Post Status Notes #488
David Bisset
Core releases. Static robots.txt for faster load time. Self-care. Health check. Which metric is lying to you? Dev notes and bottom lines.
Post Status Excerpt (No. 45) — The Block Protocol, Tumblr, and Complexity with Lesley Sim
David Bisset
What is the Block Protocol and why does it matter? What's the significance of Matt taking over at Tumblr? And is WordPress way too complicated?
Post Status Comments (No. 6) — The State of the WordPress News European Edition
David Bisset
Get new perspectives on last years' biggest news stories — which ones mattered most, to whom, and why? This is the European edition of the first Annual Post Status News Draft.
Post Status Comments (No. 4) — State of the Word 2021 Analysis
David Bisset
Bet Hannon, Eric Karkovack, Maciek Palmowski, and Rae Morey join David to share their reactions to the State of the Word 2021.
The Legend Of The Headless Website with the WebDevStudios Team
David Bisset
What is a "headless" WordPress site? Is it a good option for you? What does headless WordPress offer in speed, security, and scalability?
Tiny, the folks behind TinyMCE, has…
Dan Knauss
Tiny, the folks behind TinyMCE, has announced they acquired Setka, a no-code WYSIWYG editor. TinyMCE powers the classic editor in WordPress and many other CMSes. ⌨️ I’m not sure I will count this primarily as a “WordPress acquisition.” Setka does…
According to W3Techs, WordPress has now…
Dan Knauss
According to W3Techs, WordPress has now reached a 42.0% overall market share. That’s a +0.5% in just one month! In addition, WordPress has reached 65.0% of the total CMS market share.
The WPScan team interviews Vlad (also…
Dan Knauss
The WPScan team interviews Vlad (also known as m0ze) who is a long-time contributor to the WPScan vulnerability database. Vlad shares thoughts on the state of WordPress security today: “By itself, the WordPress engine is quite safe… but WordPress CMS…
WordPress Market Grow Continues to Surge…
Dan Knauss
WordPress Market Grow Continues to Surge Joost de Valk has updated his CMS market share analysis for June 2021 based on numbers provided by W3Techs. Joost notes that “a lot has changed again this year, in large part attributable to…
WordPress’s market share has hit an…
Dan Knauss
WordPress's market share has hit an even 41% according to W3Techs. That is a 1% gain over the past 45 days. Outside of some respectable growth from Shopify, other CMS platforms have seen relatively flat growth since the start of…
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the…
Dan Knauss
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the DE(CODE) 2021 conference, WP Engine founder and CTO Jason Cohen announced WP Engine's new Headless WordPress service, which is called Atlas. A new developer relations team "with focus on headless WordPress" — Matt Landers,…
A rising tide lifts all hosts…
Dan Knauss
A rising tide lifts all hosts 🛥️ More WordPress news on the hosting and eCommerce front: GoDaddy has launched new WooCommerce extensions, which according to the press release are from GoDaddy's recent acquisition of SkyVerge. These extensions "increase the value…
The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs,…
Dan Knauss
The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs, WordPress has reached 40% of the top 10 million websites globally. It holds 64.3% of the total CMS market share. 📈 Growth in 2020 was 4.3%, exceeding the growth rate for every previous year.…
Joost de Valk has released his…
Dan Knauss
Joost de Valk has released his fourth biannual analysis of the CMS market share numbers provided by W3Techs. There are two winners: "WordPress (and WooCommerce “within” it) and Shopify." 🏆🏆 WordPress is the #1 CMS with a 39.0% market share,…
Joost de Valk on WordPress marketshare
Brian Krogsgard
In this episode of Post Status Draft, David Bisset interviews Joost de Valk about WordPress marketshare and CMS trends.
Decisions have consequences
David Bisset
Sarah Gooding has reported at WPTavern that the W3C and the agency it selected to redesign its website, Studio 24, dropped WordPress from consideration in a selection process that has ended with Craft CMS as the winner. First off, kudos…
