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The second round of WordCamp incubation is happening after…

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2018

The second round of WordCamp incubation is happening after some beautiful successes in the first round. If you have always wanted a WordCamp in your city but haven’t been able to get a community started, the incubator program is a great opportunity.

This is interesting: Non-subscribers visiting the…

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2018

This is interesting: Non-subscribers visiting the Wall Street Journal's site now get a score, based on signals, that indicates how likely they’ll be to subscribe. This is all done with machine learning. The idea is to make paywalls "porous" and variable…

eCommerceFuel has released it’s annual State…

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2018

eCommerceFuel has released it's annual State of the Merchant report. This year over 450 store owners participated. A few statistics stood out: Overall revenue growth in the broad eCommerce market is estimated to be around 23% or so annually. Very…

WordPress 4.9.5 Beta is slated for…

Brian Krogsgard

March 26, 2018

WordPress 4.9.5 Beta is slated for April 3rd. There are three things of note, two of which are verbiage related I find interesting: The recommended PHP version is now going to be 7.2, instead of 7.0. I wonder at what…

The Future of Content Distribution — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 26, 2018

BusinessDraft

This week the Brians put their brains together and discuss content distribution across various mediums and platforms as well as subscriptions for both digital and physical products.

An interview with Review Signal founder Kevin Ohashi

Dan Knauss

March 22, 2018

BusinessHosting

Kevin Ohashi is the founder of Review Signal. Kevin also produces an annual report on WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks.

Network effects and WordPress — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 10, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss the power of network effects and how they relate to WordPress’ increasing market share and maturity.

A review of HappyForms for simple, custom lead management

Dan Knauss

March 9, 2018

DesignWordPress News

HappyForms is a custom form builder that makes secure forms that get you leads, not spam.

Marketing and positioning WordPress products — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 2, 2018

DraftHosting

This week BK and BR discuss a number of different aspects surrounding marketing and selling WordPress products and services.

Observations on a maturing ecosystem — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

February 25, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, the Brians chat about the steady change that has played out in the WordPress ecosystem throughout the past decade and speculate about what is still to come.

Jim Zarkadas has a nice post…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

Jim Zarkadas has a nice post summarizing Gutenberg and some resources to check out if you are ready to get started with it.

The latest version of Gutenberg includes…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

The latest version of Gutenberg includes nested blocks -- a huge feature for making them even more dynamic. This will be especially helpful for managing columns, but other block types as well.

Take note: Beginning in July 2018…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

Take note: Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome will identify all HTTP sites as “not secure.” If you haven't transitioned to HTTPS yet, now's the time to start.

On Twitter some people noticed the WooCommerce inline update…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

On Twitter some people noticed the WooCommerce inline update message on the plugins page. Gareth Harris shows you can create inline plugin update messages for your own plugin for both single and multisite installs. Gareth notes this is useful because "WordPress doesn’t currently offer…

Colin Newcomer built near-identical landing pages…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

Colin Newcomer built near-identical landing pages with five popular WordPress page builders and then ran them through a series of performance tests.

Chris Lema has a good reminder…

Brian Krogsgard

February 23, 2018

Chris Lema has a good reminder that even leaders make mistakes, but he also asks a more important question: how do you handle things when others make mistakes? "Our job as leaders is to have empathy, humility, compassion and contingency…