A Look Back at WordPress News in 2014, Part 2 of 2

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This is part two of a two part series looking back at WordPress news in 2014. There was plenty of action to write about with over 900 posts published in 2014. Browse through the list and if a particular story had an impact on you, let us know in the comments.

The stories included here are handpicked based on their newsworthiness, importance, and whether they generated a healthy discussion in the comments. The posts are in chronological order starting with July.

July

WordPress MailPoet Plugin Security Vulnerability: Immediate Update Recommended

VersionPress Misses Crowdfunding Goal By $14.5K

WordPress Visual Page and Website Builders Make It Easy To Create Ugly Sites

WPBeginner Turns 5, Celebrates With Campaign To Build Two New Schools In Guatemala

In The Next Few Years, 90% Of WordPress Development Could Be JavaScript Based

WordPress.tv Adds Its First German Presentation: Konstantin Obenland on Underscores

Kinsta Publishes Guide On The History Of WordPress, Its Ecosystem, and Community

WP Engine Becomes The First Large Partner To Integrate Sidekick

Critical Security Update For WPTouch, Users Should Update Immediately

WP Quick Install Script Offers a Fast Way to Install WordPress, Plugins, and Themes

Hybrid Core 2.0 Adds Composer Support, Removes Widgets From Framework

Translate WordPress Plugins and Themes Directly in Your Browser

WPcast.fm Billed As The Professional WordPress Podcast

Exploring The Idea Of An Internet Archive Specifically For WordPress Content

VaultPress Begins Offering 5 Day Free Trials Through Jetpack

Heavy Analytics for WordPress Now Open Source and Available on GitHub

GavickPro Abandons Theme Framework in Favor of WordPress Customizer

Automattic’s Planned Gravatar App Morphs Into a Selfies App for Android

WordPress JSON REST API Plugin 1.1.1 Security Release: Update Recommended

WordPress Developers Organize Community Initiative to Standardize Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Metadata

MigrateWP Launches a Service Dedicated to WordPress Migrations

7 Aspects Of WordPress I Take For Granted

Jetpack Rebrands with New Logo, Adds Custom Post Types in 3.1 Release

August

WordPress Async Task Library from TechCrunch Now Open Source

Serious Bug Discovered In The All In One WordPress Security and Firewall Plugin

SchoolPress: A WordPress-Powered Open Source App for Educators and Students

Crowd Favorite Announces Chris Lema As New CTO

WordPress 3.9.2 Fixes Security Vulnerabilities, Users Strongly Encouraged To Update

How Crowd Favorite Utilizes Multiple Offices and a Distributed Work Force

WP Site Care Acquires Audit WP

Sprout Apps to Launch a Suite of WordPress-Powered Apps Targeted at Freelancers and Small Businesses

Carl Hancock Shares Advice On Registering Trademarks

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

WebDevStudios Names Dre Armeda Vice President of Operations

A Survival Guide To WordCamps For First Time Attendees

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

WPChat Relaunches as a Forum Dedicated to WordPress

Akismet Account Dashboard Gets a Major Overhaul

WordPress Plugin WP Inject Renames to ImageInject and Introduces New Features

Automattic Acquires Parka LLC, The Creators Of BruteProtect

Chris Wiegman on Why He Sold Better WP Security to iThemes

Matt Mullenweg Hosts Impromptu Q&A Session On Facebook

Jason Schuller Shares His Experience Running a WordPress Theme Business

WP Settings Generator: Quickly Create a Custom Options Page Using the WordPress Settings API

Google Authorship is Officially Dead, WordPress Authorship Plugins are Now Obsolete

September

WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 3.0 Released with New Community Website

The Hidden Savings Of a WordCamp Ticket

Sprout Apps Launches Free WordPress Invoicing Plugin

Critical Security Vulnerability Found in WordPress Slider Revolution Plugin, Immediate Update Advised

WordPress 4.0 Benny Now Available for Download

Pressgram to Shut Down, Development Discontinued

Syed Balkhi on The Overnight Success of OptinMonster

1,000+ WordPress Themes on Envato Market Potentially Affected by Slider Revolution Security Vulnerability

Flywheel Hosting Secures $1.2M In Funding

WordPress Theme Review Team to Launch Mentoring Program

Founder Of ManageWP Publishes Open Letter on Security to The WordPress Community

OpenTickets: An Open Source Event Management and Ticket Sales Platform Built on WordPress and WooCommerce

What Happens When WordPress Is Updated With 100 Plugins Activated?

A Successful WordPress Plugin Adoption Story

Join the September 10th Internet Slowdown Protest with These WordPress Plugins

Jeff Starr Releases New 450 Page Book: WordPress Themes In Depth

Graph Paper Press Launches Theme.Works, A Drag and Drop Platform for Building WordPress Themes

Free PSD Template for Creating a WordPress.org Plugin Banner

PhpStorm 8 Released With Full WordPress Support

Netropolitan “Facebook for Rich People” is Powered by WordPress and BuddyPress

BuddyPress 2.1 Patsy Released

Is It Maintained? Web App Monitors the Activity of Open Source Projects

iThemes Suffers Security Breach, Customers Urged To Reset Passwords

How Public Perception of WordPress Influences Developer Contracts

Flox: Privately Hosted Social Networks Powered by WordPress and BuddyPress

A New Resource Devoted To WordPress and Photographers

iThemes Confirms it Stored Customer Passwords in Clear-Text

Ryan Hellyer’s AWS Nightmare: Leaked Access Keys Result in a $6,000 Bill Overnight

