Displaying 1 To 6 Of 6 Comments Upgrading And Backwards Compatibility For Plugins Upgrading for the vast majority of those users is quite simple. Maybe the best thing to do would be to force users to update in order to use the plugin. » Posted By Bill Robbins On November 28, 2011 @ 6:28 PM Should Themes Have Plugin Functionality Built-In? Before WordPress 2.8 when the theme installer was added, it was simple for theme designers to include a plugin with a theme they developed. That way they could have the best of both worlds: functionality with a plugin, and great styling and integration of it into their theme. If you think back a year ago, many premium themes came with at least one or two plugins packaged with them. Now with the built in “upload a theme” feature, it’s just not feasible to include plugins in order for people to use the theme installer (which they will). You can’t skip of the features, because there is competitive pressure to include features in order to sell (or give away) themes, so the alternative is to build the features into the theme. It’s a reality that is created by the software that we use that does affect how themes are designed and distributed. » Posted By Bill Robbins On February 10, 2010 @ 10:16 AM Canonical, Core, Something Plugins I think moving some functionality out of WP and into plugins would be a great way to streamline the software. But I do wonder if this could be an attempt to keep the commercial plugin market from developing further. Just a thought. » Posted By Bill Robbins On December 19, 2009 @ 11:34 AM What Is The Weakest Link Of WordPress? My vote is to make it less blog centric. Obviously this will not likely happen because Automattic’s biggest venture is WordPress.com which is a blog community, but I can dream. » Posted By Bill Robbins On December 4, 2009 @ 5:07 PM GravityForms Releases Version 1.3 @matt mcinvale – Not to knock cforms, I’ve used that plugin on many sites, but Gravity Forms is a significant improvement, especially in how easy it is to set up a form. If you make sites for other people, and they will be the ones making new forms they will thank you for how easy it is to use. It’s the best WordPress plugin I’ve used. » Posted By Bill Robbins On November 26, 2009 @ 8:05 PM Instead of being angry and feeling elitist, let’s see this for what it is–an opportunity. WordPress is going to grow because it is free, well-known and easy to try. That creates a perfect environment for people to offer services to help these new users with their sites by selling themes, plugins and support. Like @Toni said above, many companies make quite a bit of money through this. If it wasn’t for people needing WordPress products and consulting services, I’d have to find something else to do for a living. So while some may see the “lowering of the bar” as creating a nuisance, I just see opportunity. » Posted By Bill Robbins On October 27, 2009 @ 11:16 PMComments Posted By Bill Robbins
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