Sucuri is Building a Comprehensive Alternative to CloudFlare (wptavern.com) Sucuri launched a new free performance tool last week. The Global Website Performance Tester allows anyone to enter a URL and get a quick assessment of how fast the website is loading from 13 globally distributed testing stations.
WordCamp US 2015 Now Accepting Applications for Host City (wptavern.com) WordCamp US will follow a format similar to WordCamp Europe in that it will be held in a rotating city. The city has not yet been selected, which is surprising given that the year is nearly halfway finished.
Mullenweg put out a call for host city applications on his blog and linked to a survey where candidates can apply. Find out more here!
Steven Gliebe Launches WordPress Commercial Plugin Directory (wptavern.com) Steven Gliebe who runs HostingReviews.io and is the founder of Churchthemes.com has launched the Pro Plugin Directory. The site lists commercial plugins from a variety of categories including, forms, performance, and security.
BuddyPress 2.3 “Livio” Released, Features the New BP Attachments API (wptavern.com) BuddyPress 2.3 “Livio” was released today, named in honor of Chez Livio, a famous Italian restaurant and pizza joint in Paris. The highlight of this release is the BP Attachments API, a new library that enables developers to create components that have the ability to manage uploads.
How to Completely Customize the WordPress Login Page (premium.wpmudev.org) The WordPress login page provides a generic looking one-size-fits-all solution for logging into WordPress. The only problem is customizing it can get a little awkward. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to get started with modifying the login screen so you can customize it to look exactly how you want.
A Walkthrough on Conditional Tags in WordPress: 27 to 39 (code.tutsplus.com) In this series, we're going through one of the fundamental features of WordPress: Conditional Tags. In this fourth part, we'll continue introducing and reviewing the Conditional Tags. Be sure to check out the previous parts if you haven't yet.