Today I’m delighted to announce the release of eBay Feeds for WordPress 1.13! This version is a small update, and fixed a non-security related bug, as well as one small change on the newsletter signup form. Nofollow Bug This version does two things, first off we spotted a bug in the nofollow attribute setting not…
Facebook, YouTube & Investing in a Platform You Don’t Own
In the past few weeks, we’ve had a lot of changes to various popular platforms on the internet:- Facebook recently has been keen on showing updates from people rather than brands in their timeline. YouTube has put minimum limits for subscribers and hours before they can start earning money. Huffington Post has closed it’s programme for anybody…
Inline Tweet Sharer 2.1 Released!
Today I’m delighted to announce the release of Inline Tweet Sharer 2.1! This update makes a few changes to the length of your inline tweets. Increase Character Limit Twitter – late last year – increased it’s character limit to 280 characters. This update now makes it possible to you to make Inline Tweets up to…
Three Things That Could Change WordPress Development in 2018
Happy new year everybody! So 2018 has rolled around, and after a relaxing month or so away, I’ve been ready to hit the new year with gusto. It could be a huge year for WordPress, with a lot of huge changes to the ecosystem in 2018. So dragging out my crystal ball and getting like…
State of the Winwar in 2017
So as per usual in December I’m doing a recap of the state of Winwar Media for the past year. It’s been an interesting year here. A huge amount of change in my personal life has seen not the level of growth that I’ve wanted – had struggles with getting people involved more has seen…
Winwar Media & Friends WordPress Black Friday 2017 Product Discounts!
Happy Black Friday Everybody! As we’ve done every year we’re offering again a Black Friday Sale. We’re probably not going quite as crazy as everybody, but we’re keen on trying to do something a bit different. Usually when these blog posts come out, you get emails from everybody wanting to be featured (I haven’t actually done a…
The One Pitfall to Avoid When Setting Your WordPress Child Theme Thumbnail Image Size
Recently I had something that I was stuck on for ages. I was trying to set a WordPress Child Theme thumbnail image size and I just couldn’t do it. It sounds simple, doesn’t it – set_post_thumbnail_size is the function and that’s it, unfortunately when it comes to child themes it isn’t that simple. Child Themes functions.php In…
Using CMB2, importing dates & non-US timestamps
Recently I had a problem with CMB2 and date fields. We were using an API that had dates stored in EU format (which is day/month/year), but try as we might we couldn’t get CMB2 to import the dates correctly. Many of the dates were in US format (month/day/year) and a few never even imported successfully.…
WP Taxi Me 2.2 Released!
Today I’m delighted to announce the release of WP Taxi Me 2.2! This version adds to the Lyft features introduced in 2.1 and introduces a new feature for premium users. Premium Feature – Show/Hide Lyft Button On desktop the Lyft button (unlike the Uber Button) does appear. However you may not always want to display it. As…
Foliovision FV Player Pro WordPress Plugin Review
I was approached by the developers and team behind Foliovision regarding their latest plugin offering. FV Player Pro. FV Player Pro is a WordPress plugin designed to improve the native experience for video in WordPress. From reading the site, their features are impressive – it seems to be something that integrates with both WordPress and services…