Post Status Excerpt (No. 16) — Syed Balkhi on Acquiring SearchWP
David Bisset
Syed Balkhi talks with David about his acquisition of SearchWP, his vision for the plugin, and he calls for developers to stay mission-focused.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP
David Bisset
Jon Christopher recently sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive. Learn what motivated Jon to make the sale, and get his view of search in WordPress core.
Post Status Draft (No. 115) — Craig Hewitt on Castos’ Latest Funding and Expansion of Private Podcasting
David Bisset
Post Status publisher Cory Miller sat down with Castos CEO Craig Hewitt to talk about their pre-seed funding and expansion into the private podcasting market.
🌟 Featured Partner: Gravity Forms Gravity…
Dan Knauss
🌟 Featured Partner: Gravity Forms Gravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop…
Tony Perez’s approach to WordPress security…
Dan Knauss
Tony Perez's approach to WordPress security is not about complex configurations but three key tenets. These include 1) limiting access to the server stack to known and trusted sources, 2) limiting file access and knowing what is modified and introduced,…
The WPScan team interviews Vlad (also…
Dan Knauss
The WPScan team interviews Vlad (also known as m0ze) who is a long-time contributor to the WPScan vulnerability database. Vlad shares thoughts on the state of WordPress security today: “By itself, the WordPress engine is quite safe… but WordPress CMS…
Jill Bender has announced that the…
Dan Knauss
Jill Bender has announced that the Diverse Speaker Training group in the WordPress Community team is expanding to three programs for the next 12 months. Now there will be continuing Diverse Speakers Workshops, a new Speaker Placement program, and a…
WP Engine, which took ownership of Local…
Dan Knauss
WP Engine, which took ownership of Local upon the acquisition of Flywheel in June 2019, has discontinued its own local development tool, DevKit, and incorporated its features into Local. Additionally, all of Local’s tools and features are free now —…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 14) — Starting Your “Next Chapter” Project
David Bisset
Cory and David talk about building a "career raft" or "next chapter" project and congratulate Ninja Forms on their 10-year anniversary.
Lauren Sternecky explains in some detail…
Dan Knauss
Lauren Sternecky explains in some detail how The Events Calendar team tackled recurring events and why they needed to overhaul their system. She shares this because many companies often find themselves in a similar scenario — trying to fix “a…
Will Morris discusses HTTP headers —…
Dan Knauss
Will Morris discusses HTTP headers — what they are and how to add five security headers to a site.
This week WP Engine announced the…
Dan Knauss
This week WP Engine announced the launch of Premier, their enterprise WordPress platform. Premier offers security features and other items that belong in enterprise-level hosting: staging sites, developer environments, and automatic plugin updates. They also include custom blocks for WordPress.…
Cami Kaos covers some common questions…
Dan Knauss
Cami Kaos covers some common questions involving the Code of Conduct that is associated with the WordPress Community Team — in particular, what happens if someone "does something wrong" — and if the problem is not resolved? 🤔 Cami says…
FlipWP: A marketplace for acquisitions Alex…
Dan Knauss
FlipWP: A marketplace for acquisitions Alex Denning and Iain Poulson have officially launched FlipWP, which is being labeled as a “new private acquisition marketplace for WordPress.” 💸 Iain, fresh from his sale of Plugin Rank to Awesome Motive, notes in…
Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has…
Dan Knauss
Automattic acquires Day One Automattic has acquired Day One, a free journaling app that has won multiple Apple design awards and is available for most major devices, systems, and browsers. According to Paul Mayne, founder and CEO, work on the…
If you want a sneak peek…
Dan Knauss
If you want a sneak peek into the design overhaul of the WordPress.org blog, check out the public Figma design board. Looking good! 🎨
