WordPress News

Plugin Checker

Dan Knauss

July 29, 2022

On July 5, Felix Arntz proposed creating and adopting a plugin checking tool for the Plugin Review Team similar to the theme checker. The Performance Team would take the lead, but contributors from other teams would be needed as well.…

“We’re not a small village anymore.” A Conversation with Kim Lipari — Post Status Draft 121

Dan Knauss

July 28, 2022

DraftPlanet

WordPress as an economy or ecosystem is big, but the community and culture at its heart still feel small. Have we taken the time to really absorb the change that's come over the past decade? What questions should we be asking about what got us here and where we're going or want to go?

A short history of WordPress APIs — and their future

Dan Knauss

July 28, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

Here's an older post about the history of WordPress APIs from Automattic's mobile apps development team that you may not have seen before. (New to me.) It explains the technical background of the current entanglements of .org, .com, and Jetpack:…

EMEA and AMER Member Huddles

Dan Knauss

July 27, 2022

DesignHosting

We are hosting Two Weekly Post Status Member Huddles now. Huddles open time and space for our community of peers designed for camaraderie and connection for all WordPress Professionals, even if you're not a member yet.

WP Campus 2023

Dan Knauss

July 27, 2022

Notes

The WPCampus conference won't happen in 2022. The post-COVID reboot has been delayed until July 12-14, 2023, so save those dates. Until then, keep up with the leadership transition and consider pitching in. WPCampus is a community network and conference…

PHP 8.2 Compatibility, Renaming FSE, Custom Template Options, WP Feature Notifications Project

Courtney Robertson

July 27, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Getting Ready for PHP 8.2, Rebooting Feature Notifications, Additional Custom Template Options, and Renaming Full Site Editing.

Refocusing the WordPress Mobile App on the Core User Experience — without Jetpack

Dan Knauss

July 27, 2022

FeaturesMake WordPress

The boundaries between WordPress .com and .org have never been very clear. That may change as the WordPress mobile app sheds features the Jetpack app will gain.

Founders on What They’d Do Over Differently

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2022

BusinessNotes

Eric Karkovack got some nice brief reflections from WordPress product founders/owners Kathy Darling, Cameron Jones, Derek Ashauer, Jack Arturo, Gareth Harris, and Mark Westguard. You may be surprised at what they'd do differently if they were starting out now, knowing…

Winning the War on WordPress Notification Spam

Dan Knauss

July 26, 2022

Notes

Nice to see Brian Coords getting involved with the WP Notifications feature plugin project — otherwise known as WP-Notify (Github). He's calling for testing and feedback on the proof-of-concept at this point. You can click this link and immediately spin…

Faster and Faster

Dan Knauss

July 25, 2022

HostingNotes

Kevin Ohashi has released another annual report for WordPress (and WooCommerce) Hosting Benchmarks. My takeaways: https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551672904852484096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1551672904852484096%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fpost_status2Fstatus2F1551672904852484096widget%3DTweet https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551674571366940672 https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551676428202102785

Joost’s 7th WordPress Market Share Report

Cory Miller

July 22, 2022

BusinessNotes

Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast SEO, posted his 7th CMS Market Share Analysis, based on data from W3Techs and BuiltWith. Here are some key points from Joost’s post: WordPress is the #1 CMS with a 43% market share, roughly…

Putting it together, together

Dan Knauss

July 22, 2022

PlanetPost Status Team Blog

Today Cory took the lead on the Post Status newsletter release and joined Dan in co-authoring the introduction to it, which we usually share here. Some thoughts on newsletter integration, Newsletter Glue, Newspack, and the challenges facing plugin owners at WordPress.org in trying to determine the true size of their potential customer base.

FSE Themes on the Rise

Dan Knauss

July 22, 2022

Notes

Hendrik Luehrsen shares stats and notes about 100 FSE themes in the WordPress repo by 53 different contributors. He notes that, excluding the Twenty Twenty-Two theme, “all remaining 99 FSE themes combined have about 30,000 active installs, rising fast!” Hendrik…

WordPress VIP + SalesForce Marketing Cloud

Cory Miller

July 22, 2022

NotesWordPress News

According to Elisa Brown at WordPress VIP, they’ve just announced a partnership and integration with SalesForce Marketing Cloud. It’s the only one of its kind and makes activating your content in WordPress to build email campaigns easier. Yes!

Strattic, WordCamps, and Growing through Relationships — Post Status Draft 120

Dan Knauss

July 21, 2022

DraftHosting

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Miriam talks with Post Status Editor Dan Knauss about her WordPress journey as a WordCamp organizer, agency owner, and web host founder.

The Decline of Speed Booster Pack

Barış Ünver

July 21, 2022

BusinessFeatures

WordPress success stories are great, but this time, you’re going to read about a failure. It’s about the Speed Booster Pack plugin and the depressing, constant decline of its active installs.