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<a href="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ThemeChecklist.png" rel="prettyphoto[28095]"><img class="size-full wp-image-28195" src="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ThemeChecklist.png?resize=790%2C461" alt="Check List Of Items To Go Through" /></a>Check List Of Items To Go Through
<p>If a test doesn&#8217;t pass, you can select the X and a small text area appears allowing you to write and save notes to that item. There are a total of 31 different tests ranging from Code Quality to Security. Each item has a link that takes users to a page on <a title="http://themechecklist.org/" href="http://themechecklist.org/">Themechecklist.org</a> with more information. Theme Checklist also contains the ability to import or export tests enabling users to collaborate on testing themes in different environments.</p>
<p>I used Theme Checklist to review the WP Tavern theme and it passed with flying colors.</p>
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<h2>Theme Checklist Is An Alternative Learning Experience</h2>
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<p>Although the plugin is not an exact match, Priday will do his best to keep the checklist in line with the official <a title="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/theme-developer-handbook/part-four-releasing-your-theme/theme-review-guidelines/" href="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/theme-developer-handbook/part-four-releasing-your-theme/theme-review-guidelines/">WordPress.org Theme Review Guidelines</a>.  &#8220;My goal is to make a kind of Dummies Guide to The Theme Review Guidelines&#8221; Priday said. &#8220;I’ve generally found that the theme review guidelines are really difficult for new theme developers to understand. I’ve tried to make something that makes all the requirements easier to understand.&#8221;</p>
<p>Theme Checklist is not meant to be a replacement for the <a title="https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/">Theme Check</a> plugin. Instead, it&#8217;s a collection of the most common snag points witnessed by Priday in the theme review queue. According to Priday, the queue has a five-week backlog. He hopes Theme Checklist helps decrease the queue and gets more theme developers to pass the initial review.</p>
<p>I understand why the theme review guidelines need to be thorough and specific. It&#8217;s the WordPress.org theme directory and they help create a consistent user experience. Plugins like Theme Checklist provide an alternative learning experience to accomplish the same goal. However, it has to remain on par with the official guidelines or else it could end up doing more harm than good.</p>
<p>Theme developers, is this a tool you see yourself using? What other tools do you use to increase the likelihood of passing a review on the first try?</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:45:08 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:1;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<h3>Am I Saying Meow?!</h3>
<p>Now, you can also have subliminal meow fun with <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/right-meow/" target="_blank">Right Meow</a>, a WordPress plugin that changes your comments section so that the word &#8220;now&#8221; automatically becomes &#8220;meow,&#8221; as shown below:</p>
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<p>The plugin was created by <a href="http://www.thomasleen.com/" target="_blank">Thomas Leen</a> and is his first submission on WordPress.org. It&#8217;s also available on <a href="https://github.com/tleen/wp-right-meow" target="_blank">GitHub</a>, should you want to suggest any changes. After testing it, I can confirm that it works as advertised to transform all instances of &#8220;now&#8221; to &#8220;meow&#8221; in the comments.</p>
<p>This may not be the most productive tool in the shed but it definitely adds a dash of frivolity and fun to your site by automatically trolling commenters with meows on your behalf. Please note that de-activating the plugin will return all your &#8220;meows&#8221; back to &#8220;nows.&#8221; If you want your comments to have a little more entertainment value, I recommend you <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/right-meow/" target="_blank">download</a> this plugin right meow.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:20:08 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:2;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:69:"Alex King: The Race to the Bottom Benefits Platforms (not Developers)";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://alexking.org/?p=20713";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:60:"http://alexking.org/blog/2014/08/12/race-to-bottom-platforms";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3773:"<p>There&#8217;s been a ton of recent conversation in the iOS world about the inability for most indie developers to create sustainable businesses through the iOS app store. In particular, these devs are talking about apps that require larger development efforts &#8211; they want to charge more than &#8220;impulse purchase&#8221; prices for these, and thus want trials, upgrade pricing, etc. to support that model. They want things to work they way they always have &#8211; I don&#8217;t blame them.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s worth considering who wins in this &#8220;race to the bottom&#8221;. In general, more stuff for free benefits consumers, which in turn benefits the platform.</p>
<p>&#8220;But wait!&#8221; the developers cry. &#8220;When the platform doesn&#8217;t support building more sophisticated apps, the consumers ultimately lose!&#8221; I know this argument, I&#8217;ve made it myself regarding the WordPress ecosystem. I was wrong.</p>
<p>Consumers have been well trained that they can expect incredible value for free. Sure, they may trade off their privacy and be subjected to ads, but they aren&#8217;t asked to fork over their cash directly.</p>
<p>VC-backed companies often contribute to the problem as well. As they clamor for users to their platforms, they give everything away &#8211; it&#8217;s so easy to flip the switch in the future and start the money pouring in. Or if that doesn&#8217;t work, they fold up shop and call it a day. Oops!</p>
<p>More complex apps <em>will get made</em>. They just won&#8217;t be built using the model that indie developers are used to.</p>
<p>There will be apps supported by alternative revenue streams. Some might have ads or sponsorships, some might mine and sell the data they produce, some (like Evernote and Dropbox) will be a gateway to a commercial service. People will figure out ways to get money out of a large enough user base, and apps will get built.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve seen this happen in the WordPress ecosystem already. It&#8217;s a different beast because it&#8217;s an Open Source community, but it&#8217;s still an interesting parallel.</p>
<p>Basically this happened:</p>
<ol>
<li>A bunch of folks built stuff and released it all for free to a small community, largely consisting of fellow developers and tinkerers</li>
<li>A whole bunch more folks started using the platform and the community grew &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t just developers anymore, it was end users with expectations of support, etc.</li>
<li>Devs wanted to start monetizing the products they were providing</li>
<li>The platform didn&#8217;t provide the tools to make money in the way that the devs wanted -instead it invested in tools to promote free products</li>
<li>Eventually a variety of patterns arose to monetize both commercial and &#8220;free&#8221; products (subscription clubs with access to a bunch of different plugins/themes, free products with commercial add-ons, sponsorships and ads, products that were created to support hosting services, etc.)</li>
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<p>It&#8217;s not the  <img src="http://alexking.org/wp-content/themes/alexking.org-v3/smilies/ak_scare1.gif" alt=":scare:" class="wp-smiley" />  pure  <img src="http://alexking.org/wp-content/themes/alexking.org-v3/smilies/ak_scare2.gif" alt=":/scare:" class="wp-smiley" />  and direct approach of charging directly for the software, but it&#8217;s still developers writing code and making money.</p>
<p>The same thing is happening for iOS. There is money to be made. The platform and consumers are winning.</p>
<p>&#8220;Adapt or die&#8221; is our mantra for those business who are threatened by technology. We have little sympathy for newspapers, the music industry, etc. Perhaps it&#8217;s time to include software companies in that list.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:53:56 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4:"Alex";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:3;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p><a href="https://sproutapps.co/" target="_blank">Sprout Apps</a> will soon be launching a suite of business apps targeted at WordPress freelancers and small businesses. WordPress developer <a href="http://dancameron.org/" target="_blank">Daniel Cameron</a> is behind the project, which is centered around creating plugins that help business owners work more efficiently with WordPress. Sprout Apps aims to bring tasks like invoicing, estimates, and client tracking into the admin.</p>
<p>Cameron is the creator of <a href="http://smartecart.com/" target="_blank">Smart eCart</a>, a popular solution for daily deals, crowdfunding and social commerce. For five years he has supported and maintained the plugin, which was originally created for a client project. With the desire to venture out and create something new, Cameron has soft-launched Sprout Apps, starting with <a href="https://sproutapps.co/sprout-invoices/" target="_blank">Sprout Invoices</a>, now available for purchase.</p>
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<p>Sprout Invoicing is an idea that Cameron had cooked up year ago but was hesitant about, due to the fact that other plugin developers had explored it without much success.</p>
<p>&#8220;I went back to my original idea that I had years ago, which was a new invoicing app that solved all the problems I’ve had with Freshbooks and Harvest,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I knew there were already plugins out there which made me reluctant to pursue it further, regardless if their approach was wrong in my opinion.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Sprout Invoicing Aims to Help Streamline and Brand All Client Communications</h3>
<p>In order to sell his product, Cameron will have to convince business owners of the value in using a WordPress-powered invoicing system instead of the many standalone services. He&#8217;s counting on customers&#8217; desire to <a href="https://sproutapps.co/news/what-sprout-invoices-solves-for-freelancers-and-wordpress-sites/" target="_blank">streamline all aspects of their businesses</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Those other standalone services are silo’d, expensive, limiting and offer limited customization for brand integrity,&#8221; Cameron contends. &#8220;I want to streamline the estimate and invoicing process. Integrating it within the site that already has the estimate request (contact form) helps tremendously.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to fully automating estimating and invoicing, the app is designed to help business owners overcome the branding limitations of popular invoicing services, which generally only let you upload a logo to a subdomain. The freedom to fully brand all client communications is a big win for small businesses.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sprout Invoice notification emails are sent from your server and your from address,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;No more http://yoursite.harvestbooks.com with a &#8216;Powered by A Service I Pay For&#8217;.&#8221;</p>
