of Support and Community Outreach at WordImpress. We learn how WordImpress was founded, why the company entered the product space with the GiveWP donations plugin, and the inspiration behind the company’s mission statement to democratize generosity. Cromwell also shared…
Lisa Melegari, lead organizer of WordCamp Orlando, confirmed earlier today that the event is cancelled due to hurricane Matthew. Rosen UCF campus, the venue where the event was to be held announced that it is under a mandatory order to remain closed until Sunday, eliminating the possibility of having sessions this weekend. Those who purchased…
WordPress.com is a service that doesn’t allow users to install plugins to add functionality. Because of this, users are at the mercy of WordPress.com and the tools it offers for managing SEO. These tools have expanded with the ability to create custom meta descriptions, custom title formats, and live previews now available to WordPress.com Business Plan…
LoopConf, an event geared towards WordPress developers that was supposed to begin October 5th is postponed due to hurricane Matthew. In today’s 11 AM update, the National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch for Deerfield Beach to the Volusia/Brevard county line which is near the venue. LoopConf organizers are removing property and personnel from the…
The Div, a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by Jay Chapman, Cory Miller, and Scott Day in Oklahoma, has been selected by Code.org to be a learning partner. The organization will help expand access to computer science education across the state by being the designated provider of Code.org educational programs. Thanks to funding provided by Code.org, The Div…
There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. Four Great How-to Videos From Bob Dunn Bob Dunn, founder of BobWP.com,…
If you manage a number of WordPress sites, you may find yourself inundated with emails each time a new version of WordPress is released. If you’d like to quickly disable these types of notifications, check out Control WP Core Emails, a brand new plugin developed by Andrew Norcross of Reaktiv Studios. Once activated, browse to…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss some of the major headlines of the past two weeks. We talk about the unprecedented move by the Theme Review Team to suspend Zerif Lite from the theme directory leaving 300K users without a way to get updates. We share what’s new in Edit…
Nearly a year ago, we published information about a new project by Arūnas Liuiza, a WordPress plugin developer, called Measure Jetpack that would benchmark Jetpack’s performance on websites. Outside of a post published in January, there’s been little information on its progress. I reached out to Liuiza and discovered that he’s going to give a…
Agency Chat is a weekly 30 minute show hosted by Greg Mount of Pasada Media, Tom Auger from Art & Science, Brent Kobayashi, and Andy McIlwain that discusses trends and challenges relevant to digital agencies. On the episode that aired September 14th, Mount and Auger discussed the Headway Themes situation and how integral communication is when it comes to running a digital…
For the past several months Hyun Supul, new owner of Aesop Interactive LLC, has been diligently improving Aesop Story Engine and today he’s released version 1.9. This release includes a new gallery type by Paul Eiche called Hero. Users can configure the Hero gallery type to fill the window or container vertically or horizontally. You…
If you live in the Los Angeles, CA area and are skilled in user experience design, WordPress development, copyrighting, and more, there’s a new event that could use your help. It’s called Website Weekend and takes place October 22-23 at OpenX in Pasadena, CA between the hours of 9am and 6pm. Organized by Alex Vasquez and Natalie MacLees, in association…
When ManageWP allowed users to perform security scans of websites through the Orion interface in December of 2015, a feature commonly requested by customers was the ability to automate the scans. Nine months after implementing security checks for customers, ManageWP has added automated security scans to its assortment of features. The automated security scans are a premium feature…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Jeff King, General Manager of hosting at GoDaddy, and Vladimir Prelovac, founder of ManageWP. We discuss a number of topics related to GoDaddy’s recent acquisition of ManageWP including: Why Vladimir chose GoDaddy. Vladimir’s thoughts on the negative reaction expressed by ManageWP customers.…