New Voices
Dan Knauss
WordPress needs more and better conversations. Respect, cooperation, and appreciation for each others’ roles even across differences and real disagreements — is it possible?
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 8
Dan Knauss
Should you build or capture an audience? JR Farr notes the pros and cons for each. On the Matt Report, Marc Benzakein shares a retrospective on ServerPress. Allie Nimmons and Teron Bullock discuss how to deal with negative criticism online in Press The Issue. Do we need a WordPress debate club? Bob Dunn has tips for first-time WordCampers, and Working Code looks at reducing the complexity of shipping code.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 63) — Pay Transparency, Mutual Respect, and the Community We Need
Dan Knauss
This week, Ny relates some personal experiences where pay transparency was lacking and the impact it can have on workplace cultures. This leads into a discussion of pay transparency in the hiring process — how it matters to everyone but especially job seekers who are black, indigenous, and other people of color.
Back Compat & Experimental APIs, Safely Handling SVG via “Insert URL”, WordPress 6.1 Bug Scrub Schedule, Database Performance Health Checks
Courtney Robertson
Is it safe to insert an SVG via URL? How healthy is your database? Performance Team Rep Nominations.
Local Development Tools and the Open Web
Dan Knauss
Who is not using Local? Is it an Open Web tool? Let's review some "Local history" and consider where WP Engine's popular developer tools could be headed.
Pentesting as Contributing
Dan Knauss
Robert Rowley at Patchstack explains what I believe is the first-ever reported vulnerability in Gutenberg (the plugin, not in WordPress core) to make the National Vulnerability Database. Robert has opened an issue for discussion in the Gutenberg GitHub repo that…
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 1
Dan Knauss
Adam Silverstein on Performance in large plugins, GDPR and accessibility, World Wide Web Day in the global WordPress community, Jonathan Wold on partnerships, women in software, and Michelle Frechette on building communities.
WP.events — Find out what’s happening next
Dan Knauss
Have you recently thought it would be nice to have one comprehensive source for all WordPress community events? Thanks to The Events Calendar and some nice people at StellarWP — Hazel Quimpo, Zach Tirrell, and Michelle Frechette — there's a…
Building and Sustaining the WordPress Community Through Mentorship — Post Status Draft 123
Dan Knauss
For Nyasha Green, a healthy tech community prioritizes mentoring. She credits her mentors with helping her find her place in WordPress. How well does your part of the WordPress ecosystem support mentorship? Can we make mentoring a key way people contribute to WordPress's future?
Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
Courtney Robertson
Have you seen the new home page demo?
Is there a problem with Free Riders?
Do you want block styling standardized?
Barriers to Contributing
Dan Knauss
Small teams face frustrating barriers trying to make their contributions count TL;DR: Small teams have common barriers to contributing to Five for the Future. Making efficient use of their time and team members is hard when tooling and communication can…
Laura Nelson on WordPress and Email Marketing — Post Status Draft 122
Cory Miller
Laura Nelson and Cory Miller talk about creating content for email marketing.
Does “Full-Site Editing” Need a New, “User-Friendly” Name?
Dan Knauss
I've been thinking about this question and the others related to it that Josepha Haden Chomphosy posted last week. There's been a strong comment discussion so far, and I discovered what my view on it is now by noticing what…
Post Status Picks for the Week of July 25
Dan Knauss
Syntax.fm has an interview with Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive, how WordPress and PHP are viewed by developers, and his charity efforts. The WP Minute features Amber Hinds on Equalize Digital’s first exit. Sean Blakeley talks about transitioning a large agency over to Gutenberg at the WP Tavern's Jukebox.
“We’re not a small village anymore.” A Conversation with Kim Lipari — Post Status Draft 121
Dan Knauss
WordPress as an economy or ecosystem is big, but the community and culture at its heart still feel small. Have we taken the time to really absorb the change that's come over the past decade? What questions should we be asking about what got us here and where we're going or want to go?
EMEA and AMER Member Huddles
Dan Knauss
We are hosting Two Weekly Post Status Member Huddles now. Huddles open time and space for our community of peers designed for camaraderie and connection for all WordPress Professionals, even if you're not a member yet.
