WordPress.tv launched in January of 2009 and since then has become one of the largest repositories of information dedicated to WordPress. To put that in perspective, WordPress 2.8 and 2.9 were released the same year. However, with more than six years of content available, the team has run into a problem. On July 3rd, Brash…
The Theme Review Team has spent the last two months collecting data from surveys to discover common pain points people experience using the theme directory and going through the theme review process. The results of those surveys were used to create a roadmap of areas to focus on. In yesterday’s meeting, the Theme Review Team…
Genesis Camp is the first 24 hour conference dedicated to the Genesis framework by Studiopress. The event takes place on July 18-20 and is free to attend. Even though the event is dedicated to the Genesis framework, it’s not associated with Copyblogger Media or Studiopress. Organized by a community of Genesis users, the event features…
Earlier this month, Tom McFarlin published a great post where he shares his perspective on the WordPress community. His post struck a nerve and instead of discussing it through comments, I invited him to a Google Hangout to have a candid conversation. Within the conversation, McFarlin and I discuss a number of topics, including: Community…
Topher DeRosia, founder of HeroPress, is asking for $2,150 to attend WordCamp Pune, India. DeRosia was asked to speak about HeroPress by Saurabh Shukla, who is a HeroPress contributor and also the lead organizer of WordCamp Pune, India. In an effort to be transparent, DeRosia published how he will spend the money. $1400 for the…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Cory Miller, founder of iThemes. Miller discusses his entrepreneurship journey and shares in detail, how he maintains his mental health. We learn that people battling mental health are not alone and that it’s ok to ask for help. Miller explains how seeing…
First reported by Domain Name Wire, Automattic has won their Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) case against Chris Pearson. UDRP requests are a process established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the resolution of disputes regarding the registration of internet domain names. Automattic Wins Thesis.com According to findings by the…
If you have Adobe Flash installed, you’ll want to make sure it’s updated to the latest version as it patches a critical security vulnerability. According to The Register, confidential source code was stolen from Hacking Team and leaked online. Within the leaked source code, software vulnerabilities used by Hacking Team to break into PCs was…
Since March of this year, HeroPress has published inspirational essays from people all over the world. Instead of allowing comments on the site itself, Topher DeRosia, founder of HeroPress, partnered with WPChat to host conversations for each essay. Unfortunately, many of the articles received little feedback. Starting this week, DeRosia is allowing contributing writers to…
Post Formats is a feature introduced in WordPress 3.1 that enables themes to visually differentiate between types of content. A metabox with radio buttons was added in WordPress 3.6 to expose the feature to users and allow them to easily select a format. Since WordPress 3.6 was released, there has been little effort to improve…
Jetpack 3.6 is available and has several bug fixes and enhancements. Jetpack CLI which is a command line interface for Jetpack and extends off of wp-cli for WordPress, has undergone a number of improvements. There are a handful of new extra sidebar widgets, including Facebook Like Box, and Social Media Icons. Existing widgets such as Top Posts are…
Pressnomics has announced that the 4th iteration of the event will take place on March 3-4, 2016 at Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Phoenix, AZ. Started in 2012 by Joshua Strebel of Pagely, Pressnomics is a conference dedicated to the business aspects of WordPress, whether it is software as a service, commercial themes and plugins, or…
PHP 4 style constructors are being deprecated in WordPress 4.3 to ease the transition to support PHP 7. According to Aaron Jorbin, on the Make WordPress Core blog post, WordPress r32990 introduces a change so that all classes use the PHP 5 style constructors, while still retaining the PHP 4 style constructors for backwards compatibility. A…
VideoPress, Automattic’s video hosting service, has undergone a complete overhaul. The video player is now responsive and adjusts well to mobile devices. Videos can be embedded anywhere and are easier to share, thanks to permalinks. There’s also a couple of neat options for sharing videos. Similar to YouTube, you can select a time stamp where…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Chip Bennett, Jose Castaneda, Tammie Lister, and Edward Cassie who are members of the WordPress Theme Review Team. We learn why the team exists, its goals, and what the process is for getting a theme into the official directory. The team clarified…