Show Notes
Host
Ben Metcalfe is co-founder of WP Engine. He can be found on Twitter at @dotBen and wpengine.com
How the Ben got started in WordPress
Ben always had a background of a software engineer. He’s always been interested in publishing and self publishing. Ben was working on B2evolution and then realized around WordPress 1.5 that he was on the wrong horse. He wrote a script that would move a B2evolution blog to WordPress.
What they are sipping?
- Dre: Corona
- Brad: Water
- Ben: Peach, Mango and Orange Water
Pressing topics
- WordCamp Miami 2013 Recap. First BuddyCamp in the US.
- Social Media Widget Plugin Hiding SPAM. There is a URL in the plugin injecting spam on websites.
- WP Engine Welcomes Heather Brunner as COO. Heather comes to WP Engine, having spent the last several years as COO for Bazaarvoice.
- Matt M. cancels pledge to PressGram because it won’t be open source.
- Adopt a Codex Page. Help keep the Codex pages up to date.
- WordPress.org design changes. Check out the new look!
Bar tricks
- Brad – WordPress 3.6 beta 1 is now available.
- BadgeOS Plugin. Earn badges for using WordPress.
- Ben – WordPress Beta Plugin – keep up with the betas!
- Dre – Login Security Solution. A simple way to lock down login security for multisite and regular WordPress installations.
Events
WordSesh – April 13th
WordCamp San Francisco – July 26-27
Sponsors (who sponsored what)
Gravity Forms – Show Sponsor
Maintainn – Pressing Topics
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