photo credit: A sign – (license) Nearly every WordPress user has experienced the frustration of dismissing an admin notice and having it pop up again on page refresh or upon navigating to a new page. WordPress 4.2 made it possible for plugin and theme developers to create dismissible admin notices using the classes .notice and .is-dismissible, but left it up …
Bucharest, Romania to Host Its First WordCamp October 8-9
photo credit: Bucharest – Smârdan Street – (license) In 2008, while working for an Irish company under contract with the Irish Parliament, Bogdan Fireteanu was called into a meeting and told that he needed to build 50 blogs as soon as possible. That was the day he discovered WordPress. Over the next eight years, Fireteanu would become more deeply involved …
Ulysses 2.6 Released, Users Can Now Publish Posts to WordPress
Based in Leipzig, Germany, The Soulmen is a company made up of a small team of people who develop exclusively for Apple devices. One of the products the company develops is called Ulysses. Ulysses is a text editor that’s available on the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. The company has released version 2.6 which adds the ability to publish posts to …
Quickly Migrate Content From One WordPress Site to Another With WPSiteSync
There are a number of plugins available that allow you to migrate WordPress sites but many of them require access to the database. A new plugin called WPSiteSync by ServerPress, LLC, enables you to quickly migrate content from one WordPress site to another without touching the database. WPSiteSync is freely available from the WordPress plugin directory. To use it, both the …
BuddyPress Contributors are Building a New Template Pack
In 2013, BuddyPress introduced its first template pack, BP Legacy, in the 1.7 release along with theme compatibility. This major project milestone made BuddyPress compatible with nearly every WordPress theme, freeing sites from the requirement of using a BuddyPress-specific theme. BP Legacy has served theme developers well in customizing BuddyPress, but contributors are working on a new project to modernize …
Users of the Posts 2 Posts Plugin Left Searching for an Alternative
When it comes to creating many-to-many relationships in WordPress, the Posts 2 Posts plugin created by Scribu is often cited as the plugin to use. Unfortunately, those who rely on Posts 2 Posts will need to find another solution as Scribu has officially announced that he is ending development. In 2013, Scribu published a call for help asking those interested to adopt his …
WordCamp OKC Unifies Oklahoma WordPress Community, Introduces Okie Wapuu
WordCamp OKC banner designed by Cara Bell The first WordCamp in Oklahoma took place this past weekend in Oklahoma City at the Francis Tuttle Technology Center. Although organizers had originally planned for 50 attendees, demand was higher than expected and the event sold more than 100 tickets. Lynn Dye, lead organizer for WordCamp OKC, has been attending the city’s local …
Get WordPress News on Telegram via the New WP Tavern Channel
Last week Jeff Chandler and I had a meetup before WordCamp OKC where we discussed new ideas and projects for the Tavern. One quick item on the agenda was to create a Telegram bot and public channel where we can broadcast to those who want to receive news via mobile messaging. In February, Telegram passed 100 million monthly active users. …
Cory Miller and Matt Danner Launch New Business Podcast
photo credit: Maciej Korsan WordPress professionals have demonstrated a decent appetite when it comes to listening to and supporting podcasts on a wide variety of topics, including industry news, development, e-commerce, marketing, and startups. Cory Miller, founder of iThemes, and Matt Danner, the company’s COO, are adding a new business podcast to the mix with the launch of Leader.team. The …
Easily Hide WordPress’ Blogging Features With the Disable Blogging Plugin
WordPress strikes a good balance by offering users the ability to publish dynamic content via posts and static content via pages. However, if you’d like to use WordPress primarily as a static content management system without the features related to blogging, check out a new plugin developed by Fact Maven Corp. and Ethan Jinks O’Sullivan called Disable Blogging. Disable Blogging hides a number …