DAVID’S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹…
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DAVID'S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹 Here is my video pick of the week: Zee Hazan starts
POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How…
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POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…
The WordPress Community Team has new…
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The WordPress Community Team has new handbook pages that give guidance to meetup organizers who want to host in-person meetups in 2021. In the announcement about this update, Angela Jin writes: "As more people get vaccinated and regions are able…
Justin Ferriman asks the question (and…
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Justin Ferriman asks the question (and answers with his opinion) — should you use "WP" in your business brand? "There is no hard-set rule. It comes down to your primary industry and customer — which requires that you do ample…
Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the…
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Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the Managing Director of Raidboxes, a fast-growing WordPress hosting company. Based in Germany, they are doubling every year and adding nearly 1,000 customers per month. 💻
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021…
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Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021 is still taking place — this is the final weekend, February 13-14. There is a WordPress "Mega Meetup" coming up on February 18th at 6:30 pm (ET). It will be focused on static sites,…
This is a security nightmare: a…
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This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including…
🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing…
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🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing on long-term goals is so difficult: "Running a business often means dividing your focus... The irony is that long-term goals are what ensures that your design business will still be around years from now.…
🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations…
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🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations in Post Status' Slack, Matt Mullenweg responded to a question involving acquisitions: "Automattic is also an active buyer and investor — happy to bring the entire team on if the best path is acquisition,…
🏗️ Steve Benjamins from SiteBuilderReport shares…
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🏗️ Steve Benjamins from SiteBuilderReport shares some trends and market share data from 2020 for web builders. Market Share: Wix and Squarespace continue to be the market leaders, although their share of the market fell to 53% from 56% in…
Isobel Weston revisits the accomplishments of…
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Isobel Weston revisits the accomplishments of EasyWP, Namecheap's managed WordPress hosting service that launched in 2017. It's great to see how they're giving back to the community. EasyWP is active as a sponsor of WordCamps all over the world. 🏕️
Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement…
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Leonardo Losoviz describes how to implement a GraphQL server with components in PHP. He starts by defining components, and then he describes "the architectural design of the GraphQL server in PHP GraphQL by PoP, which uses components as a data…
Upcoming Events 📆 There is a…
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Upcoming Events 📆 There is a free webinar today (January 29th) on the subject of WordPress's Full Site Editor and themes. It will be hosted by Carolina Nymark, Ari Stathopoulos, Anne McCarthy, and Birgit Pauli-Haack. WordCamp India 2021 will take…
The WP Buffs has made its…
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The WP Buffs has made its first acquisition: WP EZI. 👏 Allie Nimmons explains how this came about and what's next: "...WP Buffs purchased WP EZI for 5-figures. This included 65 active subscriptions and 343 total customers... WP Buffs won’t…
A good, free theme is hard…
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A good, free theme is hard to find Post Status' Slack space sprouted some conversations this past week worth noting in our #club channel. One, in particular, started about the WordPress.org recommended hosting page and led into this observation about…
Hitting 6 Figures in eCommerce Sales…
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Hitting 6 Figures in eCommerce Sales in 9 Months In a Pandemic It can be done — it has been done — by Ana Nunez, founder of TheVidaBars.com. Come listen in as Cory talks to his business partner Ana about…
