Winning Together in a Decentralizing Plugin Ecosystem
Are OrganizeWP (and Newsletter Glue) leading indicators for trends and opportunities in the plugin space?
Feedback and Testing: Fluid Typography, Pre-Publish Sidebar, Editor Configuration, Expired Session Autosave, and Contribute Style Variations to Twenty Twenty Three
Get your feedback in now about features coming in WordPress 6.1. Feature freeze is September 20.
Make It Go Viral
It’s the ultimate marketing goal: something you create “goes viral.” As marketers, we watch things gain popularity quickly- seemingly overnight – and dream of anything we do having that same level of success.
WordPress at a Massive Scale
Cory Miller talks with Lead Solutions Engineer at WordPress VIP, Sean O’Shaughnessy. Learn about WordPress hosting at a massive scale with some blind case study examples.
Takeaways From My ‘Forced’ Sabbatical
Are you going through burnout? You’re not alone. Here’s my story about burnout and a framework for working through it.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 64) — LearnDash’s Adoption of Gutenberg, Full Site Editing, and How to Protect Your Course Content from Theft
How is LearnDash adopting Gutenberg and FSE? What can you do to protect your learning product to deter theft? Find out from Jack Kitterhing.
Space, Assertiveness, Little Bets, and Love
# The Importance of Space Michelle Frechette is on a much deserved vacation this … Read more
On the Web Publishing Tool Race
What if it’s not between open and closed but centralized and decentralized?
Rethinking WordPress Products Pricing Models
Jon Christopher wrote about how he’s rethinking the pricing model for his OrganizeWP product, … Read more
New Voices
WordPress needs more and better conversations. Respect, cooperation, and appreciation for each others’ roles even across differences and real disagreements — is it possible?
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 8
Should you build or capture an audience? JR Farr notes the pros and cons for each. On the Matt Report, Marc Benzakein shares a retrospective on ServerPress. Allie Nimmons and Teron Bullock discuss how to deal with negative criticism online in Press The Issue. Do we need a WordPress debate club? Bob Dunn has tips for first-time WordCampers, and Working Code looks at reducing the complexity of shipping code.
Design, Development, and One Cool Tool
Daniel Schutzsmith shares the latest WordPress design and development news, tools, and techniques along with one special pick — this week’s shiny, new, and coolest tool.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 63) — Pay Transparency, Mutual Respect, and the Community We Need
This week, Ny relates some personal experiences where pay transparency was lacking and the impact it can have on workplace cultures. This leads into a discussion of pay transparency in the hiring process — how it matters to everyone but especially job seekers who are black, indigenous, and other people of color.
Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks
Is it safe to insert an SVG via URL? How healthy is your database? Performance Team Rep Nominations.
Local Development Tools and the Open Web
Who is not using Local? Is it an Open Web tool? Let’s review some “Local history” and consider where WP Engine’s popular developer tools could be headed.
Gutenberg 13.8 Drops / What’s Ahead in WordPress 6.1
George Mamadashvili has a nice update and overview of the latest Gutenberg release: The … Read more
