Oh yeah. WP Remote, a monitoring and update solution that has received a bit of attention recently is continuing their product development and rolling out a killer new feature that’s going to have a lot of people considering it strongly even more so as a competitor against the likes of VaultPress and even BackupBuddy. As Noel Tock shared with me privately, they are already monitoring over 40k sties on a daily basis (and growing). With a $5 offering that competes directly with VaultPress’ newest tier it may have in fact just tipped the scales in their favor, especially with these features:

When MOJO Themes announced they were acquired by EIG they had shared in their announcement that pending integrations with some of the big name players were being planned as part of the acquisition and commercialization strategy. It’s been a bit of time since that announcement but they’ve finally shared their news and even how they’ve gone about this big project:

Yup, another theme shop has seen their doors swing wide open and long sighs could be heard all across the WordPress land as competitors and consultants users begin wondering if this is yet another copycat or a fierce and growing competitor. Authentic Themes, launched by AJ Clarke who is also part of WP Explorer, shared his thoughts on an announce post including some of the introductory pricing: Packed with WordPress awesomeness, this theme subscription site is priced to please. Starting at just $40 per year, this bundle is super affordable and includes a solid mix of 100% GPL WordPress themes […]

“Search engine optimization” – sometimes those words make me literally shudder on the inside. It’s mostly because there are 1,000 and 1 “seo experts” that are peddling their wares, products, and services when they have really no idea themselves what they are talking about. Even though I’ve been around the web and publishing for quite some time I’d be the very last to ever declare myself as “expert” at SEO – it’s just not what I do (and I don’t want to be). Just because you’ve been around the block or blogged a few times doesn’t mean you know much. This […]

This was brought to my attention this morning as I was looking more into the details of DreamPress, which is Dreamhost‘s new WordPress-centric hosting solution to give more power to those WP-centric sites and customers. Like I’ve mentioned publicly before, I’ve been a long-time customer of Dreamhost for my smaller sites, since 2007, and I’ve been very happy with what I’ve gotten, especially since my expectations of performance and usage were in check. And at the very same time I’m also a fan of what WP Engine has going on and have some great convos with a number of their […]

Generally this may not be necessarily news-worthy but I decided to take a look into it because FooPlugins is not like your ThemeForest or other large and established marketplace – it’s a much newer and much smaller one that has tons of potential. With their newest addition, the Coming Soon Plugin by SeedProd, they are adding their 8th (yes, only 8) WordPress-centric plugins up for sale. This smaller and more niche/curated experience is somewhat of a personal delight as I like the more boutique feel that FooPlugins is presenting. Whether or not I am right in that “feeling” is entirely […]

We do love us some giveaways and we love when we can offer some services to others and save them some money! This week we’ve partnered with AussieHost to give 5 free 1 year accounts to their hosting service, with the following features:

Yes, this is a bit random and not necessarily linked to WordPress but heck, all of us work with WordPress have to deal with wifi issues, right? So on occasion I come across some neat apps and tools that just make sense to share. And besides, today is Hump Day and we do things differently on Hump Day, right? Or maybe wrong… oh, whatever.

Siobhan McKeown has been busy. Like, really busy. With her just-minted appointment at Audrey Capital, Matt Mullenweg‘s investment firm, she’s hit the ground running working on what seems a crazy-amount of things. This is including the pending WordPress Book that’s going to be featuring much of the history and backstory of how a little application took over the internet. As she’s shared recently, Chapter 3 is already out, or at least a pass of it, so that you can take a gander at the work so far:

The biggest news in the eCommerce space isn’t Shopify with their v2 being released yesterday but rather iThemes and their new entry in the growing shopping space with Exchange. And they were greeted with many votes of confidence and praise, even from existing competitors. As one person mentioned, this is what’s so great about the WordPress community because we can pat each other on the back despite our commercial interests: Competitors who treat each other with respect because they understand that the culture of the community they’re in doesn’t do competition the way other communities do it. iThemes on-going challenges will […]