The WPCandy Podcast

In this episode of our podcast David Bisset was kind enough to join me to discuss his upcoming event WordCamp Miami, BuddyPress, and other noteworthy WordPress news of the week. David even gets greedy and offers up somewhere around 3 or 4 WordPress picks for the week. Honestly, I lost count. You can follow David on Twitter, visit his website (and hire him!) and of course register/sponsor/adore WordCamp Miami in April. Show notes and download links are after the jump. Show Notes * 0:00 – 18:15 WordCamp Miami * 18:15 – 36:30 BuddyPress.org guest post, bbPress beta, and Achievements 3 * 36:30 – 45:51 Ryan’s pick is Edit Flow, David’s picks are PostStat.us and a recent discussion there, and the BPMail newsletter David also recommended this video overviewing the upcoming BuddyPress 1.7. * MP3 file (22 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes * Audio RSS Feed You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 36: Sticker Furniture with David Bisset on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

Jake Caputo started up quite a discussion this week centered on his being prohibited from speaking at WordCamps due to listing split licensed themes on the ThemeForest marketplace. Jake was kind enough to join me on The WPCandy Podcast to chat about his editorial and the state of the community on this divisive issue. He also stuck around to discuss other WordPress news this week, and offer a couple of WordPress tips. It’s a fun episode, have a listen below! You can follow Jake on Twitter, see his work and read his blog at Design Crumbs, and listen to his podcast Please Advise. * MP3 file (21.4 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes * Audio RSS Feed Show Notes * 0:00 – 0:28 Discussion on Jake’s blog post and community discussion * 0:28 – 0:39 WordSesh, congrats Sergey, and WordPress 3.6 cycle * 0:39 – 0:44 Picks: Fullscreen Editor Preview Button for WordPress, WP Email Capture You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 35, with special guest Jake Caputo on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

This week Brian Krogsgard and I sat down and discussed a couple of recent topics that have been popping up in the WordPress community: WordPress dot org plugin reviews and the Theme Hook Alliance. If you’d like to jump quickly to one discussion or another, the plugin discussion is first and the theme hook talk starts up at sixteen minutes in. [audio http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/WPCandy-Podcast-034-Plugin-reviews-and-THA.mp3|titles=WPCandy Podcast 34 Plugin reviews and the Theme Hook Alliance] * MP3 file (16.9 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes * Audio RSS Feed Episode 34 Show Notes Show notes for this episode include: * WordPress dot org plugin review discussion blog * Theme Hook Alliance on Github * Dougal on the Theme Hook Alliance You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 34: "Plugin reviews and the Theme Hook Alliance" on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

Meet episode 33 of the WPCandy Podcast (“Robot Brian”), the latest from the shortest and most straightforward podcast on WPCandy. This is the show for those who aren’t crazy about hours and hours of podcasts, but want to know what’s most important in the WordPress community in a given week. This week the show had no sponsors. Awww. 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 for more information. * MP3 file (9.1 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes * Audio RSS Feed Episode 33 Show Notes * WordPress DC Meetup Group * WordPress Columbus Meetup Group * Updates to WordPress.org plugin directory * Plugin authors can now add custom header images on WordPress.org * Plugin developers now notified of commits via email * Update on WordPress 3.4 * Code Poet relaunches * Code Poet books * P2 theme 1.4 * P2 theme 1.4 x and o update * PressNomics invitations have gone out * PressNomics * WordCamp San Francisco 2012 * Scott Reilly joins Audrey Capital * Hiring at Audrey Capital * Blog Time plugin, currently managed by Scott Reilly * Ryan’s pick: Better Internal Link Search by Brady Vercher (Twitter and his website) *

Episode #32 of the WPCandy Podcast sees Brian Krogsgard and I (yeah, seriously!) running down the most important WordPress news of the week in just about 30 minutes. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it here again: if the other podcasts we produce here overwhelm you, the WPCandy Podcast proper is likely the show for you. Very little discussion, but quite a bit news and links. If you only listen to one WordPress podcast this week, make it this one. This episode is sponsored by the Typecase plugin by UpThemes and the upcoming WordPress service Raft.io. * MP3 file (9 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes * Audio RSS Feed Episode 32 Show Notes * WP App Store * Kevinjohn Gallagher will be releasing his company’s WordPress plugins soon * Nathan Rice is blogging again! * QueryPosts.com * Plugin directory messages on WordPress.org * Hacker News article on Automattic’s estimated earnings this year * Example of favorite plugins on Michael Fields’ WordPress profile * WPCandy Labs You just finished reading The WPCandy Podcast #32: "Uncle Ben's plugin list" on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

