WordPress News

Exiting — and Reentry, Block Themes, GitHub Actions, and Assessing the Pandemic’s Impact on WordPress

Dan Knauss

June 30, 2022

The Post Status podcast picks of the week include two takes on selling businesses, going back to work for someone else, and then... Chris Coyier and Corey Maas tell their stories. • Daisy Olson has the lowdown on block themes. • Raquel Landefeld on the power of community. • Press the Issue launches a solidly journalistic WordPress podcast with Allie Nimmons investigating the pandemic's impact on WordCamps for the first episode.

Journaling Techniques That Will Change Your Life

Olivia Bisset

June 30, 2022

PlanetPost Status Upgrade

Kristen Wright, creator of “The Transformation Year” and two books on journaling explains how this practice can be life-changing.

Feedback Requested: Proposed Rollback Feature in 6.1, Performance Team Hosting Stats, and Recording Five for the Future Contributions

Courtney Robertson

June 29, 2022

HostingMake WordPress

Get the scoop on planning for the WordPress 6.1 release, and help test its proposed plugin Rollback feature. There are also many calls for feedback from the Performance team and Five for the Future.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 61) — Empathy, Understanding, And Being An Ally

David Bisset

June 29, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

Why is it hard to help underrepresented people get their footing in the WordPress community? How can our interactions support inclusion?

Member Spotlight: Todd E. Jones

Michelle Frechette

June 28, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

In the spotlight: Todd E. Jones is a content creator, a storyteller, a digital marketer, and the founder of Copyflight.

Misogyny in WordPress is Real

Michelle Frechette

June 24, 2022

FeaturesPost Status Team Blog

Misogyny is alive and well in WordPress, but it doesn't have to be. If we work together, we can make it an even safer space for all.

Change Means Growth and Serving Our Community Better

Dan Knauss

June 24, 2022

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

Deeper, thoughtful insight and analysis make slower work and harder to come by. I hope to model it once in a while, and we’ve got more in the bin. We want to invite especially our business members to submit story ideas, questions, sources, and articles for publication at Post Status.

A Safe Place for Conflict Needs Trust

Lindsey Miller

June 24, 2022

BusinessHosting

High-level spats in the WordPress business ecosystem are a reality, but on Twitter, they become low-level competitive exchanges. Maybe they could be moved into more private conversations without character limits if the goal is to resolve conflicts rather than intensify them.

Goodbye But Not Farewell

David Bisset

June 24, 2022

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

As many people already know, I am transitioning away from Post Status to focus on a new opportunity within the WordPress space. It should go without saying that I will be just as involved in the community as I’ve ever been. It’s important that there are stages where people can have the important conversations, and I firmly believe that Post Status will continue to be a fine home for the discussions (both positive and critical) that need to happen.

Shifting to a new role to build the WordPress workforce

Talisha Lewallen

June 24, 2022

CareersGet Hired Blog

This is an exciting opportunity to bring people into the WordPress community who have great skillsets and experience relevant to every role in our industry.

Member Spotlight: Jessica Frick

Michelle Frechette

June 24, 2022

BusinessHosting

Jessica Frick is the Director of Operations for Pressable, where she's focused on creating the best managed WordPress hosting experience possible.

Business Member Spotlight: GoDaddy Pro

Michelle Frechette

June 24, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

In this spotlight, Adam Warner talks about GoDaddy Pro: what it is, how it works, and how they serve the greater community).

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 19

David Bisset

June 24, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

A chat with Matt at WCEU • Glam That Plugin • BlackPress Slack meetup • SSG vs. WordPress for landing pages • The Web Designer's Tech Stack • A Medeiros rant on the WordPress vibe

An Operating System for the Web

Dan Knauss

June 23, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress — the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...

Promoting WordCamps, GDPR and Google Fonts, Invalid Reviews, 5FTF, and the Admin UX

Courtney Robertson

June 22, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

How should WordCamps be promoted on official WordPress channels? • How to comply with the GDPR when you're using Google Fonts. • What's the deal with invalid plugin/theme reviews? Mika Epstein explains. • Important decisions in The Five for the Future GitHub repo. • Thinking through the Admin UX.