WordPress News

How has the WordPress community changed since its early days? How does money and market share change it? What lies ahead?

Post Status Comments (No. 5) — The First Annual WordPress News Draft

Olivia Bisset

December 30, 2021

Aurooba Ahmed, Jason Cosper, Daniel Schutzsmith, Robert Jacobi, and Lesley Sim join David Bisset for three rounds of draft picks for the top WordPress stories of 2021.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 39) — WordPress 5.9: Delays, the Customizer, and Contributing

David Bisset

December 29, 2021

Anne McCarthy on the delay of WordPress 5.9, Automattic, COVID's impact on contributors, Full Site Editing, and the future of the Customizer.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 38) — In Person For State of the Word

David Bisset

December 22, 2021

What does it mean to give back to WordPress? Cory and David discuss this and other themes from Matt Mullenweg's 2021 State of the Word.

Post Status Comments (No. 4) — State of the Word 2021 Analysis

David Bisset

December 16, 2021

Bet Hannon, Eric Karkovack, Maciek Palmowski, and Rae Morey join David to share their reactions to the State of the Word 2021.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 35) — Challenges and Wins for WordCamp Taiwan

David Bisset

December 2, 2021

Eric Chuang 莊桓亦 and Hend Chen 陳瀚宇 have organized a hybrid WordCamp for the WordPress community in Taiwan and beyond.

Post Status Comments (No. 3) — The State of the WordPress News

David Bisset

December 2, 2021

Matt Medeiros, Joe Howard, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Sarah Gooding discuss the WordPress news space with David Bisset and Dan Knauss.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 31) — State of the WordPress Job Market

David Bisset

November 4, 2021

David talks with Michelle Frechette about the current state of the WordPress job market. Michelle has some great advice for job seekers.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 29) — Better Ways To Support Customers

David Bisset

October 21, 2021

Have you tried out your own customer support experience? You should. It might be why you're losing customers.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 27) — CaboPress and Owning Your Own Content (For Some)

David Bisset

October 7, 2021

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory comes back freshly tanned from CaboPress to share his experiences and one big takeaway point that everyone can appreciate.

When It’s Time to Sell: WordPress Business Owners on Their Acquisitions — Post Status Comments (No. 2)

David Bisset

October 5, 2021

Why are so many acquisitions happening in the WordPress space? Why now? What's the motivation to sell? How does it affect WordPress?

Get Involved

Courtney Robertson

September 27, 2021

In episode #5 of the Get Hired Podcast you'll learn about networking opportunities like WordCamps, meetups, and WordPress.org teams.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 26) — WordPress Acquisition Overload Syndrome (W.A.O.S)

David Bisset

September 23, 2021

There were at least four acquisitions announced almost back-to-back this week in the WordPress space. David and Cory review them all.

Pippin Williamson on the Sandhills Acquisition, Emerging Threats and Opportunities in WordPress — Post Status Draft 117

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2021

BusinessDraft

In the latest WordPress acquisition, Sandhills is joining Awesome Motive. Pippin Williamson talks with Cory about WordPress: past and future.

Start a Project

Courtney Robertson

September 22, 2021