• VersionPress Adopts The GPL Software License

    VersionPress Adopts The GPL Software License

    When I wrote about the VersionPress project and campaign last week, a major sticking point with people was whether the project would be licensed under the GPL. After a few consultation emails and deliberation, the developers have decided the plugin will be 100% GPL licensed. When we set off with VersionPress and the crowd-funding campaign…

  • Forbes Publishes Transcript Of Extended Interview With Matt Mullenweg

    Forbes Publishes Transcript Of Extended Interview With Matt Mullenweg

    Typically when reading interviews people have done with Matt Mullenweg, I don’t learn anything new. That’s the not the case with the extended interview he did with J.J. Colao of Forbes.com. In the interview, Mullenweg goes into detail about his role of CEO at Automattic and emphasized how important mobile is within the company. Here…

  • Experimental BuddyPress Plugin Adds Finer Controls for Public Groups

    Experimental BuddyPress Plugin Adds Finer Controls for Public Groups

    BuddyPress Groups are one of the more social components of the plugin, as they’re used primarily for bringing members together around a shared interest, goal, or collaborative project. In some ways groups are like their own mini-networks within a social network, each having its own homepage, activity stream, member directory and administrative panel. Groups are…

  • WordPress Trunk Adds New Beta Testing Tab to Plugins Screen

    WordPress Trunk Adds New Beta Testing Tab to Plugins Screen

    If you’re running WordPress trunk, then you may have noticed a new addition to the plugins screen. A “Beta Testing” tab now lists all available Feature Plugins that are currently ready for testing, including the WP API, Press This, and WordPress Frontend Editor plugins. Andrew Nacin added the tab to all development builds of WordPress.…

  • ThemeFurnace Relaunches, Introduces Lifetime Club Membership

    ThemeFurnace Relaunches, Introduces Lifetime Club Membership

    ThemeFurnace relaunched this week with a complete overhaul of its theme collection. The shop was founded in 2012 by Oliver Dale, a Manchester-based designer and entrepreneur. In addition to a new website and pricing structure, Dale and his team have recoded all of their existing themes to remove the old options panel in favor of…

  • WPWeekly Episode 151 – Version Control For All (Maybe)

    WPWeekly Episode 151 – Version Control For All (Maybe)

    Marcus Couch and I were joined by VersionPress developer, Borek Bernard, to give us the scoop on not only the VersionPress campaign, but what the aim is for the plugin. He answered several questions, including the controversy surrounding the indecision of whether or not the plugin will be open-source licensed. After the show, Bernard published…

  • How to Create Responsive Device Mockups with WordPress

    How to Create Responsive Device Mockups with WordPress

    Creating responsive device mockups for products or portfolios can be a pain. Ordinarily, you might first search for a Photoshop template for the specific devices that you need for your mockups. Then you’d most likely take screenshots, cut them up and place them within the Photoshop file. Fortunately, if your site is running on WordPress,…

  • VersionPress Aims To Bring Version Control To The Masses

    VersionPress Aims To Bring Version Control To The Masses

    When WordPress 3.7 introduced automatic updates, a segment of users pushed back arguing they should be opt-in instead of opt-out. The main concern being that a website administrator wouldn’t have any time to test the update to make sure it doesn’t break anything. Several users said they would be fine with automatic updates if there…

  • WordPress Tip: Use the WP Local Dev Environment Plugin to Disable External Data Calls

    WordPress Tip: Use the WP Local Dev Environment Plugin to Disable External Data Calls

    When developing locally without an internet connection, it doesn’t make much sense for WordPress to load external files like fonts or Gravatars. This can slow you down unnecessarily. WP Local Dev Environment is a plugin created by Andrew Norcross for developers who are working locally without an internet connection. It removes / unhooks the loading…

  • New Plugin Adds Subtitles to WordPress Posts, Pages and Custom Post Types

    New Plugin Adds Subtitles to WordPress Posts, Pages and Custom Post Types

    In the past, adding subtitles to WordPress posts always required something a little hacky. Sometimes theme authors would hijack post excerpts or use custom fields in order to accomplish it, but these methods made process of adding a subtitle confusing for users. Subtitles is a new free plugin created by WordPress developer Philip Arthur Moore.…

  • Clef Partners With Softaculous To Provide 2-Step Authentication For Automated WordPress Installs

    Clef Partners With Softaculous To Provide 2-Step Authentication For Automated WordPress Installs

    Clef, the two-step authentication service that replaces usernames and passwords has announced a strategic partnership with Softaculous. Softaculous is similar to Fantastico in that it contains several scripts that can be auto installed on a webhosting account. The partnership enables automated WordPress installs from Softaculous to have Clef support out of the box. In one…

  • PressWork to Relaunch Under New Ownership

    PressWork to Relaunch Under New Ownership

    PressWork made a big splash in the WordPress theme world when it launched its free HTML5/CSS3 framework in the summer of 2011. The theme boasted a unique drag and drop front-end editor which allowed users to customize their sites without having to touch any code. Brendan Sera-Shriar and Chris Bavota put a great deal of…

  • New Data Shows WordPress Support Forum Registrations Surged Between 2009 and 2012

    New Data Shows WordPress Support Forum Registrations Surged Between 2009 and 2012

    A few days ago, Siobhan McKeown published a graphic on Twitter that shows sign ups to the WordPress.org support forums between 2005 and 2014. Notice the huge increase in registrations between 2009 and 2010. I asked McKeown what could account for the surge and she believes it’s the release of WordPress 3.0. WordPress 3.0 was…

  • Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ Acquires WordPress Theme Company ThemeShift

    Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ Acquires WordPress Theme Company ThemeShift

    In what has become a trend of late, another WordPress commercial theme shop has exchanged hands. ThemeShift, originally owned and operated by Simon Rimkus is now owned by Michael Oeser of DER PRiNZ, a German based WordPress theme and digital media company. ThemeShift has been in the WordPress commercial theme space since 2009. In an…

  • WP Engine to Sponsor Two Full-Time WordPress Core Contributors

    WP Engine to Sponsor Two Full-Time WordPress Core Contributors

    WP Engine is currently on the hunt to hire two developers to work on the open source WordPress project full-time. This is a relatively new trend that has caught on among companies that sell WordPress products and/or services. Last November, 10up announced that it would be sponsoring Helen Hou-Sandi to work full-time on WordPress core.…