Member Spotlight: Jessica Frick
Michelle Frechette
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
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
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.
Not Dead Yet! Just Mostly Dead?
Dan Knauss
Gutenberg 13.4 • Learning FSE sooner rather than later • Gutenberg in Tumblr and Day One • WordCamps and the vitality of the WordPress community • AUS WordPress community only mostly dead? • Get SEO Schema graphs • Web font loading geek out • PHP is 28! • PHP namespaces and autoloaders • You can work anywhere... why not Cleveland? • North Commerce — faster than the rest? • and more...
Richard Midson on WordPress and the Future of Podcasting — Post Status Draft 118
Cory Miller
Richard Midson of Automattic on the future of podcasting and the opportunities for WordPress as a podcasting platform.
WooCommerce Function of the Week: woocommerce_wp_text_input
Rodolfo Melogli
Learn how to add custom fields to settings in WooCommerce meta boxes — and give back to WooCommerce when you find some code that can be improved.
Post Status Notes #501
David Bisset
Elementor acquires Strattic • WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins 🧠 • When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you're in a strip mall with a fruit stand... • Jetpack decouples • InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic 🌱 • Automattic hire #2000 • World-class FSE, how? 🌐 • WCEU by the numbers • Weglot gives back • RoleUp rolls out • Tadlock exits WP Tavern 🍺 • Why 'why' matters most • The Big 2-0 next year • All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented ✉️ • System font stack check • Do not follow by default • Museum of Block Art opens 🎨 • Meet Yvonne Doll • Mostly modest WordPress wishlists • WooCommerce Experts to go global • How to do well in a downturn 📉 • Some things we don't — but ought to — talk about. 🐘 Silent no longer about Sustainability.
WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_current_user_has_role
Rodolfo Melogli
What if you want to show hidden information only to "administrators" or "shop managers?" What about displaying a custom "My Account" tab just for logged-in customers?
WooCommerce Function of the Week: add_fee
Rodolfo Melogli
Before we dive in this week's function, please note that it's usually against any payment provider's Terms of Service (like PayPal's) to add fees to a transaction based on the customer's chosen payment gateway, so please make sure to use…
This Week at WordPress.org (May 23, 2022)
Courtney Robertson
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this…
WooCommerce Function of the Week: wc_get_product_category_list
Rodolfo Melogli
How to save time and get all the categories a WooCommerce product is in with a simple, single line of code!
Zen and the Art of Lockpicking
Talisha Lewallen
Robert Rowley explains the basics of lock picking in this live, hands-on workshop for Post Status members.
Business Member Spotlight: Nexcess
Michelle Frechette
Meet Nexcess' fully-managed hosting. Explore their storebuilder, faster speeds, stronger security, inherent scalability and trusted support.
Post Status Notes #498
David Bisset
Are we up or down? What should happen when a license expires? Is the block protocol worth it? Driesnote 2022. WP Engine expands. Becoming a better writer. Best backup solutions. Define your role. Reaktiv wins a spot in Inc's Best Workplaces. Open Source JobHub. Our passwordless future.
Member Spotlight: Rob Cairns
Michelle Frechette
Rob Cairns brings over 30 years of experience with technology to his role as agency owner and podcast host in the WordPress space.
Getting to ‘Yes’ on Plugin “License Hell”
Dan Knauss
Is there a win-win solution for plugin owners fighting churn and their professional WordPress customers, like agencies and freelancers?
