The Importance of Space
Michelle Frechette
In order to be productive, happy, and healthy, we often define our lives in terms of space: physical space, emotional space, and time.
Post Status Picks for the Week of August 1
Dan Knauss
Adam Silverstein on Performance in large plugins, GDPR and accessibility, World Wide Web Day in the global WordPress community, Jonathan Wold on partnerships, women in software, and Michelle Frechette on building communities.
Gmail Clipping…Cured
Dan Knauss
This is great — an email size checker that counts up how many Kb your outgoing email will be — for Newsletter Glue. Lesley Sim showed it to me a while ago. In the past I used to do this…
WP.events — Find out what’s happening next
Dan Knauss
Have you recently thought it would be nice to have one comprehensive source for all WordPress community events? Thanks to The Events Calendar and some nice people at StellarWP — Hazel Quimpo, Zach Tirrell, and Michelle Frechette — there's a…
If you want speed, upgrade PHP
Dan Knauss
Brent on PHP explains — His video on how much PHP has changed from 5.6 to 8.2 is good too —
Business Case for Performance
Dan Knauss
Here's an idea for a handy performance business case calculator. The eCommerce fashion Farfetch correlated Core Web Vitals and their own performance metrics with their business metrics, which let them identify an increase in KPIs. They built a "Performance Business…
TEST – block theme builder plugin
Dan Knauss
This sounds great. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'd love to hear from you if you have. This tool basically saves your current settings and layouts to wrap them up as a theme or child…
Building and Sustaining the WordPress Community Through Mentorship — Post Status Draft 123
Dan Knauss
For Nyasha Green, a healthy tech community prioritizes mentoring. She credits her mentors with helping her find her place in WordPress. How well does your part of the WordPress ecosystem support mentorship? Can we make mentoring a key way people contribute to WordPress's future?
Nice weather they’re having
Dan Knauss
Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman…
Free Rider Problem, JSON Core Block Styling, Redesigned Home & Download Pages
Courtney Robertson
Have you seen the new home page demo?
Is there a problem with Free Riders?
Do you want block styling standardized?
Future thinking
Dan Knauss
Josepha Haden Chomphosy on the future of WordPress (SEJ) and Do the Woo's series of visionary WordPress thinkers are worth a listen. Taking a long view is important when there's so much short-term thinking.
SEO Client Reports
Dan Knauss
What should go into any SEO report for your clients who don't have time or patience for any jibber-jabber or lengthy stuff: Traffic SourcesConversion Rate and Progress on GoalsTop Performing ContentPage Speed InsightsBounce Rate and Dwell/Loiter TimeRankings and BacklinksWhat you…
Now available in the WP.com plugin store: Yoast SEO — and thousands of other plugins
Dan Knauss
Yoast SEO is now available at WP.com along with 975 other SEO-related plugins. That's quite a historic shift, but I haven't seen anyone reacting to it at all.
Don’t Go Alone and Burnout, the Book
Dan Knauss
Cory Miller reflects on his Burnout and Recovery Journey, sharing the framework for understanding it and working through: to know you’re not alone, to help others think about their own journey, and “most importantly, to not go it alone.” Check…
WordPress Accessibility Day: November 2-3
Dan Knauss
WordPress Accessibility Day is coming up in November: Save the date!
