Post Status Excerpt (No. 20) — Yoast Acquired, Businesses Need to Allow More Play
David Bisset
Can play help us work smarter? Should companies set aside time to explore, goof off, or entertain each other with no particular outcome in mind?
Post Status Excerpt (No. 19) — How Can New Developers Get Started In WordPress?
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about how new developers might be able to get a footing with a career in WordPress. (The first step might be more social than technical in nature.)
Post Status Excerpt (No. 18) — Is Active Plugin Install Growth Declining?
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss a blog post David published at Post Status showing the growth of active installs of WordPress plugins declining in 2021.
Webinar: Interview with Brian Casel of ZipMessage
Karen Johnson
Brian Casel's startup, ZipMessage, is a platform for asynchronous video conversations where anyone (like your clients and colleagues) can respond with a video of their own.
Footnotes #456
Dan Knauss
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya…
Dan Knauss
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya Kaminsky has been brought on board with Automattic to work on Tumblr as Director of Engineering, Ads. Automattic credits a new partnership with Hunt Club for the hire, no doubt one of several sources…
Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…
Dan Knauss
Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my podcast picks: Open Sourcery: Jonathan Bossenger had a discussion with Mika Epstein about the horrific experience she had when a member of the open-source community harassed her. This leads to a good talk about…
🌟 Featured Partner: Bluehost Everything your…
Dan Knauss
🌟 Featured Partner: Bluehost Everything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you’re looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored…
BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a…
Dan Knauss
BuddyPress 9.0 “Mico” was released a day before WordPress 5.8 with 10 new blocks. It was a short time frame development cycle, so kudos to the team for pulling it off. 🙌 I’m excited to see the block editor used…
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous…
Dan Knauss
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…
📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing:…
Dan Knauss
📆 Upcoming Events Gutenberg Full-Site Editing: Unlocking Agility for Enterprise WordPress: WordPress VIP is holding a webinar on Full Site Editing on July 29th (10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 5 PM UTC) led by Tess Needham, David…
🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status…
Dan Knauss
🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status Job Board 💼 There are currently 22 Active Job Listings on the Board. We don't have space for them all here, so be sure to check online too. ☀️ Employers: Get your job opening…
LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition…
Dan Knauss
LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition of the following plugins from Lever Technology: PDF Embedder, Google Apps Login, Google Drive Embedder, Google Apps Directory, Google Profile Avatars, and All-In-One Intranet. 🔌 LionSher has flown under the radar for a while…
Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress…
Dan Knauss
Timi Wahalahti believes that the WordPress community does not talk about the climate emergency enough, which we completely agree with. Timi lists some suggestions “to start the conversation.” 🚨 Even if you don’t completely agree with these ideas, it’s worth…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 17) — Acquisition Tracker, WordPress 5.8 and #ClickPublish
David Bisset
As Post Status tracks acquisitions, we're seeing WordPress history from a business perspective. Cory and David discuss its significance and the 5.8 release.
Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?
David Bisset
Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.
