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PHP 8.2 Compatibility, Renaming FSE, Custom Template Options, WP Feature Notifications Project

Courtney Robertson

July 27, 2022

Getting Ready for PHP 8.2, Rebooting Feature Notifications, Additional Custom Template Options, and Renaming Full Site Editing.

Refocusing the WordPress Mobile App on the Core User Experience — without Jetpack

Dan Knauss

July 27, 2022

FeaturesMake WordPress

The boundaries between WordPress .com and .org have never been very clear. That may change as the WordPress mobile app sheds features the Jetpack app will gain.

Putting it together, together

Dan Knauss

July 22, 2022

PlanetPost Status Team Blog

Today Cory took the lead on the Post Status newsletter release and joined Dan in co-authoring the introduction to it, which we usually share here. Some thoughts on newsletter integration, Newsletter Glue, Newspack, and the challenges facing plugin owners at WordPress.org in trying to determine the true size of their potential customer base.

Strattic, WordCamps, and Growing through Relationships — Post Status Draft 120

Dan Knauss

July 21, 2022

DraftHosting

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Miriam talks with Post Status Editor Dan Knauss about her WordPress journey as a WordCamp organizer, agency owner, and web host founder.

The Decline of Speed Booster Pack

Barış Ünver

July 21, 2022

BusinessFeatures

WordPress success stories are great, but this time, you’re going to read about a failure. It’s about the Speed Booster Pack plugin and the depressing, constant decline of its active installs.

A New Kind of Default Theme, the Performance Team Gets Its Own Site, and the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Courtney Robertson

July 21, 2022

HostingMake WordPress

A new approach to creating the next default theme has been proposed. • Cache Audit and Site Health Checks • Full-Site Editing Program Calls for Testing Category Customization • Parsell Scholarship recipients announced.

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 18

Dan Knauss

July 20, 2022

BusinessPlanet

Your Post Status Podcast Picks of the week include Seeking Satisfaction with Victor Ramirez on the importance of networking, managing anxiety, and rethinking the way websites are built. WP Coffee Talk features the woman with the best personal Wapuu, Michelle Frechette, talking with Mark Westguard, founder of the WS Form plugin about his work, the love and opportunity in the WordPress community, and more.

The Unsung Hero of Indie Journalism

Blake Bertuccelli

July 20, 2022

FeaturesPlanet

Since its arrival in 2019, Automattic's Newspack hasn't attracted much attention within the WordPress community, despite a decent amount of coverage by WP Tavern and some from Post Status. It's been largely unreported on beyond its role as a flashpoint…

It’s not the size that matters…

Dan Knauss

July 18, 2022

BusinessPlanet

Can WordPress’s heavy reliance on volunteerism be offset or better supported by those most able to subsidize the work of others and their access to events? Do the largest WordCamps serve well, in their current form, as signature industry events that developers, product owners, and investors outside WordPress can recognize as such? Can the upper, middle, and lower markets within the WordPress ecosystem find mutual benefit through the things they share in common?

Maddy Osman on Writing for Humans and Robots — Post Status Draft 119

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2022

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Draft, Post Status Editor Dan Knauss is joined by Maddy Osman. Maddy is the founder of The Blogsmith, a well-known brand in the WordPress space for quality writing that appeals to your target audience and search engines. Maddy has a new book out that can teach you some of her finely-honed skills. It's called Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style.

Market Size and Market Shares: Thinking Bigger About the WordPress Economy

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2022

BusinessFeatures

$635.5 billion…That’s "billion," with a “B.” Let's look at the size of the universe inhabited by our market of markets of cathedrals and bazaars: the WordPress ecosystem. How should we think about WordPress's market share or, maybe more accurately, its shares? Are we selling them short and dampening growth?

WordPress Certifications, SVG Uploads, FSE Category Testing, Fortnightly NPM updates, Persistent Object Cache and Full Page Cache

Courtney Robertson

July 15, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

What are your thoughts about WordPress certification? Join the call for testing FSE Category Customization.

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 11

Dan Knauss

July 14, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

From WP Tavern's Jukebox, it’s Felix Arntz on WordPress performance and what can be done now and in the future about it. Seeking Satisfaction has Tony Perez sharing his journey building, growing, and exiting Sucuri. The Shop Talk Show hosts a discussion about headless CMS platforms, including WordPress, and a little on WordPress and web components...

Join the Incident Response Team

Dan Knauss

July 8, 2022

Make WordPressPlanet

The now-forming Incident Response Team (IRT) is a community-led effort to help us all build and sustain a culture around WordPress that is healthy, inclusive, and safe. Angela Jin is calling for your nominations for a diverse group of people who can contribute by serving on the IRT.

It’s Hard to COPE Without a WordPress Lite

Dan Knauss

July 8, 2022

BusinessDesign

It's still far from simple to do well — let alone do better — what was first possible in the Web 1.0 era, even before WordPress was born. Thoughts on "WordPress Lite" and "Create Once, Publish Everywhere."

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 4

Dan Knauss

July 7, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

🎧 Podcasts worth catching: "Tumblr can be a better Twitter than Twitter ever was." • The unfolding recession. • Catch up with GitHub Actions • How to think about accessibility and the things we forget about being inclusive and open.