A Teenage Woman’s Perspective On The State of The Word
Olivia Bisset
Olivia Bisset reflects on WordCamp US and the State of the Word, from her perspective as a teenager and new member of the WordPress community.
Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.
Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…
Dan Knauss
Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…
WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address at least six security issues. 🔒 The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is available now, as well. 🏁 Remember, this release includes and fully supports PHP 7.4! More information about 5.3 continues to…
As soon as I heard about…
Dan Knauss
As soon as I heard about WP FeedBack, I was wondering which hosting company would take advantage of it first. The answer came quickly as GoDaddy Pro announced a partnership with them this week. Their members can get WP Feedback…
WordCamp US will have a WordPress-themed…
Dan Knauss
WordCamp US will have a WordPress-themed game show Saturday morning (November 2nd). If you are attending WordCamp US, join the fun and help support the young people who are hosting it. It will be fun! 🎉
Dave Whitley outlines a proposal to…
Dan Knauss
Dave Whitley outlines a proposal to standardize a type scale for WordPress: "By including other attributes like font weight and line height, we can create a reusable set of predefined styles for design and development."
According to a recent post on…
Dan Knauss
According to a recent post on Google's official security blog, Chrome is being prepared to start blocking all mixed content. As of Chrome 79, the browser "will gradually move to block all mixed content by default." It will auto-upgrade mixed…
One theme to rule them all?
Dan Knauss
What does the future hold for WordPress themes, for theme developers and end users? Are we ready for a single master parent theme?
Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Medeiros talks to me about fear and uncertainty for WordPress. It's a wide ranging and casual conversation about various concerns present to many in the WordPress economy.
Ashley Rich compares Digital Ocean, Google…
Dan Knauss
Ashley Rich compares Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, and AWS for hosting WordPress sites way you might with SpinupWP or ServerPilot and their forthcoming HostLaunch platform. Digital Ocean won the matchup, but all three platforms were are pretty close, and the…
If you have heard the term…
Dan Knauss
If you have heard the term "serverless," but not much else, then John Demian's brief guide will help you get up to speed. John describes serverless hosting as "an event-based system for running code." In other words, services "create business…
Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine explores…
Dan Knauss
Rachel Andrew at Smashing Magazine explores the use cases where you might encounter overflow in your web designs. Rachel explains how CSS has evolved to create better ways to manage and design around unknown amounts of content.
Joe Watkins cuts right to the…
Dan Knauss
Joe Watkins cuts right to the point about the importance of funding open source projects your company relies on: Making monetary contributions or approaching your employer with a request to make monetary contributions to projects that your income or business…
Marc-Alexandre Montpas at posted an excellent…
Dan Knauss
Marc-Alexandre Montpas at posted an excellent and detailed dissection of the WordPress 5.2.3 security release on the Sucuri blog. 🔒
Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation
Brian Krogsgard
Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.
