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
Pentesting as Contributing
Robert Rowley at Patchstack explains what I believe is the first-ever reported vulnerability in … Read more
Networking Done Right
Extendify’s Chris Lubkert and Artur Grabowski unpack how WordPress founders can build a network … Read more
Digital Marketing as the “Edge” in Recession
I asked How Is “Recession” Talk Affecting Your Clients? in our Agency Owners channel … Read more
CSS Tricks Sale Price: $4M
Acquired in January, CSS-Tricks founder Chris Coyier, who was also a member here, ran … Read more
DesktopServer Shutting Down After 12 Years
It’s sad to hear that ServerPress is closing its doors and DesktopServer has reached … Read more
Gluing Things Together
This week Dan and I talked with Post Status member Lesley Sim of Newsletter Glue about refining our tedious and time-consuming newsletter workflow here. (I’ve been doing it for the last couple of weeks and it’s a bear!)
