WP Late Night

(http://wpcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wplatenight-teaser.jpeg)Brad Williams, Dre Armeda and I rocked out another episode of WP Late Night this week: episode #16 forever dubbed Thingamatini. And you'll just have to listen to find out why we called it that.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-016-Thingamatini.mp3) (35.7 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode-16)Episode 16 Show Notes* Editorial: The IRL Fetish (http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/the-irl-fetish/) * $7,000 fine for sharing WordPress for Dummies on BitTorrent * Andrew Nacin promoted to Lead Developer on the project (http://make.wordpress.org/core/2012/07/11/recognition-and-news-about-the-3-5-cycle/) * Make.WordPress.org/UI (http://make.wordpress.org/ui/) * WPdevel is now Make.WordPress.org/Core (http://make.wordpress.org/ui/) * WordCamp Boston 2012 organizer page (http://2012.boston.wordcamp.org/organizers/) * WordCamp Columbus 2012 (http://2012.columbus.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Philly 2012 (http://2012.philly.wordcamp.org) * Twenty Twelve theme demo (http://twentytwelvedemo.wordpress.com/) * Akismet about to surpass AIO SEO as the number one plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/browse/popular/) * WordPress 2012 user and developer survey (http://wpsurvey.polldaddy.com/s/wp-2012) * Code Poet’s Locking Down WordPress with Brad Williams as a contributor! * Ryan’s Bar Trick: Add a preview button to the fullscreen editor in WordPress (http://alexking.org/blog/2012/07/06/wordpress-fullscreen-preview-button) * Dre’s Bar Trick: Plesk Vulnerability Leading to Malware (http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/06/plesk-vulnerability-leading-to-malware.html) * Brad's Bar Trick: WP All Import (http://www.wpallimport.com/) * Ryan's plugin: Simple Badges (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-badges/) * Open Badges project (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges)

(http://wpcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wplatenight-tonyperez-teaser.png)Brad Williams was out this week since he's getting married and enjoying a bit of a vacation (congrats you two! (http://www.strangework.com/2012/06/25/im-married/)). Tony Perez was kind enough to join Dre and I for this week's episode of WP Late Night, and we had a great time.The WP Late Night crew is also looking for folks interested in partnering with the show. If you're interested in sponsoring WP Late Night, email .* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-015-Pixels-dont-matter.mp3) (27.2 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-15)Episode 15 Show Notes* Tony’s blog post (http://tonyonsecurity.com/2012/06/24/installing-wordpress-via-terminal-and-securing-the-server/) * #askDre announcement (http://wpcandy.com/announces/send-security-questions-to-askdre) * Tuts+ Premium Account Security Compromised (http://notes.envato.com/general/tuts-premium-security/) (also the update (http://notes.envato.com/news/tuts-premium-security-update/)) * Whitehat webinar (file:///Users/ryanimel/Dropbox/Documents/Archive/WP%20Late%20Night%2015.txt) * WordPress 3.4.1 security release (http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-3-4-1-security-release-available) * WordPress UI testing by Dave Martin (http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2012/06/22/hey-everyone-my-name-is-dave-martin/) (and here (http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2012/06/25/im-back-with-results-from-round-2-of/) and here (http://make.wordpress.org/ui/2012/06/27/its-summary-time-recap-weve-run-3-users/)) * WordCamp San Francisco 2012 (http://2012.sf.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Chicago (http://2012.chicago.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Reno (http://2012.reno.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Las Vegas (http://2012.vegas.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Sao Paulo (http://central.wordcamp.org/wordcamps/wordcamp-sao-paulo/) * WordCamp Grand Rapids (http://2012.grandrapids.wordcamp.org/) * bbPress 2.1 RC1 (http://wpcandy.com/reports/bbpress-2-1-release-candidate-1-ready) * Contribute to the WordPress for iOS app/design (http://dev.ios.wordpress.org/?p=331) * Tony’s pick: Download a video thumbnail and set as post thumbnail (http://wpforce.com/download-video-thumbnail-set-featured-image/) * Dre’s pick: Vote for Pixeljar (http://pixeljar.net/) * Ryan's pick: P2 Check In (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/p2-check-in/)Get involved in future shows We’ll be recording future shows live as well, so watch this blog for news about when to catch our recording. If you’d like to get in touch with the show for the mailbag, or anything else really, here’s how:* Leave a comment on this post, we’ll see it. * Shoot an email over to wplatenight@wpcandy.com (mailto:wplatenight@wpcandy.com). * Leave a voicemail for us at 815-322-WPLN. * Tweet about us using the #wplatenight hashtag.

