Shiny New Releases
Gravity Forms 7.1 Beta 1 • the SpinupWP community • Dollie 2.0 • rtCamp’s Easy Engine now with full custom Docker-Compose support • Metorik • Iconic • Do the Woo • Simple Ajax Chat Pro
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 22
How to hire or build a diverse team with @Piccia and @UnderRepdInTech • @BobWP on FftF • @heyadamsilver reviews @ForumWP on @kitchensinkwp • @MasterWP on burnout and breaks w/ @Ny_the_Creator • The All Star FSE Outreach Team has a Hallway Hangout on block theming • @TheWPMinute with all the news in 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
A Taxonomy of Access Control
Once you know these states, you can assign probabilities of transitioning from one state to another (someone hacks your account and locks you out, you forgot your own password, etc.) and then build optimal security and reliability to deal with it. It’s a truly elegant way of conceptualizing the problem.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 66) — What Does It Mean To Contribute To WordPress?
How do we give back? We all want a community of creativity, cooperation, and contribution — how do we get there?
Two Big Tweets on Ways to Give Back
1) We’re really looking forward to seeing this WordPress mentorship program launch — and … Read more
Expression Engine’s first major release as an open source CMS
Expression Engine 7 and 7.1 were recently released along with pricing changes for the … Read more
Is this a WordPress Acquisition?
DigitalOcean’s acquisition of Cloudways is an investment in the WordPress ecosystem with an emphasis on “digital agencies, eCommerce sites, bloggers, freelance developers and builders hosting on WordPress.”
Remote work lashback — it’s not all wrong
Leo Postovoit at XWP has shared a pretty thorough defense of remote work. I … Read more
WordPress.com has changed a lot
This is managed WordPress hosting — and has been all along I’ve been delinquent … Read more
We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!
I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for … Read more
WebP by Default is NOT on hold
This is a good call, I think, but I can’t recall a story like at it at The Tavern where core contributors’ corporate sponsors/employers got named so much.
When the Free Rider is Government
Chinmayi Sharma argues our digital infrastructure is built on open source, and it cannot provide adequate security so governments should help out.
Growing as a leader and setting your team up for wins
James Giroux writes so much good stuff on his own blog, I can’t keep … Read more
Sites hacked with fake CloudFlare DDoS alerts infected with RATs
Remote Access Trojans (RATs) are new to me — apparently, you can get one … Read more
Freelancers: What are your rates?
Mailchimp & Co‘s 2021 Benchmark Report on freelancers using Mailchimp said “the top 10% … Read more
Languages of Contribution and Creation
The Creator Economy owes a lot to WordPress, but that doesn’t mean WordPress is valued or even understood by Creators as an open source project and community. Are the stories we tell and the words we use compelling to newcomers and the younger generations we need to succeed us? Is the story and language that got WordPress where it is adequate to take it where it wants to go?