WordPress.com Publishes First Ever Video Ad Entitled “Welcome Home”

Ben Gillbanks Announces The End of TimThumb

GoDaddy and Media Temple Engage in Strategic Partnership With WP101

WordPress Beyond Boundaries: A Recap of WordCamp Europe 2014

Stream Morphs From a Plugin Into a Service

October

Interview With Stream Project Lead, Frankie Jarrett

Matt Mullenweg on Ensuring the Future of WordPress

WebDevStudios Acquires WordPress Support Services Company, Maintainn

First PodsCamp Is a Success

WebDesign.com Is Now iThemes Training

HostingReviews.io – Webhosting Reviews Without The Affiliate Links

Troubleshooting Handbook For New WordPress Support Forum Volunteers Is Live

How to Obtain The Total Download Count For Plugins Attached to a WordPress.org Username

LoopConf: A Conference Catered to WordPress Developers

Watch The Q&A Session Between Matt Mullenweg and Om Malik From WordCamp Europe

The First “Rate and Review a Plugin Day” is a Success

Jason Schuller to Re-Enter WordPress Theme Market with Niche Admin Designs

Monster Widgets for bbPress and BuddyPress Make It Easy to Test Core Widgets

JSTOR Launches Online Daily Magazine Using WordPress

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word Highlights Internationalization, Mobile, and New Tools for WordPress Contributors

Jetpack 3.2 Released, Introduces New Site Logo Feature for Theme Developers

AppPresser Debuts Reactor: A WordPress-Powered Mobile App Creator Built with the WP JSON REST API

Security Vulnerability Discovered and Patched in WP eCommerce

John Saddington Releases Desk, a Premium Publishing Application For The Mac

November

Jetpack 3.2 Introduces Centralized Posting from WordPress.com

WPShout Publishes The Results of Its 2014 Webhosting Survey

10up Open Sources Its Engineering Best Practices

Sidekick’s Pricing Experiment Reveals Valuable Lessons for WordPress Business Owners

Automattic Acquires Code for the People, Expands WordPress.com VIP’s Reach Into European Markets

WooConf, The First Ever Conference Dedicated to WooCommerce Deemed a Success

Why WordPress Doesn’t Need to Fear Ghost, Yet

Happy Joe Uses WordPress to Train and Help Veterans Find Careers in Web Technology

Flynn O’Connor on Organizing and Marketing a WordCamp for Developers

Installatron Partners With Clef to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Automated Installs of WordPress

Automattic Open Sources Its DMCA Process Docs on GitHub

WP eCommerce Has a New Home

DigitalOcean Is Now the Third Largest Hosting Provider, WordPress Droplets Account for 23%

WordPress 4.0.1 is a Critical Security Release that Fixes a Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WP Engine Partners with 10up to Launch Enterprise HHVM WordPress Hosting Platform

CyberChimps is Looking For Investors

A Glimpse Into Serbia’s Rapidly Growing WordPress Community

ModernThemes Launches Site Dedicated to Providing Free WordPress Themes

December

DawnPatrol Gives Fringe WordPress Communities a Voice

JP Bot: The Silent Bot Behind the Jetpack Module Extraction Plugins

WP Engine Sponsors John James Jacoby to Work on HHVM Compatibility with BuddyPress

InfiniteWP Client Plugin Releases Security Update

jMonkeyEngine Migrates Community Site Away From BuddyPress and bbPress

Google’s New reCAPTCHA API Replaces Distorted Text with a Checkbox

nRelate Will Shutdown Its Service December 31st

What Would it Take For WordPress to Lose its Dominance?

CEO and Envato Co-founder Collis Ta’eed On The First 6 Months of Envato

WP Stagecoach to Bring 1-Click Staging Sites to WordPress in 2015

A New User’s Experience Installing and Using bbPress

WordPress Themes Directory Now Requires All Themes to be Translation-Ready

Idea Factory: A Frontend Submission and Voting System for WordPress

A Newbie’s Guide to bbPress

BuddyPress, bbPress, and GlotPress Development Campaign is Now Fully Funded

Google Earth API to Retire December 12th, 2015

The Majority of Shark Tank Contestants Use WordPress and WooCommerce

Pippin Williamson on Building a Community Around Your Open Source Project

100,000+ WordPress Sites Compromised Using the Slider Revolution Security Vulnerability

Jetpack 3.3 Introduces New Centralized Dashboard for Managing Multiple WordPress Sites

ManageWP Releases Plugin Discovery Tool

Atlanta WordPress Coders Guild: A New Meetup for Designers and Programmers

WordPress 4.1 “Dinah” Released

Critical Git Vulnerability Patched: Update Your Git Clients Immediately

Concept Image Shows Redesign of Drupal.org User Profiles

phpBB.com Compromised, Users Should Change Their Passwords

WordSesh 3 Attracts 3,000 Unique Viewers From 89 Countries

Historic WordPress Project Seeks Contributors

Varying Vagrant Vagrants Adopts Open Source MIT License

Without Notifying Customers, GoDaddy and MediaTemple Auto Activate SIDEKICK

WordPress Community Pulls Together to Help a Member in Need