WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance
Jonathan Wold
Shopify has a lot going for it. WooCommerce, though, is the better platform for ecommerce on the Open Web.
Preserving the Wilderness
Dan Knauss
The web is a sacred wilderness, and it deserves preservation. What role can open source communities play? And how does it contrast with the monopolistic tendencies of the "tech giants?"
WP Engine acquires Flywheel
Brian Krogsgard
WP Engine has acquired Flywheel -- which boasts more than 200 employees and $18 million in revenue. WP Engine is setting the stage for an IPO in the next couple years.
Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core…
Dan Knauss
Ryland Goldstein nicely summarizes the core problems with Medium. Most people think it's the "paywall," but that is an optional feature selected by authors. The real reason why "Medium sucks," says Ryland, comes down to "slimy business tactics" and "terrible…
Introducing the WordPress Deal of the Week: Save more, get better exposure
Brian Krogsgard
The Deal of the Week is an opportunity for companies to reach the Post Status audience, and for readers to save money.
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions -- WooCommerce's highest revenue-generating extension -- for an undisclosed sum.
Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at…
Dan Knauss
Nevena Tomovic, business development manager at Human Made, is asking for your feedback in a survey that "aims to identify essential skills for a modern digital career, as perceived by the diverse WordPress community." Nevena is planning on presenting the…
An Interview with Reyes MartĂnez of Frontity — a new WordPress framework
Dan Knauss
Reyes MartĂnez directs Digital Marketing and Communications at Frontity. She gave us some background and answered a few of our questions about the company and the project.
Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size…
Dan Knauss
Dumitru Brinzan examines the package size of major WordPress versions over the past decade and how they've grown over 600%. We've gone from 5.38 MB and 603 files to 38.0 MB and 1,713 files. Dumitru also looks at the sizes…
🎙️ Here are a few podcasts…
Dan Knauss
🎙️ Here are a few podcasts I've enjoyed recently: Matt Medeiros interviewed Craig Hewitt and Dave Rodenbaugh of RogueStartups. They discussed how business owners operating within the WordPress ecosystem and the SaaS world view "the economy of plugins" as opposed…
“Become the best version of yourself.” An Interview with Rich Tabor
Dan Knauss
Rich Tabor is taking CoBlocks and his other work to GoDaddy, where he'll continue to development experiences for using WordPress with Gutenberg.
Justin Tadlock explains how to build…
Brian Krogsgard
Justin Tadlock explains how to build a compelling business or agency landing page with Gutenberg and his newly released Exhale WordPress theme, which I really like.
Thomas Griffin is closing a chapter…
Brian Krogsgard
Thomas Griffin is closing a chapter in his life as a developer and takes time to share some unusually open reflections on his personal growth. Many business owners start with the pure passion of "just coding a plugin." Later, with…
Today is International Women’s Day — a…
Dan Knauss
Today is International Women's Day — a good day for listening to stories by fantastic women. That's something you can always do at HeroPress where Amena Mabrouk is the latest contributor. Amena shares how the WordPress community helped her learn and…
Branching out: An interview with Peter Suhm
Dan Knauss
You may know Peter Suhm as the man behind WP Pusher, a plugin that lets you securely deploy your plugins and themes directly from GitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab to any WordPress site on any type of hosting.
Just another migration story
Brian Krogsgard
This past week it was necessary for me to spend time migrating a website and helping deploy a new design for it. It was a frustrating and humbling experience that also reminded me just how much of a challenge these…
