How to Get a Job in WordPress
Courtney Robertson
In their debut conversation for Get Hired, Cory and Courtney discuss the kinds of jobs that are available in WordPress and where to find them.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 21) — Dealing With Developer Overload: Focus
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss Developer Overload, which David defines as what happens when "when you receive too much information and are unable to process it, resulting in negative responses and unhealthy effects."
Post Status Excerpt (No. 20) — Yoast Acquired, Businesses Need to Allow More Play
David Bisset
Can play help us work smarter? Should companies set aside time to explore, goof off, or entertain each other with no particular outcome in mind?
Post Status Excerpt (No. 19) — How Can New Developers Get Started In WordPress?
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about how new developers might be able to get a footing with a career in WordPress. (The first step might be more social than technical in nature.)
Post Status Excerpt (No. 18) — Is Active Plugin Install Growth Declining?
David Bisset
David and Cory discuss a blog post David published at Post Status showing the growth of active installs of WordPress plugins declining in 2021.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 17) — Acquisition Tracker, WordPress 5.8 and #ClickPublish
David Bisset
As Post Status tracks acquisitions, we're seeing WordPress history from a business perspective. Cory and David discuss its significance and the 5.8 release.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 16) — Syed Balkhi on Acquiring SearchWP
David Bisset
Syed Balkhi talks with David about his acquisition of SearchWP, his vision for the plugin, and he calls for developers to stay mission-focused.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP
David Bisset
Jon Christopher recently sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive. Learn what motivated Jon to make the sale, and get his view of search in WordPress core.
Post Status Draft (No. 115) — Craig Hewitt on Castos’ Latest Funding and Expansion of Private Podcasting
David Bisset
Post Status publisher Cory Miller sat down with Castos CEO Craig Hewitt to talk about their pre-seed funding and expansion into the private podcasting market.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 14) — Starting Your “Next Chapter” Project
David Bisset
Cory and David talk about building a "career raft" or "next chapter" project and congratulate Ninja Forms on their 10-year anniversary.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 13) — WordPress Economy Study, Trying Gutenberg Again
David Bisset
More acquisitions! Is the WordPress market worth $500-600 BILLION? Cory and David discuss these topics and Gutenberg's barriers to winning back users.
Post Status Draft (No. 114) — Brad Touesnard on the Acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields
Cory Miller
Cory Miller talks with Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains about the company acquiring the Advanced Custom Fields plugin from Elliot Condon.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 12) — Takeaways from the ACF Acquisition
David Bisset
Cory and David discuss the recently announced acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin by Delicious Brains.
Post Status Comments (No. 1) — Monetization of WordPress Plugins
David Bisset
Episode #1 features a conversation in Twitter Spaces on May 28, 2021 on the subject of monetization of WordPress plugins.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 11) — A New Era for Post Status
David Bisset
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the future of Post Status and Cory's full acquisition of it.
Devin Walker and Matt Cromwell on GiveWP’s Acquisition by Liquid Web
Dan Knauss
Brian Krogsgard talks with GiveWP's (former) CEO and COO, co-founders Devin Walker and Matt Cromwell following their acquisition.
