WordPress News

Atlas SShRugged 🤷‍♂️ Right before the…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Atlas SShRugged 🤷‍♂️ Right before the DE(CODE) 2021 conference, WP Engine founder and CTO Jason Cohen announced WP Engine's new Headless WordPress service, which is called Atlas. A new developer relations team "with focus on headless WordPress" — Matt Landers,…

A rising tide lifts all hosts…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Hosting

A rising tide lifts all hosts 🛥️ More WordPress news on the hosting and eCommerce front: GoDaddy has launched new WooCommerce extensions, which according to the press release are from GoDaddy's recent acquisition of SkyVerge. These extensions "increase the value…

Brad Dickason argues speed and responsiveness…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Design

Brad Dickason argues speed and responsiveness are the ultimate "killer features" that ultimately made the iPhone a success at launch. Speed in checkouts, in virtual reality, and design tools are examples Brad uses. With any product, we should keep in…

🎨 Lukas Oppermann writes about the…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Design

🎨 Lukas Oppermann writes about the more and less well-known benefits of design systems: "Knowing the benefits can be useful when you try to convince your management that a design system is not a waste of money. Or when you…

Andrea Middleton shares what she feels…

Dan Knauss

March 1, 2021

Business

Andrea Middleton shares what she feels are some missed business opportunities in the WordPress space. Because WordPress is open source, any solution or features a third-party developer sells can be added to WordPress Core. That means it's important for third-party…

WordPress 5.7 — What you need…

Dan Knauss

February 25, 2021

Hosting

WordPress 5.7 — What you need to know A lot of information aimed at developers was shared this week about the upcoming release of WordPress 5.7, which is scheduled to be released on March 9, 2021. 📅 The most important…

How Am I Bluehost to Live…

Dan Knauss

February 25, 2021

Hosting

How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…

DAVID’S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹…

Dan Knauss

February 25, 2021

Hosting

DAVID'S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹 Here is my video pick of the week: Zee Hazan starts

POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How…

Dan Knauss

February 25, 2021

Hosting

POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…

The WordPress Community Team has new…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

HostingWordPress Community

The WordPress Community Team has new handbook pages that give guidance to meetup organizers who want to host in-person meetups in 2021. In the announcement about this update, Angela Jin writes: "As more people get vaccinated and regions are able…

Justin Ferriman asks the question (and…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Business

Justin Ferriman asks the question (and answers with his opinion) — should you use "WP" in your business brand? "There is no hard-set rule. It comes down to your primary industry and customer — which requires that you do ample…

Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Hosting

Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the Managing Director of Raidboxes, a fast-growing WordPress hosting company. Based in Germany, they are doubling every year and adding nearly 1,000 customers per month. 💻

Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

Hosting

Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021 is still taking place — this is the final weekend, February 13-14. There is a WordPress "Mega Meetup" coming up on February 18th at 6:30 pm (ET). It will be focused on static sites,…

This is a security nightmare: a…

Dan Knauss

February 12, 2021

DesignSecurity

This is a security nightmare: a researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems (including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, and more) in a software supply chain attack. 😱 The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including…

🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2021

BusinessDesign

🎯 Eric Karkovack explains why focusing on long-term goals is so difficult: "Running a business often means dividing your focus... The irony is that long-term goals are what ensures that your design business will still be around years from now.…

🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2021

Business

🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations in Post Status' Slack, Matt Mullenweg responded to a question involving acquisitions: "Automattic is also an active buyer and investor — happy to bring the entire team on if the best path is acquisition,…