Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.
WordPress 5.3 RC2 is out of…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.3 RC2 is out of the gates with ten bug fixes and some improvements to the new About page.
WordCamp US is next week. We…
Dan Knauss
WordCamp US is next week. We (Brian and David) will be there. Please come up to us and say "hi!" if you see us. We might also have conversations on and off camera with some of our Post Status members.…
Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…
Dan Knauss
Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…
Medium announced it’s changing how writers…
Dan Knauss
Medium announced it's changing how writers are paid: compensation will stem “primarily” from visitor reading time rather than claps. Medium has reportedly "paid out more than $6 million in total to 30,000 writers" to date, which averages out to $200…
A new version of Firefox (70)…
Dan Knauss
A new version of Firefox (70) is out, and Chris Mills covers all the developer-focused enhancements. Firefox has made tremendous advances in developer tools and features — both in CSS and JavaScript — and I've enjoyed using it for the…
Here’s a plugin that introduces GraphQL to…
Dan Knauss
Here's a plugin that introduces GraphQL to BuddyPress. Nice! 🔌
Matt Shaw shows how WordPress handles…
Dan Knauss
Matt Shaw shows how WordPress handles HTML email and how plugins can supplement it. Matt says, "While WordPress core has a way to go before it has good support of HTML emails, plugin developers have helped to pick up some…
Geoff Graham digs into the preview…
Dan Knauss
Geoff Graham digs into the preview loading animation (with the WordPress logo) that came with the block editor in WordPress 5.0.
Faces of Open Source is a…
Dan Knauss
Faces of Open Source is a site that aims to photographically document the people "behind the development and advancement of the open-source revolution." It highlights foundational figures and influencers from Unix, WWW, BSD, and other significant projects. 📸
We’ve mentioned this viral post from…
Dan Knauss
We've mentioned this viral post from Jason Grigsby before, which discusses how an HTML attribute could be worth $4.4M to Chipotle. On a similar subject, now Adrian Roselli explains how Indiegogo left $18 million (USD) on the table last year…
GoDaddy has announced it is releasing…
Dan Knauss
GoDaddy has announced it is releasing "an integration" with WooCommerce. This integration "reduces the typical four-step set-up process into one easy step" so that GoDaddy's WordPress users "can set up a fully-functioning eCommerce site in no time."
Jon Christopher has a series running…
Dan Knauss
Jon Christopher has a series running on his blog about rescuing a product. He examines improvements to the content on OrganizeWP's website in his latest post.
Marcelo Lebre explains why you should…
Dan Knauss
Marcelo Lebre explains why you should be working asynchronously. This post goes into detail about multiplexing, communication, and action, which are all vital to async work. I'm not sure if I'm all-in with everything Marcelo says, but I'll agree that…
WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address at least six security issues. 🔒 The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is available now, as well. 🏁 Remember, this release includes and fully supports PHP 7.4! More information about 5.3 continues to…
Automattic announced that Mark Davies (formerly…
Dan Knauss
Automattic announced that Mark Davies (formerly of Vivint) is their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Current CFO Stuart West, who has been in this role since 2012, will remain at Automattic "in a new position."
