WordPress News

Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core…

Dan Knauss

June 13, 2019

Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core problems with Medium. Most people think it's the "paywall," but that is an optional feature selected by authors. The real reason why "Medium sucks," says Ryland, comes down to "slimy business tactics" and "terrible…

Introducing the WordPress Deal of the Week: Save more, get better exposure

Brian Krogsgard

June 12, 2019

BusinessPost Status Team Blog

The Deal of the Week is an opportunity for companies to reach the Post Status audience, and for readers to save money.

Pantheon announced it has acquired Staging Pilot. 👩‍✈️…

Dan Knauss

May 31, 2019

Hosting

Pantheon announced it has acquired Staging Pilot. 👩‍✈️ Staging Pilot is a service that helps you set up a server (while installing WordPress if you wish) by installing all the required software automatically, including PHP, database services and the web server itself.…

🎙️ I had a decent amount…

Dan Knauss

May 31, 2019

Design

🎙️ I had a decent amount of time to listen to podcasts this week, including a few that are new to my rotation. Here are the best "new to me" podcasts I've found: WPandUP's #PressForward podcast had an episode with…

Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions

Brian Krogsgard

May 23, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions -- WooCommerce's highest revenue-generating extension -- for an undisclosed sum.

WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled…

Dan Knauss

May 13, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.2 was released as scheduled on Tuesday. Thanks to Site Health, PHP Error Protection, and the minimum PHP version bump (to 5.6.20), this has been one of the best-received updates that I can remember. 🤗 There were over 327…

🎙️ I’ve been out of town…

Dan Knauss

May 13, 2019

Security

🎙️ I've been out of town recently, so I haven't had the chance to listen to many podcasts. There have been a few standouts, however, that I've got queued up to listen to next: If you're looking for a great…

Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

Business

Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at Human Made, is asking for your feedback in a survey that "aims to identify essential skills for a modern digital career, as perceived by the diverse WordPress community." Nevena is planning on presenting the…

An Interview with Reyes Martínez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

BusinessHosting

Reyes Martínez directs Digital Marketing and Communications at Frontity. She gave us some background and answered a few of our questions about the company and the project.

Chris Coyier shares his thoughts on how…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Design

Chris Coyier shares his thoughts on how to improve WordPress comments. Chris has WordPress sites with a cumulative total of a few hundred thousand (generally high quality) comments, so he speaks with some authority on this subject. Many of Chris's suggestions…

Ian Stewart talks about being a…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Design

Ian Stewart talks about being a communication leader by using the elements of art and visual design: Just like I can use these elements to create visual harmony and an effective design or piece of art, I can use these…

Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Business

Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size of major WordPress versions over the past decade and how they've grown over 600%. We've gone from 5.38 MB and 603 files to 38.0 MB and 1,713 files. Dumitru also looks at the sizes…

🎙️ Here are a few podcasts…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Business

🎙️ Here are a few podcasts I've enjoyed recently: Matt Medeiros interviewed Craig Hewitt and Dave Rodenbaugh of RogueStartups. They discussed how business owners operating within the WordPress ecosystem and the SaaS world view "the economy of plugins" as opposed…

Justin Tadlock posted an update about…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Security

Justin Tadlock posted an update about his focus and direction with Theme Hybrid as he limits his scope to a few key projects: "It’s hard to build truly great products when you can never focus on any given thing at…

BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0.…

Dan Knauss

April 26, 2019

Security

BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0. It's a security and maintenance release, so be sure to upgrade if you are using the plugin on any of your sites.