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Market Size and Market Shares: Thinking Bigger About the WordPress Economy

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Dan Knauss
$635.5 billion…That’s "billion," with a β€œB.” Let's look at the size of the universe inhabited by our market of markets of cathedrals and bazaars: the WordPress ecosystem. How should we think about WordPress's market share or, maybe more accurately, its shares? Are we selling them short and dampening growth?

Join the Incident Response Team

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Dan Knauss
The now-forming Incident Response Team (IRT) is a community-led effort to help us all build and sustain a culture around WordPress that is healthy, inclusive, and safe. Angela Jin is calling for your nominations for a diverse group of people who can contribute by serving on the IRT.

It’s Hard to COPE Without a WordPress Lite

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Dan Knauss
It's still far from simple to do well β€” let alone do better β€” what was first possible in the Web 1.0 era, even before WordPress was born. Thoughts on "WordPress Lite" and "Create Once, Publish Everywhere."

Core Contributions by the Numbers

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Dan Knauss
I didn't have a chance to dig into Daniele Scasciafratte's report and analysis regarding WordPress core contributions when he shared it in April. It's a simple assessment that gives you a good, albeit frustrating, picture of how difficult it is…

Not Dead Yet! Just Mostly Dead?

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Dan Knauss
Gutenberg 13.4 β€’ Learning FSE sooner rather than later β€’ Gutenberg in Tumblr and Day One β€’ WordCamps and the vitality of the WordPress community β€’ AUS WordPress community only mostly dead? β€’ Get SEO Schema graphs β€’ Web font loading geek out β€’ PHP is 28! β€’ PHP namespaces and autoloaders β€’ You can work anywhere... why not Cleveland? β€’ North Commerce β€” faster than the rest? β€’ and more...

Post Status Notes #501

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David Bisset
Elementor acquires Strattic β€’ WP Engine acquires Delicious Brains' plugins 🧠 β€’ When the Cathedrals own the Bazaars and Shopping Centers and you're in a strip mall with a fruit stand... β€’ Jetpack decouples β€’ InstaWP gets seed funding from Automattic 🌱 β€’ Automattic hire #2000 β€’ World-class FSE, how? 🌐 β€’ WCEU by the numbers β€’ Weglot gives back β€’ RoleUp rolls out β€’ Tadlock exits WP Tavern 🍺 β€’ Why 'why' matters most β€’ The Big 2-0 next year β€’ All there is to know about core WordPress email notifications, documented βœ‰οΈ β€’ System font stack check β€’ Do not follow by default β€’ Museum of Block Art opens 🎨 β€’ Meet Yvonne Doll β€’ Mostly modest WordPress wishlists β€’ WooCommerce Experts to go global β€’ How to do well in a downturn πŸ“‰ β€’ Some things we don't β€” but ought to β€” talk about. 🐘 Silent no longer about Sustainability.

This Week at WordPress.org (May 9, 2022)

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Courtney Robertson
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this…

This Week at WordPress.org (April 25, 2022)

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Courtney Robertson
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this…

Post Status Notes #495

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David Bisset
Lots of core news this week! 🍎 WCUS calls on companies to support inclusion. πŸ’ͺ Plus the latest cool finds, learning guides, and good ideas. πŸ’₯
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