WordPress News

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 1

David Bisset

May 6, 2022

It's David Bisset's weekly WordPress podcast and video roundup! This week we have Ines van Dijk on Women in WP, An Event Apart on The ShopTalk Show, Heather Brunner on Content is for Closers, UX and design on WP Builds, Joe Casabona on the Tavern's Jukebox, Josepha Chomphosy and Channing Ritter the WordPress Briefing, Syed Balkhi on The Gamechangers, and Dave Smith on key block editor features coming to WordPress 6.0.

WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn

Rob Howard

May 6, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 57) — WordPress Development with Docker and Lando

David Bisset

May 4, 2022

BusinessPlanet

Cal Evans explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.

This Week at WordPress.org (May 1, 2022)

Courtney Robertson

May 4, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

It's the latest news from WordPress.org's core teams you don't want to miss. New Five for the Future section this week!

Member Spotlight: Deyan Georgiev

Michelle Frechette

May 2, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

Deyan Georgiev is the Co-founder & CEO of NitroPack. About his team, he says "they stand for integrity, simplicity, hard work & quality."

Business Member Spotlight: WS Form

Michelle Frechette

May 2, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

We interviewed Mark Westguard of WS Form to learn about the business, what he values at Post Status & to learn his best business advice.

Marketing Jobs in WordPress with Terry Trout

Michelle Frechette

May 1, 2022

Get HiredGet Hired Blog

In this episode of Get Hired, Michelle Frechette speaks with Terry Trout from Nexcess about what she looks for when hiring in marketing.

The Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Elusive WordPress Way

Dan Knauss

April 29, 2022

BusinessDesign

There are significant differences in the ways plugin owners think about and operate their businesses. This is an opportunity to learn and grow together.

Post Status Notes #496

David Bisset

April 29, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Lots of WordPress core, Gutenberg, and WordCamp news this week. Are off-forum .org support requests OK? Matt: Tumblr will be open sourced. What's the WP Way?

The Week in WooCommerce (April 25-29)

Bob Dunn

April 29, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

WooCommerce 6.5 RC available for testing. Blockified product pages. Custom tables and premature optimization. Where are all the WooCommerce alternatives?

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of April 25

David Bisset

April 28, 2022

DesignHosting

Chima Mmeje on valuing yourself and raising your rates. Making the most of your WordCamp experience. The importance of community. What's the "WordPress Way" for payment models — and is it the right way?

WooCommerce Function of the Week: get_ip_address

Rodolfo Melogli

April 28, 2022

DevelopmentPlanet

The get_ip_address function is useful for tracking visitors who aren't logged in as they move through key pages in your store.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 56) — BlackPress: Bringing More Creators into the WordPress Community

David Bisset

April 28, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

BlackPress is for people of Black African descent in the WordPress community to help increase their numbers and representation with a network for support and learning.

This Week at WordPress.org (April 25, 2022)

Courtney Robertson

April 27, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this…

Member Spotlight: Quay Morgan

Michelle Frechette

April 26, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

Quay Morgan is a self-proclaimed science and data nerd who wound up in WordPress quite by accident. He's the product lead for Ninja Forms.

Business Member Spotlight: WP Webhooks

Michelle Frechette

April 26, 2022

BusinessMember Spotlights

WP Webhooks is this week's Business Member Spotlight in our new series highlighting business members. To say I'm impressed with WP Webhooks (and Jannis Thuemmig) is, quite honestly, a huge understatement. WP Webhooks is a game changer: fully automated and codeless…