<p>The invoicing app is built with business owner&#8217;s needs in mind. It&#8217;s packed full of dashboards and charts, summaries, and dynamic reporting that can be easily sorted and filtered in the WordPress admin.</p>
<p><a href="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sprout-invoicing-charts.gif" rel="prettyphoto[28141]"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sprout-invoicing-charts.gif?resize=606%2C342" alt="sprout-invoicing-charts" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28159" /></a></p>
<p>Under the hood, Sprout Invoices is a WordPress plugin that uses custom post types, post meta and taxonomies for its data structure. &#8220;There are no additional tables created. The entire code base adheres to WordPress coding practices,&#8221; Cameron told the Tavern. &#8220;There&#8217;s hundreds of hooks and filters in SI, I want the entire app to be customizable and I anticipate it’s users to want more control than traditional WP users.&#8221;</p>
<p>The apps he <a href="https://sproutapps.co/coming-soon/" target="_blank">plans to build</a> are actually WordPress plugins, though he felt that apps was a more applicable term. &#8220;I didn’t want to go with &#8216;Sprout plugins,&#8217; for example, because I do have ideas that aren&#8217;t plugins and I didn&#8217;t want to box myself in,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I also think &#8216;Apps&#8217; is a better term for these larger premium plugins since they offer more than a traditional plugin that might filter post content.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sprout&#8217;s next app will be a CRM, followed by a team-based app. Cameron is also considering a PM app and a time tracker, depending on how sales go with the invoicing app. <a href="https://sproutapps.co/sprout-invoices/purchase/" target="_blank">Pricing</a> for Sprouts Invoicing is similar to that of popular invoicing services, with both monthly and yearly subscription rates at $5 and $9 respectively. Subscribers will receive updates, support and <a href="https://sproutapps.co/marketplace/" target="_blank">add-on</a> discounts. Cameron also plans to launch a free version of the invoicing app later this year.</p>
<p>Sprout Apps is built on the bold premise that your WordPress site can be more than just the marketing face of your business. It can also power the daily tasks of estimating work, billing clients, and charting progress. Cameron is aiming to provide all the business essentials with the added benefit of brand independence, a streamlined workflow, and total control. He&#8217;s got a big vision to create a superior suite of apps that will support the many freelancers and small businesses that make up a large segment of the WordPress ecosystem.</p>
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<p><a title="http://auditwp.com/" href="http://auditwp.com/">Audit WP</a> has been acquired by <a title="http://www.wpsitecare.com" href="http://www.wpsitecare.com">WP Site Care</a>. According to <a title="http://www.wpsitecare.com/rob-neu-auditwp-join-wp-site-care/" href="http://www.wpsitecare.com/rob-neu-auditwp-join-wp-site-care/">the announcement</a>, Audit WP will operate under WP Site Care while continuing to offer specialized SEO services. Rob Neu, who owned and operated Audit WP, will become WP Site Care&#8217;s Director of Digital Strategy.</p>
<blockquote><p>Rob will oversee product development as well as making sure that our brand, services, and content align with our ultimate goal of providing top-tier WordPress support, and making WordPress an asset for our clients and people who are new to the platform.</p></blockquote>
<p>Neu hints that new SEO training packages are being worked on and a new plugin is being developed that will make it easier for WP Site Care customers to receive support from the WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>Neu cites his passion for wanting to help businesses and individuals as one of the primary reasons for merging with WP Site Care. &#8220;At my core, the thing I like the most about everything that I do is that I’m able help people,&#8221; Neu said. &#8220;I want to help people improve their businesses, make more money, and be more successful.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Audit WP had a short, but interesting life span. Started by <a href="https://twitter.com/rob_neu">Rob Neu</a> and <a href="http://jacobking.com">Jacob King</a>, the site launched in February, and <a href="http://www.wpsitecare.com/rob-neu-auditwp-join-wp-site-care/">today it&#8217;s been acquired by WP Site Care</a>.</p>
<p>They made an early splash after their launch when Jacob <a href="http://auditwp.com/wp-engine-seo-failboat/">wrote a provocative post</a> about WP Engine&#8217;s SEO policies. Aside from that, they set out to productize technical SEO and general website strategy.</p>
<p>Their product was fairly successful, but they learned a valuable lesson; they were limiting their consulting opportunities for larger contracts by productizing &#8212; and therefore bracketing themselves at a relatively low price &#8212; their entry level services. That said, the product was quite good, and will now be part of WP Site Care&#8217;s offering in the form of a la carte SEO consulting, reports, and tools.</p>
<p>I had a call with Rob and Jacob a couple of months ago to demo their product, and because I needed real help from them. I&#8217;d been getting clobbered by Google, and they helped me identify some of the reasons why and set about a plan to fix it. I&#8217;m still working on it, and was very pleased with what they offered.</p>
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<p>This and other tools were quite nice, and the value I got from a short call and report were pretty enormous. I think this will be a compelling product for WP Site Care&#8217;s services, and it will fit in well with their other offerings.</p>
<p>If you know Rob Neu and WP Site Care&#8217;s owner, Ryan Sullivan, then you already know they are friends. Rob joining WP Site Care doesn&#8217;t come as a shock, and seems to make sense all around. The two are already working on a separate side project together, called <a href="http://flagshipwp.com/">Flagship</a>, a theme company. Additionally, WP Site Care was a sponsor and often attendee on WP Bacon, Rob&#8217;s old podcast that also unfortunately bit the dust.</p>
<p>Rob and Ryan&#8217;s partnership for Flagship will remain separate, and Rob will be the Director of Digital Strategy for WP Site Care, now a team of five full time employees. Rob is a technical guy, and in addition to running strategy and marketing for WP Site Care, he&#8217;ll be working on refining some of their product offerings as well.</p>
<h3>What is WP Site Care anyway?</h3>
<p>I talked about WP Site Care and other <a title="The rise of WordPress maintenance services" href="http://www.poststat.us/rise-wordpress-maintenance-services/">WordPress maintenance services</a> earlier this year. Essentially it&#8217;s a combination of monthly maintenance and support, and a la carte services. It&#8217;s been a wildly successful and growing niche in the WordPress market, and there seem to be new companies popping up every day.</p>
<p>While I don&#8217;t know the degree of professionalism and expertise all of them have, I know that at least a few are very good at what they do. <a href="http://www.wpsitecare.com">WP Site Care</a> adding Rob and the variety of tools he brings to the table is a smart move for them to help set themselves apart in what is quickly becoming a crowded market.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:59:47 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:7;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>Comments are an important aspect of your content and can serve as a vehicle for building community. WordPress site admins put in a hefty amount of work moderating comments and combating spam, just to <a href="http://wptavern.com/why-comments-still-matter" target="_blank">keep the conversation going</a> with comments open. With all that work invested, admins are looking for new ways to make comment interaction more valuable to those who are participating.</p>
<p>WordPress.com recently<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/introducing-comment-likes/" target="_blank"> added comment likes</a> to the delight of its users. Self-hosted WordPress site admins are hopeful that comment likes will find their way into Jetpack as well. If you&#8217;re interested in doing something more with comments, there are many plugins that help to promote interaction on your site.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-popularity/" target="_blank">Comment Popularity</a> is a new one that caught my eye. The plugin, created by <a href="https://twitter.com/paul_wp" target="_blank">Paul de Wouters</a> and his colleagues at <a href="http://hmn.md/" target="_blank">Human Made</a>, adds Reddit style commenting to WordPress. Registered site members can vote comments up or down to increase or decrease comment visibility.</p>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/comment-popularity.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[28045]"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/comment-popularity.jpg?resize=785%2C613" alt="comment-popularity" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28093" /></a></p>
<p>When the plugin is active, comments are sorted by weight (number of votes) in a descending order. Site members receive karma each time one of their comments is upvoted. Administrators have the option to attribute more weight to &#8220;expert&#8221; commenters by adding an expert label and additional points on user profiles.</p>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/user-profile-comment-popularity-settings.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[28045]"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/user-profile-comment-popularity-settings.jpg?resize=503%2C234" alt="user-profile-comment-popularity-settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28102" /></a></p>
<p>There&#8217;s also an option in the discussion panel for setting a default expert karma.</p>
<p>De Wouters and the folks at Human Made plan to support and maintain the plugin via the forums on WordPress.org. It was originally created for their client, CFO Publishing, who will be listed as a contributor on the next release.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;I have a few ideas for integration with other plugins such as Stream, and our SaaS product WP Remote,&#8221;</strong> de Wouters said. I asked if he plans to add a UI for showing users their aggregate upvotes/ranks, and he confirmed that this is a possibility. &#8220;We&#8217;re already storing users voting activity, so it makes sense to offer an admin view for it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Maybe a dashboard widget. Also, this is the kind of data we&#8217;d send to WP Remote or Stream.&#8221;</p>
