WordPress News

Cami Kaos covers some common questions…

Dan Knauss

June 25, 2021

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

June 18, 2021

Hosting

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

June 18, 2021

Design

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

June 18, 2021

Design

If you want a sneak peek into the design overhaul of the WordPress.org blog, check out the public Figma design board. Looking good! 🎨

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

BusinessDesign

DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here are my video picks for the week: WordCamp Europe 2021: The video feeds from all three days of WCEUE are available on YouTube, with individual videos to be published in the coming weeks on…

HeroThemes has released Heroic Inbox which…

Dan Knauss

June 18, 2021

Business

HeroThemes has released Heroic Inbox which “manages multiple business emails from different sources and from one powerful, shared mailbox inside WordPress.” 📨

Post Status Excerpt (No. 13) — WordPress Economy Study, Trying Gutenberg Again

David Bisset

June 17, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

More acquisitions! Is the WordPress market worth $500-600 BILLION? Cory and David discuss these topics and Gutenberg's barriers to winning back users.

Post Status Draft (No. 114) — Brad Touesnard on the Acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields

Cory Miller

June 9, 2021

DraftHosting

Cory Miller talks with Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains about the company acquiring the Advanced Custom Fields plugin from Elliot Condon.

Jilt has announced they have stopped…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

Jilt has announced they have stopped taking new accounts, and they will be shutting down on April 30, 2022. Existing customers will be able to use Jilt's service and support until that time. 🛒 I spoke with Beka Rice and…

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter Story. Their conversation focused on how Paid Memberships Pro averaged $100k per month in revenue and is on track to grow an additional 25-50% this year. Over 100,000 sites run Paid Memberships Pro, but…

DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Video Picks 📹…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Video Picks 📹 Here is my video pick of the week: WordCamp Europe 2021 Gutenberg Demo: A

Jetpack receives a forced update

David Bisset

June 4, 2021

Make WordPressPlanet

A little force push can come in handy sometimes. But with great power comes great responsibility. How should forced updates in WordPress be used?

Delicious Brains acquires Advanced Custom Fields

David Bisset

June 4, 2021

BusinessHosting

Delicious Brains has acquired Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), and Liquid Web inked a deal to acquire Iconic.

An excellent business-related discussion in Post…

Dan Knauss

June 4, 2021

BusinessHosting

An excellent business-related discussion in Post Status Slack: Patrick Garman (CEO of Mindsize) asks in our #business Slack channel, "How much cash do you keep on hand in the business?" 💵 The consensus was three months, although Cory Miller always…