Community Roundup Week Ending June 2: WordCamp Europe, The WP World, Post Status Meetups, quick links and more!
Sparked by Magne Ilsaas‘s ideas in The WordPress Enterprise Paradox, Tom started a Twitter thread and hosted a live discussion with Magne and others at enterprise WordPress agencies this week. Their main concern is the challenges that arise from not having a well-defined brand and market that allows “WordPress for the Enterprise” to stand out — without being ties to a particular WordPress company or host. After getting an outline of the problem as it stands today, I asked Tom what might help differentiate “Enterprise WordPress” as a collective or entire ecosystem of agencies operating within it. Can open-source values of sharing and cooperation shape a unique global identity for enterprise WordPress agencies? Is it time for an inter-agency association or “guild” to take on these challenges?
On a recent episode of the BoldLife podcast, Sandy Edwards had a great conversation about kids and training WordCamp Organizers to host Kids Camps. 🏕️
Easy Digital Downloads has raised prices, pretty much across the board, for extensions. For most extensions, they’ve increased prices between 30% and 50%, though a few were more than that. It’ll be really interesting to see how the changes affect overall revenue for the product. I suspect the general laws of economics will apply, and…
Josh Leuze is requesting feedback for what people want in a new WordCamp theme. WordCamp organizers know that you get some restrictions when you make a WordCamp site, so this is an excellent opportunity to speak up. He hasn’t gotten a lot of feedback on it yet, and I’ve seen plenty of WordCamp organizers complain…
Upcoming Events Take note that WPCampus 2020 Online has changed its dates to July 29-31. 📅 Other event reminders: WordSesh Americas 2020 is coming on May 27th. Registration is free and the lineup looks excellent. The call for speakers for WordCamp US 2020 (October 27-29) has been extended. The new deadline to submit your application…