<p>The plugin is currently restricted to registered users, as it doesn&#8217;t make much sense to leave it open for anonymous users to vote. &#8220;I do however plan to develop a drop in class that will allow users to authenticate themselves via social networks, which will reduce friction and still provide a way to identify a user with relative reliabilty,&#8221; de Wouters commented regarding future development plans. Although he wants to keep it simple and focused on one particular functionality, he is open to suggestions and contributions via the plugin&#8217;s <a href="https://github.com/humanmade/comment-popularity" target="_blank">GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<p>Comment Popularity gives registered users a way to weigh in on discussions without having to comment. Consequently, there is a greater incentive for readers to register for your site. It gives everyone a chance to influence the conversation. As users attribute value to comments they like, the best comments will float to the top. This saves readers from having to scroll through all the mediocre comments in order to find the highest quality responses.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a new way to encourage interaction in your comments, the Comment Popularity plugin is simple and intuitive to use. It should work automatically with most standard comment forms. <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-popularity/" target="_blank">Download</a> the plugin for free from WordPress.org and watch the GitHub repository for updates in development.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:14:59 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:11;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:77:"WPTavern: Interview With Siobhan McKeown On The Future Of The WordPress Codex";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=28089";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:198:"http://wptavern.com/interview-with-siobhan-mckeown-on-the-future-of-the-wordpress-codex?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-siobhan-mckeown-on-the-future-of-the-wordpress-codex";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6798:"<p>If you use WordPress, chances are that you&#8217;ve run into the <a title="http://codex.wordpress.org/" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/">WordPress Codex</a>. The Codex is a community maintained collection of documentation, hooks, filters, best practices, and other information related to WordPress. With various <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/projects/handbooks/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/projects/handbooks/">handbook projects</a> underway, I&#8217;ve been wondering what the future of the Codex is. To find out, I got in touch with <a title="http://siobhanmckeown.com/" href="http://siobhanmckeown.com/">Siobhan McKeown</a>, who is a member of the <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/">documentation team</a>.</p>
<h2>Interview With Siobhan McKeown</h2>
<p><strong>Is the <a title="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/2013/06/19/docs-sprint-results-and-roadmap/" href="http://make.wordpress.org/docs/2013/06/19/docs-sprint-results-and-roadmap/">roadmap outlined here</a> still accurate and is it being followed? Is it still on time?</strong></p>
<p>The roadmap is still fairly accurate but it’s not on time. The number of contributors to docs is quite small and we’ve faced challenges around getting development work done and finding people to write. That said, the people who are involved are very dedicated and we’re slowly chipping away at things. We have made big strides forward, particularly in the area of inline docs (thanks <a title="http://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture" href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture">Drew Jaynes</a> and <a title="https://profiles.wordpress.org/kpdesign" href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/kpdesign">Kim Parsell</a>) and in building <a title="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/" href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/">developer.wordpress.org</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Ultimately, is the future of the Codex for it to disappear in favor of all the other documentation resources outlined in the roadmap?</strong></p>
<p>I would like for that to happen, but the decision doesn’t ultimately lie with me and it’s a discussion that we’ll have to return to once new documentation is in place.</p>
<p>Many free software projects in the early stages of their life use a wiki for their documentation. Over time, this can become out-of-date and inaccurate. As a project grows, it often out-grows a wiki, requiring more targeted documentation for both users and developers. <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox">Firefox</a> and <a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html">Ruby on Rails</a> are good examples of FOSS projects that provide the types of targeted documentation that WordPress should be providing. I would hope that we can eventually get there ourselves, and keep the Codex as a historical archive.</p>
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<p><strong>Is it a waste of effort and energy for folks to continue to edit and update the Codex?</strong></p>
<p>No. For two reasons: First of all, while all of the docs work is going on, we need to ensure that the Codex stays up-to-date and accurate. It remains WordPress’ primary source of documentation and will be for some time, so contributions are still valuable there. When a new version of WordPress is released, the docs team usually does a sprint to get the Codex up-to-date.</p>
<p>Secondly, the main problem with the Codex is its navigation and structure. There’s a lot of good content in there mixed with a lot of out-of-date content. As we create new resources, we look at the content in the Codex and migrate good-quality content. If you fix a page in the Codex, then it’s likely that will end up somewhere in a new documentation resource.</p>
<p><strong>How can folks get involved with helping the roadmap move along?</strong></p>
<p>We particularly need help in two areas:</p>
<ol>
<li>Someone to help with ongoing development of <a title="http://wptavern.com/help-contribute-to-the-official-wordpress-developer-resource-by-testing-code-references" href="http://wptavern.com/help-contribute-to-the-official-wordpress-developer-resource-by-testing-code-references">WP-Parser</a> (the parser used to generate the Code Reference). A lot of things are on hold until we get someone helping there.</li>
<li>Writing the <a title="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/theme-developer-handbook/" href="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/theme-developer-handbook/">theme</a> and <a title="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/plugin-developer-handbook/" href="https://make.wordpress.org/docs/plugin-developer-handbook/">plugin developer</a> handbooks. These have been around for a long time and we really want to get them finished off so that we can move on to focusing on user support.</li>
</ol>
<h2>To Some, Google Is The WordPress Codex</h2>
<p>It may be the largest collection of WordPress documentation but I bet it doesn&#8217;t compare to the amount of WordPress content published on sites across the web. The paradox of publishing content on the Codex for the benefit of everyone versus a personal site for the benefit of a small audience has existed since it was created.</p>
<p>I think it would be awesome if content from sites like <a title="http://justintadlock.com/" href="http://justintadlock.com/">Justin Tadlock</a> found a home on the Codex but perhaps we don&#8217;t need one at all. Maybe all we need is Google. When I asked the Tavern&#8217;s Twitter followers what <a title="http://wptavern.com/7-aspects-of-wordpress-i-take-for-granted" href="http://wptavern.com/7-aspects-of-wordpress-i-take-for-granted">aspect of WordPress do they take for granted</a>, Jared Novack submitted the following answer:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/wptavern">@wptavern</a> You can type anything into google followed by "WordPress" and someone has already asked (and answered) it</p>
<p>&mdash; Jared Novack (@jaredNova) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaredNova/statuses/494322903739936768">July 30, 2014</a></p></blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>If the Codex ever goes offline, it will be a sad day. However, if it&#8217;s replaced with easy to navigate, skill level targeted documentation, with a solid code reference, I think a lot of users and developers will be happy with its replacement. Has the Codex saved your bacon once or twice? Let us know in the comments.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 11 Aug 2014 22:20:27 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:12;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:57:"WPTavern: WPWeekly Episode 157 – Jeffro Tells His Story";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:44:"http://wptavern.com?p=28075&preview_id=28075";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:150:"http://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-157-jeffro-tells-his-story?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpweekly-episode-157-jeffro-tells-his-story";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2274:"<p>The past 156 episodes of WordPress Weekly are filled with stories of people who are doing exciting things with WordPress. For this episode, I decided to try something a little different. I handed the show over to <a href="http://marcuscouch.com/" title="http://marcuscouch.com/">Marcus Couch</a>, who interviewed me. In the show, I describe how I became interested in computers and the events that lead me to where I am today. It&#8217;s a lengthy episode but one I hope you enjoy.</p>
<p>A reminder that beginning this week, WordPress Weekly will be recorded live on <strong>Wednesdays at 9:30 PM Eastern</strong>. The change better accommodates my schedule and the new day and time is also more compatible with guests.</p>
<h2>Stories Discussed:</h2>
<p><a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-3-9-2-fixes-security-vulnerabilities-users-strongly-encouraged-to-update" title="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-3-9-2-fixes-security-vulnerabilities-users-strongly-encouraged-to-update">WordPress 3.9.2 Fixes Security Vulnerabilities, Users Strongly Encouraged To Update</a><br />
<a href="http://wptavern.com/crowd-favorite-announces-chris-lema-as-new-cto" title="http://wptavern.com/crowd-favorite-announces-chris-lema-as-new-cto">Crowd Favorite Announces Chris Lema As New CTO</a><br />
<a href="http://wptavern.com/how-to-change-jetpack-accounts-without-losing-your-stats-or-subscribers" title="http://wptavern.com/how-to-change-jetpack-accounts-without-losing-your-stats-or-subscribers">How to Change Jetpack Accounts Without Losing Your Stats or Subscribers</a></p>
<h2>WPWeekly Meta:</h2>
<p><strong>Next Episode:</strong> Wednesday, August 13th 3 P.M. Eastern &#8211; Special Guest, Pippin Williamson</p>
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<p><strong>Listen To Episode #157:</strong><br />
</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:05:12 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:13;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:67:"WPTavern: Underscores WordPress Starter Theme Adds Support for Sass";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=28061";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:178:"http://wptavern.com/underscores-wordpress-starter-theme-adds-support-for-sass?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=underscores-wordpress-starter-theme-adds-support-for-sass";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3186:"<p><a href="http://underscores.me/" target="_blank">Underscores</a> community project contributors <a href="http://themeshaper.com/2014/08/11/sass-comes-to-_s/" target="_blank">announced</a> today that the theme now includes support for <a href="http://sass-lang.com/" target="_blank">Sass</a>. The popular WordPress starter theme is an open source project maintained by Automattic, and many of its users requested Sass support, according to contributor Tammie Lister. &#8220;The community firstly asked for Sass. As Sass is in core, this makes sense. It was already part of most themers&#8217; workflow.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you visit <a href="http://underscores.me/" target="_blank">Underscores.me</a> and click on &#8220;Advanced Options&#8221;, you&#8217;ll now find that you can check a box to add Sass support:</p>
