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WordPress as a Commons

Lesley Sim

January 21, 2022

Fences can protect or inhibit care of a commons. "Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place," is a classic piece of wisdom. What are the questions we need to ask about our fences and WordPress as a commons?

Membership, Networking, and Job Hunting

Michelle Frechette

September 15, 2021

BusinessGet Hired Blog

Job searching: You have to do it yourself, but you don't have to do it by yourself.

Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2016

BusinessDesign

The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

Contribution as culture

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2014

BusinessHosting

This post spends a lot of time analyzing and referencing two other blog posts. Excuse me for that, but also be sure to read both, as they are relevant for this post and also interesting in their own right. Matt…

Recommendations for improving WordPress comments

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2014

BusinessMake WordPress

There are a number of things that concern me in regard to WordPress comments. They are one of those features that I have a love hate relationship with. Comments are great for active, well moderated communities. I genuinely enjoy receiving…