[y=qrqerMD3lLg height=400] Show Notes: Host Tenko Nikolov is the CEO at SiteGround, and founded GetClouder and 1H.com. He started in the murky depths of hacking early in the inception of the web, but since has moved over to the lighter side of WordPress hosting. Managing over 320,000 domains at SiteGround, Tenko has learned the tools of the trade surrounding WordPress hosting. He has worked tirelessly to set standards of customer service and reliability for his customers. You can find him online at @tnikolov. Sippin’ On Brad – Glorious H2o Dre – Diet Coke Tenko – H2o Interview Starting with Hacking Tenko started his career […]
Processing Forms with AJAX Using the JSON REST API
Update: For more information, you can download our free ebook, The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress REST API. In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how to write a simple plugin to create and edit posts using the JSON REST API. While this could be the basis of a cool, front-end editing plugin — with the addition of some fields and CSS, and the implementation of the TinyMCE or similar, of course — the point isn’t to reverse the engineering of the WordPress post editor, but rather to introduce you to processing form data using the REST API and AJAX. After you understand how […]
DradCast Episode 060: WordPress the Enabler
Show Notes: Host Jason Cohen is the founder of WP Engine, and before that he founded Smart Bear and IT WatchDogs. He’s started 4 companies that grew to more than $1m in revenue, both bootstrapped and funded. He has 50,000 subscribers to his blog about early-stage startups: blog.asmartbear.com You can find him on twitter @asmartbear, on his website, and at wpengine.com. Sippin’ On Brad – Captain Morgan Dre – Nice, Smooth H2O Jason – Parkway Cocktail Interview Forecasting a Startup Cohen suggested that you want to have a clear idea how a new hire will add x more value than their salary. He indicated that […]
10 Skills All WordPress Developers Should Have
23% of the internet? That can’t be right. That’s gotta be millions of websites. How come I have never heard of it then? She must be lying. Nothing can be that important and slip me by completely. This WordPress thingy must be more like a hobby. That can’t be a real job. For those who have no idea what WordPress is, being a WordPress developer must sound like a made-up job. Web designer, yes. They can sort of understand that. After all, websites have to come from somewhere, right? But WordPress developer, on the other hand, most people have never […]
The Importance Of Practicing Responsible Disclosure
Earlier this year, a security vulnerability in WordPress and Drupal was discovered by a member of Salesforce’s security team, Nir Goldshlager. Goldshlager co-authored an article on Mashable about the vulnerability, which Mashable waited to publish until after the issue was patched in WordPress and Drupal. This is a great example of responsible disclosure of a security vulnerability in open source software. The issue itself was reported in private to those who could fix it. It was kept a secret only long enough for the affected software to be patched. Now the exploit (and how to fix it) is available for developers […]

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