Category: WordPress

  • Congrats WordPress 4.4!

    Congrats WordPress 4.4!

    WordPress 4.4 is now available on a website near you. First up, the release video: WordPress 4.4 added some major things behind the scenes (REST API infrastructure) and really sweet things on the front end, like responsive imaging. For all of you Jetpack users, Photon already supports the vast majority of new hotness with responsive…

  • Two Factor Authentication with Jetpack

    Two Factor Authentication with Jetpack

    Over the summer, I wrote up a quick one-file plugin to force site administrators to use Jetpack’s Single Sign-On via WordPress.com, specifically with two-factor authentication1. It was closed-sourced initially, for no other reason than it was experimental and didn’t want to make a promise it was coming without it being proven. Without further ado, I…

  • Failed WordPress Update

    Failed WordPress Update

    When an update fails on WordPress, sometimes you might just be surprised by how WordPress handles it.

  • Calypso: Write Once…

    Calypso: Write Once…

    One thing that hasn’t been discussed much in today’s coverage of the new WordPress.com and the WordPress.com Mac app is how incredibly easy it is to port something from one interface to another—something new for the WordPress world. Calypso, the codename for the new WordPress.com interface, had 140+ developers working on it. Constant changes, commits, reviews,…

  • WordPress.com Desktop App

    Automattic released a WordPress.com app for Mac OS X today. I’ve been using it for some time now during development and it has found a wonderful place into my regular workflow. Download the WordPress.com OS X app now! A Feed Reader I have a love/hate relationship with Feedly. I migrated all of my RSS feeds…

  • The Important Things 🌯🌮

    Is there a way to have Gary’s commits push notify my phone? Or svn up my site either on my command or whenever Gary pushes things? r33595-core is gold. Long live emoji. Long live 🌯. Long live 🌮.