WordPress News

Kevin Ohashi shared the results of…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Kevin Ohashi shared the results of his latest (2021) WordPress Hosting Benchmarks — and he has hauch a new website dedicated to his annual reports. WooCommerce hosts get their own section and separate benchmarks. Plans from different hosting companies are…

Tom Parandyk has a short summary…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

Tom Parandyk has a short summary of ten years of design engineering research with eight "first principles of software design." 🎱

Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

Newly released Gutenberg 10.7 includes the first iteration of responsive menus in the navigation block and new design tools to support the existing ones in blocks. Now you can insert block patterns from the WordPress.org Pattern Directory too. ✨

The Designer Experience (DesignEx) team at…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Design

The Designer Experience (DesignEx) team at Automattic is focused on hiring designers, onboarding new designers, and fostering the growth and development of the design team. Monika Burman wrote a great piece about their culture and community-building programs, which aren't often…

Are you ready for “WordPress: The College Years?”

David Bisset

May 27, 2021

PlanetSecurity

As WordPress turns 18, here are some of the lesser known historical milestones that have stuck with me.

The SavvyCal Story with Founder Derrick Reimer

Karen Johnson

May 25, 2021

BusinessPost Status Live

Cory Miller hosts Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal to discuss how Derrick got started and what it's been like taking on Calendly.

Making Online Summits Work with Nathan Wrigley and Anchen le Roux

Karen Johnson

May 24, 2021

BusinessDesign

Watch Cory Miller in a conversation with Nathan Wrigley and Anchen le Roux about effective online event hosting from planning to execution.

What we can learn from the ProfilePress debacle

David Bisset

May 21, 2021

BusinessPlanet

When a plugin is acquired and monetized, what's the best way to avoid the problems ProfilePress ran into this week?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 11) — A New Era for Post Status

David Bisset

May 21, 2021

DesignPlanet

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the future of Post Status and Cory's full acquisition of it.

Our Future Together at Post Status

Cory Miller

May 21, 2021

BusinessPlanet

When Brian broached the subject of stepping aside from his ownership in Post Status about a month ago, a couple of thoughts instantly came to mind...

A New Era for Post Status

Brian Krogsgard

May 21, 2021

BusinessPlanet

I have sold my share of Post Status to Cory Miller as I step aside to explore new opportunities running a product business outside of the WordPress space.

Javier Casares makes the case for…

Dan Knauss

May 19, 2021

Hosting

Javier Casares makes the case for why hosting companies should install the PHP-intl extension. Instead of hacks, "we gain the possibility to use a lot of functions that can make our life easier" and "improve the way we develop to…

Very happy to see the release…

Dan Knauss

May 19, 2021

Security

Very happy to see the release WP-CLI v2.5.0 knowing it was quite the effort. Kudos to the team. This version includes security patches, PHP 8 support, improved MySQL/MariaDB support, new commands for managing automatic updates and creating MO files, and…

Devin Walker and Matt Cromwell on GiveWP’s Acquisition by Liquid Web

Dan Knauss

May 14, 2021

BusinessDraft

Brian Krogsgard talks with GiveWP's (former) CEO and COO, co-founders Devin Walker and Matt Cromwell following their acquisition.

Robert Jacobi has joined Cloudways as…

Dan Knauss

May 14, 2021

Business

Robert Jacobi has joined Cloudways as Director of WordPress. We've included a lot of his insights from his blog and Post Status Slack over the past few months. Robert will be leading the WordPress business unit with "strategic partnerships, building…

WordPress 5.7.2 is available. It’s a…

Dan Knauss

May 14, 2021

Security

WordPress 5.7.2 is available. It's a security release (Ram Gall talks about specifics on the WordFence blog), so make sure to update if you don't have automatic updates active on your sites. 🔒