In this week’s episode of the WPCandy Podcast I chat with both Startbox’s Brian Richards and Automattic’s Lance Willett. Brian and I discussed the WordPress news of the last week, and Lance recapped the last year of commercial themes on WordPress.com with me. See the various listening options below, or have a listen right now: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-031-Moar-Commercial-Themes.mp3) This week’s episode went a little on the long side, and clocks in at 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you’d like to jump ahead: * 00:00:30 WordPress news discussion with Brian Richards and Ryan Imel. Topics included WordPress 3.4 development, Envato’s price adjustment tool, theme trends in 2012, and a shameless plug for the Quarterly. * 00:35:15 Interview with Lance Willett about the last year of commercial themes on WordPress.com. The interview with Lance Willett was edited for time, but keep an eye on the blog for the full, unedited interview to be posted soon. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. The download link is just after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 31: Moar commercial themes edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

In this, episode 30 of the WPCandy Podcast, we officially adopt a new format for the official show. In short, the goal is for the WPCandy Podcast to deliver a higher awesome per minute ratio, and be the “if you only listen to one WordPress podcast, listen to this one” podcast. But that’s not all. In this episode Brian and I recap on 2011 at WPCandy, and I sit down to interview Andy Skelton and Joen Asmussen from Automattic about the WordPress.com/Jetpack year-end reports (example). You can listen to the podcast here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-030-Jetpack-full-of-fireworks.mp3) This week’s episode is just over 41 minutes long. If you want to jump ahead: * 00:50 Ryan and Brian reminisce on 2011 * 14:55 Interview with Andy Skelton and Joen Asmussen Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. The download link is just after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 30: Jetpack full of fireworks edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

This episode of the WPCandy Podcast sees Ryan, Brian, and Daniel discuss the most interesting news items of the WordPress community this holiday week. Grab a cup of coffee, maybe cocoa or eggnog, and enjoy the Christmas (Christmas, and Christmas) edition of the podcast. This week’s podcast was a bit longer than normal (approximately 90 minutes) so the breakdown of topics discussed below also include approximate time codes, just in case you want to jump to a specific discussion that you care about. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-029.mp3) This is a bit of a long podcast, so to make things easier on you I’ve broken down what we talked about minute by minute. It’s just because we love you all so much: * 1:45 What’s everyone building this week? * 12:00 WPCandy Awards discussion * 18:00 Quarterly update * 20:30 Custom plugin header images (funny one) * 29:00 BuddyPress activity admin screens and BuddyPress general discussion * 36:00 WordPress for Android, mobile WordPress apps * 45:45 WooThemes infographic * 1:07:00 Theme Foundry post * 1:14:15 Infographic again * 1:17:00 Post formats and UI * 1:21:15 Editor’s picks (see below) This week Brian’s pick was the very recently released Gravity Forms add-on for the WooCommerce plugin (demonstrated), which he picked up yesterday. Ryan’s pick was the User Switching plugin, and Daniel opted out of picks this week. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to . The Download link is just after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 29: Christmas, because it's Christmas and Christmas edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

A blog all about WordPress. Yes, we're a bit meta.

I know what you’re thinking—it isn’t possible. Could this really be a new WPCandy Podcast? Indeed it is. After a shamefully long gap since the last podcast we’re back at it, this time joined by the newest contributor to WPCandy, Daniel Immke. In this episode we discuss the Quarterly a bit (by the way, pre-order yours), WordPress 3.3 RC1, WordAds, and a couple of fun stories that popped up in the last week or so. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-027.mp3) Link-wise, this week we discussed: * WordPress 3.3 RC1 * The announcement of The WPCandy Quarterly publication * WordPress.com’s announcement of WordAds * Plugin duplicates may result in rejection from WordPress.org * The PressTrends preview we published last week * Seshn is ambitious, plans to be biggest by 2013 Then we have picks. This week Brian chose the Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus plugin, which is entirely a mouthful to say. Daniel’s pick was the Headway Themes redesign that went up recently, and my pick (though I’ve yet to play with it) is the Social plugin from Crowd Favorite and MailChimp. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 27: Making us look bad edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

