Liquid Web’s Latest Acquisition: GiveWP
David Bisset
Liquid Web's acquisition of GiveWP came as a surprise to many people in the WordPress community. WP Business Reviews is part of the deal too.
Missing the Bus: When the “Bus Factor” Threatens Open Source Projects
David Bisset
Accidents and unforseen setbacks happen — to open source projects and their maintainers. The "Bus Factor" has been felt a lot lately.
The Age of Widgets
Dan Knauss
Widgets became a part of the WordPress lexicon when they entered core in 2005. Full Site Editing will eventually replace them with blocks.
WP-CLI 2.5 Release Pending
David Bisset
The long-awaited 2.5.0 release of WP-CLI is happening Wednesday, May 19th, 2021. Several obstacles converged to slow its progress in 2020.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 10) — GiveWP + LiquidWeb, Acquisitions Good For WordPress?
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the news aboutLiquidWeb acquiring GiveWP.
The Kolbe Index A and How It Can Help Your Team Thrive — with Kathy Kolbe
Karen Johnson
Kathy Kolbe has been called Abraham Maslow's successor because of her work on the mind and creative problem solving. Learn the science of team synergy in this important Post Status conversation.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 9) — Recommended Reading for WordPress Professionals and How We Update
David Bisset
Cory and David discuss three books WordPress professionals should read as well as the way they make updates to WordPress.
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine,…
Dan Knauss
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine, announced on Twitter that "virtual will be the default day-to-day experience across the company." Physical spaces will be upgraded "to accommodate social distancing and to make them WOW spaces that encourage collaboration, innovation, and…
James Koster notes the existence of…
Dan Knauss
James Koster notes the existence of the WordPress Design Library (an archive of WordPress design assets) and talks specifically about some key features and fundamentals of the Figma tool.🎨 This is useful if you want to prototype or design elements…
CC0 Public Domain Image Search Coming to WordPress
David Bisset
Matt Mullenweg announced this week that CC Search, a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) image search engine, is joining the WordPress project.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 8) — Gravity Forms 2.5, CC Coming to WP
David Bisset
One of the oldest commercial WordPress Plugins gets a facelift. In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about the recent 2.5 update to Gravity Forms. Cory reflects on the early days of the WordPress…
Technical debt is something every developer…
Dan Knauss
Technical debt is something every developer comes to experience in some form. Luca Rossi has a thoughtful piece on defining technical debt and agrees with its definition as "a disagreement between business needs and how the software has been written."…
Danielle Joseph on Client Relations
Dan Knauss
In this episode of Post Status Draft, Danielle Joseph talks about her work with clients as a designer and how that has shaped her agency and Willowspace.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 7) — Frustrations With Admin Notices
David Bisset
In Post Status Excerpt #7, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about Cory's recent negative experiences with admin notices in the dashboard.
Beth Livingston on WordPress Project Management
Dan Knauss
Beth Livingston of WP Roadmaps talks about project management for WordPress professionals from designers and developers to agencies.
Tom Hirst makes a business case…
Dan Knauss
Tom Hirst makes a business case for headless WordPress. 💼 Tom rightly notes that a business "has to be comfortable at the bleeding edge of web technology," but if you're not ready today, good news — "if you start with…
