• Send to WordPress: Chrome Extension Exports Google Docs to WordPress Posts

    Send to WordPress: Chrome Extension Exports Google Docs to WordPress Posts

    If you’re a Google chrome user, there are many free extensions out there that are useful for getting other applications to work with WordPress. Earlier this year we shared a collection of Chrome extensions for WordPress users, many of which are specifically tailored toward content creation. Send to WordPress is a handy new extension that…

  • How to Easily Add Icons to Menus in WordPress

    How to Easily Add Icons to Menus in WordPress

    Have you ever found yourself wanting to spice up the navigation menus on your site by adding icons? Typically, you’d have to edit the CSS of a theme but thanks to a new plugin, you don’t have to. Menu Icons is a plugin for WordPress that makes it easy to add icons to menus without…

  • Dependency Minification for WordPress: Automatically Concatenate and Minify Scripts and Stylesheets

    Dependency Minification for WordPress: Automatically Concatenate and Minify Scripts and Stylesheets

    If you’re obsessed with improving your site’s loading time then you’ve probably already looked into caching and server optimizations. Frontend optimization is often further down on the list but can have a tremendous effect on performance. One of the most common frontend optimization techniques is to concatenate and minify your resources, which reduces the number…

  • WPChat Relaunches as a Forum Dedicated to WordPress

    WPChat Relaunches as a Forum Dedicated to WordPress

    A few years ago, Leland Fiegel created a site called WPChat. The site contained an iFrame with an embedded IRC client pointed to Freenode. It provided easy access to IRC where at anytime during the week, users could chat about WordPress. Here’s what the old site looked like. After being dormant for the past year…

  • The Problem With Image Attachments In WordPress

    The Problem With Image Attachments In WordPress

    Something I’ve wanted to see in WordPress for a long time is the ability to determine which posts an image is being used on. WordPress 4.0 is expected to ship by the end of August and contains two subtle changes to image data in the media library. You’ll be able to view the author who…

  • _s_backbone: A WordPress Starter Theme Based on Underscores and Backbone.js

    _s_backbone: A WordPress Starter Theme Based on Underscores and Backbone.js

    The Underscores WordPress starter theme has seen a flurry of activity in recent days, adding support for Sass and automated testing with Travis CI. The theme has been forked more than 1300 times on GitHub with many interesting variations created to support various theme features and frameworks. One fork in particular is getting WordPress theme…

  • Time To Move On From The “Is WordPress A CMS” Debate

    Time To Move On From The “Is WordPress A CMS” Debate

    In the realm of WordPress, there is a particular debate that has been going on for years on whether WordPress is a CMS or not. CMSCritic has a great article by Kaya Ismail, that explains why WordPress is a CMS (Whether You Like it or Not). It’s one of the most refreshing perspectives I’ve read on…

  • Under the Hood of Semplice: A New Portfolio System Based on WordPress

    Under the Hood of Semplice: A New Portfolio System Based on WordPress

    Semplice has soft-launched its new WordPress-powered portfolio system. The commercial project popped up on our radar after debuting its extraordinary implementation of the WordPress content editor. Founded by German designers Michael Schmidt and Tobias van Schneider, Semplice is breaking onto the scene with high impact designs and its own radically simplified content editor. “Semplice is…

  • A Survival Guide To WordCamps For First Time Attendees

    A Survival Guide To WordCamps For First Time Attendees

    WordCamps are excellent opportunities to learn WordPress and have of face-to-face interaction with a lot of different people. They can also be exhausting and possibly stressful for first timers. Carrie Dils has an awesome WordCamp Survival Guide filled with tips and information on how to get the most out of these events. Tip number five…

  • WPWeekly Episode 158 – Interview With Pippin Willamson Of Easy Digital Downloads

    WPWeekly Episode 158 – Interview With Pippin Willamson Of Easy Digital Downloads

    Pippin Williamson of Easy Digital Downloads joined Marcus Couch and I to discuss a variety of topics. Williamson tells his story of how he got involved with WordPress. Later in the show, we discuss what it’s like to be a remote worker. Williamson tells us which tools he uses for project management and how important…

  • Automatically Tweet an Announcement for WordPress Plugin Version Updates

    Automatically Tweet an Announcement for WordPress Plugin Version Updates

    Here’s a quick tip for WordPress.org plugin authors and users, courtesy of Paul de Wouters: With the help of a task automation service like Zapier or IFTTT, you can automatically send out a tweet every time an updated version of your plugin is available. Simply set up an RSS -> Twitter action, like this one…

  • Clear Tranquil: A Free Minimalist WordPress Theme for Bloggers

    Clear Tranquil: A Free Minimalist WordPress Theme for Bloggers

    Clear Tranquil is one of the cleanest, most elegant blogging themes to hit WordPress.org in recent days. The theme was created by Woo Themes designer James Koster as a child theme for his responsive Highwind parent theme. Clear Tranquil lives up to its name, inspiring a light, peaceful reading experience that is clutter-free. The design…

  • Foster Me: A WordPress Plugin to Help Shelter Animals in Need

    Foster Me: A WordPress Plugin to Help Shelter Animals in Need

    Everybody knows that animals need homes. There are far more pets available for adoption than there are people lining up to adopt them. Call your local animal shelter and they’ll probably tell you that they’re at or over capacity. That’s where foster homes can help to provide quality care for animals in the interim, until…

  • WebDevStudios Names Dre Armeda Vice President of Operations

    WebDevStudios Names Dre Armeda Vice President of Operations

    In the time Dre Armeda spent with Sucuri, he turned a two-person part-time hobby into a multi-million dollar, 30+ employee company. When Armeda left the company he helped found, he didn’t provide any hints as to where he was going. Three months after leaving Sucuri, Armeda has been named the Vice President of Operations for…

  • The Simple Criteria That Determines Which Jetpack Modules Are Auto-Activated

    The Simple Criteria That Determines Which Jetpack Modules Are Auto-Activated

    Since the release of Jetpack in 2011, there have been several articles highlighting the fact that it auto activates modules. George Stephanis, a member of the Jetpack development team, has consistently explained that “Jetpack only auto-activates modules that provide enhancements without affecting the front-end layout of the site.” Earlier today, Stephanis published a post on…