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October 29, 2015

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Earlier this week, the REST API team announced that it will be merged with core in 4.4, which is slated for release in a few months. The API comes in two parts, infrastructure and endpoints. You can rejoice that the infrastructure is part of core and that the endpoints will be available in the plugin. So what exactly does this mean? For one, everyone can build RESTful APIs much easier, and therefore, makes building custom APIs for your site a breeze. Plugin and theme developers can begin building right now. Start replacing any code you already have including admin-ajax endpoints. The only […]

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 […]

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 […]

New Guidelines For Naming Plugins Announced By WordPress.org

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October 7, 2015

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On Monday, Pippin Williamson announced that WordPress.org is changing their guidelines for acceptable plugin names for plugins submitted to the official repository. Going forward, plugin developers will not be able to use a trademarked product name or term, company name, or other plugins’ name as their plugin’s name or slug — unless you are representing the company who owns the trademark or plugin in an official capacity or have written permission from the company. If you fail to meet these guidelines, your plugin will be rejected. To verify you work for, own, or represent the company in question, you must submit […]

Proposed Customizer Roadmap Announced

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September 24, 2015

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The build up to WordPress 4.3 launch day was dominated by talk about the WordPress Customizer, with a lot of uncertainty and disagreement over the direction the Customizer was headed. It’s fair to say that most regular WordPress users aren’t huge fans of the Customizer, but the core team sees it as an integral part of the WordPress growth plan. On Wednesday, Weston Ruter published an insightful post over on the Make WordPress Core blog, giving us the clearest clues yet of what’s in store for the Customizer – with details of the two-year goals for the Customizer and the […]

Jeff Yablon Vs. The WordPress Foundation Trademark Infringement Case Settled Out Of Court

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September 24, 2015

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In June, the WordPress community was divided by the news that the WordPress Foundation was suing the TheWordPressHelpers.com’s Jeff Yablon for trademark infringement. As most of us already know, the WordPress Foundation forbids the use of the “WordPress” trademark in top-level domains, unless permission is sought and granted. Due to the infringement, the WordPress Foundation were seeking $100,000 in damages – you can read more about the original lawsuit here. Jeff Yablon originally fought the lawsuit, but it was announced on Monday that the two parties had reached an out-of-court settlement. Summary Of The Settlement For those interested in reading the […]

WordPress REST API Merge Proposal Submitted For WordPress Version 4.4 And 4.5

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