<p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/add-sass.jpg" rel="prettyphoto[28061]"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/add-sass.jpg?resize=968%2C355" alt="add-sass" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28068" /></a></p>
<p>Lister emphasized in the announcement that support for Sass is included in a way that gives developers the freedom to use it as they please:</p>
<blockquote><p>Not everyone compiles or uses Sass the same, so _s shouldn&#8217;t force anyone to follow one path or another. In this sense, the Sass provided takes a pure approach, not requiring Compass or any other scripts.</p></blockquote>
<p>Sass support came about from a combination of numerous pull requests and forks of the project on GitHub. However, the project&#8217;s contributors do not wish to limit everyone to Sass and are open to other CSS preprocessors. <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;d still love to see a fork of Less for _s. We&#8217;re keen it opens up the way to other preprocessors,&#8221;</strong> Lister told the Tavern regarding the Sass support announced today.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, <a href="http://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-formally-opens-its-marketplace-to-theme-developers" target="_blank">WordPress.com formally opened up its marketplace to theme developers</a>. Theme submission <a href="http://developer.wordpress.com/themes/" target="_blank">guidelines</a> are fairly strict and developers are encouraged to use the _s theme for a head start. While many theme authors appreciate the ability to save time with mixins and variables, using a preprocessor is not required for submitting to WordPress.com.</p>
<p>Every WordPress themer has a unique workflow that may or may not involve a preprocessor, and the Underscores project contributors plan to respect that. <strong>&#8220;_s doesn&#8217;t tell you how to do things, it gives you a start. Anything we add to it should also do that,&#8221;</strong> Lister said.</p>
<p>The addition of Sass support marks another turning point for the project, as Lister notes that the <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/_s" target="_blank">GitHub repository</a> will now be used solely for development. If you want to use Underscores in a project, the team encourages you to download it directly from <a href="http://underscores.me/" target="_blank">Underscores.me</a>.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:00:58 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:14;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>Welcome to the seventh “<a href="http://www.poststat.us/category/week-in-review/">Week in Review</a>” on Post Status, where I hope to offer up some of the things you may have missed in the last week or so. A whole bunch of good stuff to read from the last week, so let&#8217;s get to it:</p>
<h3>Theme shops sorted by their Alexa rank</h3>
<p>Devin Price has updated his <a href="http://wptheming.com/2014/08/theme-shop-directory-2014/">list of WordPress theme shops</a>, sorted by Alexa rank, for 2014. This is a really interesting list that&#8217;s sure to enlighten you to some theme shops that you&#8217;ve never heard of. I&#8217;ve referenced the 2013 version many times in the past. I&#8217;m glad Devin put time into doing this again.</p>
<p>Alexa isn&#8217;t a perfect way to rank theme shops, obviously, but it does offer good insight to see what average Joes unfamiliar with the WordPress theme landscape probably stumble upon as they search for WordPress themes. As Devin notes, the order of the top shops haven&#8217;t changed a whole lot in the past year, though pretty much all have gained ground, and WPMU Dev jumped all the way to number 1 from number 6.</p>
<h3>Hub and spoke versus distributed teams</h3>
<p>Jeff Chandler blogged about <a href="http://wptavern.com/how-crowd-favorite-utilizes-multiple-offices-and-a-distributed-work-force">Crowd Favorite&#8217;s <del>hub and spoke office</del> (<em>edit</em>: it&#8217;s actually a constellation model; no &#8220;hub&#8221;) model</a> (a central office + many smaller offices). Jake Goldman responded with his <a href="http://jakegoldman.me/2014/08/hub-and-spoke-vs-distributed/">case for a fully distributed team</a> (10up&#8217;s model). Both offer quality insight into how some of the larger WordPress consultancies operate.</p>
<h3>You can&#8217;t afford the plugin you want</h3>
<p>Chris Lema has written <a href="http://chrislema.com/cant-afford-wordpress-plugin-want/">an excellent post about custom plugin development</a>, and why you just can&#8217;t get the exact thing you want off the shelf (unless you get real lucky).</p>
<blockquote><p>That plugin that does everything you ever wanted? It doesn’t exist. And if it did, if someone built it, it would cost you thousands and thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>Because what you often describe isn’t a plugin. It’s a system.</p>
<p>And since you don’t want to connect several focused plugins, that each do the one thing they were made to do, you won’t really find the perfect plugin sitting there waiting for you.</p></blockquote>
<h3>SSL all the things</h3>
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<p><a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-starts-giving-ranking-boost-secure-httpsssl-sites-199446">Google spoke from on high</a>, declaring SSL to be a portion of their ranking algorithm. The SEOs and the SSL sellers rejoiced. Tim Nash has a nice<a href="https://timnash.co.uk/guessing-ssl-questions/"> primer on the nerdy details of SSL</a>. Joost de Valk also has some <a href="https://yoast.com/move-website-https-ssl/">practical tips for switching over to SSL</a>. And Zack Tollman has a great performance post over at The Theme Foundry <a href="https://thethemefoundry.com/blog/why-we-dont-use-a-cdn-spdy-ssl/">about SPDY and SSL</a>.</p>
<p>Now, all that said, seriously don&#8217;t freak out about SSL. It is great, that&#8217;s true, but just because Google says it&#8217;s part of their algorithm doesn&#8217;t mean you have to have it no matter what. Still though, having SSL enabled is probably a good thing for most sites, if you can afford it. Just be smart about it, and not purely reactionary to Google&#8217;s whims.</p>
<h3>Some hosts start to support Clef, the password-less login app</h3>
<p>SiteGround and three other hosts announced <a href="http://blog.getclef.com/protecting-users-default/">default support for Clef last week</a>. New installs on those platforms will enable the password-less login app. Clef works as a form of two-factor authentication, since you have to have your phone on you and scan the login screen to access the site.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s obviously past time to rely purely on passwords, so it&#8217;s good to see folks supporting Clef and other two-factor methods out of the box.</p>
<h3>WordPress-based portfolio templates, with Semplice</h3>
<p><a href="http://semplicelabs.com/">Semplice</a> is a WordPress portfolio template product, that&#8217;s still in development, but it&#8217;s definitely outside of the normal WordPress themes you see. I got in touch with the folks behind Semplice and they expect to have something ready in a few weeks for beta testing. It seems you can already buy it though, so I don&#8217;t know what that&#8217;s about. Either way, this may be a product to keep an eye on.</p>
<h3>The WordPress security &#8220;delimma&#8221;</h3>
<p>Tony Perez, CEO of Sucuri, write about <a href="http://tonyonsecurity.com/2014/08/09/the-dilemma-that-is-wordpress-security/">what he considers to be a delimma with WordPress security</a>. I don&#8217;t personally agree with some of Tony&#8217;s conclusions here, but they are worth reading, as your mileage may vary. He takes some folks&#8217; words to task (including my own), but I think in the end there is a more a difference in opinion on how to delivery the security message versus actual differences in implementing security measures.</p>
<p>I believe the Drupal vs WordPress method for highlighting last week&#8217;s security release was a reflection of how WordPress and Drupal communicate in general; WordPress said it as if speaking to regular site owners and Drupal spoke to developers. To me, making WordPress accessible to regular people is paramount &#8212; related to security issues or not.</p>
<p>I have a lot more I can say about this, but I have no desire to get in a pointless battle when I think we mostly agree on the goal, just not the message. But I do have one more note. Tony finishes his post with this:</p>
<blockquote><p>You can’t own 22% of the market and not expect issues. Is it best to fight it and blindly convince yourself that they don’t exist, or is it better to embrace it?</p></blockquote>
<p>I take exception to this. I don&#8217;t know anyone in a significant position within the WordPress project that takes such a &#8220;blind&#8221; stance. You can&#8217;t say WordPress core developers don&#8217;t take security seriously, because they absolutely do.</p>
<h3>Stellar and international payments</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.stellar.org/blog/introducing-stellar/">Stellar</a> is a &#8220;a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money in any pair of currencies&#8221; with some big backers, like Stripe. Brent and Kirby, at Prospress, nerded out over Stellar when it launched, and then wrote up a <a href="http://prospress.com/will-stellar-finally-fix-international-payments/">great post about what this could mean for big savings in international eCommerce</a>.</p>
<h3>Tablesaw: responsive tables, by Filament Group</h3>
<p>Responsive tables are a pain. The Filament Group really attacked them with <a href="http://filamentgroup.com/lab/tablesaw.html">Tablesaw</a>. This is a really nice solution that you may consider for implementation with certain types of themes and websites.</p>
<h3>Comment likes on WordPress.com</h3>
<p><a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/introducing-comment-likes/">WordPress.com has introduced comment likes</a>. This could be great for some sites with heavy amounts of comments, especially if they add some sorting options to bring good comments to the top. It might be a while before this one hits Jetpack though; apparently there are some technical challenges there.</p>
<h3>Get news of new WordPress.com themes</h3>
<p>Also in WordPress.com land, it turns out they aren&#8217;t really blogging about every theme release any more. So Luke McDonald put together a Twitter account to help keep you informed.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p><a href="http://t.co/unxO0Vbjaz">http://t.co/unxO0Vbjaz</a> no longer promotes or announces Premium theme releases, so I spent some time to do this: <a href="https://t.co/Cenf4RW0Ed">https://t.co/Cenf4RW0Ed</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Luke McDonald (@thelukemcdonald) <a href="https://twitter.com/thelukemcdonald/statuses/497817557529665536">August 8, 2014</a></p></blockquote>
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<h3>Why attend WordPress conferences (and updates on some of them)</h3>
<p>Andy Leverenz puts some good reasons together on the Elegant Themes blog about <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/wordpress-conferences-are-on-the-rise-why-you-should-attend">why you should attend WordPress conferences</a>, and he highlights some of those coming up.</p>
<p>Speaking of, if you want to go to PressNomics (the attendee list is awesome so far), <a href="http://pressnomics.com/2014/08/players-came-far-wide-attendees/">you better act soon</a>; that conference could sell out really soon.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://2014.sf.wordcamp.org/2014/08/04/say-hello-to-the-first-group-of-wordcamp-san-francisco-speakers/">first</a> and <a href="http://2014.sf.wordcamp.org/2014/08/07/our-second-group-of-wordcamp-san-francisco-speakers/">second</a> batches of WordCamp San Francisco speakers have been announced.</p>
