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Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2013
Matt Mullenweg speaks about the WordPress project’s past and future. Question and answer session can be found here.
70% of People Have Never Heard of WordPress
The title says it all. In a recent survey conducted by WPMU, 70% of more than 1,500 respondents from the general population in the U.S. said they had never heard of WordPress. Of course that means 30% had.
Where did WP Daily go? What’s Torque?
Today marks the launch of a new WordPress news site, called Torque. And if you follow WordPress kinds of things, you might ask yourself if the world really needs another WordPress news site. It’s the question that often follows a second and maybe more important one: will this one last?
WordPress Infographic 2013 – A Visual Representation of Matt’s “State of the Word”
Over the weekend, the Elegant Themes team went to WordCamp San Francisco where we watched Matt Mullenweg (the co-founder of WordPress) give his annual “State of the Word.” His presentation was packed full of juicy stats about how WordPress is used and consumed. We decided to aggregate these stats and do with them what we do best – design!
Developing WordPress for the Enterprise
Now before we talk more about WordPress, let’s look for a second inside an enterprise organization. I work for a company that develops enterprise software (some of it desktop software, some of it hosted SaaS). In one of our vertical markets, we have over 50% market share – so we’re not playing at this game. We’re in it to win it.
How to Convince Your Web Development Clients to Go With a Responsive Site When They Just Don’t ‘Get It’
When you say you’re going to make your clients’ sites “mobile compatible” they are probably still thinking that you’re going to build them a separate mobile site (or use a WordPress mobile plugin — not everyone’s cup of tea). They may not realize they are not getting that anymore.
Tips for Developers Adopting a Legacy WordPress Site
Greenfield projects are the dream of most of developers. We have no legacy code to deal with. Just a clean WordPress install and whatever tools we decide best accomplish the goals of the client.
Unfortunately you’re not always going to get greenfield projects. Some will have legacy code that you have to accommodate and you may even be getting a repair job where the legacy code is just busted.
