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Post Status Acquires WP Speakers

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Michelle Frechette
🔔 We're ringing our own acquisition bell again! 🔔 Post Status has acquired WP Speakers!  Today, WP Speakers became an offering of Post Status as Joost and I have agreed to move the site from my individual ownership to the Post…
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Agency News Weekly

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Nathan Ingram
The Page Builder Summit is Live Now! What Happens When No One Clicks Anymore? The WooCommerce Bug That Took Down Sites Last Week. How to Raise Prices Without Losing Clients. And More!

Post Status Happiness Hour Session Twenty Eight

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Olivia Bisset
https://youtube.com/live/umxWrp5c1tU Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette welcomes Brad Williams, Chief Executive Officer of Web Dev Studios, to discuss the new Theme Switcher Pro plugin. Brad introduces Theme Switcher Pro, a plugin…

Post Status Cache Up With Amadeu Arderiu

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Olivia Bisset
Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, host Michelle Frechette interviews Amadeu Arderiu, an industrial engineer from Barcelona and co-owner of Sirvelia. Company specializing in custom WordPress plugins. They discuss Amadeo's innovative project, Ploogins, an AI-driven search engine that enhances plugin…

Post Status Happiness Hour Session Twenty Seven

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Olivia Bisset
https://youtube.com/live/ikvL22f29ow Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette discusses the upcoming Page Builder Summit with guests Dan Maby and Nathan Wrigley. Scheduled for May 12-16, 2025, the summit aims to unite the WordPress…

Agency News Weekly

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Nathan Ingram
Elementor is Getting a Lot Faster and Cleaner. WordPress Accessibility: Core or Plugin? Preparing for Google’s Conversational Search Shift. And More!

Post Status Cache Up With Kyle Van Deusen

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Olivia Bisset
Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, host Michelle Frechette interviews Kyle Van Deusen, who runs a small web agency in Richmond, Virginia, and founded "The Admin Bar," a community for freelancers and agency owners. They discuss the 2025 WordPress Professional…

Desire Paths

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Michelle Frechette
Desire paths are well-worn paths that deviate from planned and paved paths that others would have us take. What path are you on?

Agency News Weekly

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Nathan Ingram
Free Page Builder Summit Returns May 12-16. AccessiBe Fined $1M for Deceptive Marketing Practices. Fake WooCommerce Emails Target Store Owners in a New Phishing Attack. And More!

Agency News Weekly

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Nathan Ingram
Heading to PressConf This Week? Agencies vs. AI - When Do We Start to Worry? How WP 6.8's Speculative Loading + Cloudflare Can Give Your Sites Some Serious Speed. Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly Ruled Illegal. And More!

Post Status Happiness Hour Session Twenty Six

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Olivia Bisset
https://www.youtube.com/live/Ovn7L3sswCc Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Neel Schivdasani a product manager in the AI division at Automattic, about the integration of AI into WordPress.com. Neil discusses his background and the…

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