WordPress News

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2018

Fred Meyer writes that although WordPress is a great tool "most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it." This is due to a wide range of problems, like a lack of developer ethics, unclear communication, slow…

By now I’m sure you’ve all…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2018

Business

By now I'm sure you've all heard of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. This is a hugely successful exit for GitHub, and another interesting pickup for Microsoft. Unfortunately I can't find the tweet anymore, but I…

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2018

Business

Delicious Brains has decided to shut down Mergebot, after three years of working on it. It was an ambitious project from the start, but they decided that it didn't meet their standards. Mergebot is by far the most ambitious product…

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…

Brian Krogsgard

May 11, 2018

Business

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have acquired Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress, which according to Syed is the second most popular analytics plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Its new name is ExactMetrics. The move fits within the goals of Awesome…

Over at WeGlot, they’ve put together…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2018

Business

Over at WeGlot, they've put together a detailed summary of how they've scaled their support capacity with HelpScout to handle 500 customer emails a week and non-stop live chat. That means 70+ conversations a day and a commitment to never shut…

An interview with The Theme Foundry

Dan Knauss

April 3, 2018

BusinessDesign

The Theme Foundry may be best known today for its builder theme, Make. They recently rolled out HappyForms, a custom form builder plugin.

Contextualized Learning in or around WordPress — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

April 2, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, the dynamic Brian duo discuss the highly-anticipated return of WordSesh, the different ways in which we all learn the same, and some of the problems we face in skill building.

The Future of Content Distribution — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 26, 2018

BusinessDraft

This week the Brians put their brains together and discuss content distribution across various mediums and platforms as well as subscriptions for both digital and physical products.

An interview with Review Signal founder Kevin Ohashi

Dan Knauss

March 22, 2018

BusinessHosting

Kevin Ohashi is the founder of Review Signal. Kevin also produces an annual report on WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks.

An Interview with GeneratePress founder Tom Usborne

Dan Knauss

February 23, 2018

BusinessDesign

GeneratePress has earned a substantial user base, surpassing a million downloads last year. Here's what it's creator and founder has to say about the journey.

How WebDevStudios is serving different market segments — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

February 16, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, Lisa Sabin-Wilson shares about the entangled history of WebDevStudios and eWebscapes and how she and team are targeting every level of the market.

James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his…

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2018

Business

James Laws interviewed Kevin Stover ( his cofounder at Ninja Forms) and Phil Derksen (founder of WP Simple Pay) on the Mastermind.fm podcast. If you want to learn more about business models and what it's like selling a business, add this episode…

WordPress minor update blocks future minor updates

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2018

BusinessHosting

WordPress 4.9.3 introduced a bug that causes a fatal error during automatic update attempts — effectively preventing future minor updates triggered by WordPress.org’s update system. The only way to fix it is to either manually upgrade or hosts to take…

An interview with PublishPress founder Steve Burge

Dan Knauss

February 7, 2018

BusinessHosting

PublishPress recently announced the acquisition of Daniel Bachhuber's Bylines plugin for PublishPress. I got in touch with Steve to catch up with him and his unique take on the WordPress economy.

Liquid Web has acquired iThemes

Brian Krogsgard

January 31, 2018

BusinessHosting

Liquid Web has announced the acquisition of iThemes in an all cash deal that includes the entire iThemes team moving over to Liquid Web as an independent unit, and iThemes products will be included in various Liquid Web offerings.

Managing product renewals

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

Business

There was an interesting conversation over the last few days in the business channel on Post Status Slack, where members discussed the merits and potential pitfalls of various renewal strategies. Joe Guilmette kicked it off describing how auto renewals for…