John Saddington

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January 22, 2013

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There’s always room for one more, right? Brian Krogsgard has launched a new link blog called Post Status that does, well, what you think it might do: Provide links to content. How innovative is this new initiative? Like the thousands of other sites out there really isn’t anything special. In fact, let’s be honest – even what we’re doing here isn’t innovative either (so we’re in the same boat my friend). What may be special is the fact that Sir Krogsalot (what we call him internally) is curating it. If you trust Brian (and he’s a pretty trustworthy guy) to provide […]

Beating the Snot Out of Our Keyword Competition

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January 22, 2013

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One of the things that we’re obviously tracking as we grow our community here is our ability to do well in all areas of search, from organic to direct links, to mentions on social media properties, and more. We’re tracking it all (as you should too) so that we can begin to optimize our blog this year. It will take a lot of effort and take time but the payoff is always worth the time spent. No one on staff here would ever call anyone a SEO Expert or Professional but we’ve been around the block to be dangerous enough. […]

24 Hours of Continuous WordPress? Enter WordSesh 2013!

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January 22, 2013

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It’s hard to imagine that anyone who loves WordPress like we do would ever decline an offer for even more WordPress, right? Well, the there are two guys who are looking to take it to the extreme by offering a constant stream of WordPress into your brain with WordSesh. Scott Basgaard and Brad Williams are behind the project that is scheduled to launch in April. If you’re interested in speaking or helping out you can drop them a line at mail [at] wordsesh [dot] org.

Aaron Jorbin Now Leads Meetups Program

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January 21, 2013

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The Meetups program is undergoing some massive changes this year with hopes of creating some symmetry between all the groups in organization, philosophy, and execution. Although the grand vision that was laid out has yet to fully materialize one of the current changes is the fact that WordPress is now paying the Meetup.com dues that each group is required to pay. Not bad, especially if you’re an organizer and want to keep the meetups as trim as possible. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg as they say since there’s an avalanche of proposed ideas that’ll make it even […]

Editors for the Plugin, Theme Handbooks Announced

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January 21, 2013

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Congrats to both Rachel Baker and our own Tom McFarlin who have joined up with the growing team lead by Siobhan to help create the Theme Developer Handbook and Plugin Developer Handbook, respectively. But they aren’t alone as they’ve got a tribe of contributors and supporters backing them:

Cool Off or Chat it Up at the Watercooler

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January 21, 2013

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So, what is the WP Watercooler? From the look of it we can see a primarily video-centric blog showcasing candid conversation around small business, WordPress, and everything in between. Each week host Jason Tucker brings together people from the WordPress community to discuss WordPress and how it is changing our businesses and our lives.

What the Heck Happened to WPCandy?

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January 21, 2013

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WP Candy was an incredible source of inspiration for what we’re doing here at WP Daily – in fact, all of the staff here have the pleasure of watching the property grow into a positive force of information, community, and all-around fun. But if you’ve been around for some time now you’ve seen what appears now to the be rise and fall of such a great site with the last post now dating back more than a month ago. With recent conversation surrounding editorial burnout, Bermuda Triangles, and business models, there’s a lot of healthy reasoning of why an editorial news […]

The WordPress Weekend Roundup

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January 19, 2013

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In our usual fashion we’re collecting and sharing with you guys some of the news that came through our channels (and that darn Submit News button) that we weren’t able to cover in the past week – there are always great stories and great WordPress-centric content that still deserves a bit of attention. Last week there was a lot of feedback about the style of which we present this information – such as removing the pagination and changing the order of images with titles (thanks @ChrisWallace, @Norcross, @Drewapicture and others. Those were great suggestions and so we’ll test it out […]

WordCamp Mentor/Mentee Requirements Drafted

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January 18, 2013

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I’m really enjoying the updates via Heather Acton who’s keeping the entire community updated with how things are going in the Events space over at Make. Her recent update shares the fact that they’ve begun to lock down requirements for both the mentor and mentee so that firm expectations can be established for the best possible experience for everyone. For example, if you want to become a mentor for another possible WordCamp organizer, you’ll want to walk through this list first: Mentors must have organized at least 1 WordCamp before 1-3 hours per week will be dedicated to supporting your mentee Willing […]

Base Theme for WordCamp Updated, SVN and Trac

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