WCEU 2019 in Review
David Bisset
WordCamp Europe 2019 hosted a record 3,200+ people, according to ticket sales. WCEU started with a contributor day on Thursday, June 20, followed by the two main conference days on Friday and Saturday.
WP Engine acquires Flywheel
Brian Krogsgard
WP Engine has acquired Flywheel -- which boasts more than 200 employees and $18 million in revenue. WP Engine is setting the stage for an IPO in the next couple years.
Introducing Team Membership
Brian Krogsgard
Team Memberships are a new way to support Post Status and provide continuous education and excellent community insights for your entire organization.
For a few hours on Tuesday,…
Dan Knauss
For a few hours on Tuesday, June 11th, technical issues with WordPress VIP hosting resulted in some prominent and apparently "headless" sites showing the default WordPress Twenty Seventeen theme. 🧯
Chris Lema is hosting a virtual…
Dan Knauss
Chris Lema is hosting a virtual summit for companies "trying to hit the one million dollar milestone" on June 18th. He is joined by Carrie Wheeler (COO, Liquid Web), Nathan Ingram (iThemes), Chris Teitzel (Founder/CEO, Lockr), and others. 💲
Kjell Reigstad, a designer at Automattic, has…
Dan Knauss
Kjell Reigstad, a designer at Automattic, has developed an experimental WordPress plugin for design testing in wp-admin.
Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core…
Dan Knauss
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
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
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
🎙️ 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
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
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
🎙️ 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
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
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
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…
