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DesktopServer Shutting Down After 12 Years

Cory Miller

August 5, 2022

It's sad to hear that ServerPress is closing its doors and DesktopServer has reached its end. Marc Benzakein and Gregg Franklin were active WordPress community members for years and I appreciated their work. Shared in an email to their customers:…

Nice weather they’re having

Dan Knauss

August 3, 2022

BusinessHosting

Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman…

SVG and WebP…finally

Dan Knauss

August 2, 2022

HostingNotes

I'm looking forward to lots of good things coming in the future on the new WordPress core Performance Team blog, and I'm glad SVG and WebP are finally going to be usable in WordPress by default. (This is already the…

EMEA and AMER Member Huddles

Dan Knauss

July 27, 2022

DesignHosting

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.

Faster and Faster

Dan Knauss

July 25, 2022

HostingNotes

Kevin Ohashi has released another annual report for WordPress (and WooCommerce) Hosting Benchmarks. My takeaways: https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551672904852484096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1551672904852484096%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fpost_status2Fstatus2F1551672904852484096widget%3DTweet https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551674571366940672 https://twitter.com/post_status/status/1551676428202102785

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.

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?

Our Door is Always Open

Cory Miller

July 8, 2022

BusinessHosting

Coming soon: the Post Status Index, an EMEA Huddle requested by our European members, and my talk about the importance of taking time off. Also, our door is always open for members of Underrepresented in Tech and anyone who finds the cost of membership a barrier to joining us. If you work professionally in WordPress or want to, we want you here!

Post Status Excerpt (No. 62) — The Open Web Universe with Matt Mullenweg

Olivia Bisset

July 6, 2022

BusinessDesign

David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! Recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.

Feedback Requested: Proposed Rollback Feature in 6.1, Performance Team Hosting Stats, and Recording Five for the Future Contributions

Courtney Robertson

June 29, 2022

HostingMake WordPress

Get the scoop on planning for the WordPress 6.1 release, and help test its proposed plugin Rollback feature. There are also many calls for feedback from the Performance team and Five for the Future.

A Safe Place for Conflict Needs Trust

Lindsey Miller

June 24, 2022

BusinessHosting

High-level spats in the WordPress business ecosystem are a reality, but on Twitter, they become low-level competitive exchanges. Maybe they could be moved into more private conversations without character limits if the goal is to resolve conflicts rather than intensify them.

Member Spotlight: Jessica Frick

Michelle Frechette

June 24, 2022

BusinessHosting

Jessica Frick is the Director of Operations for Pressable, where she's focused on creating the best managed WordPress hosting experience possible.

An Operating System for the Web

Dan Knauss

June 23, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress — the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...

WooCommerce Updates, Pagely’s New Woo Platform, and WordCamp Europe

Bob Dunn

June 17, 2022

HostingThe Week in Review

Bug fixes and Beta releases. Back from WCEU, Bob wonders when we'll see another WooConf. Pagely hints their Managed Woo platform will be released soon.