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Back from Burnout
Michelle Frechette
Burnout can be crippling - to life, to our jobs, to ourselves - but it's not the end. And you CAN look for ways to combat it.
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Post Status Confirms New Community Code of Conduct
Michelle Frechette
Drawing heavily from the WordPress/WordCamp Code of Conduct, Post Status has implemented a new Post Status Community Code of Conduct. While the Post Status Community works really well at self-moderating, a community like ours should always have a standard for…
WordCamp Asia Wrap-up
Michelle Frechette
WordCamp Asia exceeded expectations. From the organizers, volunteers, speakers, and attendees, it was an event worthy of praise.
The Magic of Cooperation Between ‘Competitors’
Cory Miller
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…
Jobs Change, Membership Doesn’t
Dan Knauss
Post Status has been a haven for kindness and generosity, but it's thanks to our members, readers, listeners, colleagues, and friends that the work we do together and the fun we have is good, meaningful, and regenerative for our community. On that note, this is my last post in my role as editor at Post Status...
Agency Owners: Let’s Talk
Cory Miller
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
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?
A World of Ideas
Cory Miller
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
What are the best things the WordPress community can do to better support plugin developers and founders? Recent discussions around the Active Install data being removed from WordPress.org forces us to respond to this question if we believe a healthy third-party plugin market is essential to WordPress, as I do.
What Can We All Do to Better Support Our Plugin Developers?
Cory Miller
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
You can read all of this week's newsletter . And if you want everything without the cuts, head over to poststatus.com/the-week
First of the Independents
Dan Knauss
Consolidation through mergers and acquisitions isn't the only big business story in WordPress. Partnerships are increasing too. Founders investing in founders. Product companies and agencies expanding their own ecosystems. Informal partnerships to protect common interests. There are a lot of ways to grow on your own terms in WordPress.
5 Days Without a Shower
Michelle Frechette
Accessibility at WCUS, at least for me, was frustrating at best, and tear-inducing at my lowest point. We need to do better as a community.
It’s Not the Code, It’s the Humans
Cory Miller
At our Post Status Member Huddle before WCUS, the volume of the room was an indication of all of this as it consistently got louder and louder with people just happy to see each other.
Welcome Elementor!
Cory Miller
I’m really pleased to announce Elementor as our newest Global Sponsor at Post Status. I got to meet Itamar Ronen and team at WCEU this summer and enjoyed hearing what they are doing. Additionally, I keep hearing so many great…
