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WordPress 4.4 May Add Private Plugin Header

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October 21, 2015

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The release of WordPress 4.4 is rapidly approaching, but people are still hard at work making this the best version yet. One of the recent tickets being addressed has made a decent amount of headway and seems to be on target for the next release. The ticket covers a longstanding problem with plugin name collisions. There have been instances where an existing plugin in the WordPress repo, which shares a name with a privately maintained plugin, has an available update. Because the plugins share directory names, hitting the update button means that the private plugin is replaced. The currently suggested solution […]

Next ManageWP AMA Will Be Adii Pienaar

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October 20, 2015

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If you weren’t able to tune into the AMA with Pippin Williamson last week, you have the chance to speak with another influential WordPresser on Wednesday, Oct. 21. ManageWP announced Adii Pienaar, co-founder of WooThemes will take to the Internet starting at (TIME) to answer your questions. In 2014, after leaving WooThemes, Pienaar started Receiptful, which helps businesses send customers receipts that include marketing messages. He also wrote a book about branding and maintains a personal blog about what it’s like to grow and learn as an entrepreneur. Read through what he’s done and start thinking of some interesting questions to […]

What’s New In WordPress: 10/19/2015

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October 19, 2015

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Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected] Playing With Type: How to identify the right typography for your site if you aren’t a designer. How To Embed Content from Over 300 Sources Into Your WordPress Site For Free: It isn’t too difficult to embed different types of media into WordPress, but finding the embed codes across different sites can be. Embedly works with over 300 sources to make embedding so much easier. 5 Takeaways From Pippin Williamson AMA: Renown plugin creator, Pippin Williamson, answered […]

5 Takeaways From AMA With Pippin Williamson

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October 16, 2015

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Earlier this week, Pippin Williamson stopped by ManageWP to do a cheeky AMA. People asked the successful plugin developer everything from, what it felt like to be homeschooled to what he would change about WordPress core. Williamson has written more than 200 plugins, is the CEO of three e-commerce companies, and co hosts a popular podcast dedicated to WordPress called Apply Filters. He managed to answer quite a few questions. Let’s take a look at some of the main takeaways. Managing multiple projects is both rewarding and difficult. Williamson spoke about how rewarding and difficult it can be to manage […]

Akismet 3.1.5 Now Available

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October 14, 2015

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Akismet 3.1.5 is now available. Users are urged to update as soon as possible. Sucuri discovered an XSS vulnerability in the popular spam protection plugin that affects every version including and after 2.5.0. The vulnerability can be accessed through comments, so it should be stopped through the plugin’s comment-check API, but the safest option is to update anyway. For those with automatic updates, this is included and you don’t need to do anything at this time. All others need to update manually in the plugin directory or by updating directly through your WordPress dashboard. Though it isn’t clear if anyone […]

What’s New In WordPress: 10/12/2015

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October 12, 2015

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Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected] Where To Find Trustworthy WordPress Developers: Finding a developer these days is easy, finding one that will do a good job can be harder. Read about where to go to find the best people you can. The First Half Of The REST API Officially Added To WordPress Core: If this goes well, it could mean a complete REST API in WordPress 4.5. What Will WordPress Be Like In Ten Years?: WordPress has grown so much since […]

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