Post Status Excerpt (No. 65) — How We Talk When We Talk About WordPress
What’s it like to enter the WordPress community media space, especially as the editor of a publication with many voices, personalities, and perspectives?
The true intention and spirit of 5ftF
When someone says here’s what I really mean, what I’m aiming at — it … Read more
Overcoming Barriers to Contributing
As a followup to my earlier post on common barriers to contributing to Five … Read more
The case against static site generators
This is old but thorough — Florens Verschedle‘s case against Static Site Generators like … Read more
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 15
Post Status Podcast Picks 🎙️ Shop Talk Show: Andrew Walpole and Alex Riviere from … Read more
SaaS, Plugin, or Both?
The perennial question — to SaaS or not to SaaS? Both? WordPress-centric product and … Read more
Who is Winning in the Woo Marketplace?
Ellipsis has published some new data and analysis that addresses the question, “Who is … Read more
Winning Together in a Decentralizing Plugin Ecosystem
Are OrganizeWP (and Newsletter Glue) leading indicators for trends and opportunities in the plugin space?
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.
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.
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
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 1
Adam Silverstein on Performance in large plugins, GDPR and accessibility, World Wide Web Day in the global WordPress community, Jonathan Wold on partnerships, women in software, and Michelle Frechette on building communities.
Gmail Clipping…Cured
This is great — an email size checker that counts up how many Kb … Read more
