10up Releases New WordPress Plugin To Address Insecure Content, Updates Others

Jeff Paul on September 21

10up’s Open Source Practice has doubled down on contributing tools, time, and code to the WordPress community to empower developers and ensure longevity for the open-source platform that supports many of our largest clients — a platform that now powers more than 40% of all websites. In the last year, that meant investing 6,500+ hours across 30+ projects, which included updates to our flagship plugins like Distributor, ElasticPress, and ClassifAI, among other plugins, and several new WordPress plugin releases like Block For Apple Maps, Eight Day Week, and Convert to Blocks.

Today, we’re happy to announce the release of a new WordPress plugin, Insecure Content Warning, and share updates to several smaller popular plugins.

10up Appearances, Fall 2021 Edition

Phil Crumm on September 13

At 10up, we make a better web by finely crafting websites and tools for content creators. We also give back to our community of digital makers by encouraging team members to share their experience, insights, and lessons learned at industry events, and through engagement with online media. Here are some recent and upcoming highlights around the web:

Torque Social Hour

Our President & Founder Jake Goldman kicked things off as a special guest on The Torque Social Hour, a weekly livestream about WordPress news, events, and life. The show spends a lot of time on headless WordPress solutions like WP Engine’s Atlas product and Jake discusses some newer 10up plugins and our ongoing contributions to the open source community.

WordPress 5.8 Released, Eight 10uppers Named As Contributors

Jeff Paul on July 29

WordPress 5.8, released last Tuesday, brings a variety of enhancements to the block editing experience and introduces Global Styles and Global Settings APIs.

Blocks have transformed the way pages and posts are built. WordPress 5.8 extends the power of blocks to put even more control in the hands of site owners.

Embracing Friday Culture To Build A Happy, Healthy, High-Performing Team

Jake Goldman on July 7

When I founded 10up, building a remote company at scale was somewhat of a novelty. Our agency has been featured in case studies, books, ebooks, interviews, and articles about remote work culture, including a Forbes list of notable remote work companies. I have guest lectured at universities like Stanford and the University of Michigan on the subject. Where we were once early pioneers of a new model, companies around the globe have come to embrace remote work.

Now, more than 10 years in, we’re called to revisit how we think about remote work in the context of client service, continued pioneering of working models, and cultivating a happy, healthy, high-performing workplace.

For instance, one thing we’ve realized is that when you already work remotely or stay at home during time off, a day off doesn’t always feel like a day off. When your home and office are the same place, and “entering the office” is only few taps away on that computer in your pocket, finding a healthy work/life balance can be a challenge.

While evaluating potential improvements to the 10up workforce experience, we found ourselves asking, “Client service is our number one value — can we make meaningful changes for our team without diminishing our customer experience?”

A Decade of Contributing to WordPress

Helen Hou-Sandi on June 25

Ten years ago today, I submitted my very first proposed change to WordPress itself and not long after, in August of 2011, I joined 10up. I have been fortunate to be a part of and grow with the WordPress community in the decade since. Not only have I grown from Web Engineer to Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up, but also in that time, I’ve gone from being a first-time contributor to one of a handful of WordPress lead developers.

The power of open source and its communities continues to astound and humble me. I could never have dreamed this is where a little curiosity about the second freedom to “study how the program works and change it to make it do what you wish” would lead… and I look forward to seeing what the next decade of my career brings with it.

10up Uncovers Security Vulnerability in FileBird WordPress Plugin, Update Now Available

Zach Brown on June 16 • 1 Comment

FileBird WordPress Plugin

As a leading contributor to WordPress, 10up is committed to the cultivation of a vibrant, collaborative, and healthy open-source ecosystem. We strive to strengthen open platforms and tools through responsible stewardship, and embrace the concept that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.”

Last week, that work included helping a popular WordPress plugin with 90,000+ installs fix a critical security vulnerability.

10uppers Share Expertise Through Articles, Conferences, and Webinars

Jeff Paul on June 7

10uppers travel the globe every year to volunteer, speak at, and organize dozens of industry events. The pandemic may have limited the ability to travel to events, but it hasn’t stopped our team from giving back and sharing their expertise. Here are some recent highlights:

WP Engine Includes ElasticPress.io In New eCommerce Hosting Plans

Vasken Hauri on June 3

WP Engine recently announced a new eCommerce solution for Small/Medium Businesses (SMBs) seeking to launch a new WooCommerce store or scale up, optimize, and increase revenue for an existing online store.

The new solution offers an integration with ElasticPress.io — our fully integrated, end-to-end SaaS solution for adding the power of Elasticsearch to WordPress and WooCommerce.

Helen Hou-Sandi on June 2

On Thursday, June 3 at 3:30pm EDT, I’ll be presenting “Editorial Experience: An Important Part of the Full Stack” at Click/Deploy, an event presented by Jamstack Toronto. If you’re intrigued by talk about Jamstack versus WordPress, this is for you. Then, on June 8 at 3:15 EDT I’m joining GitHub’s Global Maintainer Summit to present “You Can’t Have a Solution Without a Problem”. I’ll be talking about why I like to ask, “What’s the problem being solved for here?” and how that type of thought process can lead to better solutions. Both events are virtual and free to attend.

10up Recognized In 2021 Microsoft Supplier Program (MSP) Prestige Awards

Elena Bargo on May 27

At 10up, we have enjoyed collaborative, multi-year partnerships with several different departments and teams at Microsoft, including the Microsoft Cloud Marketing team. Since 2017, 10up has successfully scaled the Cloud Blog’s platform to support 18+ blogs, several migrations, accessibility compliance, and strategic initiative projects with innovative and cost-effective technology solutions.

Each year, we build upon those strategic relationships to positively impact the Microsoft brand.

This year we were honored to be nominated for three different supplier awards in the 2021 Microsoft Supplier Program Prestige Awards and named a finalist in one category.