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!
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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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