WordPress News

Brandon Ernst at Freemius looks at…

Dan Knauss

April 27, 2020

Brandon Ernst at Freemius looks at trends and data to get an idea of how the Coronavirus might be affecting WordPress plugin and theme shops. Brandon notes "there was a 19.84% growth in plugin downloads on the WordPress.org repository from…

We’re wishing Tony Perez all the…

Dan Knauss

April 17, 2020

Security

We're wishing Tony Perez all the best as he leaves GoDaddy and explores full-time work on his projects CleanBrowsing (a DNS-based content filtering service) and ColdPath (a security consulting company). 🛅

Gus Luxton talks about some easy…

Dan Knauss

April 10, 2020

Security

Gus Luxton talks about some easy ways you can improve the security of your SSH model without needing to deploy a new application or make any huge changes to user experience. 🔒

Free event: Learn from top consultants during Post Status Live: Client Work

Cory Miller

April 6, 2020

PlanetWordPress News

On April 10th, learn from top experts on client work in the WordPress ecosystem, during Post Status Live -- a free event perfect for all consultants.

Convesio, a new WordPress hosting company,…

Dan Knauss

March 27, 2020

Hosting

Convesio, a new WordPress hosting company, explains how they raised over $1M from 850 investors using Wefunder for their campaign. They also discuss the challenges ahead, and how they are planning for 2020. 🗺️

Rahul Bansal and Joel Abreo of…

Dan Knauss

March 27, 2020

Business

Rahul Bansal and Joel Abreo of rtCamp share lessons from their fully-office to fully-remote transition. 👨‍💻 "The bedrock of remote work is mutual trust.... along with async communication." If you are a business owner or agency going through a similar…

Big news! Github has acquired npm,…

Dan Knauss

March 27, 2020

Security

Big news! Github has acquired npm, Inc. the company behind the Node package manager registry. 📦 Github claims npm will "always be available and free." They will integrate GitHub and npm to "improve the security of the open-source software supply…

Earlier this week Cory Miller sat…

Dan Knauss

March 23, 2020

Hosting

Earlier this week Cory Miller sat down with Dr. Sherry Walling to discuss her tips and advice for managing fear, anxiety and uncertainty. Some highlights: Get some big deep breaths — Four slow seconds in, four slow seconds out. 😤…

Many companies and individuals — both…

Dan Knauss

March 23, 2020

BusinessHosting

Many companies and individuals — both inside and outside the WordPress space — recently offered reduced or free versions of their products. 🎁 Igor Benić made his WordPress developer course for free using this link for a limited time. The…

Taking care of your mental health in uncertain times, with Dr. Sherry Walling

Brian Krogsgard

March 18, 2020

BusinessDraft

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory Miller does a live Q&A webinar with Dr. Sherry Walling on mental health in uncertain times.

Dealing with Fear, Worry, Uncertainty

Cory Miller

March 18, 2020

HostingWordPress News

I'm hosting a live conversation and anonymous Q&A with Dr. Sherry Walling of ZenFounder Wednesday, March 18 at 2 p.m. Central to talk about managing our mental health in this time of uncertainty. Signup here and share broadly If…

The rubber band recession

Brian Krogsgard

March 13, 2020

Business

I am not a professional analyst of the economy. But even for the professionals, there are significant uncertainties. I don’t mean to strike fear with this post. I mean to encourage preparedness — or at least as much as we…

The Power of Small Peer Groups

Cory Miller

March 12, 2020

Design

In the latest episode of Post Status Draft, I talk with Ken Wallace of Mastermind Jam about... Masterminds! We cover what they are, how they work, and the benefits they have for entrepreneurs and other professionals. Check it out! Here…

📚 This Friday at 12pm CST,…

Dan Knauss

March 10, 2020

Hosting

📚 This Friday at 12pm CST, Cory is hosting the first Post Status Book Nook discussion. Sign up on Zoom and join our #BookNook Slack channel if you haven't yet.