http://www.cloudways.com/blog/ryan-hellyer-interview/ By Mustaasam Saleem ==== Ryan Hellyer is a very well known WordPress obsessed Kiwi and a former scientist, who used to live in Canada, then Norway and now Berlin. He has been contributing to WordPress communities for a long time. He is a prolific plugin developer, a mentor who shares his knowledge openly in […]

The following has not been published anywhere yet. == POTENTIAL HEADER GRAPHIC === ========== MUGSHOT ============ =========== SHORT BIO ========= This post was contributed by Ryan Hellyer. He is from New Zealand, lives in Germany, and works as a full-time WordPress geek. He spends his time building WordPress plugins and getting up to mischief in […]

Post by Sarah Gooding on WP Tavern … http://wptavern.com/ryan-hellyers-aws-nightmare-leaked-access-keys-result-in-a-6000-bill-overnight WordPress developer Ryan Hellyer had always wanted to open source his website. As a strong supporter of open source software and an avid plugin developer, he enjoys sharing his code and learning from others. This desire led him to put his site up on GitHub one […]

http://wptavern.com/10-free-ultra-minimalist-wordpress-themes By Sarah Gooding If you love to blog but don’t want a theme with clunky sliders and overloaded widget areas cluttering up your site, then chances are you’re on the hunt for the perfect minimalist WordPress theme. Finding a theme that provides a beautiful reading experience with an unobtrusive, high quality design is no […]

http://wprealm.com/blog/simple-comment-editing-a-review/ There is a new plugin in town and it is simply awesome. Many of you will have used the popular AJAX Edit Comments plugin for WordPress. It was created by Ronald Huereca back in 2007 and was very popular; it was unique in giving commenters on WordPress sites the ability to edit their own […]

http://wpgarage.com/tips/finding-the-perfect-facebook-wordpress-system/ Welcome to our first guest post. The writer, Ryan Hellyer, is a PhD student studying supramolecular chemistry at the University of Otago in New Zealand (I don’t even know what that is, but it sounds like you need to be a bit smart to study that). In his spare time, he plays and organises […]

http://www.wptavern.com/copyright-and-the-gpl Disclaimer: All of my current distributed software is GPL licensed and I have no intention of releasing or promoting non-GPL software for WordPress in the future. I know very little about copyright law and software licensing and have no idea if the opinions expressed below are correct or not. I am simply providing the […]

http://www.wptavern.com/why-bbpress-is-good-for-seo Unlike blogging software like WordPress which usually feature good on-site SEO even from a default install, forum software typically has never featured good on-site SEO features. Default themes with nested, non-semantical tables, inappropriate use of headings, lack of any real attempt to use semantical code and appalling use of permalinks are standard features of […]

There has been a lot of activity in the WordPress news world over the past year. Our own WP Realm has been gaining momentum and the new WP Daily has burst onto the scene as the go to place for hot off the press gossip. While these and other sites have been growing, others such as […]