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Planning For 2014 WordPress Courses

November 4, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

As we enter the final two months of the year, one of the things that I like to do is take time to look back at some of the things I set out to accomplish in January, evaluate what I’ve done – for better or worse – and then begin making plans for the coming year.

One of the things that I did this year that I really enjoyed was host a course aimed at helping you to improve your WordPress development skills.

Overall, the course had a greater turn out than I was expecting, resulted in some good conversation in our back channel, and also seeded some great ideas for future courses.

So I was continue to ramp up Pressware, one of the things that I’m looking to do next year is to offer more online courses and material for those who want to improve their WordPress development chops in certain areas.

Subscribe For Updates: The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate

November 2, 2013 / Tom

With yesterday’s announcement of the latest release of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, I’ve had a number of emails, tweets, and messages how people can stay up to date with the project without having to follow the GitHub repository, or the blog.

Ultimately, I want to make sure that this Boilerplate reaches the largest number of developers both for those who wish to contribute, and for those who wish to use it as a starting place for their projects.

As such, I’ve created an opt-in mailing list to which you can subscribe.

The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate 2.6.0 is Now Available

November 1, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

For those who are interested in following future development, sign up for the mailing list!

Today, I am absolutely stoked to announce the next major release of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate.

I discussed some of the things I’ve learned – and some of the changes that have been implemented in a recent post – but I couldn’t be happier with this release.

Some quick statistics:

The last official release was on May 17, 2013. We had one minor release in July that I opted to fold into this release and officially tag as `2.6.0`.
We’re now working to implement semantic versioning into the Boilerplate.
The milestone for `2.7.0` is already being planned.
The project now includes 241 commits and 10 contributors

This is by far the largest commit and set of changes that have gone into the Boilerplate since it has been released. You can grab it here, but read on for more details!

The Pressware Shop is Now Open!

November 1, 2013 / Tom

When I set out to rebrand my company and focus specifically on WordPress, one of the things that I wanted to do was also to offer actual, physical stuff for purchase.

You know, what I mean – it’s the typical stuff most companies offer: t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and so on.

As much as I’d love to eventually get to sharing more stuff, I figured it was best to start at the ground-level: Today, I’m proud to announce that The Pressware Shop is now officially open.

Three Lessons From Open Source (Or “Working on The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate”)

October 31, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

As I’m getting ready to tag and release version 2.6.0 of the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate, I’ve been thinking about the some of the lesson from open source that I’ve learned over the time of managing the project

So, I’ll be the first to admit that the boilerplate is by no means a large project; however, it’s the first project that I’ve had that’s received a number of contributions from people who have made the project better, who have taken part in good discussion around how things should be organized, and who are extremely forward thinking as it relates to future functionality.

What went from a couple of commits from myself over a couple of months and turned into:

236 commits
2 branches
9 releases
26 contributors

It’s not large by any means, but it’s definitely fun to see something that went from a couple of commits from myself to something in which a number of others have gotten involved.

Tom McFarlin