WordPress News

News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

A critical security update was recently…

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Brian Krogsgard
A critical security update was recently issued for Duplicator that Wordfence reported as affecting over a million WordPress sites. 🔓 Duplicator users should update to version 1.3.28 as soon as possible.

Churn

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Brian Krogsgard
Most businesses deal with churn, even the ones that don't call it that. Businesses with recurring revenue deal with churn most directly. We want to keep the customers we have. We want them to renew over and over again —…

If you use the Demo Importer…

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Dan Knauss
If you use the Demo Importer or a commercial theme from ThemeGrill, you should be aware of a security issue that can potentially let attackers wipe out your sites! There is an update available to address this exploit. 😲 Last…

Video and podcast picks

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Brian Krogsgard
📹 Here's my video pick of the week: There's an interesting discussion at the Gutenberg Times between Enrique Piqueras and Birgit Pauli-Haack about the highlights of a full-site editing experience and how block-based themes could work. Francesca Marano has two…

My mistakes with product-founder fit

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Cory Miller
I received Matt Medeiros' second email for Business 5000 this morning and the topic was Product-Founder Fit, and it inspired me. So thanks, Matt. He talks about "new ideas fever" that we all get. In my own fever, I've made…

Post Status Club Improvements

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Cory Miller
Hey Club members, here are some highlights of what Brian and I are working on for you: The way I view business and improvements is just like software. Sometimes you have smaller releases and sometimes big releases, and always fixing…

Rafal Tomal posted a review of…

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Dan Knauss
Rafal Tomal posted a review of 2019, which he describes as a time of personal rediscovery. Rafal formed a design studio called Authentik (now rebranded as Good People Digital) and left it at the end of the year to go…

What is a blog?

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com got a mention on a recent episode of Jeopardy, and a few people noticed. 📺

WP Fusion Drive

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Brian Krogsgard
I always enjoy annual reflections from business owners in the WordPress space, but this one went above and beyond. Going into this level of detail is a rare and valuable source of insight.

How Am I Self-Hosted to Live…

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Dan Knauss
How Am I Self-Hosted to Live Without You? Barry Pollard examines when and how you should consider hosting your own Google fonts.

Cody Landefeld has put together a…

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Dan Knauss
Cody Landefeld has put together a handy SEO guide for WooCommerce users. Cody advises you to start with the Yoast WooCommerce SEO Plugin, but there are many tips about speed and security too. 🛒
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