Episode 50: PHP7 and What It Means To You
Welcome to Apply Filters, Episode 50. Today we’re talking about the upcoming launch of PHP7 and what it could mean to you as a WordPress theme and plugin developer. This update to the framework will…
Apply Filters 49: Drew Jaynes, WordPress 4.2 Release Lead
With our sponsor WP Ninjas soon to be releasing Ninja Forms 3.0 we wanted to share this NinjaForms preview video. Check out what you can expect in the upcoming release of Ninja Forms 3.0. Today…
Apply Filters 48: Managing Custom Tables
This week Brad and Pippin dive into the topic of managing custom tables in WordPress. This is a powerful tool to help extend the capabilities of core WordPress.
Apply Filters 47: Updates on our Progress and Digging into the Mailbag
This week we are catching up on the latest with our projects, discussing what books we’ve been reading lately that we recommend, and answer listener questions from our mailbag. This episode was sponsored by WP…
Episode 46 – James Laws, co-founder of WP Ninjas
Today we welcome co-founder of the WP Ninjas James Laws to the show. James originally appeared in Episode 13 of the podcast and today, almost a year and a half later, a lot has changed at WP Ninjas. We dig into how he and his co-founder Kevin Stover have scaled the business, what they’ve learned…
Episode 45 – Updates on our Projects, and Campaign Tracking in Google Analytics
In this episode Pippin and I are catching up on our projects, and diving in to the topic of campaign tracking with Google Analytics. I have been working on some updates to WP Offload S3, including a lot of work around testing and how we’re approaching it specifically. I’ve also been doing screencasts for WP…
Episode 44 – Jonathan Christopher
Today we welcome Jonathan Christopher of SearchWP, Iron to Iron, and MondayByNoon to the show. We also begin to explore WordPress 4.3 Beta 1 which includes updated password strength requirements, updates to the visual editor, and responsive list tables.
Episode 43 – Backpress, Responsive Images, and Post Type Labels for Featured Images
Welcome to Episode 43 of Apply Filters. Today we dig into Backpress, a PHP library of some of the core functionality of WordPress. Backpress grew out of the core of WP and is now the muscle behind GlotPress, a popular web-based software translation tool. However, the future of this tool is in question.
Episode 42 – Taxonomy Term Splitting
In episode 42 of Apply Filters we talk through a few updates from our projects and dig into an issue that has been plaguing the WordPress community for some time now: Taxonomy Term Splitting. A recent article by Boone Gorges describes the problem very well and explores some of the potential ways to solve it.
Episode 41 – Rob Walling of Drip
Welcome to Episode 41 of the Apply Filters Podcast. Today we’re very excited to welcome Rob Walling on to the show. Rob talks about his Stairstep Approach to building a business, the challenges and benefits of SAAS, and his journey in creating Drip.
Episode 40 – Renaming Plugins, Loopconf, Creating Documentation, Getting Started Selling Plugins
This episode covers some best practices around building out documentation for your plugins and themes, how to get started selling your own plugins, and a few updates from Brad and Pippin.
Episode 39 – Commercial Plugins on GitHub, Welcome Screens, Comparing Plugins, Responsive Images
In this episode, we discuss commercial plugins on GitHub, welcome screens after updates, comparing similar plugins, responsive images, and more.
Podcast E061 – Interview with Morten Rand-Hendriksen
This week I talk to Morten Rand-Hendriksen Upcoming Events No WordCamps 1st weekend of May Segment 1: In the News WordPress 4.2 XSS Venerability Segment 2: This week I talk to Morten Rand-Hendriksen Morten’s Tools: Netbeans Sourcetree Dashland Follow Morten twitter – @mor10 web Mort10.com lynda.com lynda.com/trial/mor10 (10 day free trial) Segment 3: Tool of the…
Podcast E060 – The Business Breakup
This week I share some insight into my WordPress business after a client jumps ship & platform! Upcoming Events WordCamp Barcelona – April 23-25 WordCamp Minneapolis – April 25 – 26 Segment 1: In the News WordPress 4.2 RC 1 Listener Rob Sanders emailed asking for online resources to learn WordPress — Check out Episode…
Episode 38 – Validating Features and Business Models for Plugins
We dive into how we have validated the business models for our plugins and how we use similar methods to validate new features and enhancements.