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The State of California is banning…

Dan Knauss

March 21, 2021

The State of California is banning companies from using "dark patterns." This might be the start of a larger movement to prevent sneaky and just plain bad design or UI decisions — like trying to cancel a subscription online only…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 2) — Headless WordPress & Learning JavaScript

David Bisset

March 19, 2021

DesignPlanet

David and Cory discuss WordPress 5.7, the latest news in WordPress, WPEngine's new headless WordPress service, and learning JavaScript today.

Chris Hardie on WP Lookout, WordPress updates and information flows

Dan Knauss

March 17, 2021

BusinessDesign

Chris Hardie talks with Brian about winding down a consulting business, working at Automattic, running for local office, working in journalism, and launching WP Lookout.

Dumitru Brinzan writes about the “WordPress…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

Hosting

Dumitru Brinzan writes about the “WordPress Web Hosting” page on the WordPress.org website. He has some disagreements with Matt Mullenweg's recent description of the hosting page as "editorially-driven" and at high risk of "bribery or conflict" if it was placed…

Robin Rendle at Sentry.io discusses how…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

Design

Robin Rendle at Sentry.io discusses how enhancements to your software product, like adding a dark mode, can expose "radioactive styles" in your codebase: ☢️ "...the design of your color system shows you where your radioactive styles are... shows you how…

Mario Peshev explains what technical debt…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

Business

Mario Peshev explains what technical debt is, the types of technical debt, and how assessing code quality is critical to preventing or resolving technical debt: 🏋️‍♂️ "Having a product that is poorly built can be unstable, unable to grow over…

Upcoming Events 📆 A Business Value…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

Business

Upcoming Events 📆 A Business Value Crash Course led by Cory Miller and Jeff Meziere on April 7th will help business owners work through some key steps to assess value and plan their next move. There's an impressive amount of…

BuddyPress has a security release that…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

Security

BuddyPress has a security release that addresses 5 security issues that were reported privately to the team. Upgrade to 7.2.1 when you can. 🔒

Harmony Romo shares a general overview…

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

WordPress Community

Harmony Romo shares a general overview of the financial health of the WordPress Foundation and its subsidiary, WordPress Community Support (WPCS), as of the beginning of 2021: "Due to the many cancellations in 2020, the program did lose money. However,…

What makes membership-based communities work?

Dan Knauss

March 16, 2021

BusinessWordPress News

What makes membership work? What makes people do more than consume your product or service but also contribute back to it?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 1) — WordPress 5.7 & Plugin Rank

David Bisset

March 12, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

Get the latest WordPress news with Cory and David in Post Status Excerpt. Topics: WordPress 5.7, the visual editor, and PluginRank.com. 🔌

Some high-profile acquisitions to happen recently,…

Dan Knauss

March 11, 2021

HostingSecurity

Some high-profile acquisitions to happen recently, first in the hosting space: InMotion Hosting announced its acquisition of RamNode.com, a provider of "affordable and high-performance" unmanaged VPS Hosting." Mike Demo comments on the deal: "InMotion now has an EU data center…

Bob Dunn, based on survey results…

Dan Knauss

March 11, 2021

Business

Bob Dunn, based on survey results and feedback from his outstanding podcast guests, tells us how 2020 played out for WooCommerce businesses. Some businesses did better than others, and some store owners saw trends like "people requesting free or discounted…

Alex Denning took a deep dive…

Dan Knauss

March 11, 2021

Business

Alex Denning took a deep dive into the advertising campaigns of some WordPress businesses, inspired in part by recent events involving Elementor and Bluehost. Alex looks at the different ads WordPress businesses are running and considers why they might be…

Angela Jin on WordCamp US 2020 Cancellation and the Future of WordPress Education

David Bisset

March 5, 2021

DraftPlanet

Angela Jin is our guest on the latest episode of Post Status Draft. Join us as we ask what the future holds for the conferences, meetups, and other social gatherings we've enjoyed in the past.

Atlas SShRugged 🤷‍♂️ Right before the…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Hosting

Atlas SShRugged 🤷‍♂️ Right before the DE(CODE) 2021 conference, WP Engine founder and CTO Jason Cohen announced WP Engine's new Headless WordPress service, which is called Atlas. A new developer relations team "with focus on headless WordPress" — Matt Landers,…

The State of California is banning…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 2) — Headless WordPress & Learning JavaScript

Chris Hardie on WP Lookout, WordPress updates and information flows

Dumitru Brinzan writes about the “WordPress…

Robin Rendle at Sentry.io discusses how…

Mario Peshev explains what technical debt…

Upcoming Events 📆 A Business Value…

BuddyPress has a security release that…

Harmony Romo shares a general overview…

What makes membership-based communities work?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 1) — WordPress 5.7 & Plugin Rank

Some high-profile acquisitions to happen recently,…

Bob Dunn, based on survey results…

Alex Denning took a deep dive…

Angela Jin on WordCamp US 2020 Cancellation and the Future of WordPress Education

Atlas SShRugged 🤷‍♂️ Right before the…

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