WordPress 4.4 shipped this week, this new release included the new default Twenty Sixteen theme, responsive images, WordPress embeds and the first half the REST
Last week, Automattic gave a glimpse into WordPress’ future by unveiling Calypso, a brand new interface for users of their WordPress.com service and also an
Once again we have teamed up with our good friends at CSSIgniter to bring you a competition to win one of 3 Developer licenses for
If you are a theme author looking to release your theme on the official directory, some themes are taking up to 2 months to get
This week we have a competition here on WPLift to win 1 of 5 Monstroid Theme licenses, provided by TemplateMonster. Monstroid is a huge WordPress
Today we have teamed up with TemplateMonster to bring you a competition to win one of 5 free copies of their Monstroid WordPress theme. Monstroid
This week we added a new theme to our Free WordPress Themes section on WPLift, named Sentio, it was created by our friends at DesignHooks
My MediaPhase theme was added to the WordPress directory this week, its clocked up 1500 downloads so far there so thats a good start! If
This week I released a Free Theme on WPLift named “MediaPhase“, its the full commercial version of the theme we launched on ThemeFurnace. It’s a
Some very sad news this week was Alex King’s passing after a battle with Cancer, my thoughts go out to his friends and family at
I noticed a post this week on Torque Mag showing the offices of different WordPress people around the world, I love seeing posts like this,
Today we have a competition in cooperation with PremiumCoding to offer you the chance to win 1 of 3 yearly memberships to their theme club
There was another security release to WordPress 4.3.1 this week so make sure all your sites are up to date, this was to fix some
Today is Labor Day in the USA, a national holiday to “honor the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the
A piece of news I noticed this week was that Envato have implemented a new support policy which shows whether an author supports the product
CyberChimps are a premium theme company which provide a range of different themes with over 5 million downloads. They offer a number of free themes
This week there was some more GPL-related drama, with the news that someone had forked ElegantTheme’s Bloom plugin and added it to the official WordPress
WordPress 4.3 dropped this week with some nice new features, stronger password generator, Menus in the Customizer, markdown-like syntax in the post editor, Site icons
It’s been two weeks now since I launched WPLift Support, it’s had a good response so far with some blogs talking about it and traffic
So first up this week, we have another security update from the team. Make sure all your sites are running 4.2.4 as it fixes some
So my news this week is I finally launched a new site, WPLift.Support provides complete support and maintenance plans complete with unlimited jobs for a
DealFuel is a deals website which offers a large range of special offers on products aimed at WordPress users, designers and developers. It is owned
WordPress just shipped version 4.2.3 which is a security release fixing a cross-site scripting vulnerability so make sure you are up to date on all
This is our regular look at the WordPress related companies and bloggers who publicly share their income reports each month. I have found that summer
WPTavern reported this week that Envato have been experiencing a DDOS attack, they also said that a lot of theme authors have been experiencing a
So, the news that stood out for me this week is that apparently last year Automattic outbid Chris Pearson ( who DIY themes and created
Today we have a great competition for you – our friends over at ThemeFuse are sharing 5 licenses for any of their premium WordPress themes
The past month has been a strange one in the WordPress community with lots of drama breaking out around various issues. Tom McFarlin wrote a
Yesterday we released a new theme at ThemeFurnace, our first Multi-Purpose theme which you can use for a business site, eCommerce store, blog and so
When we usually read tips for launching products successfully, it was interesting for me to read this post about a plugin update which went really
I noticed this post on WPTavern yesterday which introduced a proof of concept plugin by Justin Tadlock which demonstrates one way of handling typography within
JumpStarter An interesting site I recently discovered is Jumpstarter which aims to turn WordPress themes into SAAS apps, a user can signup and pick a
Once again we have teamed up with our friends at CSSIgniter to bring a great competition to win 1 of 3 Developer accounts on their
This morning I read an article on WPTavern about the Theme Review team cracking down on themes which include custom widgets for displaying things like
I have previously looked at WordPress companies and Bloggers who publicly share their stats and income reports and those posts did really well – people
I came across an article this morning which talks to Adii Pienaar about having raised $500k in venture capital for his latest project Receiptful. Receiptful
This is the third week in a row now where I have had to mention security, please make sure your sites are up to date
Today we have a new competition for you from the folks at OSTraining, they have donated 5 yearly memberships for WPLift readers, valued at $250
Another week and another security problem with WordPress, sites were automatically updated with the patch to prevent any problems with an XSS vulnerability. Sites running
We have a great competition for you today, we teamed up with Premium Coding and purchased 10 licenses for their great looking Brixton theme. Brixton
WordPress 4.2 was just released, named “Powell” it has some new features such as an improved “Press This” browser button improved, extended character support including
Yesterday saw the release of my fourth free theme into the WordPress directory, Stacker is a clean theme with a “Pinterest” style column layout. It
I recently posted about WordPress related companies that share income statistics, which was a fun and inspiring post. It’s always interesting to see how much
WordCamp London happened last weekend at the London Metropolitan University, I couldn’t make this as we are due a baby (very!) soon so it was
This week saw the launch of a new opt-in plugin by ElegantThemes called “Bloom” it is honestly looking like the best solution for gathering emails
Today sees the launch of a new plugin by our friends at ElegantThemes, named “Bloom” it is an email opt-in plugin designed to get you
I love reading blog posts where companies and individuals share details that would otherwise remain secret – I used to do the same here on
So the biggest news this week is that the Yoast SEO plugin was found to have an SQL injection vulnerability which required an immediate update.
As WordPress continues it’s battle to compete with the likes of Wix and Squarespace, this week we saw the launch of the new plugin directory
In the last week or so there were two new WordPress site builders released which gathered quite a bit of attention. The first, by Obox,
We have a cool new competition for you today, we have teamed up with PixelKit who provide website UI kits and design resources for use
Last week I updated A Better Planet, a site I created to mashup all the best WordPress news and blog feeds as alternative to the
We have teamed up with the folks at Tidio Chat to bring you a competition where you can win one of 5 yearly licenses for
Time for an update to “A Better Planet” which is my curated version of the Planet WordPress feed. I have received a few submissions over
It’s nearly the end of January so I thought I would have a look back at this month, January is always quite a strange month
I wanted to let you know that we are holding a January Sale here on WPLift for all review purchases, Any review purchased within the
KeyCDN is a new Content Delivery Network which will speed up your WordPress website and integrates with popular plugins such W3 Total Cache, we reviewed
This was my first week back after New Year and the first day or so was quite a struggle – I was used to eating
