WordPress News

The Unsung Hero of Indie Journalism

Blake Bertuccelli

July 20, 2022

Since its arrival in 2019, Automattic's Newspack hasn't attracted much attention within the WordPress community, despite a decent amount of coverage by WP Tavern and some from Post Status. It's been largely unreported on beyond its role as a flashpoint…

Contributing is Hard — and Easier Than You Think

Cory Miller

July 19, 2022

NotesWordPress News

Brian Coords makes some good points about the difficulty of contributing to WordPress, which is a mark of privilege, as Josepha Haden Chomphosy has noted. Estela Rueda has some wonderful suggestions for how you can contribute to WordPress core teams…

It’s not the size that matters…

Dan Knauss

July 18, 2022

BusinessPlanet

Can WordPress’s heavy reliance on volunteerism be offset or better supported by those most able to subsidize the work of others and their access to events? Do the largest WordCamps serve well, in their current form, as signature industry events that developers, product owners, and investors outside WordPress can recognize as such? Can the upper, middle, and lower markets within the WordPress ecosystem find mutual benefit through the things they share in common?

Maddy Osman on Writing for Humans and Robots — Post Status Draft 119

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2022

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Draft, Post Status Editor Dan Knauss is joined by Maddy Osman. Maddy is the founder of The Blogsmith, a well-known brand in the WordPress space for quality writing that appeals to your target audience and search engines. Maddy has a new book out that can teach you some of her finely-honed skills. It's called Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style.

Market Size and Market Shares: Thinking Bigger About the WordPress Economy

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2022

BusinessFeatures

$635.5 billion…That’s "billion," with a “B.” Let's look at the size of the universe inhabited by our market of markets of cathedrals and bazaars: the WordPress ecosystem. How should we think about WordPress's market share or, maybe more accurately, its shares? Are we selling them short and dampening growth?

WooCommerce 6.7, Release Cadence update, “If you could change one thing in Woo,” and Marius Vetrici is WooDev of the Week

Bob Dunn

July 15, 2022

The Week in ReviewWooCommerce

This week WooCommerce 6.7 was released along with WooCommerce Blocks 7.8.3. Our good friend Rodolfo Melogli polled the Woo community for his 400th issue of WooWeekly: If you could change one thing in WooCommerce, what would it be?" Multidots shares a fascinating case study they have on both migration and multisite for RHRSwag.com. And Marius Vetrici is the WooDev profile of the week. He's been writing code since 1994 and has 10+ programming languages under his belt and 20+ years of experience. Despite (or because of?) that, he's interested in low-code tools and refuses to buy shoes online. You've just got to try them on to get the perfect fit and feel of the shoe on the foot.

WordPress Certifications, SVG Uploads, FSE Category Testing, Fortnightly NPM updates, Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache

Courtney Robertson

July 15, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

What are your thoughts about WordPress certification? Join the call for testing FSE Category Customization.

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 11

Dan Knauss

July 14, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

From WP Tavern's Jukebox, it’s Felix Arntz on WordPress performance and what can be done now and in the future about it. Seeking Satisfaction has Tony Perez sharing his journey building, growing, and exiting Sucuri. The Shop Talk Show hosts a discussion about headless CMS platforms, including WordPress, and a little on WordPress and web components...

Jetpack’s Reputation and History

Dan Knauss

July 13, 2022

DesignWordPress News

What's your current take on Jetpack? It seems to me that complaints about bloat and too much going on in one plugin started to disappear several years ago. The idea it was a "Trojan Horse" designed to get users into…

WooCommerce Blocks 8.1, Joost on Shopify’s Decline, Insights from Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack

Bob Dunn

July 13, 2022

The Week in ReviewWooCommerce

New enhancements to WooCommerce Blocks 8.1. • Joost's report on CMS Market Share shows Woo growing — but Shopify has hit a wall. • Two "Voices of Experience," Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack share long-term takes on WooCommerce, WordPress, and Gutenberg.

Ellipsis Reports a Change in the Weather of WordPress

Dan Knauss

July 12, 2022

BusinessFeatures

Debuting a new "Weather Report," Ellipsis Marketing's newsletter reports WordPress is down -10.4% — in something. Let's find out what — and why it should matter for the WordPress ecosystem for years to come.

Our Door is Always Open

Cory Miller

July 8, 2022

BusinessHosting

Coming soon: the Post Status Index, an EMEA Huddle requested by our European members, and my talk about the importance of taking time off. Also, our door is always open for members of Underrepresented in Tech and anyone who finds the cost of membership a barrier to joining us. If you work professionally in WordPress or want to, we want you here!

Join the Incident Response Team

Dan Knauss

July 8, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

The now-forming Incident Response Team (IRT) is a community-led effort to help us all build and sustain a culture around WordPress that is healthy, inclusive, and safe. Angela Jin is calling for your nominations for a diverse group of people who can contribute by serving on the IRT.

It’s Hard to COPE Without a WordPress Lite

Dan Knauss

July 8, 2022

BusinessDesign

It's still far from simple to do well — let alone do better — what was first possible in the Web 1.0 era, even before WordPress was born. Thoughts on "WordPress Lite" and "Create Once, Publish Everywhere."

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 4

Dan Knauss

July 7, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

🎧 Podcasts worth catching: "Tumblr can be a better Twitter than Twitter ever was." • The unfolding recession. • Catch up with GitHub Actions • How to think about accessibility and the things we forget about being inclusive and open.

WooCommerce Update: Blocks 8.0, Checkout Block Payment Method Guide and Dummy Gateway, Licensing Solutions, Future of Payments, and Carl meets Bōggie

Bob Dunn

July 7, 2022

The Week in ReviewWooCommerce

It's WooCommerce Blocks 8.0, and Woo 6.7's final release is close. • A new guide with a tool to help you integrate payment methods with the Checkout Block. • What's your preferred software licensing solution? • The Future of Payments, with David Mainayar and Robert Windisch. • When Carl met Bōggie.