Category: WordPress

  • Code is Poetry… and Warm!

    The WordPress swag store added a couple of products yesterday. A Wapuu Christmas ornament and, my personal favorite, the “WordPress Ugly Holiday Sweatshirt“, which I don’t think is ugly at all. I’ve been eager to see this in production since Nick Hamze first teased it on his site in October and it is finally available…

  • The Power of WordPress.com

    The Power of WordPress.com

    I’m guessing they just wanted a quick and easy way to make a functional and beautiful website, which is kind of the whole idea of WordPress. Source: Amazon Silk on WP.com | Matt Mullenweg Via Twitter, I stumbled upon this 2011 post from Matt sharing that the Amazon Silk Browser’s blog is hosted, for free or…

  • 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,…