In this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly, we discussed several topics with WordPress lead developer Andrew Nacin. Ever since the release of WordPress 3.7, many have questioned why auto updates are turned on by default for minor and security updates. Nacin described the philosophy behind the auto update system and why the team will be…
Marcus Couch and I were joined by Eric Mann to discuss the news of the week. After the news, we discussed in-depth a few of the core proposals Mann has published on his blog. We covered the following three WordPress core proposals: Data Service Portability Offline Editor After speaking with Mann, it’s clear he puts…
This episode of WordPress Weekly featured a panel of four individuals helping to make the web a safer place. Chris Wiegman – Lead Developer of iThemes Security Regina Smola – Founder of WPSecurityLock Brennen Byrne – Founder and CEO of Clef Sam Hotchkiss – Founder of BruteProtect We discussed a number of topics such as…
Sarah Gooding and I debated whether or not smilies are content and what the true focus of debate should be concerning the emoticons. I shared my experience upgrading to WordPress For iOS 4.0 and the problems it solved. Last but not least, we discussed the dangers of downloading plugins from untrusted sources. Stories Discussed: WordPress…
Earlier this month, we interviewed Dre Armeda and Tony Perez of Sucuri.net to talk about WordPress security. Both guests shared information from a services perspective. We received a lot of positive feedback on the amount information presented in the episode. We’re going to turn the tables and discuss securing WordPress from the perspective of using…
Marcus Couch and I were joined by Steve Burge, founder of OSTraining.com. OSTraining was launched in 2008 and is one of the few websites dedicated to educating users of three major open-source platforms: Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress. Through OSTraining, Steve has a unique perspective on the pain points users are encountering with each platform. We…
We’ve kept this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly short and sweet. We talked about the news of week and I shared my experience attending the first ever WordCamp Dayton, Ohio. We discussed why there are so many WordCamps happening in the state of Ohio and how some of them came to fruition. We also, congratulated…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we dived deep into the topic of security, especially at it relates to WordPress. Dre Armeda and Tony Perez of Sucuri joined me on the show to talk about the formation of the company, the history behind the name, and provided advice on how to protect your WordPress site.…
Tony Perez and Dre Armeda of Sucuri Security will be our special guests on this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly. We’ll spend the majority of the episode talking about WordPress security and what users can do to protect themselves against the bad guys. We’ll also figure out why the company was founded and what trends…
In this episode, Marcus Couch and I sat down with Chris Wallace, co-founder of UpThemes and discussed in detail the reasons behind the open letter published by the company. We learned how Chris got involved with WordPress theme development and the circumstances leading to the creation of UpThemes. Chris explained how hard it was to…
On this weeks edition of WordPress Weekly, Chris Wallace founder of UpThemes.com will be our guest. We’re going to dive deeper into the reasons why their open letter was written and published to the WordPress theme community. We’ll talk about what the state of WordPress themes are in 2014 and what UpThemes plans are for…
In this episode, we were joined by the president of 10up, Jake Goldman. We find out what it’s like to work with Fortune 500 companies on the WordPress.com VIP platform and what differences exist between it and the self-hosted version of WordPress. He gives us the lowdown on why the company became a major investor…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, we were joined by Jonathan Atkinson of Cr3ative.com and discussed what it’s like to make a living using ThemeForest. We dived into a number of topics including: Using ThemeForest as a launch platform The reputation of ThemeForest Can theme authors profit while coding themes the right way How theme…
In this weeks installment of WordPress Weekly, I was joined by plugin guru Marcus Couch and special guest Nick Haskins. Nick is the creator of the Aesop Storytelling Engine. We talked about the news of the week. Then, we launched into a great interview with Nick where he tells us what inspired him to create…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, I was joined by Marcus Couch and Matt Medeiros of Mattreport.com and founder of Slocumstudio.com. I threw out the show notes for this episode and instead, tapped into the collective knowledge of my guests to discuss the world of podcasting with WordPress. The first part of the conversation covers…