Our customers provide us with the ability to help make WordPress plugins more secure. Mostly, with plugins they use, but to a lesser extent other plugins. That work often goes unmentioned. So we are highlighting that to help to better Continue reading How Our Customers Helped Make WordPress Plugins More Secure, Week of March 1
In this last episode about the Kerala WPPhotos Festival I talk not only about the project, but also where this project is leading us. Next Gen events are a breath of fresh air for those of us who need something Continue reading WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 5, What We Learned, Where We’re Going
Seven months ago I registered for & scheduled a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a non-WordPress-related event! Crazy, right? As luck would have it, four months later, WordCamp Phoenix had announced that their event would be for that same weekend Continue reading Reflecting on WordCamp Phoenix 2024: Struggles, Successes, and the Road Ahead
Katie Keith, CEO of Barn2, announced that Kestrel has acquired seven plugins from her company for an undisclosed amount. She had tweeted about her plans to sell the plugins back in January to focus on the more profitable plugins. This Continue reading Acquisition Alert: Kestrel Acquires Seven Barn2 Plugins
SocGholish malware, otherwise known as “fake browser updates”, is one of the most common types of malware infections that we see on hacked websites. This long-standing malware campaign leverages a JavaScript malware framework that has been in use since at Continue reading New Wave of SocGholish Infections Impersonates WordPress Plugins
As the block editor continues to evolve its content management capabilities, the lack of support for custom fields has been one of the key roadblocks for users and developers. While custom fields in WordPress are still widely used, in the Continue reading The Block Bindings API Brings Dynamic Data to Blocks
In the WordPress ecosystem, adopting a freemium model is a prevalent method for promoting and monetizing commercial plugins. This approach entails releasing a basic version of the plugin for free—usually through the WordPress plugin directory—and offering enhanced features through a Continue reading Architecting a WordPress plugin to support extensions
Solid Backups 9.1.9 is available for download. This release includes a few fixes: A fix replacing a link in the Solid Backups page, in the Storage box where it shows how much is in use, says “Need More Storage?” which Continue reading Solid Backups Maintenance Release 9.1.9
In a previous article, we explored ribbon shapes and different ways to approach them using clever combinations of CSS gradients and clip-path(). This time, I’d like to explore another shape, one that you’ve likely had to tackle at least once Continue reading Modern CSS Tooltips And Speech Bubbles (Part 1)