The WPCandy Podcast

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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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!

This week’s new WPCandy Podcast is all baked up and ready for you! In this week’s episode, Brian and I spend a few minutes talking about WordPress’ progress over the last 8 years, WordPress winning a Critter award, and the recent Mojo/Themify partnership. We also spend far too long relating theme frameworks to Betty Crocker, microwaves, and 300 year old cheese.

Jump straight into the podcast audio here:

Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-021.mp3)

In link form, we discussed the following:

* Brian’s “ship code” blog post

* WordPress turned 8 years old

* Mashable’s showcase of past WordPress Dashboards

* WordPress wins a Critter (oh, and Disapora)

* MOJO and Themify partnership

Brian’s pick was a book on jQuery that he’s reading right now, and Ryan’s was the upcoming plugin from BraveNewCode called WordTwit Pro.

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 [email protected]. 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: 300 Years in a Microwave edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

I’m excited to offer up episode 20 of the WPCAndy Podcast, Nearly lost forever edition. In this episode Brian and I discuss Pros, the buzz around marketplace editorials on the site, and functionality plugins. Oh yeah, and this should have gone up days ago.

Jump straight into the podcast audio here:

Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-020.mp3)

This week we discussed:

* The launch of Pros

* Collis’ op-ed response

* Theme Madness results

* Functionality plugin

* WordPress and Tumblr are apples and oranges

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 [email protected]. 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 20: Nearly lost forever edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

I’m happy to present episode 19 of the WPCandy Podcast, Birth of the Ambassador edition. In this episode Brian and I discussed our thoughts on the theme pricing editorial from Mike McAlister last week, as well as a number of other fun things that have happened on the site.

Jump straight into the podcast audio here:

Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-019.mp3)

This week we discussed:

* Our own joys about reaching 100,000 visits on WPCandy

* How the Powered By system works

* The recent activity from the Theme Madness competition

* The $35 theme editorial

* WordPress’ 3.1.2 security update

Brian’s pick was the CPT generator, using Gravity Forms. Mine was (shamelessly) my own Hover Intent 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 [email protected]. 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 19: Birth of the Ambassador edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

It’s with great pleasure I present episode 18 of the WPCandy Podcast, the “I’m all teary eyed” edition. This week Brian and I were joined by special guest Otto, a prominent member of the WordPress community and Tech Ninja at Audrey Capital. You can follow Otto on Twitter at @otto42 and at his two blogs.

Jump straight into the podcast audio here:

Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-018.mp3)

This week we discussed:

* Theme Madness and why you should be playing along

* Custom post types and custom taxonomies, including Otto’s take on each

* bbPress, how cool it is, and what it represents

* WooThemes’ refocus on WordPress

Brian’s pick was twofold: the replicator plugin and the snack bar plugin. My pick was Vanilla Forums and their various plugins for integrating with WordPress. Otto’s pick was OnSwipe (see our coverage of OnSwipe).

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 [email protected]. 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 18: I'm all teary eyed edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!

I’m happy to humbly offer up episode 17 of the WPCandy Podcast, deemed the Producership Power Hour edition. In it Brian Krogsgard and I talk the latest WordPress news, perhaps slightly too much inside baseball, and thoroughly entertain ourselves.

Jump straight to those silky smooth sounds here:

Download audio file (WPCandy-Podcast-017.mp3)

This week we discussed:

* WPCandy was added to the WordPress Planet, the Dashboard feed

* Brian’s first experience at a WordPress meetup

* The (potential) roadmap for WordPress 3.2

* WPVibe is for sale on Flippa

* Onswipe partnership with Automattic

* Gravity Forms redesign and launch of version 1.5

* Various WordCamp updates

Brian’s pick was a Chrome extension called WriteSpace, and mine was a WordPress plugin called Live Blogging.

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 [email protected]. 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 017: Producership Power Hour edition on WPCandy. Please consider leaving a comment!