WordPress.org Plugin Repository Adds Favorites and Support

New Support Tab for Plugins

I saw Andrew @Nacin testing some forum posts earlier today, but didn’t think much of it. Now I know why he was doing it :) As Nacin confirmed via Twitter, there have certainly been a couple upgrades to the WordPress.org Plugin Repository. Brand new! RT @Kraft: The “Support” tab on #WordPress.org plugin repo pages is [...]

Twenty Twelve for WordPress: Typography

Twenty Twelve Typography

We have some updates around Twenty Twelve, the next “default” theme for WordPress. We previously wrote that Twenty Twelve is being punted to WordPress 3.5, but the plan is to see Twenty Twelve in 2012 still. Drew updates us all on The Theme Foundry’s blog, that the team has made progress with the typography selection. [...]

WordPress App Store: Purchase, Download and Install Themes & Plugins from Top Brands

WordPress App Store

Everyone needs just another app store, right? Let’s dive into the latest app store called the WordPress App Store. Created by Brad Touesnard. A new app store specific to WordPress, allowing users to purchase, download, and install themes and plugin directly from within WordPress. This is almost like an add-on to the WordPress Plugin Repository [...]

Manage, Update, and Backup WordPress using Self-Hosted InfiniteWP

InfiniteWP

Lookout ManageWP.com, you’ve got a competitor! Introducing InfiniteWP, a self-hosted, self-managed one-stop portal, to manage all of your WordPress installations. It’s a free download that will soon be offering premium addons. The management system itself is not built on-top of WordPress, but it hooks into WordPress using a plugin. It’s a great idea to be [...]

Scribe SEO: Improve SEO Copywriting and Increase Your Rankings

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Scribe SEO is a one of kind WordPress plugin. In short, Scribe will help you analyze your content, ensure you meet minimum requirements for length and keyword density, and overall guide you towards writing content that is easier to read. Let’s dive into how to improve your SEO copywriting through Scribe. Setting up Scribe SEO [...]

WP Zoom Hiring More Support Staff

WPZoom

WPZoom, a premium WordPress themes shop based out Chisinau, Moldova, recently announced that they are looking to hiring at least one more support team members. They are looking for someone that has at least 2 years of experience with WordPress, with HTML and CSS knowledge, and PHP and jQuery knowledge would be beneficial. Looks like [...]

Malware Monitoring Service, Sucuri, Launches New Website

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Sucuri, a service that helps protect, prevent, and clean your website from any viruses, malware, or threats, launched a redesigned site this week. It’s an absolutely beautiful new site. Easy to read, great color schema, and front and center “scan your site” input box to quickly get started. Let’s take a look at the new [...]

GravityWiz to Help Get the Most out of Gravity Forms

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Gravity Forms is a well known premium form management WordPress plugin. We consistently recommend Gravity forms because it is both such a great plugin and the company behind it offers quality support. Enter stage left: Gravity Wiz. David Smith, a recommended developer by Gravity Forms, has set the stage to create a site dedicated to [...]

QueryPosts.com, a Better WordPress Code Reference

WordPress functions reference by QueryPosts.com

QueryPosts.com is straight forward and after clicking into the functions section, it indeed does look like a simple, easier to use code reference for WordPress developers. I also noticed that the site sports a beautiful responsive design, making it look great on any device you want to view it from. Props to Andrej Savchenko (@Rarst) [...]

WPmods.com Up for Sale on Flippa

WPmods.com up for sale on Flippa

UPDATE 5/9 12:45pm PST: With just 2 hours to go, the sale it up to $62,100 and 18 bids. Good luck Kevin! UPDATE 5/11 9:32am PST: Congrats Kevin! He was able to hit his goal of selling it for $80,000, job well done. WPmods.com, another great resource for all things WordPress, is up for sale [...]

WordPress Security Threats – Apr/2012

Cyber Security

April’s round-up of WordPress security threats. If you have one of these plugins, make sure you’ve updated to a new version that has the vulnerability fixed, or disable the plugin immediately. If you feel you may have been hacked, use the Sucuri free scan tool. Between both Sucuri and PacketStorm, April was a busy month [...]

Automattic Projects $45M in Revenue for 2012

Part of the Automattic Team

In a recent article by Liz Gannes over at AllThingsDigital, she shows off some statistics about Automattic. Here are some key points of the article: Projected revenue of $45 million for 2012 500,000+ paying customers Recently launched revenue-sharing network To date, only 118 employees (world-wide — Automattic is a “distributed company”) Recently, it was announced [...]

JetPack 1.3 Released, Now Includes Contact Forms

JetPack by WordPress.com

JetPack, the WordPress plugin which incorporates a number of WordPress.com features, has released its 1.3 version. It also now includes Grunion contact forms, which is another plugin by Automattic. I personally still love Gravity Forms more than any other contact form plugin, but let me continue about JetPack. The new contact forms included are the [...]

10 jQuery Slider WordPress Plugins

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A jQuery slider is the perfect way to help your website pop. Any of these WordPress slideshow plugins will make it easy to add a slideshow to your site.

BuddyPress Changes Direction to Make it Easier to Support

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BuddyPress, to date, has been a plugin that requires a lot of modifications to an existing theme for it to really work properly. It’s not an easy feat, so very few themes actually offer BuddyPress support. This is all about to change. In a recent post by John James Jacoby (aka JJJ on IRC), he [...]