<p><a href="http://2014.europe.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp Europe&#8217;s</a> speaker list is also dripping out, and it&#8217;s pretty amazing; that&#8217;s going to be an incredible event in Sofia.</p>
<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re in the south, WordCamp Birmingham (my local camp &#8212; #WPYall!) is this Saturday. It&#8217;s going to be a great time, and I hope I get to meet some of you there. You can still register, <a href="http://2014.birmingham.wordcamp.org/">so do that and come learn with us</a>.</p>
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<p>At this point I should confess I&#8217;m a bit of a consumer networking geek &#8212; it&#8217;s a hobby of mine. I really enjoy upgrading people&#8217;s routers so they have better range in parts of the house they didn&#8217;t before, getting them a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007IMPMW4/">DOCSIS 3.0 modem</a> so their connection is faster (and buying it so they don&#8217;t pay an exorbitant rental fee to their cable company), everything about <a href="http://sonos.com/">Sonos</a>, <a href="http://www.sonos.com/airplay/">hooking up an Airport Express to Sonos so you can Airplay things</a>, showing how you can set up two APs with the same SSID and clients will just connect to whatever they&#8217;re closest to, you don&#8217;t need each one to have a unique SSID, you can give the 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks the same SSID, Time Machine for backups, setting up failover internet with multiple connections or a USB LTE stick&#8230; I redo all my home stuff about once every 18 months, and then take the best of what I&#8217;ve learned and set up friends. I&#8217;m constantly updating firmware. My current best practice setup is <a href="http://www.sonos.com/">Sonos</a> for all audio, usually streaming from <a href="http://spotify.com/">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://siriusxm.com/">SiriusXM</a>, a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I9RQOR4/">Peplink Balance One router</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0DD0I6/">Netgear Nighthawk R9000 access points</a> (though I liked the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008ABOJKS/">ASUS AC66U just as much</a>), if I need a switch I&#8217;ll go for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GHMU5Q/">a higher-end managed one</a> that support spanning tree protocol (STP) properly because otherwise the way the Sonos does bridging can spaz out and overload your network, <a href="https://nest.com/">Nest themostat and smoke detectors</a>, <a href="http://www.smartthings.com/">Smartthings</a> for everything else. I&#8217;m <a href="http://august.com/">waiting for August</a> for smart locks.</p>
<p>At the <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> office we run <a href="https://meraki.cisco.com/">Meraki</a>, which was pretty solid until we upgraded to the MR34 to get 802.11AC, but it&#8217;s expensive, and you need to subscribe to a per-device yearly license fee for everything to work. They also have <a href="https://meraki.cisco.com/blog/">a great WP-powered blog</a>, and generally the cleanest site of anyone out there. That said, they&#8217;re impossible to buy without going through a terrible reseller, so I&#8217;ve never been able to justify using it at home.</p>
<p>Back to Ubiquiti. First I come across their <a href="http://community.ubnt.com/">forums/community sites</a>, which are ugly and sprawling and full of amazing info from people who do wireless deployments across all of the top companies like <a href="http://www.arubanetworks.com/">Aruba</a>, <a href="http://www.ruckuswireless.com/">Ruckus</a>, <a href="http://www.aerohive.com/">Aerohive</a>, <a href="http://www.xirrus.com/">Xirrus</a>, Meraki. You see people making builds for <a href="http://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/EdgeRouter-and-Xbox-LIVE/m-p/640951#M18782">alternative UPNP packages</a> and that going into their core release months later. (Everything is Debian based, from what I can tell.) The company is based in San Jose that went public a few years ago, and is <a href="https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AUBNT">now worth about 3.7B</a>, and the founder (formerly of Apple) <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-24/robert-pera-the-kid-that-bought-the-grizzlies">bought the Memphis Grizzlies</a>. They seem to have gotten their start with long-haul point-to-point wireless radios <a href="http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber5/">that can go dozens of kilometers</a>, which makes sense why their APs would be known for their range. You can buy direct from them, or like I mentioned most of their stuff is available on Amazon. And it&#8217;s inexpensive! Even Ubiquiti&#8217;s <a href="http://amazon.com/gp/product/B00D80J2XU/">AC product, which is $300,</a> is much, much cheaper than the Meraki MR34 which costs $1,400 and requires a yearly license <em>or it stops working</em>.</p>
<p>Plus they make these wonderfully cheesy product promo videos:</p>
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<p>Normally I wouldn&#8217;t post about something until I&#8217;ve tried it in-person, but I was excited to find this whole new (to me) world of high-performance, reasonable-cost devices. John Pozazidides, long-time WP community member, did <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj_nlSWGkb8">an overview of the Unifi devices on Youtube</a>. At Automattic our once-a-year grand meetup is coming up in Utah, and every year wireless is an issue, especially the first day or two. I ordered some of the Ubiquiti equipment to test when I&#8217;m in Houston next week, looking forward to playing around with it.</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://cdnjs.com/" target="_blank">cdnjs</a> service is used by hundreds of thousands of websites to offload static files for performance. It&#8217;s an open source community-driven project that hosts a variety of different file types, including JavaScript, CSS, SWF, and images, thanks to help from sponsors UserApp and CloudFlare.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cdnjs/" target="_blank">WP cdnjs</a> is a new plugin that allows users to easily include any CSS or JavaScript library hosted at cdnjs. Once installed, you can search all cdnjs libraries directly within the plugin&#8217;s settings.</p>
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<p>Over the past few months, WordPress developers have been experimenting with speeding up PHP execution with HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine) and have achieved some <a href="https://twitter.com/markjaquith/statuses/458294601129144320" target="_blank">amazingly fast load times</a>. HHVM <a href="http://hhvm.com/blog/3095/getting-wordpress-running-on-hhvm" target="_blank">compatibility with WordPress</a> is gradually improving and more hosting companies are moving to adopt it, as many believe that HHVM will soon revolutionize PHP.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.mysql.com/" target="_blank">MySQL</a> &#8211; Provided by the ClearDB add-on</li>
<li><a href="http://memcached.org/" target="_blank">Memcached</a> &#8211; Provided by the MemCachier add-on</li>
<li><a href="https://getcomposer.org/" target="_blank">Composer</a> &#8211; A dependency manager to make installing and managing plugins easier</li>
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<p>The Heroku WP template also bundles Jetpack, SendGrid, caching plugins, <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/38902" target="_blank">SSL Domain Alias</a> to send WP admin traffic to Heroku over SSL directly, and a couple of other plugins. You can include additional plugins and/or upgrade versions by updating the <code>composer.json</code> file.</p>
<h3>2.5X Improvement in WordPress Response Times with Heroku WP</h3>
<p>Yu <a href="http://www.xyu.io/2014/06/wordpress-on-nginx-hhvm-with-heroku-buildpacks/" target="_blank">reports</a> that with the new nginx + HHVM Heroku buildpack, his updated template for WordPress has seen more than 2.5X improvement in response times when compared to the old Heroku LAMP stack. His personal <a href="http://www.xyu.io/" target="_blank">site</a> is actually running on the template. &#8220;It feels a lot faster navigating WP admin and page generation times look much better,&#8221; he said.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:83:"WPTavern: How Crowd Favorite Utilizes Multiple Offices and a Distributed Work Force";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=27870";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:210:"http://wptavern.com/how-crowd-favorite-utilizes-multiple-offices-and-a-distributed-work-force?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-crowd-favorite-utilizes-multiple-offices-and-a-distributed-work-force";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:7086:"<p>As I was listening to an <a title="http://www.poststat.us/chris-lema-interview/" href="http://www.poststat.us/chris-lema-interview/">interview with Chris Lema</a>, I was surprised to hear how Crowd Favorite has offices setup across the world. Many of the WordPress agencies I&#8217;m familiar with are 100% distributed with one physical office. This is the first time I&#8217;ve heard of a WordPress development agency with multiple offices throughout the world. I contacted the CTO of <a title="http://crowdfavorite.com" href="http://crowdfavorite.com">Crowd Favorite</a>, Chris Lema, to learn why the company is structured this way and what practical benefits and drawbacks it offers.</p>
<h2>The Crowd Favorite Approach To Offices</h2>
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<p>Crowd Favorite takes an entirely different approach to having an office. Instead of one or two locations, they have small, satellite offices spread across the world. This approach allows the company to merge the benefits of a distributed work force with having physical locations. Each office is staffed by a group of people who excel at a specific skill. Lema describes the offices as <em>communities of practice</em>.</p>
<blockquote><p>For example, there&#8217;s an office in Phoenix that we have that is dedicated to design work and branding, and they&#8217;re fantastic at that. That&#8217;s a very different dynamic than if you had three designers across the country, four designers across the country, or two brand people across the country.</p>
<p>Sure, if they were really phenomenal people, you could hire them and you&#8217;d get a bang for your buck, but if you put a whole group of them together in one place, you&#8217;ll discover that they go further faster.</p></blockquote>
<p>Regional and localized offices enable people to work together to accelerate their progress. The offices are also used to focus on disciplines. For example, the Las Vegas, NV office is focused on video and promotion, the office in Arizona is focused on design, and the office in Denver, CO is focused on advanced development. Crowd Favorite even has a small office in New York focused on .net and Ruby development.</p>
<h2>Offices Have Different Purposes Depending On The Region</h2>
<p>Offices outside the US have a unique business dynamic associated with them. They&#8217;re used as the final component of a business deal after establishing trust and a relationship with a customer. &#8220;As Karim Marucchi worked in several different countries, it became a cornerstone of the way he works, that he would have an office, and that&#8217;s the office that would drive the business in that region.&#8221; Lema said. &#8220;It&#8217;s especially effective when you think about it on the international stage because you want to be able to make sure that your presence is physically felt in the areas where you&#8217;re doing business. We have an office in Italy for example, specifically for that reason.&#8221;</p>