It’s time again on WPCandy for another podcast about WordPress. Of course, saying it’s “about WordPress” is a bit unnecessary right? Would you expect it to be a podcast about tacos? In this episode Brian Krogsgard and I discuss the WordPress news that interested us the most in the last week. That includes the 3.3 feature freeze, the state of WordPress marketplaces, and how WordCamp Louisville was last weekend. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-026.mp3) Link-wise, this week we discussed: * What’s coming in 3.3, The WordPress 3.3 feature freeze (and Theme.fm’s demo of pointers) * WordCamp Central update, camps coming in November * ThemeGarden scaling back, refocusing as an alternative marketplace * Stop telling users they shouldn’t be running very many plugins * bbPress 2.0 and BuddyPress 1.5 released * Pods Foundation raising over $4,000 on Kickstarter Brian’s pick was a snippet of code he pulled from Noel Tock’s work at Theme Force. Mine was oEmbed Gist, a plugin I like but have yet to try, that I found via Remkus de Vries. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 26: Easy WordCamp applause edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

It’s time again for another WPCandy Podcast! This time we’re at episode number 25, otherwise known as the “Too elite to be free” edition. In this episode Brian and I discuss the WordPress news of the last week or so, talk a lot about plugins, and of course dish our WordPress picks for the episode. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-025.mp3) Link-wise, this week we discussed: * The launch of WP101Plugin.com * The Events Calendar Pro news * Peter Butler’s TimThumb scanning plugin * Max Foundry’s Starter Kits news * The launch of Pressed Ads Brian’s pick this week was Query Posts(which has been featured on the Sweet Plugin), a plugin by Justin Tadlock. My pick was Advanced Post Manager from Shane and Peter, which I admittedly haven’t tried yet but think looks cool. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 25: Too elite to be free edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

I’m happy to be publishing episode 24 of the WPCandy Podcast. Brian Krogsgard joined me for the recording, as usual. We discuss the latest WordPress news and our thoughts on what’s been going on. Oh, and apologies for the poor audio quality on my end; my dog ate my mic’s recording and it’s the best I could do. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-024.mp3) Link-wise, this week we covered: * The WooCommerce/Jigoshop news * The RAMP plugin from Crowd Favorite * GetWellPtah.com * Improved permalink performance in 3.3 Brian’s pick this week the WPAlchemy metabox class. My pick was Drafts Dropdown, a plugin I’ve started using recently. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 24: I am Crazy Draft Man edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

This week the show was dedicated to (big surprise here) the release of WordPress 3.2. We run down the list of features, pick out our favorites, and chat a bit about the reactions we noticed within the community. We didn’t stick to 3.2 only, though: DevPress was discussed, as well as Miniraffe, the upcoming project from Adii Pienaar. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-023.mp3) Link-wise, this week we covered: * WordPress 3.2, of course. Rather than link to each of our posts about it, check out our series rundown. * DevPress and their new $5/year club * Miniraffe, the upcoming plugin shop from Adii Pienaar Brian’s pick this week was the custom taxonomy generator (driven by Gravity Forms) over at Themergency. My pick was a plugin called Search Meter, which will soon be featured on The Daily Plugin. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 23: Punched in the face by 3.2 edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

This week brings us episode 22 of the WPCandy Podcast, where we talk WordPress for an absurd amount of time every 7 days. This week we discuss blog comments, Single Serving PluginsTM, and just what constitutes a rumor. Jump straight into the podcast audio here: Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-022.mp3) Link-wise, this week we covered: * Mark Jaquith’s Menu Humility plugin and how these relate, in philosophy to single serving sites * WordPress.com allows comments via Twitter and Facebook * WPMU DEV/Joost de Valk * Custom theme option screens (editorial to follow soon) * We talk more about Twenty Eleven, which we haven’t done nearly enough * New alerts that VaultPress is now serving up * Briefly, the relaunch of DevPress * A possible thing StudioPress might be up to Brian’s pick was a plugin called Nyan Cat that really makes distraction free writing better. Ryan’s was the Blog Metrics plugin by Joost de Valk. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, or directly to the RSS feed. As always you can send any emails you would like to have included on the show to podcast@wpcandy.com. Download links are after the jump. If you would like to download the podcast in MP3 format directly, you can do so here. You just finished reading WPCandy Podcast 22: Truthiness of a Rumor edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!