(http://wpcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wplatenight-teaser.jpeg)Fourteen sure feels like a big number of episodes, doesn't it? On this episode of WP Late Night we talked about recent discussions around WordPress core development, Photocrati acquiring NextGEN, and various commenting systems. We also discovered Brad's a huge liar.This episode was sponsored by Harvest (http://www.getharvest.com/), the simple online time tracking software. Use the discount code “WP” to save 50% on your first month.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-014-Mister-Mongoloid.mp3) (37.4 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode–14)Show notes are just after the jump.Episode #14 Show Notes* WordPress 3.4 release last week (http://wpcandy.com/presents/feature-breakdown-wordpress-3-4-green) * WordPress 1.5.2 (http://wordpress.org/news/2005/08/one-five-two/) * Retina All the Things on Trac (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21019) * Proposing navigation changes by Jane Wells (http://jane.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/proposing-navigation-changes/) * Navigation changes trac ticket (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20956) * WordPress download counter at 1.7 million (http://wordpress.org/download/counter/) * bbPress 2.1 beta 1 (http://codex.bbpress.org/version/2-1/) * BuddyPress 1.6 Beta 1 (http://buddypress.org/2012/06/buddypress-1-6-beta-1/) * Photocrati acquires NextGEN Gallery (http://www.photocrati.com/photocrati-acquires-nextgen-gallery/) * Envato updates WordPress category pricing changes (http://notes.envato.com/authors/wordpress-category-pricing-changes/) * Carl Hancock on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/carlhancock) * Mike McAlister’s editorial on $35 themes (http://wpcandy.com/thinks/about-35-dollar-themes) * There is an open source rival to Facebok: WordPress (http://steveburge.com/blog/wordpress/wp-facebook/) * Jetpack comments (http://jetpack.me/2012/06/14/jetpack-comments-now-available/) * Automattic wants to unify “the dark matter of the web” (http://wpcandy.com/reports/automattic-wants-to-unify-the-dark-matter-of-the-web) * 6 reasons why we switched away from Livefyre (http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/reasons-why-we-switched-away-livefyre/) * Dre’s pick: WordPress Orange County Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OCWordPress/) * WP Late Night on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/WpLateNight) * Brag Themes and another Brad Williams in the WordPress world * Brad’s pick: Import Users from CSV (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/import-users-from-csv/) * Ryan’s pick: Pluginception (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pluginception/)Get involved in future shows We’ll be recording future shows live as well, so watch this blog for news about when to catch our recording. If you’d like to get in touch with the show for the mailbag, or anything else really, here’s how:* Leave a comment on this post, we’ll see it. * Shoot an email over to wplatenight@wpcandy.com (mailto:wplatenight@wpcandy.com). * Leave a voicemail for us at 815-322-WPLN. * Tweet about us using the #wplatenight hashtag.