<h2>The Lone Rangers Of A Distributed Workforce</h2>
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<p>One of the benefits of having several office locations is the increased opportunity for employees to work together. However, one of the biggest drawbacks is that some employees end up working alone. For example, Crowd Favorite has an office in Seattle, WA that handles development operations that is staffed by one person. This is why Crowd Favorite and other companies with a distributed work force organize company wide meetups once or twice a year. It gives individuals a chance to meet their co-workers and strengthen their connection to the company.</p>
<h2>How Other WordPress Companies Handle Offices</h2>
<p>One of the benefits of working with WordPress is that it can be done from anywhere in the world, as long as an internet connection is available. <a title="http://automattic.com/" href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic</a> is a leading example of how employees can accomplish anything without having to spend eight hours in a cubicle. Despite having a distributed work force, the company maintains a physical presence with an office in San Francisco, CA. The office is used as a co-working space, to host shareholder meetings, or to just hang out.</p>
<p>Web development firm <a title="http://10up.com/" href="http://10up.com/">10up </a>has an office in <a title="http://10up.com/blog/2013/portland-office-opening/" href="http://10up.com/blog/2013/portland-office-opening/">Portland, OR</a>. The office hosts speakers, out-of-town guests, and the occasional workshop. <a title="http://webdevstudios.com/" href="http://webdevstudios.com/">WebDevStudios</a> is another large web development firm with a 100% distributed work force. Unlike 10up and Automattic, the company has two office locations, one in <a title="http://webdevstudios.com/about/webdevstudios/new-jersey-location/" href="http://webdevstudios.com/about/webdevstudios/new-jersey-location/">New Jersey</a> and the other in <a title="http://webdevstudios.com/about/webdevstudios/philadelphia-location/" href="http://webdevstudios.com/about/webdevstudios/philadelphia-location/">Philadelphia, PA</a>.</p>
<h2>Copy The Motivation, Not The Model</h2>
<p>Going with a 100% distributed work force has drawbacks as does everyone working in the same physical space. Crowd Favorite believes they have figured out a way to reap the benefits of both methods. &#8220;When you say we&#8217;re only going to have one office, there are drawbacks. When you say we&#8217;re going to be 100% remote, there are going to be drawbacks. I think we&#8217;ve tried to thread the needle on this to find the situation that gives us the least amount of drawbacks with the most amount of potential.&#8221; Lema said.</p>
<p>Is the way Crowd Favorite uses offices a model for other WordPress development firms to follow? &#8220;Copying someone&#8217;s model is a really poor approach to anything. Copying someone&#8217;s motivation may be a more helpful approach to think about.&#8221; Lema told the Tavern. Every company is different and has to satisfy its own needs and requirements.</p>
<p>Crowd Favorite has found success using offices not only for co-working spaces, but as a way to build trust and establish relationships with clients in other parts of the world.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:25:37 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Jeff Chandler";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:32;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:49:"Post Status: How has WordPress changed your life?";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:30:"http://www.poststat.us/?p=6995";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:112:"http://www.poststat.us/wordpress-changed-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wordpress-changed-life";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6142:"<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-7067" src="http://www.poststat.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wc-nyc-752x272.jpg" alt="wc-nyc" width="627" height="226" />Last week, I was in New York City for WordCamp and some client meetings. The event was a huge success, with four full tracks of expert designers, developers, and WordPress professionals sharing what they&#8217;ve learned.</p>
<p>I had a great time with everyone there. I saw old friends, and met new friends.</p>
<p>I had my recording equipment with me, and I asked a question to some folks there: how has WordPress changed your life?</p>
<p>Here are their answers:</p>
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<p>And here are just a few of the pictures I took, from WordCamp and some just from around the city. I&#8217;m not much of a photographer, but feel free to use any of these however you wish:<span id="more-6995"></span></p>

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<a href="http://www.poststat.us/wordpress-changed-life/nyc-tunnel/"><img width="150" height="99" src="http://www.poststat.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/nyc-tunnel-150x99.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="nyc-tunnel" /></a>
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<p>I&#8217;d like to thank the organizers for their efforts, the sponsors for their investment in the WordPress community, the speakers for their wisdom, and the attendees for their hunger to learn and connect with like-minded individuals.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve never attended a WordCamp &#8212; especially one outside of your own city &#8212; I highly encourage you do. They are so fun. There are a number of events coming up that I&#8217;ll be at as well, so I hope you&#8217;ll say hi there: <a href="http://wpyall.com">WordCamp Birmingham</a> (August 16th), <a title="The WordPress community summit is back" href="http://www.poststat.us/wordpress-community-summit-back/">WordCamp San Francisco</a> (October 25-26th), and <a href="http://www.poststat.us/pressnomics-3-dates/">PressNomics</a> (January 22nd-24th).</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:29:55 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:33;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:69:"WPTavern: Mobile ShareBar Adds a WhatsApp Sharing Button to WordPress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=24066";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:182:"http://wptavern.com/mobile-sharebar-adds-a-whatsapp-sharing-button-to-wordpress?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mobile-sharebar-adds-a-whatsapp-sharing-button-to-wordpress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3635:"<p>Earlier this year, Facebook <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/02/facebook-to-acquire-whatsapp/" target="_blank">acquired WhatsApp</a> for $19 billion dollars. With 450+ million users per month and 70% of them active per day, Facebook is betting on the the app&#8217;s massive user base and continued growth.</p>
<p>Although <a href="http://www.whatsapp.com/" target="_blank">WhatsApp</a> is enormously popular, very few WordPress sharing plugins have prioritized adding the service to the list of supported sharing options. Depending on the demographic of your site&#8217;s readership, you may stand to strongly benefit from making it easy for WhatsApp users to share your content with each other via the app.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/mobile-sharebar/" target="_blank">Mobile ShareBar</a> is one of the first plugins to add a WhatsApp sharing button, right up there with the same preeminence of Facebook and Twitter. The sharebar only appears to visitors when they are browsing your site on a mobile site, and you can remove the Facebook and Twitter buttons if you just want to include WhatsApp.</p>
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<p>The plugin allows you to select specific post types where you want the sharebar to appear, i.e. frontpage, posts, pages, categories, archives, tags, and even specific custom post types. You can also change the position of the bar to appear on the bottom of the screen. All text for the sharing buttons is customizable in the plugin&#8217;s settings page:</p>
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<p>A real-time preview of the sharebar appears in the settings page as you edit it, so you know what it&#8217;s going to look like on mobile devices. After testing the plugin, my only complaint is that the sharebar is sticky as you scroll down the page, taking up valuable mobile real estate. Having the option to remove that would be preferable, as stickiness might be a deal breaker for some users.</p>
<p>While WhatsApp is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia, the sharing button only works with iPhones at the moment. This is because the iPhone app is the only one that works with the <a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/iphone/23559013" target="_blank">URL scheme</a>.</p>
<p>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg commented on the WhatsApp acquisition: <strong>&#8220;WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable.&#8221;</strong> When <a href="http://recode.net/2014/02/20/before-facebook-deal-whatsapp-was-helping-buzzfeed-and-shazam-go-viral-with-new-platform-tools/?_ga=1.172310307.1038543520.1407428466" target="_blank">Buzzfeed added a WhatsApp</a> sharing button, they found that readers on iOS clicked it more often than the Twitter button. It might be worth finding out if your readers are using WhatsApp so you can prioritize it among your sharing options. You can get the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/mobile-sharebar/" target="_blank">Mobile ShareBar</a> from WordPress.org.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:06:23 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:37;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>If you&#8217;re using Jetpack and need to reconnect it to a site but don&#8217;t have access to the WordPress.com account associated with it, you can switch accounts without losing your stats or subscribers. Just follow these simple steps.</p>
<ol>
<li>Login to your self-hosted WordPress site and disconnect Jetpack.</li>
<li>Create a new WordPress.com account.</li>
<li>Connect your self-hosted WordPress site to Jetpack using the new account.</li>
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<p>I asked George Stephanis, who is on the Jetpack development team, if users should be worried about stats and subscribers being lost in the process.</p>
<blockquote><p>Ideally it should be smooth, and the stats should transfer automatically.  Sites are indexed by domain and path, so as long as those don&#8217;t change and still match up with what we have on file, it&#8217;ll just work.</p>
<p>If they do change and the user winds up connected to a clean site, it&#8217;s just a quick five-minute operation for one of our Happiness Engineers to transfer stats over to the new site, so nothing is ever lost.</p></blockquote>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:87:"WPTavern: Color Posts Plugin Extends Jetpack to Add Intuitive Background Color Matching";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=27889";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:218:"http://wptavern.com/color-posts-plugin-extends-jetpack-to-add-intuitive-background-color-matching?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=color-posts-plugin-extends-jetpack-to-add-intuitive-background-color-matching";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4410:"<p>Automatically changing the background color of a post based on its images is a fancy effect that you may have noticed on WordPress.com&#8217;s <a href="http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/ryu/">Ryu</a> theme. It&#8217;s currently WordPress.com&#8217;s 7th most popular theme and is also <a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/ryu" target="_blank">available for self-hosted sites</a> with the same intuitive background changing feature built in.</p>
