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If you’re using the popular File…

Dan Knauss

September 2, 2020

If you're using the popular File Manager plugin (700k+ installations), be sure it's upgraded to the latest version. A recently discovered vulnerability allows "unauthenticated users to execute commands and upload malicious files on a target site." 🎯 A patch was…

iThemes has acquired Restrict Content Pro from Sandhills Development

Brian Krogsgard

September 1, 2020

BusinessDraft

In this exclusive interview, Pippin Williamson and Matt Danner discuss the acquisition of Restrict Content Pro by iThemes.

If you are a designer, front-end…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Design

If you are a designer, front-end developer, or just someone looking for some design ideas, ColorDoo is a tool site that shows “trending” color collections and gradients. 🎨

📅 Conference and Event Updates WordSesh…

Dan Knauss

August 28, 2020

Business

📅 Conference and Event Updates WordSesh is back and happening on September 2nd. Registration is free! Take a close look at the schedule — it might start very early if you live in North America. This time around there will…

Joe Howard explains at Torque how…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Security

Joe Howard explains at Torque how to begin developing headless WordPress sites. The main advantages are flexibility and control, easier multi-channel content publishing, and better security and speed. 👤🪓 Joe names three tools to help you get started: GraphQL API,…

Jonathan Bossenger posted a recent update…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Design

Jonathan Bossenger posted a recent update about the WP Notify project. It looks like things are off to a good start: the GitHub repository has been created. Code and design decisions are being made. 👍

In a recent interview, Ben Gillbanks,…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Business

In a recent interview, Ben Gillbanks, a long-time WordPress developer, shares his thoughts on how to stay relevant in a "quickly shifting WordPress landscape." Ben says (1) avoid selling themes because it's a "really hard business to get into, and…

PHP 8 is in feature freeze,…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Security

PHP 8 is in feature freeze, and Beta 1 has been released. There are also new security releases for stable PHP versions 7.2.33, 7.3.21 and 7.4.9. 🔒

Creating healthy virtual work environments

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2020

DraftPlanet

In this episode of the Draft podcast, Cory and Brian discuss creating and operating in healthy virtual environments: For work, conference, and personal use -- all in a world that prevents the familiar physical experiences.

WCUS 2020 Cancelled

David Bisset

July 31, 2020

HostingWordPress Community

WordCamp US 2020 Online has been officially cancelled. In addition to this announcement, the lead trio of WCUS organizers — Angela Jin, Kim Lipari, and Kathy Drewien — answered some of the questions many people will have about their decision.

Matt Medeiros has moved to Castos,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

Hosting

Matt Medeiros has moved to Castos, a company that focuses on podcast hosting — and also has a WordPress plugin. Matt is the new Director of Podcaster Success. 👍

Trouble at Longreads

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2020

BusinessCareers

We don't often talk about employment issues at Post Status. Good and bad stories about WordPress workplaces abound. Why single out this one? It is a very public issue, and it has to do with one of the largest employers in our space — one often cited as a great place to work: Automattic. That's why I believe it merits deeper consideration.

Conference and Event Updates 💼 Big…

Dan Knauss

July 17, 2020

Business

Conference and Event Updates 💼 Big conference news for anyone looking for a WordPress business conference: WPMRR Virtual Summit is happening September 23rd and 24th. It will be a free online event focused on helping "make monthly recurring revenue work…

How a Virtual CFO Can Help…

Dan Knauss

July 10, 2020

Hosting

How a Virtual CFO Can Help Your Business Jeff Meziere of Business Value Academy is hosting a free webinar on the benefits of having a virtual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on your team. It will take place on July 16…

If you dabble in CSS animations…

Dan Knauss

July 3, 2020

Design

If you dabble in CSS animations and CSS scroll effects, Zach Saucier has a great overview of scroll technologies that target specific and more general scroll behaviors. 📜 Also from CSS Tricks, Chris Coyier shares some different perceptions of Developer…

I always enjoy learning from markets…

Dan Knauss

July 3, 2020

Business

I always enjoy learning from markets I'm not familiar with, and balloon artists are certainly one of the most unique I've come across. Ziv Raviv used WordPress and LifterLMS to build a course on balloon art that brought in $11,000.…

If you’re using the popular File…

iThemes has acquired Restrict Content Pro from Sandhills Development

If you are a designer, front-end…

📅 Conference and Event Updates WordSesh…

Joe Howard explains at Torque how…

Jonathan Bossenger posted a recent update…

In a recent interview, Ben Gillbanks,…

PHP 8 is in feature freeze,…

Creating healthy virtual work environments

WCUS 2020 Cancelled

Matt Medeiros has moved to Castos,…

Trouble at Longreads

Conference and Event Updates 💼 Big…

How a Virtual CFO Can Help…

If you dabble in CSS animations…

I always enjoy learning from markets…

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