(http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/01/wplatenight-teaser.jpeg)This week's WP Late Night went back to basics, with just the three main co-hosts (Dre, Brad and myself). Unfortunately nothing big really happened this week, so we just had to discuss WordPress 3.4 (http://wpcandy.com/presents/feature-breakdown-wordpress-3-4-green), the new official Facebook plugin (http://wpcandy.com/reports/new-official-facebook-wordpress-plugin), and…oh, yeah. Turns out it was a big week.Did you know you can sponsor WP Late Night? It's true (http://wpcandy.com/advertise).* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-013-We-are-so-spoiled.mp3) (45.7 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode–13)Episode 13 Show Notes* WordPress 3.4 “Green” (http://wordpress.org/news/2012/06/green/) * WordPress 3.4 playlist (http://wpcandy.com/linked/wordpress-3-4-grant-green-playlist-spotify) * Version 3.4 on the Codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4) * Coverage of 3.4 on WPCandy (http://wpcandy.com/series-on/wordpress-3-4-in-depth) * WordCamp NYC 2012 (http://2012.nyc.wordcamp.org/) * WordPress 2.7 (http://wordpress.org/news/2008/12/coltrane/) * Aaron Hockley’s editorial about WordPress update whining (http://aaronhockley.com/please-stfu-with-wordpress-update-whining/) * Redmine (http://www.redmine.org/) * Feature breakdown of WordPress 3.4 (http://wpcandy.com/?p=39693) * WordPress 3.4 on a retina display (https://skitch.com/unnamed-bcqr4/eyirp/fullscreen) * Official Facebook plugin (http://wpcandy.com/reports/new-official-facebook-wordpress-plugin) * Bluehost hires a dedicated WordPress developer to work on core (https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-dev&day=2012-06-13&sort=asc#m407298) * Dre’s pick: BackupBuddy 3.0 released today (http://pluginbuddy.com/backupbuddy-3-0-is-here/) * Ryan’s pick: PressTrends.io plugin and analytics service (http://www.presstrends.io/) * Brad’s pick: Extensible HTML Editor Buttons plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/extensible-html-editor-buttons/) * These tips don’t lie on WP Late Night (http://wpcandy.com/broadcasts/wp-late-night/012-these-tips-dont-lie)

(http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/06/wplatenight-johnhawkins-teaser.png)John Hawkins joins the WP Late Night crew in episode number 12. We discuss recent WordCamps, Brad mispronounces security in possibly the funniest way ever, and we talk about the concept of the "patronage model" as it applies to client development work.This episode was sponsored by Harvest (http://www.getharvest.com/), the simple online time tracking software. Use the discount code "WP" to save 50% on your first month.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-012-These-tips-dont-lie.mp3) (20.9 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode-12)Episode #12 Show Notes* WordCamp Orange County photos (http://austinpassy.com/gallery/photos-from-wordcamp-oc/) * WordCamp Orange County 2012 (http://2012.oc.wordcamp.org/) * WordCamp Orange County 2012 slide recaps (http://2012.oc.wordcamp.org/2012/06/05/speaker-slide-recap/) * WordCamp NYC 2012 (http://2012.nyc.wordcamp.org/) * BlogWorld NYC 2012 (http://www.blogworldexpo.com/2012-nyc/) * 9seeds (http://9seeds.com/) * Boone Gorges and the “patronage model” for free software freelancers (http://wpcandy.com/linked/the-patronage-model-for-free-software-freelancers) * WP-Chargify WordPress plugin from 9seeds (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/chargify/) * CollabPress WordPress plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/collabpress/) * Daniel Bacchuber on how you might open source (almost) everything (http://danielbachhuber.com/2012/06/03/how-you-might-open-source-almost-everything/) * WordPress 3.4 Release Candidate 1 (http://wordpress.org/news/2012/05/wordpress-3-4-release-candidate/) * John: 11th, Brad: 10th, Dre: 6th * WordCamp Vegas 2012 (http://2012.vegas.wordcamp.org/) * WordPress on the Internet Defense League (http://internetdefenseleague.org/) * Take My Money HBO (http://takemymoneyhbo.com/) * Dre’s character drawing (http://dre.im/wp-content/uploads/dre-character.jpg) * 50 billion pieces of spam caught by Akismet (http://blog.akismet.com/2012/05/30/50-billion-little-piece/) * Colorlabs & Company’s theme bidding (http://colorlabsproject.com/blog/theme-bid-a-wordpress-theme-auction-by-colorlabs-company/) * ThemeThrift (http://themethrift.com/) * WP Valet (http://thewpvalet.com/) * Introducing WP Valet on WPMU.org (http://wpmu.org/introducing-wp-valet/) * Brad’s pick: CPT-onomies plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cpt-onomies/) * Dre’s shameless plugin: Sucuri introduces server-side scanning (http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/06/sucuri-introduces-server-side-scanning.html) * Ryan’s pick: bbPress2 shortcode whitelist (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress2-shortcode-whitelist) * John’s picks: InfiniteWP.com (http://infinitewp.com/) and Asana (http://asana.com/) * Redmine (http://redmine.org/)

(http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/05/wplatenight-jasoncohen-teaser.png)Jason Cohen, founder of Smart Bear and WPEngine joined the WP Late Night crew for episode number eleven. We discussed WordPress 3.4 RC1, nine years of WordPress, editing core files, and WordPress on mobile devices.This episode was sponsored by Obox Themes (http://www.obox-design.com/) and their Social Commerce (http://www.obox-design.com/fbcommerce.cfm) plugin. I recommend checking out their demo ((http://www.facebook.com/OboxThemes/app_356106537733222) for a quick idea of what Social Commerce can do for your site.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-011-Cowboy-code-it.mp3) (20.9 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode–11)Episode #11 Show Notes* WordPress is nine years old this week (http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-is-nine-years-old) * The first version release of WordPress (http://wordpress.org/news/2003/05/wordpress-now-available/) * WordPress powering over 74 million websites (http://wordpress.com/stats/) * WPEngine is hiring (http://wpengine.catsone.com/careers/) * WordCamp Philly (http://2011.philly.wordcamp.org/) * WPEngine offers free hosting accounts to WordCamp attendees (http://wpcandy.com/reports/wpengine-gets-a-quirky-new-logo) * The unfortunate math behind consulting companies, by Jason Cohen (http://blog.asmartbear.com/consulting-company-accounting.html) * WordPress 3.4 Release Candidate 1 is available (http://wpcandy.com/reports/wordpress-3-4-release-candidate-1-is-available) * WordPress 3.4 development coverage on WPCandy (http://wpcandy.com/series-on/preparing-for-wordpress-3-4) * No more PHP closing tags in WordPress 3.4 (file:///Users/ryanimel/Dropbox/Documents/Archive/WP%20Late%20Night%20%2311.md) * Aaron Brazell’s top ten features coming to WordPress 3.4 (http://wpcandy.com/linked/10-things-about-wordpress-34) * DigWP.com suggests editing core files (http://digwp.com/2012/05/post-navigation-author-category/) * Every time you edit WordPress core god kills a kitten (http://codex.wordpress.org/images/b/b3/donthack.jpg) * Outside the /wp-admin box: Mullenweg on a radicaly simplified WordPress for mobile (http://wpcandy.com/reports/matt-mullenweg-on-radically-simplified-wordpress) * Sarah Lacy’s interview with Matt Mullenweg (http://wpcandy.com/linked/pandomonthly-fireside-chat-with-matt-mullenweg) * Mark Jaquith’s tweet about mobile apps as WordPress.com apps (http://twitter.com/markjaquith/status/206181093886533632) * WP App Store (http://wpappstore.com/) * Matt’s comment on WP App Store (http://ma.tt/2012/05/simpler/#comment-565141) * Jetpack (http://jetpack.me/) * Ryan’s pick: Plugins made just for the P2 WordPress theme (http://wpcandy.com/recommends/plugins-just-for-p2-theme) * Brad’s pick: Infinite WP (http://infinitewp.com/) and their tour (http://infinitewp.com/tour/) * Sucuri Security is hiring (http://sucuri.net/company/employment) * Webpagetest.org (http://www.webpagetest.org/) * @WebDevOnion’s tweet about the show (https://twitter.com/WebDevOnion/status/207994469667176448)

