ByDan Knauss
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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. 🧯
I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic’s business, and more.
Cory and David discuss three books WordPress professionals should read as well as the way they make updates to WordPress.
GoDaddy has acquired Elto to create a marketplace for WordPress professionals. Elto shut down late last year to re-think their strategy, and today it was reported by TechCrunch that they are joining GoDaddy to better execute their vision. The company’s two founders are joining GoDaddy. TechCrunch notes they were a team of ten at the peak,…
Medium is releasing “Medium for Publishers” which provides publishers a “free CMS”, a standalone URL, ability to host promoted posts, and paid memberships functionality. It’s being branded by some as a WordPress competitor, which is ridiculous. With Medium, you are still hosting your content on someone else’s platform with limited control. But the tools they are building…
Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress “Welcome” screen in the dashboard with a step by step onboarding process. Right now there are four steps for setting up a basic site: The repo descriptions states that these steps are customizable to hosts that bundle the plugin out of…
Chris Lauzon, the interim CEO of Pressable, recently shared his reflections on his first year at the company. A year ago, Chris was leading a support team for Automattic, and now he’s gained some really valuable experience turning a hosting company around. I’ve been really impressed with Pressable’s comeback thus far.
