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About employees, job titles, and professional growth

Marieke van de Rakt

February 8, 2024

In 2019, I wrote a blog post titled Why your name should be your job title. At the beginning of Yoast, when we hired our first employees, I hated job titles. I also hated job descriptions. I found them so…

WordPress 6.5 Release Parties • jQuery 4.0 Beta • WordPress Recieves Google Ads Grant • Incident Response Nominations

Courtney Robertson

February 7, 2024

Make WordPressPlanet

This Week at WordPress.org (February 5, 2024) News The Month in WordPress – January 2024 WP Briefing: Episode 72: Why Your Website Matters Zip uploads not working from Finder/Nautilus/Gnome/etc in WP 6.4.3 Workarounds and testing the patch WordPress 6.5 6.5…

WordPress: The Alternative to Sitecore Content Management

Karim Marucchi

February 7, 2024

WordPress News

Learn how enterprise marketers are leveraging WordPress to perform the same tasks as Sitecore at a fraction of the cost.

Community Roundup Week Ending February 2

Michelle Frechette

February 5, 2024

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Your Photos and WordPress I'm really proud to see how much the WordPress Photo Directory has developed (pun intended) with almost 14,000 photos and growing. Partly because I've uploaded a bunch of my own, partly because I am a moderator,…

Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending February 2

Michelle Frechette

February 5, 2024

CareersWordPress News

In the Spotlight Post Status professional member Vito Peleg is in the spotlight this week. Vito Peleg is the founder & CEO of Atarim – the internet’s collaborative layer. The Job Board The Events Calendar: Sr. WordPress Developer – Backend StellarWP: Multimedia…

Business Roundup Week Ending February 2

Nathan Ingram

February 2, 2024

WordPress News

More on How WordPress Sites Get Hacked, WordPress Bets on Speed, Community Passion and Strife, and More.

WordPress 6.4.3 • Zips Not Uploading • 6.5 Release Schedules • Better Props Tracking • Playground + Site Health for Support

Courtney Robertson

February 1, 2024

Make WordPressPlanet

🚀WP 6.4.3 out, zip upload issue🔧Workaround plugin ready🛠️PHP autoloader could change the game💡Gutenberg's new commit rules & Props Bot🌟WP Playground for Site Health tests🎮Curl 8.6.0 adds features & fixes bugs🔧

Member Spotlight: Vito Peleg

Michelle Frechette

February 1, 2024

BlogsMember Spotlights

In the Post Status spotlight this week: Vito Peleg is the founder & CEO of Atarim – the internet's collaborative layer.

Finding the WordPress Nash Equilibrium

Marieke van de Rakt

January 31, 2024

BusinessTwo Worlds of WordPress

I am a huge fan of John Nash. Do you know him? The movie A Beautiful Mind was about his life. John Nash won a Nobel prize for his work on economics. His work focuses on game theory and explains…

Post Status Draft – Empowering LGBTQ+ folks in WordPress

Olivia Bisset

January 30, 2024

BlogsDraft

In this Draft episode, Michelle Frechette and Anne McCarthy discuss the development of a mentorship program for the WordPress community, and an empowerment grant aimed at supporting the LGBTQ+ community in the WordPress ecosystem.

Post Status Draft – WordPress: A Deep Dive into Passion and Strife: Special Co-Hosted Episode w/ The WP Minute

Olivia Bisset

January 30, 2024

BlogsDraft

Transcript ↓ In this co-branded podcast episode, Cory Miller from Post Status and Matt Medeiros from WP Minute discuss the "WP drama" within the WordPress community, focusing on leadership challenges and the impact of internal conflicts. They share personal experiences,…

Business Roundup Week Ending January 26

Nathan Ingram

January 29, 2024

WordPress News

Google to Significantly Restrict Free reCAPTCHA, the Mother of All Breaches, a Google Ranking Bug, and More!

Community Roundup Week Ending January 26

Michelle Frechette

January 29, 2024

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

Roundup of WordPress community news including updates from the Incedent Response Team, grants for LGBTQ+ mentees, links of interest, and photo of the week.

Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending January 19

Michelle Frechette

January 29, 2024

CareersWordPress News

In the spotlight: Dave McCan publishes tutorials and product reviews on his website and creates YouTube videos about WordPress related topics.

Member Spotlight: David McCan

Michelle Frechette

January 29, 2024

BlogsMember Spotlights

In the spotlight: Dave McCan publishes tutorials and product reviews on his website and creates YouTube videos about WordPress related topics.

Post Status Draft – Omnisend’s Greg Zakowicz Discusses E-commerce Trends in Email Marketing, SMS, and Push Notifications

Olivia Bisset

January 26, 2024

BlogsDraft

Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, Cory Miller welcomes Greg Zakowicz from Omnisen to discuss the effectiveness of various marketing channels such as email, SMS, and web push messages. They explore the increasing impact of SMS marketing, especially during peak…