Jennifer M. Dodd yesterday shared a detailed plan to upgrade the WordPress.org support forums to bbPress 2.x. The forums, which are currently powered by the outdated bbPress 1.x, are difficult to maintain and lack the flexibility offered by bbPress 2.x. Upgrading is essential because it makes it easier for the forums to be maintained by the community. The upgrade goal was set at the 2015 WordPress Community Summit, however, it has been delayed due to plugin compatibility issues: “Part of the delay has been that the forums rely on many custom plugins to make them manageable; some of these plugins have already […]
Happy First Birthday, WooMattic
A year ago today, Automattic acquired WooThemes. Since joining Automattic, lots has happened under the WooTeam. This post takes a look at some of the big changes WooMattic has made in the past year and where it’s headed. But first check out this video: Growth When WooThemes started in Sept. 2011, it had zero downloads, nine themes, and six extensions. Now, the company has 13.8 billion downloads and is the most popular ecommerce solution. According to built with, 37 percent of all eCommerce sites use WooCommerce, and that number doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In April, the first WooConf since the […]
WordPress 4.6 Will Drop Open Sans In The Admin
Since 2013, WordPress has used Open Sans as the default font for the admin panel. For a number of years, Open Sans has been around, and considering the fact that Open Sans in itself is a really popular and pretty good-looking font, it has become a staple feature in the WordPress admin panel. However, all of that is expected to change pretty soon. The upcoming version, WordPress 4.6, is planning to ditch Open Sans in favor of system fonts in the admin panel. Overview Here is what WordPress lead developer, Helen Hou-Sandi, stated in her commit message: “Rejoice, for your […]
New Broker System To Ease REST API Authentication Challenges
Since the beginning of the REST API project, authentication has been one of its biggest challenges. Although cookie-based authentication solves issues for JavaScript code running on the site, external sites have a more difficult time, which makes authentication in the REST API project inadequate. Co-founder of Human Made Joe Hoyle on Sunday announced the Authentication Broker System, a solution that aims to solve the decentralized registration problem. The broker can be found at https://apps.wp-api.org/, where you can sign up as a developer and create your app directly. In addition, the specifications for the system can be found at https://apps.wp-api.org/spec/. The two biggest roadblocks to authentication […]
Categories And Tags Screens To Be More Accessible
WordPress.org yesterday announced that WordPress 4.6 will include an update to how categories and tags are displayed. The visual order of the main elements will match the tab order. Geared toward people who use keyboard commands or screen readers, the change will make WordPress more accessible. “The main functionality in a page should just be the first thing in the source markup and other parts of the user interface should never be ‘skipped,’” the annoucment said. Currently, the ‘Tags’ screen looks like this: Content navigators have a difficult time finding the ‘Add New Tag’ box because it is located at […]
What’s New In WordPress: 5/16/2016
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]. WordPress.com Announces .blog Domain: You can now make sure everyone knows what you do with the new .blog domain name on WordPress.com. How To Offer Stellar Plugin Support Without A Big Staff: If you have a great plugin but no customer support, you will be in trouble. Use this guide to help your customers and yourself. WordPress.org Updates Hosting Recommendations: See the list of hosting companies that meet the certain criteria WordPress asks for. Five Best […]
5 Takeaways From ManageWP’s AMA With Troy Dean
A new week, a new ManageWP AMA. This time with Troy Dean of WP Elevation. Dean began as a WordPress consultant, helping people grow their businesses. As the co-founder of Video and User Manuals as well as WP Elevation, Dean knows a thing or two about running a WordPress business. He now manages a membership community of over 350 business owners. Dean hails from Australia and works as a professional singer, guitar player, and voice-over artist in his spare time. People stopped by to ask about running an online business, public speaking, and how to get paid as a WordPresser. […]
WordPress.org Updates Hosting Recommendations
WordPress.org updated the hosting recommendations on their site, a revamp that has been in motion for nearly a year. DreamHost, SiteGround, and Flywheel have joined Bluehost as recommended hosting providers on WordPress.org/hosting. There are, however, some notable omissions from the lineup, like popular hosting providers WP Engine, Pagely, and more. The WordPress.org team last year announced that they were starting from scratch with the hosting page, and subsequently released a 40-question survey asking hosts various questions about their technology, customers, and more. On the hosting page, WordPress.org notes that the list is “completely arbitrary,” but hosts must meet a certain criteria to be listed. The […]
WordPress.com Announces ‘.blog’ Domain
WordPress.com today announced .blog, a new top-level domain extension that will give blog owners a way to better personalize and identify their blogs. The .blog extension also opens up a vast new pool of potential blog names and URLs that may already be in use by .com sites. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, quietly acquired the rights to .blog in 2015 for an estimated $20 million, according to a blog post by Matt Mullenweg. Automattic is the sole operator of the new .blog domains, and as such will have the right to sell the new top-level domain. The .blog domains, which will […]
GitHub Introduces Fixed Pricing For Unlimited Private Repositories
GitHub today announced that all paid plans on GitHub.com will include unlimited private repositories. This means that instead of paying based on the number of repositories used, users will have access to unlimited repositories at a fixed rate: Personal: $7 per month for an individual plan Organization: $9 per user per month for an organization, or $25 per month for the first five users Enterprise: $21 per month for the enterprise package, which is sold in packs of 10 users and billed annually All paid individual accounts will be automatically moved to the new plan over the next few days. Organizations will […]
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