Will Automattic compete with WordPress freelancers?
David Bisset
A new service from Automattic will build sites on WordPress.com for customers starting at $4,900. How will this impact WordPress freelancers?
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David Bisset
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkeyā¦
Joe Buffs posted a year in…
Dan Knauss
Joe Buffs posted a year in review for WP Buffs covering "biggest screw-ups of the past year" as well as the "biggest successes." The company had total revenue of $1,031,928, up almost 300% from around $376,000 in 2018. It's greatā¦
Sally Strebel, co-founder of Pagely, opens…
Dan Knauss
Sally Strebel, co-founder of Pagely, opens up space via HeroPress for a lot of insight and reflection based on her experiences with sexism in the corporate world ā even at WordCamps: "I had to make the conscious choice to decideā¦
The State of the Word in…
Dan Knauss
The State of the Word in 2020 On Thursday, December 17th, Matt Mullenweg
Suzanne Scacca shares some thoughts on…
Dan Knauss
Suzanne Scacca shares some thoughts on how to design a simple UI when you have a complex solution: if the backend is very complex, it may "infect" the frontend. If it's "too complicated to navigate or too convoluted to understand,ā¦
The next iteration of WordPress components/Gutenbergās…
Dan Knauss
The next iteration of WordPress components/Gutenbergās design is currently being explored under the codename āG2 Components.ā There is a roadmap here and an open issue about how to best approach integrating this into Gutenberg. This is certainly the cutting edgeā¦
Anything involving the open-source business model…
Dan Knauss
Anything involving the open-source business model makes interesting reading ā and this piece from Joe Morrison (Aazavea) about the end of Mapbox GL JS as open source didn't disappoint. ā°ļø Joe claims open core is dead: "I still believe openā¦
š· How can the WordPress community…
Dan Knauss
š· How can the WordPress community return to hosting safe, in-person events? A discussion is underway, thanks to Angela Jin starting it. š¬
This article by David Gilbert of…
Dan Knauss
This article by David Gilbert of Random Wire on Japanese web design has gone around for a while and is worth a read if, like me, you haven't seen it yet. š¾ David asks why Japanese websites are so "different"ā¦
WP Mayor has gotten a new…
Dan Knauss
WP Mayor has gotten a new look with a new logo! š§š© Gabriella Galea goes into the thought process behind some of the design decisions and takes a look at the main plugins used on the new site.
Upcoming Events There is a call…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events There is a call for speakers for WordFest Live 2021 which happens online on January 22, 2021. The deadline for speaker submissions is November 18 at midnight UTC. Selected speakers will be notified by December 2. š
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Gatsby recently chose headless WordPress for…
Dan Knauss
Gatsby recently chose headless WordPress for its blog. Senior Product Marketing Manager Hashim Warren explains why: "WordPress enables us to have unlimited users (without paying a subscription per seat). WordPress also comes with powerful role-based permissions and has free pluginsā¦
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The 2020 Web Almanacās Markup chapter…
Dan Knauss
The 2020 Web Almanacās Markup chapter is available now with some interesting statistics based on the analysis of over 7 million web pages. Find out what HTML elements and markup are being used the most, and which aren't. š Youā¦
WordPress 5.6 Beta 2 is available…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.6 Beta 2 is available for testing. WordPress 5.6 is still slated for release on December 8. š
In the meantime, you will want to upgrade to WordPress 5.5.2, which was released on Thursday. It features 14 bug fixesā¦
