WordPress News

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my podcast picks: Open Sourcery: Jonathan Bossenger had a discussion with Mika Epstein about the horrific experience she had when a member of the open-source community harassed her. This leads to a good talk about…

🌟 Featured Partner: Bluehost Everything your…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Design

🌟 Featured Partner: Bluehost Everything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you’re looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored…

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Design

BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a day before WordPress 5.8 with 10 new blocks. It was a short time frame development cycle, so kudos to the team for pulling it off. 🙌 I’m excited to see the block editor used…

Issue #456 “One of the marvelous…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Business

Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…

📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing:…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Business

📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing: Unlocking Agility for Enterprise WordPress: WordPress VIP is holding a webinar on Full Site Editing on July 29th (10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC) led by Tess Needham, David…

🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status Job Board 💼 There are currently 22 Active Job Listings on the Board. We don't have space for them all here, so be sure to check online too. ☀️ Employers: Get your job opening…

LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition of the following plugins from Lever Technology: PDF Embedder, Google Apps Login, Google Drive Embedder, Google Apps Directory, Google Profile Avatars, and All-In-One Intranet. 🔌 LionSher has flown under the radar for a while…

Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress community does not talk about the climate emergency enough, which we completely agree with. Timi lists some suggestions “to start the conversation.” 🚨 Even if you don’t completely agree with these ideas, it’s worth…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 17) — Acquisition Tracker, WordPress 5.8 and #ClickPublish

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

As Post Status tracks acquisitions, we're seeing WordPress history from a business perspective. Cory and David discuss its significance and the 5.8 release.

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.

How to Read Like a Vampire and Improve Your Skills as a WordPress Professional

Cory Miller

July 21, 2021

BusinessDesign

How to read a lot without giving up your personal time — and three books worth reading on business and life.

Yash Rana lays a finger on…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Yash Rana lays a finger on common mistakes and mixed messages that many product makers are unknowingly making on their pricing pages. The list includes: not creating urgency (or overdoing it), not reducing exit points, keeping design and copy simple,…

Wordfence has a created a whitepaper…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

Security

Wordfence has a created a whitepaper aimed at developers and security researchers to share how coding flaws can introduce some of the most common and significant WordPress vulnerabilities — and how to prevent them. 🔒