(http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/05/wplatenight-otto-teaser.png)The infamous Otto Wood joined the WP Late Night crew this week to discuss WordPress.org, WordPress plugins, PressNomics, Code Poet, and all sorts of other stuff. If you enjoy WordPress discussion, particularly if you're a WordPress developer, this is an episode you don't want to miss.This week the show had no sponsors. If you'd like to support WPCandy podcasts, and get your message out to thousands of interested WordPress users and developers, see the advertising page (http://wpcandy.com/advertise) for more information.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-010-I-dont-commit-to-core.mp3) (18.6 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode-10)Episode #10 Show Notes* WordPress.org plugins can be favorited, improved forum integration (http://wpcandy.com/reports/plugins-can-be-favorited) * The new plugins /make blog (http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/) * WordCamp NYC Saturday sessions (http://2012.nyc.wordcamp.org/speakers/saturday-schedule/) * Brad speaking on WordPress security at WordCamp NYC (http://2012.nyc.wordcamp.org/session/wordpress-security/) * PressNomics invitations (http://wpcandy.com/thinks/about-my-2012-pressnomics-invite) * Year of the Meetup blog post on WordPress.org (http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/year-of-the-meetup/) * Code Poet relaunches, expands beyond a listing service (http://wpcandy.com/reports/code-poet-relaunches-expands) * Books available for free on Code Poet (http://build.codepoet.com/asset/books/) * Better Internal Link Search (https://github.com/bradyvercher/wp-better-internal-link-search) * Client Oriented WordPress Development book (https://clientwp.com/) * Show Template plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/show-template/) * Otto’s favorite plugins (http://profiles.wordpress.org/otto42) * Otto on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ottopress) * Otto on the WordPress Settings API (http://ottopress.com/2009/wordpress-settings-api-tutorial/) * Otto on the WordPress 3.4 theme customizer (http://ottopress.com/2012/how-to-leverage-the-theme-customizer-in-your-own-themes/) * WordPress BBQ team (http://moodyques.com/)

(http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/01/wplatenight-teaser.jpeg)On this week's episode of WP Late Night we discussed the WordPress Community Summit, security issues and WordPress plugins, and the newly launched WP App Store. And you know you want to listen in to find out where that episode title comes from, right?This episode is sponsored by the Typecase plugin (http://upthemes.com/plugins/typecase/) by UpThemes and the upcoming WordPress service Raft.io (http://raft.io/).* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-009-Pewed-a-J.mp3) (19.8 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on Spreecast (http://www.spreecast.com/events/wp-late-night-episode-9)Episode #9 Show Notes* Philly Tech Week (http://www.phillytechweek.com/) * Fundraiser Brad and his group donated to via Philly Tech Week (http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-WordPress-Meetup-Group/messages/boards/thread/23318202) * Roundtable with Mike McAlister, Jake Caputo, Chris Molitor (http://wpcandy.com/broadcasts/roundtable/001-mike-mcalister-chris-molitor-jake-caputo) * Submit your questions for the WPCandy Roundtable Podcast with BuddyPress Core Team (http://wpcandy.com/announces/buddypress-core-team-roundtable-tomorrow) * WordPress Community Summit 2012 (http://wordpress.org/news/2012/05/calling-all-contributors-community-summit-2012/) * Jane’s Jitterbug cafe opening Memorial Day weekend 2012 (http://jitterbugbakery.com/) (and our story on the community support via Kickstarter (http://wpcandy.com/reports/jane-wells-sees-community-support-for-jitterbug)) * Official WordPress plugin directory and forcing plugin updates (http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/05/official-wordpress-plugin-directory-forcing-plugin-updates.html) * Giveaway of Typecase Pro (http://wpcandy.com/gives-away/10-copies-typecase-pro-plugin) * Plugin header images on the WordPress.org plugin directory (http://wpcandy.com/reports/plugin-authors-can-now-add-custom-header-images-on-dot-org) * WP App Store launched (http://wpcandy.com/reports/wp-app-store-launches) * WP App Store advisory board (http://wpappstore.com/about) * Dear theme developers, this is how you add scripts in WordPress themes (http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-load-scripts-in-wordpress-themes) * E.Webscapes Design blog (http://ewebscapes.com/designblog/) * Brad’s guesses on Pink Pony and WP Honey Badger (http://twitter.com/williamsba/status/202928810340007937) * New resource: QueryPosts.com (http://queryposts.com/) * Dre recommends AdSanity plugin (http://adsanityplugin.com/) * Monster Widget plugin by Automattic (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/monster-widget/)