Post Status Excerpt (No. 9) — Recommended Reading for WordPress Professionals and How We Update
David Bisset
Cory and David discuss three books WordPress professionals should read as well as the way they make updates to WordPress.
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine,…
Dan Knauss
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine, announced on Twitter that "virtual will be the default day-to-day experience across the company." Physical spaces will be upgraded "to accommodate social distancing and to make them WOW spaces that encourage collaboration, innovation, and…
James Koster notes the existence of…
Dan Knauss
James Koster notes the existence of the WordPress Design Library (an archive of WordPress design assets) and talks specifically about some key features and fundamentals of the Figma tool.🎨 This is useful if you want to prototype or design elements…
CC0 Public Domain Image Search Coming to WordPress
David Bisset
Matt Mullenweg announced this week that CC Search, a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) image search engine, is joining the WordPress project.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 8) — Gravity Forms 2.5, CC Coming to WP
David Bisset
One of the oldest commercial WordPress Plugins gets a facelift. In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about the recent 2.5 update to Gravity Forms. Cory reflects on the early days of the WordPress…
Technical debt is something every developer…
Dan Knauss
Technical debt is something every developer comes to experience in some form. Luca Rossi has a thoughtful piece on defining technical debt and agrees with its definition as "a disagreement between business needs and how the software has been written."…
Danielle Joseph on Client Relations
Dan Knauss
In this episode of Post Status Draft, Danielle Joseph talks about her work with clients as a designer and how that has shaped her agency and Willowspace.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 7) — Frustrations With Admin Notices
David Bisset
In Post Status Excerpt #7, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about Cory's recent negative experiences with admin notices in the dashboard.
Beth Livingston on WordPress Project Management
Dan Knauss
Beth Livingston of WP Roadmaps talks about project management for WordPress professionals from designers and developers to agencies.
Tom Hirst makes a business case…
Dan Knauss
Tom Hirst makes a business case for headless WordPress. 💼 Tom rightly notes that a business "has to be comfortable at the bleeding edge of web technology," but if you're not ready today, good news — "if you start with…
If you or your clients use…
Dan Knauss
If you or your clients use Kaswara Modern WPBakery Page Builder (10k+ installations), then you might want to uninstall it when you can. Wordfence is reporting a critical zero-day vulnerability. And if you use Elementor, make sure it's updated. A vulnerability…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 6) — Scope Creep, Full Site Editing
David Bisset
This week David and Cory talk about an upcoming Post Status webinar on scope creep with Natasha Golinsky, and Full-Site Editing in WordPress.
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp CentroamĂ©rica is…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is happening now for the first time between April 15-17. 🌎 WordCamp Greece is happening online today, April 16. 🇬🇷 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by…
Getting Paid for Discovery with Natasha Golinsky
Karen Johnson
Natasha Golinsky is Principal and Lead Project Manager for On Purpose Projects. Learn how she kills scope creep and gets paid for discovery.
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design…
Dan Knauss
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️ Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5,…
Topher DeRosia debunked some common myths…
Dan Knauss
Topher DeRosia debunked some common myths about eCommerce with Brian Krogsgard for Commerce Journey. 💥 If you know someone starting out with an online business who isn't sure how their traditional business experience translates — or if they have none…
