Years ago, my friend Josh Strebel gave a talk titled "Cooperation over Competition" and it resonated deeply with me. In fact, some of my first and best friends in WordPress were my "competitors." (Hey Brian and Jason!) I'm very thankful that connection, cooperation and collaboration…
Member Spotlight: Nathan Ingram
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Nathan is the creator of MonsterContracts, battle-tested contracts for WordPress client work. As the founder of >ADVANCE Coaching, Nathan is a Growth Coach for WordPress Business owners, helping them become more successful in their businesses. You may also have heard…
Jobs Change, Membership Doesn’t
Dan Knauss
Post Status Team Blog
This is my last post as the editor at Post Status. I'm moving on to a new opportunity at StellarWP. Of course, this doesn't seem like moving much at all. One of the great things about the distributed work culture…
The Obstacle is Our Way — Together
Cory Miller
BlogsPost Status Team Blog
A couple of thoughts on my mind: Never waste a good crisis: In terms of business, I'm reminded repeatedly: When everybody hunkers down, pauses or even rushes out ... maybe that's an opportunity to take their space and lean in. Reading The…
Member Spotlight: Parvez Akther
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Parvez Akther is a serial entrepreneur and open source enthusiastic. Prior to WordPress, his company built the first full featured page builder for Joomla. He's now building ThriveDesk, an all-in-one customer support solution for SaaS and e-commerce. ThriveDesk is the…
Business Spotlight: Hostinger
Michelle Frechette
BlogsMember Spotlights
Meet Dominyka Mikšėnaitė, community manager at Hostinger. In this spotlight she and Michelle talk about the company, the community, and how Post Status helps her achieve her goals of meeting people in WordPress.
Agency Owners: Let’s Talk
Cory Miller
Post Status Team Blog
WordPress agencies are key players in the WordPress ecosystem. They're working on the frontlines building the Open Web with WordPress for their clients. That's essential to sustained and vibrant growth for everyone with a stake in WordPress and Open Source.I've…
Agency Owners: If You Could Ask Anyone Anything…
Cory Miller
BlogsPlanet
Hey all—In our #Agency-Owner channel I asked this week: If you could ask anyone anything related to your work as an agency — who would it be OR more importantly what would you want to ask? The initial answers are…
A World of Ideas
Cory Miller
Post Status Team Blog
Three quick things I want you to know about: Post Status, like WordPress, is a global community. And we’re making progress toward serving our entire community step by step. On Fridays now, you can join our European Member Huddle hosted…
Two Key Questions We Need To Answer
Cory Miller
PlanetPost Status Team Blog
The recent discussions around the Active Installs data being removed from the WordPress Repo prompted two questions I think we need to answer as a bigger WP community and particularly our members at Post Status. As someone who lived in…
What Can We All Do to Better Support Our Plugin Developers?
Cory Miller
PlanetPost Status Team Blog
The recent discussions around the Active Installs data being removed from the WordPress Repo prompted a couple of questions I think we need to answer as a bigger WP community and particularly our members at Post Status. As someone who…
Drinking from the Firehose
Cory Miller
PlanetPost Status Team Blog
Happy Friday! We're finding it increasingly tough to get all the best WordPress news and info into a reasonably-sized email, but we're doing it by making lots of cuts. In the newsletter, you'll see links to the full weekly digests…
First of the Independents
Dan Knauss
BusinessPlanet
It's a great time for WordPress agencies and product companies of any size Ever since the spike in big acquisitions of (mostly product-based) WordPress companies last year the space has had a "last of the independents" mood as (mostly product…
5 Days Without a Shower
Michelle Frechette
BlogsPost Status Team Blog
That smell at WordCamp? That was me. You might be wondering how I ended up that way. It’s a tale of disability and inaccessibility. To be fair, I had a wonderful time at WCUS 2022. People were amazing. My Post…
It’s Not the Code, It’s the Humans
Cory Miller
Post Status Team Blog
Our Post Status team has been in San Diego for WordCamp US 2022 last week so we didn't have a newsletter last week. The TL;DR of all things WP happenings will resume this week. Post Status members Karena Kreger and…
Hiring for Skill or Character?
Talisha Lewallen
CareersGet Hired Blog
“Talent got you in the door, but character will keep you in the room.” Hiring new employees costs a company an average of $4,000 an employee. Hiring the right people will save your company money, as well as employee retention. …
