One of the data points that WP Lookout tracks about WordPress.org themes and plugins is the listed author/owner of the plugin. This may seem like a relatively benign bit of information to care about. It’s reasonable to think most WordPress…
It’s the scenario that WordPress plugin authors dread: You make a few small improvements to your plugin, do some testing, and release a new version. Suddenly the support forum for the plugin is flooded with reports from users that their…
A user recently emailed us to remark on just how much time WP Lookout started saving his team when it came to tracking needed plugin updates across their client sites. We love hearing any kind of feedback from our users,…
If you’re building or publishing with WordPress, you need to have at least two WordPress sites for each project you launch. The first one is obvious: it’s the WordPress site that the rest of the world sees and uses. But…
If you’re using auto-updates in WordPress, it’s easy to assume that the process of getting a theme or plugin on your site to the latest available version is instantaneous. The reality is that it can take anywhere from a few…
One of the most popular sayings in the WordPress community is “there’s a plugin for that.” The ability to customize and extend WordPress functionality drives WordPress’s overall success as a CMS. It’s not uncommon for a business site to use…
WordPress 5.5, being released this week, introduces support for auto-updating plugins and themes when new versions are available, where possible. It’s a great feature and one that a dedicated group of contributors have worked hard to bring to the WordPress…
