We’re all interested in speed, especially when it comes to the applications that we use and love every single day. If we can eek out a little more performance we’ll either demand it from those that have created it or here it from our passionate users who can’t stand waiting. This is a good thing, generally speaking, as there are few things more irritating than waiting for something to load, whatever it is. It doesn’t apply to everything (like waiting for my oil change to be complete – frick, that takes forever) but in web it’s a problem to be […]

We’re all busy and if you’re anything like me then finding shortcuts for simple and repetitive tasks is where it is at! I’d much rather spend time writing content then editing images, for example, especially because it’s not what I do (and I’m not very good at it to begin with). Check out this simple web-based shortcut that might save you more than a handful of minutes:

Just got a press release that’s worth mentioning as it’s a really neat point of growth for both Creative Market and WooThemes who have apparently joined forces! Check out the official release announcement, which was handed to us a week ago but effective today:

There are a number of us who are making the transition from working a full-time job (that we may not necessarily love) into a more be-your-own-boss type lifestyle with freelancing, specifically with WordPress. This is a neat transition and one that is both very exciting but also fraught with tough decisions, a bit of anxiety, and let’s a honest, an unknown future. Be encouraged though as many have gone before you, and have lived to tell the tale! These two great WordCamp presentations may give you more fuel to your fire:

A full first week of June, can you imagine that? We’ll jump right into our weekly weekend roundup but first, make sure you check out our growing Job Board that has already gotten a lot of views and has been able to connect more than a few WordPressers with new gigs! Stoked about that as, well, that’s the point!

Croogo – makes you think of the recent movie Croods (sorry, I’ve got kids, so that’s what happens in my head). But Jake, one of our community members, stumbled upon it while surfing the other day and it did catch my attention when he shared it with us. It’s the first time I’ve encountered it, that’s for sure.

Man, I love the name! Available on Github, you can run tests using your browser (or node.js) and get full reports to boot. Integrate with SauceLabs or Selenium? Check. Write tests? Check! Use  object, TDD, or BDD styles. Reporting via Istanbul? Sure. Why not. Continuous integration as an option? Yup, with Travis CI. Yikes.

Have you heard of MasterPress? It might just be the one of the better (best?) custom post type, taxonomy, and custom field CMS plugins out there for WordPress. This is in addition to the really swell API that Travis Hensgen has built with it as well. In fact, he’s given not only a presentation about what it is but also how it came to be – very much a great story of “rolling his own” and building something that he needed for himself. A truly inspiring tale of having to deal with business, life, family, and WordPress all rolled into […]

WPRoller, which we covered previously, is a system that allows you to create your own custom installs to shortcut the boring process that is often repeated for many of us. They’ve just had a big update that includes the following as you can now grab plugins for your installer zips from three sources: From their curated category lists.  Your own uploads From the WordPress Repository directly. You can even save your zip installer configs and “re-roll” them for later use!

We’ve been seeing an incredible influx of emails since launching WP Daily from all over the place asking us one simple question (two actually): Do you know someone who can help me with WordPress? These people are looking for help on a particular project and even a handful of them are looking for part-time and full time employees! We’ve been using our own internal rolodex to help these people out but it’s gotten to be a bit of a hassle. In addition, we’ve gotten an increased number of inquiries that have been around this question as well: