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The Power of Small Peer Groups

Cory Miller

March 12, 2020

In the latest episode of Post Status Draft, I talk with Ken Wallace of Mastermind Jam about... Masterminds! We cover what they are, how they work, and the benefits they have for entrepreneurs and other professionals. Check it out! Here…

Events and Cancellations this Week

David Bisset

March 10, 2020

🎓 The call for WPCampus 2020…

Dan Knauss

March 10, 2020

🎓 The call for WPCampus 2020 session proposals closes at midnight tonight! This summer the conference is coming to New Orleans at Tulane University from July 15-17, 2020.

📚 This Friday at 12pm CST,…

Dan Knauss

March 10, 2020

Hosting

📚 This Friday at 12pm CST, Cory is hosting the first Post Status Book Nook discussion. Sign up on Zoom and join our #BookNook Slack channel if you haven't yet.

🦠 WordCamp Postponements and Cancellations Several…

Dan Knauss

March 10, 2020

🦠 WordCamp Postponements and Cancellations Several more WordCamps have announced cancellations and postponements due to COVID-19, including WordCamp DC, WordCamp Jacksonville and WordCamp New York. WordCamp San Antonio and WordCamp Europe are currently still on, but keep an eye out…

The benefits of Masterminds

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2020

DraftPlanet

Ken Wallace and Cory Miller talk about what masterminds are, how they work, and what benefits they can provide entrepreneurs and other professionals.

The Text Renaissance and the Eighth Death of Blogging

Dan Knauss

March 9, 2020

WordPress News

Is there a return to text-focused publishing on the web underway? If so, what does that mean for WordPress?

✨ The upcoming WordPress 5.4 release…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

✨ The upcoming WordPress 5.4 release has a lot going into it: A brand-new, officially supported, npm-based scaffolding package for blocks! New gradient theme APIs that allow your theme to use gradients as backgrounds in the Cover and Buttons blocks.…

😷 The COVID-19 virus is taking…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

😷 The COVID-19 virus is taking a toll on communities and markets worldwide. After the cancellation of WordCamp Asia, we know the WordPress community is not immune. The livestream that was held partly in place of the cancelled event went…

Want to learn how to take…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Want to learn how to take your in-person event online? Get Cory's take as he joins Brian Richards of WPSessions for a 60-minute Q&A about high-impact 💥 virtual events on March 11, 2020, at 11 a.m. CST.

Joost de Valk has a proposal…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Joost de Valk has a proposal for improving SEO on WordCamp sites so more of them can be indexed by Google. Judging by the response so far to this tweet, it looks like this is a common problem for WordCamp…

Johnny Harris asked why WordPress core…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Johnny Harris asked why WordPress core doesn't support the WebP image format, and the reason might be related to Safari not supporting it. 🤔

Bowe Frankema made some interesting predictions…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Bowe Frankema made some interesting predictions about Elementor's plans after securing $15 Million (USD) in funding. Bowe thinks the future for WordPress businesses is not selling one-off services: "Recurring revenue is key... look to the cloud to offer up your…

Vlad Olaru wrote a lengthy post…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Vlad Olaru wrote a lengthy post on "complex global systems" in block-based websites. People have very different expectations about what it will mean to transition to a block-based WordPress ecosystem, and I appreciate how Vlad has taken up this difficult…

🥫 Nick Hamze made a great…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

🥫 Nick Hamze made a great point about developers dogfooding their own Gutenberg blocks: "...the best you can hope for now is that someone will have a simple blog rocking a Twenty-something theme with a vanilla set of blocks. If…