jailbreaking wordpress - that's what you're supposed to do!

Jailbreaking WordPressThat’s what you’re supposed to do!

Alisa Herr

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Alisa Herr• Lead Web Developer at Cuberis

• Coding for almost 60% of her life

• Statistics nerd

• Expert breakfast eater

• Get in touch!

alisa@cuberis.com@isabisa

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The Death of WP(as blog-only so!ware)

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A brief history of blogging

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A brief(er) history of WordPress

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“Mike Little and Matt Mullenweg” on Flickr - Thanks photomatt!http://www.flickr.com/photos/photomatt/90593778/

Thank you, Movable Type

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Puberty

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The ubiquitousness of WordPress

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The ubiquitousness of WordPress

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WordPress Not WordPress

The popularity of WordPress

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The popularity of WordPress

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The popularity of WordPress

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Uncommon instances of WordPress

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Where isWordPressgoing?

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Jailbreaking, really?

• Jailbreaking = Privilege Escalation

• WordPress = Open Source

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3 user roles:•Administrators•Field Techs•Clients

3 custom post types:•Site Visits•Properties•Services

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How to make WP work for you: Themes

• Elegant Themes

• Woo Themes

• ThemeForest

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How to make WP work for you: Plugins

• Custom Post Types Maker

• Advanced Custom Fields

• Advanced Excerpt

• Google Analyticator

• Gravity Forms

• User Role Editor

• WooCommerce

• BuddyPress

• WP Symposium

• BBPress

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More ResourcesSlides at: http://cuberis.com/wordcamp2013

History of Blogging:• http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/03/a-brief-history-of-blogging/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_blogging

History of WordPress:• http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/09/05/the-internets-mother-

tongue/• http://www.majordojo.com/2011/02/how-did-wordpress-win.php • http://churchm.ag/wordpress-screenshots-through-the-years/

Statistics nerds will like:• http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/

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Questions?

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