WPWeekly Episode 192 – Infinite Possibilities With Dan Griffiths

In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Dan Griffiths, founder of Section214. We spend the first half of the show learning about Griffiths’ interest in technology at a young age.

Once out of the military, Griffiths experienced difficulties finding a job. He discovered Easy Digital Downloads and explains how working on a ticket and creating an API led to getting a job offer from Pippin Williamson. Since accepting the job offer, Griffiths has published 22 plugins to the WordPress plugin directory.

Later in the show, we discuss HostPress, an open-source, extensible server control panel built on top of WordPress. He describes his motivation behind the project and why he thinks webhosts need a better solution. Near the end of the interview, Griffiths shares his thoughts on the WP REST API that will eventually be added to WordPress and what it means for the project’s future.

Stories Discussed:

Heroes Are Found In Unexpected Places
WordPress 4.3 to Focus on Mobile Experience, Admin UI, Better Passwords, and Customizer Improvements

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

WP Rollback lets you quickly and easily rollback any theme or plugin from WordPress.org to any previous or newer version. It works just like the plugin updater, except you’re rolling backward or forward to a specific version. Be sure to read our review of WP Rollback on the Tavern.

Linkedin_Oauth allows users to login and register into WordPress using their LinkedIn account.

Strong Password Generator created by Frankie Jarrett, encourages the use of strong passwords by helping users generate them easily.