Open Secrets: Forced Updates in WordPress
We’ve seen forced updates become increasingly common and less controversial over time. But who decides, and how is that decision made? Are there unofficial channels and processes, like a decision tree, for escalating to a forced update?
Coping With Downward Market Trends
Post Status members discuss declining revenue — and how to offset it. How will the market slump affect acquisitions and sale prices?
Exiting — and Reentry, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress
The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then… Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic’s impact on WordCamps for the first episode.
Journaling Techniques That Will Change Your Life
Kristen Wright, creator of “The Transformation Year” and two books on journaling explains how this practice can be life-changing.
Feedback Requested: Proposed Rollback Feature in 6.1, Performance Team Hosting Stats, and Recording Five for the Future Contributions
Get the scoop on planning for the WordPress 6.1 release, and help test its proposed plugin Rollback feature. There are also many calls for feedback from the Performance team and Five for the Future.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 61) — Empathy, Understanding, And Being An Ally
Why is it hard to help underrepresented people get their footing in the WordPress community? How can our interactions support inclusion?
Member Spotlight: Todd E. Jones
In the spotlight: Todd E. Jones is a content creator, a storyteller, a digital marketer, and the founder of Copyflight.
Misogyny in WordPress is Real
Misogyny is alive and well in WordPress, but it doesn’t have to be. If we work together, we can make it an even safer space for all.
Change Means Growth and Serving Our Community Better
Deeper, thoughtful insight and analysis make slower work and harder to come by. I hope to model it once in a while, and we’ve got more in the bin. We want to invite especially our business members to submit story ideas, questions, sources, and articles for publication at Post Status.
A Safe Place for Conflict Needs Trust
High-level spats in the WordPress business ecosystem are a reality, but on Twitter, they become low-level competitive exchanges. Maybe they could be moved into more private conversations without character limits if the goal is to resolve conflicts rather than intensify them.
Go Slowly to Go Far
As I return this week officially to Post Status, I return to a lot of conversation in our space. Nothing new. Part of the beauty and excellence of WordPress is healthy, productive, constructive discourse.
Goodbye But Not Farewell
As many people already know, I am transitioning away from Post Status to focus on a new opportunity within the WordPress space. It should go without saying that I will be just as involved in the community as I’ve ever been. It’s important that there are stages where people can have the important conversations, and I firmly believe that Post Status will continue to be a fine home for the discussions (both positive and critical) that need to happen.
Shifting to a new role to build the WordPress workforce
This is an exciting opportunity to bring people into the WordPress community who have great skillsets and experience relevant to every role in our industry.
Member Spotlight: Jessica Frick
Jessica Frick is the Director of Operations for Pressable, where she’s focused on creating the best managed WordPress hosting experience possible.
Business Member Spotlight: GoDaddy Pro
In this spotlight, Adam Warner talks about GoDaddy Pro: what it is, how it works, and how they serve the greater community).