<p><a href="http://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/color-posts.png" rel="prettyphoto[27889]"><img src="http://i2.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/color-posts.png?resize=687%2C597" alt="color-posts" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27907" /></a></p>
<p>Jetpack developer <a href="http://jeremy.hu/" target="_blank">Jeremy Herve</a> just released an independent plugin version of the feature cut out of the theme. <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/color-posts/" target="_blank">Color Posts</a> does the following:</p>
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<li>Grabs an image from the post</li>
<li>Samples it</li>
<li>Creates a matching color and a contrast value (black or white)</li>
<li>Changes the post&#8217;s background color to match the image</li>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> must be active in order for Color Posts to do its magic, as it utilizes the <code>Tonesque</code> and <code>Jetpack_PostImages</code> classes.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how it works: Color Posts uses the <code>Jetpack_PostImages</code> class to run through a few different methods to select an image representative of the post. <a href="https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/blob/3.1/_inc/lib/tonesque.php" target="_blank">Tonesque</a> grabs the color index for each of five sample points of the image and then finds the average color of the image based on those five sample points. It creates a color object and checks the contrast against the main color, giving either black or white for use with opacity.</p>
<p>The result is beautifully matching backgrounds for each post. The <a href="http://ryudemo.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Ryu theme demo</a> is a good example of this feature in action.</p>
<h3>Extend Color Posts to Color Match Other Elements on Your Site</h3>
<a href="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/color-matching.png" rel="prettyphoto[27889]"><img src="http://i1.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/color-matching.png?resize=1025%2C468" alt="photo credit: Telstar Logistics - cc" class="size-full wp-image-27917" /></a>photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/2903029/">Telstar Logistics</a> &#8211; <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
<p>Herve explains in the plugin&#8217;s <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/color-posts/faq/" target="_blank">FAQ</a> how it can be used for more than just matching the background of a post to an image. The color matching feature can be applied to post links, image borders, title, etc. He includes example code for building your own CSS from the colors grabbed by the plugin to change other elements on your site.</p>
<p>Herve&#8217;s <a href="http://jeremy.hu/color-posts-jetpack-plugin/" target="_blank">post</a> gives you an example of how he changes the color and contrast of the title on his site based on the values retrieved by the plugin. If you want to use your own image, instead of letting Jetpack pick, Color Posts lets you do that via the <code>colorposts_image_output</code> filter. The plugin also lets you change the default color assigned to posts without an image using the <code>jetpack_open_graph_image_default</code> filter.</p>
<p>Theme developers who already support Jetpack can add color matching to their themes using this method or by offering support for the plugin. Color Posts brings post designs alive with self-aware color matching capabilities. You&#8217;d be hard-pressed to do a better job matching your background colors manually each time &#8211; but who would want to? This plugin does it all automatically with a little bit of magic.</p>
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:54:"WordPress.tv: Monika Zbínová: Blogujeme na WordPress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wordpress.tv/?p=37302";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:69:"http://wordpress.tv/2014/08/07/monika-zbinova-blogujeme-na-wordpress/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:648:"<div id="v-fk7GsLte-1" class="video-player">
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";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:94:"WPTavern: WPCore Plugin Manager Adds Update Notifications, Plans to Implement Pro Subscription";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=27827";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:230:"http://wptavern.com/wpcore-plugin-manager-adds-update-notifications-plans-to-implement-pro-subscription?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpcore-plugin-manager-adds-update-notifications-plans-to-implement-pro-subscription";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3213:"<p>WPCore <a href="http://wptavern.com/wpcore-create-wordpress-plugin-collections-and-install-them-in-one-click" target="_blank">launched</a> less than a month ago and has already gone through several rounds of improvement. The <a href="https://wpcore.com/" target="_blank">app</a> allows WordPress users to create plugin collections and install them in one click. Most recently, WPCore added <a href="http://wptavern.com/wpcore-plugin-manager-adds-favoriting-and-custom-plugins-to-collections" target="_blank">favoriting and the ability to include custom plugins</a> hosted outside of WordPress.org.</p>
<p>Today, WPCore creator <a href="http://stueynet.com/" target="_blank">Stuart Starr</a> announced a new update notifications feature which allows users to receive email notices when one of their collections has a plugin with an update.</p>
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<p>The feature is still in development so it currently sends a separate email for each collection where you have subscriptions enabled. Starr is working on creating a digest email instead. This is a handy feature if you have a site using a collection that includes a plugin you&#8217;re watching for updates. Perhaps you&#8217;re looking for a bug fix or a particular improvement that&#8217;s coming down the line. Turn on email notifications for a collection including the plugin you&#8217;re watching and you&#8217;ll get a notice in your inbox when it&#8217;s time to update.</p>
<h3>WPCore Pro Subscription Plan Coming August 31</h3>
<p>The WPCore site is now SSL secured in preparation for a new paid subscription plan that will be in place on August 31. Starr is electing to thank WPCore&#8217;s early adopters by grandfathering them into the pro account level, which includes all the features currently in place.</p>
<p>Anyone who registers before the end of August will be a WPCore Pro member for life. Once the pro subscription plan is in place, new free users will be on a basic plan, which doesn&#8217;t include custom plugins or the new update notifications feature. Starr told the Tavern that pricing for the pro account level will be in the range of a few cups of coffee per month.</p>
<h3>WPCore Plugin Manager Plugin Rewritten</h3>
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<p>Starr has been adding improvements based on user feedback and welcomes feature requests and thoughts on the new subscription model. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/wpcoreapp" target="_blank">@wpcoreapp</a> on Twitter to send any feedback and stay up to date.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 06 Aug 2014 22:07:15 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:44;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
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<p>Since the vulnerability is present in WordPress 3.5 to 3.9.1, there are several sites that need to be manually updated in order to be protected. Automatic updates for security releases was introduced in WordPress 3.7, leaving users of 3.6 and 3.5 especially vulnerable. According to <a title="https://wordpress.org/about/stats/" href="https://wordpress.org/about/stats/">stats on WordPress.org</a>, 26.8% of all WordPress sites will not be auto updated. Among those sites, 18.8% are still using WordPress 3.5.</p>
<p>WordPress 3.9.2 has a few other security updates as well:</p>
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<li>Fixes a possible but unlikely code execution when processing widgets (WordPress is not affected by default), discovered by <a href="http://www.buayacorp.com/">Alex Concha</a> of the WordPress security team.</li>
<li>Prevents information disclosure via XML entity attacks in the external GetID3 library, reported by <a href="http://onsec.ru/en/">Ivan Novikov</a> of ONSec.</li>
<li>Adds protections against brute attacks against CSRF tokens, reported by <a href="http://systemoverlord.com/">David Tomaschik</a> of the Google Security Team.</li>
<li>Contains some additional security hardening, like preventing cross-site scripting that could be triggered only by administrators.</li>
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<p>You can update to 3.9.2 immediately by browsing to <strong>Dashboard &gt; Updates </strong>in the backend of WordPress. Sites that have automatic updates configured will be updated within 12 hours. Sites using WordPress 3.8.3 or 3.7.3 will be updated to 3.8.4 or 3.7.4. Older versions of WordPress are not supported, so please update to 3.9.2 for the latest and greatest.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Nirgoldshlager">Nir Goldshlager</a>, a security researcher and part of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team, discovered a PHP-level vulnerability that could result in denial of service (DoS) attacks. Goldshlager notified the PHP, WordPress, and Drupal security teams all at once.</p>
<p>The vulnerability is within a PHP XML parser used by XML-RPC, and is &#8220;vulnerable to an XML entity expansion attach which can cause CPU and memory exhaustion, and MySQL to reach the maximum amount of open connections.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bug itself is relatively minor, but of interest is the collaboration between the WordPress and Drupal teams to create a fix. WordPress lead developer Andrew Nacin and Mike Adams of the WordPress security team collaborated on a fix for the vulnerability and offered to coordinate with the Drupal security team.</p>
<p>The fix devised by Nacin and Adams prevents the XML-RPC vulnerability while keeping the feature active. Turning off XML-RPC would have left the burden of handling the fix on the site owner or host and would have harmed clients such as the mobile apps.</p>
<p>So, interestingly enough, two WordPress core developers are getting props today for both WordPress and Drupal releases. The respective security teams and Goldshlager have been working together for a couple of weeks now to appropriately address the situation and refine the patch included in today&#8217;s updates. The patch itself is for an external library that WordPress has always used, called the Incutio XML-RPC Library. Drupal uses a derivative of the same library, making the collaboration between the two teams quite logical and straightforward.<span id="more-7020"></span></p>
<p>Andrew Nacin tells me that this is the first time he knows of that the WordPress and Drupal security teams have collaborated. It certainly goes to show just how beneficial open source is, that two completely different CMS platforms are able to quickly close such security holes.</p>
