WordPress founder and CEO of WooCommerce owner Automattic Matt Mullenweg delivered the first State of the Woo yesterday at WooConf in Austin. In it, he shared a number of stats and milestones that illustrate how WooCommerce has grown. Here’s a look at some of the stats and milestones mentioned in the State of the Woo 2016 (click infographic to enlarge):
The Panama Papers leak is one of the biggest data leaks to date, involving over 100 news publications and 2.6 terabytes of information. Forbes discovered the Panamanian law firm that was hacked was using a site run on a three-month-old version of WordPress. Forbes also noted that the portal customers use to access their data was allegedly running a three-year-old version of Drupal, and the site contained at least 25 vulnerabilities. WP Tavern, however, noted that Forbes’ findings aren’t exactly correct. According to the article, “While looking at the site today, I found that the firm’s WordPress-powered site is currently […]
WordCamp developed a new page that makes the status of each new WordCamp public. Called the WordCamp Application Status page, it lists the conference’s name, location, most recent milestone, status, and last update. It even highlights the applicant’s name so it’s easier to get in touch. Thinking about creating a new WordCamp? Check the list first and get involved if one has already been planned. Everything is done through WordCamp Central. You can log in, choose the WordCamp you want to update and change the status to everything from “Needs More Info” to “Scheduled.” When a WordCamp is first added, […]
WordPress founder and CEO of WooCommerce owner Automattic Matt Mullenweg kicked off WooConf 2016 in Austin with the first ever State of the Woo address, during which he shared an insightful look at WooCommerce’s past, present, and future. The Woo Journey WooCommerce, From Zero To Hiro More than 37 percent of all eCommerce sites use WooCommerce, making it a de facto in the industry. It hasn’t always been this way, though. Mullenweg pointed out that when it started in Sept. 2011, it had zero downloads, six official themes, and only nine official extensions. Just one year later, in 2012, however, the plugin […]
Most in the WordPress community are self-taught. They played around with their first WordPress website until they broke something, and worked on it until it was fixed. Doing this over and over again, they became extremely proficient. And it is probably the best way to learn. However, you can kickstart your learning, or even augment it, with some online courses. I’m going to show you some of the courses I took that helped me level up my WordPress development skills, as well as some I plan to take in the near future. I’ve divided them by the each language/skill, and […]
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