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News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

A New Era for Post Status

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Brian Krogsgard
I have sold my share of Post Status to Cory Miller as I step aside to explore new opportunities running a product business outside of the WordPress space.

Javier Casares makes the case for…

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Dan Knauss
Javier Casares makes the case for why hosting companies should install the PHP-intl extension. Instead of hacks, "we gain the possibility to use a lot of functions that can make our life easier" and "improve the way we develop to…

Very happy to see the release…

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Dan Knauss
Very happy to see the release WP-CLI v2.5.0 knowing it was quite the effort. Kudos to the team. This version includes security patches, PHP 8 support, improved MySQL/MariaDB support, new commands for managing automatic updates and creating MO files, and…

Robert Jacobi has joined Cloudways as…

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Dan Knauss
Robert Jacobi has joined Cloudways as Director of WordPress. We've included a lot of his insights from his blog and Post Status Slack over the past few months. Robert will be leading the WordPress business unit with "strategic partnerships, building…

WordPress 5.7.2 is available. It’s a…

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Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.7.2 is available. It's a security release (Ram Gall talks about specifics on the WordFence blog), so make sure to update if you don't have automatic updates active on your sites. 🔒

The Age of Widgets

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Dan Knauss
Widgets became a part of the WordPress lexicon when they entered core in 2005. Full Site Editing will eventually replace them with blocks.

WP-CLI 2.5 Release Pending

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David Bisset
The long-awaited 2.5.0 release of WP-CLI is happening Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. Several obstacles converged to slow its progress in 2020.
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