<p>The WordPress security release includes a few other minor security patches as well, but the collaboration between the WordPress and Drupal security teams is what makes this release most noteworthy, in my opinion.</p>
<p>WordPress will be automatically upgrading all eligible websites from WordPress 3.7 to WordPress 3.9 major versions to include these fixes, as well as the WordPress 4.0 beta. The latest stable branch is now WordPress 3.9.2, and the WordPress 4.0 development branch is in beta 3. The release of WordPress 4.0 is still on target for the week of August 25th.</p>
<p>If you have automatic updates enabled for WordPress, you&#8217;ll see those roll out shortly; otherwise, you can download it from <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">WordPress.org</a>. You can also check out the official release posts for both <a href="https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004">Drupal</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/">WordPress</a> on their respective blogs.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:05:02 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:15:"Brian Krogsgard";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:46;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:42:"Dev Blog: WordPress 3.9.2 Security Release";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:33:"http://wordpress.org/news/?p=3269";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50:"http://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2347:"<p>WordPress 3.9.2 is now available as a security release for all previous versions. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.</p>
<p>This release fixes a possible denial of service issue in PHP&#8217;s XML processing, reported by <a href="https://twitter.com/nirgoldshlager">Nir Goldshlager</a> of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team. It  was fixed by Michael Adams and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team and David Rothstein of the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004">Drupal security team</a>. This is the first time our two projects have coordinated joint security releases.</p>
<p>WordPress 3.9.2 also contains other security changes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fixes a possible but unlikely code execution when processing widgets (WordPress is not affected by default), discovered by <a href="http://www.buayacorp.com/">Alex Concha</a> of the WordPress security team.</li>
<li>Prevents information disclosure via XML entity attacks in the external GetID3 library, reported by <a href="http://onsec.ru/en/">Ivan Novikov</a> of ONSec.</li>
<li>Adds protections against brute attacks against CSRF tokens, reported by <a href="http://systemoverlord.com/">David Tomaschik</a> of the Google Security Team.</li>
<li>Contains some additional security hardening, like preventing cross-site scripting that could be triggered only by administrators.</li>
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<p>We appreciated responsible disclosure of these issues directly to our security team. For more information, see the <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.9.2">release notes</a> or consult the <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/3.9?stop_rev=29383&rev=29411">list of changes</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/download/">Download WordPress 3.9.2</a> or venture over to <strong>Dashboard → Updates</strong> and simply click &#8220;Update Now&#8221;.</p>
<p>Sites that support automatic background updates will be updated to WordPress 3.9.2 within 12 hours. (If you are still on WordPress 3.8.3 or 3.7.3, you will also be updated to 3.8.4 or 3.7.4. We don&#8217;t support older versions, so please update to 3.9.2 for the latest and greatest.)</p>
<p>Already testing WordPress 4.0? The third beta is <a href="https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0-beta3.zip">now available</a> (zip) and it contains these security fixes.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:04:27 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:12:"Andrew Nacin";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:47;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:79:"WPTavern: MarkPress Plugin Transforms WordPress into a Markdown-Powered Journal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=27815";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:202:"http://wptavern.com/markpress-plugin-transforms-wordpress-into-a-markdown-powered-journal?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=markpress-plugin-transforms-wordpress-into-a-markdown-powered-journal";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3092:"<p>Over the past year, WordPress plugin developers have created some unique implementations of the post editor that add <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/" target="_blank">Markdown</a> editing with a side-by-side preview. Both the <a href="http://wptavern.com/gust-plugin-adds-support-for-categories-featured-images-and-custom-post-types" target="_blank">Gust</a> and <a href="http://wptavern.com/splitdown-a-free-ghost-style-markdown-editor-for-wordpress" target="_blank">Splitdown</a> plugins were inspired by the <a href="https://ghost.org/" target="_blank">Ghost</a> editor and attempt to recreate that experience in WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/markpress/" target="_blank">MarkPress</a> is the newest to join the ranks of Markdown-powered editors. The plugin adds an interesting twist in that it completely transforms your WordPress site to support writing journal notes without being in the admin. The new editor gives a live preview of notes as you compose.</p>
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<p>MarkPress automatically saves as you are writing and naturally only works if the user is logged in. The plugin was designed to work nicely on mobile devices as well. When used on mobile, the top bar displays a button that allows you to toggle back and forth between the compose screen and the preview:</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s important to note that MarkPress takes over your WordPress install on activation and repurposes the frontend for quickly composing journal notes. This isn&#8217;t a plugin that you can use to simply replace the default post editor, as it wasn&#8217;t designed to do that.</p>
<p>After testing MarkPress I was impressed with its beautiful implementation of the Markdown editor and simplified writing experience. However, finding your way back to the admin after reaching the frontend editor is quite difficult. Additionally, posts are automatically marked as published as you compose them. I understand that MarkPress is focused around journal notes but wish that its beautiful editor could also be used for writing regular blog posts.</p>
<p>Overall, the plugin is nicely done and provides an interesting new take on the WordPress post editor. If you want to create a Markdown-powered journal with WordPress as the sole purpose of your website, then MarkPress is an excellent option that will help you to write more efficiently. <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/markpress/" target="_blank">Download</a> it for free from WordPress.org and take it for a test drive.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:50:25 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:48;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"
	
	
	
	
	
	
";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:56:"WPTavern: Crowd Favorite Announces Chris Lema As New CTO";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:28:"http://wptavern.com/?p=27800";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:156:"http://wptavern.com/crowd-favorite-announces-chris-lema-as-new-cto?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crowd-favorite-announces-chris-lema-as-new-cto";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:4039:"<p>Crowd Favorite <a title="http://crowdfavorite.com/blog/2014/08/crowd-favorite-welcomes-chris-lema/" href="http://crowdfavorite.com/blog/2014/08/crowd-favorite-welcomes-chris-lema/">has appointed Chris Lema</a> as the company&#8217;s new CTO. Alex King, the current CTO, will move into the Chief Software Architect role, allowing him to focus his expertise in product development and deep-level technical leadership with the company&#8217;s teams. Lema will begin in mid-September and use his product development experience to help bring the WordPress platform and WordPress products into Fortune 500 enterprises.</p>
<h2>How Chris Lema Quickly Became A Leading Figure In The WordPress Community</h2>
<a href="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ChrisLemaFeaturedImage.png" rel="prettyphoto[27800]"><img class="size-full wp-image-27802" src="http://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ChrisLemaFeaturedImage.png?resize=650%2C200" alt="Chris Lema Featured Image" /></a>Image Courtesy Of The <a title="http://2014.miami.wordcamp.org/speaker-submission-update/" href="http://2014.miami.wordcamp.org/speaker-submission-update/">WordCamp Miami Website</a>
<p>PostStat.us has a <a title="http://www.poststat.us/chris-lema-interview/" href="http://www.poststat.us/chris-lema-interview/">great article covering the move</a>, including a special one hour interview with Lema. I&#8217;ve jokingly said that Lema has come out of nowhere. Although I still hold to that notion, he explains in the interview, the circumstances that have helped him be successful in the WordPress community.</p>
<p>Lema has years of experience starting, managing, and selling startups especially within the Software as a Service market. With 20 years of experience under his belt, he decided to help others in the WordPress community by sharing stories of the lessons he&#8217;s learned from the mistakes he&#8217;s made <a title="http://chrislema.com/" href="http://chrislema.com/">using his blog</a>.</p>
<p>Since the SaSS and product market in WordPress is so young, his voice and blog quickly became a leading authority. A combination of luck, experience, passion, personality, and timing helped him become an authority in the product space. Writing about the business of WordPress from a perspective not many people have is also a contributing factor.</p>
<h2>A Few Predictions</h2>
<p>Near the end of the interview, Lema makes a few predictions, all of which make sense to me. The first is that WordPress is growing on the edge. These are the people who have heard of WordPress and want to start a website but have no idea where to start. Lema predicts more out of the box solutions for these users. <a title="http://evermo.re/" href="http://evermo.re/">Evermore</a>, <a title="http://newrainmaker.com/platform/" href="http://newrainmaker.com/platform/">Rain Maker</a>, and <a title="http://oboxthemes.com/instant" href="http://oboxthemes.com/instant">Obox Instant</a> are just some of the platforms already catering to that segment of the market.</p>
<p>The second is that WordPress businesses will continue to consolidate. Last but not least, product vendors will need to up their game to remain competitive. An example is WordPress hosting. What was once a <strong>wow</strong> feature two years ago is now a standard feature across most of the basic plans.</p>
<h2>The Voice Of Crowd Favorite</h2>
<p>With Lema&#8217;s ability to inspire crowds and motivate people with his speaking engagements, I can see him becoming the voice of Crowd Favorite. The announcement post mentions this possibility as well.</p>
<blockquote><p>You will continue to hear from us through Chris with his valuable online presence. As a popular speaker at conferences and work with our sales and marketing teams, we know his voice will be a great addition to the Crowd Favorite brand.</p></blockquote>
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