WordPress News

If you were looking forward to…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

If you were looking forward to seeing the navigation block in the upcoming WordPress 5.4 release... sorry, it's not going to happen. Mark Uraine explains why, and I agree it makes sense to wait until more full site editing features…

Nick Hamze and Aajit Bohra created a…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Nick Hamze and Aajit Bohra created a plugin that lets you create memes using the block editor in WordPress Just another of Nick's fun ideas put to practice. 🙀

If you or your clients are…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

If you or your clients are using the Event Manager Plugin, make sure you update to the latest version as soon as possible. A CSV injection vulnerability was discovered in version 5.9.7.1. 💉

Jonathan Christopher teased SearchWP 4.0 —…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Jonathan Christopher teased SearchWP 4.0 — a major rewrite that's no longer limited to WP_Posts, and his example includes user search, which is great. 🔎 Jonathan puts together a really nice summary of the work that went into this release,…

Scott Bolinger announced AppPresser 4. It’s…

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Scott Bolinger announced AppPresser 4. It's a major release with a completely modernized, native build process for backend apps. This will make your apps "faster and ... up to date." New pricing and beta releases are coming soon. 🔘

The biggest news this week was…

Dan Knauss

February 10, 2020

The biggest news this week was the cancellation of WordCamp Asia due to recent COVID-19 concerns. An official post on the conference site provides guidance for registration and travel refunds. 😷 Naoko Takano, one of the organizers, notes that the…

The scale of online media markets…

Dan Knauss

February 10, 2020

The scale of online media markets and their leaders' profits are enormous. Instagram brings in more than a quarter of Facebook's sales. YouTube brings in $15 billion in revenue — more than all of the ABC, NBC, and Fox networks…

Jon Christopher teased SearchWP 4.0 —…

Dan Knauss

February 10, 2020

Jon Christopher teased SearchWP 4.0 — a major rewrite that's no longer limited to WP_Posts. 🔎

🎓 WPCampus’ call for speakers is…

Dan Knauss

February 10, 2020

🎓 WPCampus' call for speakers is now open through March 10th. The event is set for July 15-17 in New Orleans. 📅

My mistakes with product-founder fit

Cory Miller

February 9, 2020

Business

I received Matt Medeiros' second email for Business 5000 this morning and the topic was Product-Founder Fit, and it inspired me. So thanks, Matt. He talks about "new ideas fever" that we all get. In my own fever, I've made…

Post Status Club Improvements

Cory Miller

February 7, 2020

Business

Hey Club members, here are some highlights of what Brian and I are working on for you: The way I view business and improvements is just like software. Sometimes you have smaller releases and sometimes big releases, and always fixing…

Syed Balkhi on Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 6, 2020

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive's acquisition of All In One SEO, the long-running SEO plugin by Michael Torbert, which boasts more than 2 million active installs.

Zac Gordon announced that the new…

Dan Knauss

February 5, 2020

Zac Gordon announced that the new GatsbyWPThemes.com was launched, which is a site devoted to Gatsby themes that designed to work with WordPress. "You can preview a few of our themes and the plugins" while more additions are expected in…

Genesis is celebrating its tenth anniversary!…

Dan Knauss

February 5, 2020

Genesis is celebrating its tenth anniversary! 🎂 Chris Garrett, Marketing Director for StudioPress at WP Engine, briefly reflected on the global Genesis community and the ways you can get involved in it.

Rich Tabor has posted his reflections…

Dan Knauss

February 5, 2020

Rich Tabor has posted his reflections on 2019, which included joining GoDaddy and selling CoBlocks and ThemeBeans. His goals for 2020 are "to simply read more," "produce music," and "get involved with core Gutenberg on a deeper level." Rich predicts…