For my day job, I run PublishPress, TaxoPress, and MetaSlider which produce publishing plugins for WordPress. Over the last couple of years, that work has introduced me to an exciting new movement of publishers and journalists. Because the movement is so…
This is slightly old news, but worth recapping. Late in 2022, we acquired the acquired the Tag Groups plugin and added it to TaxoPress.com. We first launched TaxoPress because there was a gap in the market. There were no good…
This week, Logtivity passed 1,000 active installs, as measured by the WordPress.org plugin repository. Logtivity is a SaaS service we built to track all the activity on your WordPress sites, and then sends you alerts for important events. 1,000 active…
The Repository is probably the best regular WordPress newsletter. The team do a great job of featuring weekly news in context, featuring a wide range of quote from people in the business. They asked me five questions for a recent…
Phase 3 is the most interesting part of the Gutenberg project for me personally. Phase 3 will allow multiple users to interact with WordPress content at the same time. This is the Google Docs experience inside WordPress. Open up a…
At Logtivity we aim solve problems faced by WordPress agencies, or anyone else who is in charge of lots of WordPress sites. One problem that agencies kept talking about was error logs. It’s often very difficult for them to view…
Back in February 2019, I wrote a post called “Going From 1,000 to 100,000 WordPress Installs“. At that time, we were just starting our WordPress journey and made the decision to acquire some popular plugins to build the “PublishPress” brand.…
Over the years, we’ve built a lot of WordPress plugins. Recently we’ve experimenting with SaaS platforms for WordPress. First was Watchful which is a site maintenance service. Next was Logtivity which is a monitoring service for WordPress agencies. This month,…
I’ve been building sites and starting projects for … too many years now. Let’s say 20 years as a conservative estimate. I’ve collected dozens of sites for work, hobbies, side-projects, and for various family members. It’s always been a pain…
I posted at the end of last year about a side-project: overhauling the TaxoPress plugin. We continue to make steady progress on this plugin. The most recent new feature is “Auto Terms” which can scan your WordPress content and automatically…