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Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2022

This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the WordPress stories and topics that are on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections. There's a single throughline in this episode — what works, what doesn't, and what will take WordPress businesses forward in the product, agency, and hosting spaces.

Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo

Dan Knauss

October 3, 2022

BusinessFeatures

In reaction to as-yet-unpublicized details about the abuse of active install data in the WordPress.org plugin repository, the charts displaying that data have been removed from plugin pages in a move expected to be temporary. Important (and some familiar) questions are emerging as this story unfolds: how to balance the values of openness, security, and privacy as well as cooperation and competition at WordPress.org — still the central hub for WordPress plugin businesses.

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 25

Dan Knauss

July 29, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Syntax.fm has an interview with Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive, how WordPress and PHP are viewed by developers, and his charity efforts. The WP Minute features Amber Hinds on Equalize Digital’s first exit. Sean Blakeley talks about transitioning a large agency over to Gutenberg at the WP Tavern's Jukebox.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 41) — WordPress Community Versions: Past, Present, Future

David Bisset

January 10, 2022

BusinessDesign

How has the WordPress community changed since its early days? How does money and market share change it? What lies ahead?

Post Status Comments (No. 5) — The First Annual WordPress News Draft

Olivia Bisset

December 30, 2021

BusinessComments

Aurooba Ahmed, Jason Cosper, Daniel Schutzsmith, Robert Jacobi, and Lesley Sim join David Bisset for three rounds of draft picks for the top WordPress stories of 2021.

Pippin Williamson on the Sandhills Acquisition, Emerging Threats and Opportunities in WordPress — Post Status Draft 117

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2021

BusinessDraft

In the latest WordPress acquisition, Sandhills is joining Awesome Motive. Pippin Williamson talks with Cory about WordPress: past and future.

LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition of the following plugins from Lever Technology: PDF Embedder, Google Apps Login, Google Drive Embedder, Google Apps Directory, Google Profile Avatars, and All-In-One Intranet. 🔌 LionSher has flown under the radar for a while…

Footnotes #456

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BusinessDesign

Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 16) — Syed Balkhi on Acquiring SearchWP

David Bisset

July 9, 2021

HostingPlanet

Syed Balkhi talks with David about his acquisition of SearchWP, his vision for the plugin, and he calls for developers to stay mission-focused.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP

David Bisset

July 9, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Jon Christopher recently sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive. Learn what motivated Jon to make the sale, and get his view of search in WordPress core.

Awesome Motive announced it acquired Plugin…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Awesome Motive announced it acquired Plugin Rank this week. The SaaS app helps WordPress plugin developers track and improve their rankings in WordPress search results. 🔌 Syed Balkhi explained that his company was already engaged in plugin rank tracking of…

Syed Balkhi, co-founder of Awesome Motive…

Dan Knauss

December 31, 2020

Syed Balkhi, co-founder of Awesome Motive has another insightful year in review for 2020. This year Syed has included more personal information like falling victim to a scam, along with his travel adventures and experiences with burnout. Some highlights from…

PushEngage, the maker of push notification…

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2020

PushEngage, the maker of push notification software with "over 10,000+ customers in 150+ countries," has joined Awesome Motive. 🙌 Awesome Motive founder and CEO Syed Balkhi notes in the press release: "I first started using push notifications over 3 years…

Smash Balloon and Duplicate Post Acquisitions…

Dan Knauss

July 3, 2020

Smash Balloon and Duplicate Post Acquisitions Yoast SEO and Awesome Motive both made recent plugin acquisitions: 🔌 John Brackett and his whole team at Smash Balloon are joining Syed Balki at Awesome Motive. John is coming on board as a…

Video and podcast picks

Brian Krogsgard

February 15, 2020

Business

📹 Here's my video pick of the week: There's an interesting discussion at the Gutenberg Times between Enrique Piqueras and Birgit Pauli-Haack about the highlights of a full-site editing experience and how block-based themes could work. Francesca Marano has two…

Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org

Active Install Charts Removed from Plugin Repo

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 25

Pippin Williamson on the Sandhills Acquisition, Emerging Threats and Opportunities in WordPress — Post Status Draft 117

LionSher Technologies has announced the acquisition…

Footnotes #456

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 16) — Syed Balkhi on Acquiring SearchWP

Post Status Excerpt (No. 15) — Jon Christopher on Finding A New Home For SearchWP

Awesome Motive announced it acquired Plugin…

Syed Balkhi, co-founder of Awesome Motive…

PushEngage, the maker of push notification…

Smash Balloon and Duplicate Post Acquisitions…

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