Post Status Excerpt (No. 61) — Empathy, Understanding, And Being An Ally
David Bisset
Why is it hard to help underrepresented people get their footing in the WordPress community? How can our interactions support inclusion?
Member Spotlight: Todd E. Jones
Michelle Frechette
In the spotlight: Todd E. Jones is a content creator, a storyteller, a digital marketer, and the founder of Copyflight.
Misogyny in WordPress is Real
Michelle Frechette
Misogyny is alive and well in WordPress, but it doesn't have to be. If we work together, we can make it an even safer space for all.
Change Means Growth and Serving Our Community Better
Dan Knauss
Deeper, thoughtful insight and analysis make slower work and harder to come by. I hope to model it once in a while, and we’ve got more in the bin. We want to invite especially our business members to submit story ideas, questions, sources, and articles for publication at Post Status.
A Safe Place for Conflict Needs Trust
Lindsey Miller
High-level spats in the WordPress business ecosystem are a reality, but on Twitter, they become low-level competitive exchanges. Maybe they could be moved into more private conversations without character limits if the goal is to resolve conflicts rather than intensify them.
Go Slowly to Go Far
Cory Miller
As I return this week officially to Post Status, I return to a lot of conversation in our space. Nothing new. Part of the beauty and excellence of WordPress is healthy, productive, constructive discourse.
Goodbye But Not Farewell
David Bisset
As many people already know, I am transitioning away from Post Status to focus on a new opportunity within the WordPress space. It should go without saying that I will be just as involved in the community as I’ve ever been. It’s important that there are stages where people can have the important conversations, and I firmly believe that Post Status will continue to be a fine home for the discussions (both positive and critical) that need to happen.
Shifting to a new role to build the WordPress workforce
Talisha Lewallen
This is an exciting opportunity to bring people into the WordPress community who have great skillsets and experience relevant to every role in our industry.
Member Spotlight: Jessica Frick
Michelle Frechette
Jessica Frick is the Director of Operations for Pressable, where she's focused on creating the best managed WordPress hosting experience possible.
Business Member Spotlight: GoDaddy Pro
Michelle Frechette
In this spotlight, Adam Warner talks about GoDaddy Pro: what it is, how it works, and how they serve the greater community).
WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of June 19
David Bisset
A chat with Matt at WCEU • Glam That Plugin • BlackPress Slack meetup • SSG vs. WordPress for landing pages • The Web Designer's Tech Stack • A Medeiros rant on the WordPress vibe
An Operating System for the Web
Dan Knauss
What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress — the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...
Promoting WordCamps, GDPR and Google Fonts, Invalid Reviews, 5FTF, and the Admin UX
Courtney Robertson
How should WordCamps be promoted on official WordPress channels? • How to comply with the GDPR when you're using Google Fonts. • What's the deal with invalid plugin/theme reviews? Mika Epstein explains. • Important decisions in The Five for the Future GitHub repo. • Thinking through the Admin UX.
Today in WordCamp History
Adam Silver
Starting today and every day for the next year, I’ll be sharing 1-4 photos that appear on that day from the WP events I was at. I’ll tag the location and people there as well as I can. You can follow on Twitter @KitchensinkWP or at kitchensinkwp.com.
WooCommerce Updates, Pagely’s New Woo Platform, and WordCamp Europe
Bob Dunn
Bug fixes and Beta releases. Back from WCEU, Bob wonders when we'll see another WooConf. Pagely hints their Managed Woo platform will be released soon.
