Dan Knauss

Maddy Osman on Writing for Humans and Robots — Post Status Draft 119

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2022

In this episode of Post Draft, Post Status Editor Dan Knauss is joined by Maddy Osman. Maddy is the founder of The Blogsmith, a well-known brand in the WordPress space for quality writing that appeals to your target audience and search engines. Maddy has a new book out that can teach you some of her finely-honed skills. It's called Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style.

Post Status Notes #500

David Bisset

May 27, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

It's the 500th issue of Post Status Notes and the Post Status newsletter coinciding with WordPress's 6.0 release and its 19th anniversary! 🎂

WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn

Rob Howard

May 6, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between?

What might WordPress.com’s pricing changes mean for the WordPress ecosystem?

David Bisset

April 8, 2022

BusinessHosting

Do the WordPress.com pricing changes represent an opportunity for the WordPress product ecosystem, a blow to democratized publishing, or the beginning of a slow pivot in the service's identity away from blogging to managed WordPress hosting?

Fall of the Zamir: A Hate Symbol Enters and Exits WordPress.org

David Bisset

March 25, 2022

PlanetSecurity

How did a hate symbol get into WordPress.org? Will more transparent governance help us navigate the age of weaponized open source projects?

WordPress as a Commons

Lesley Sim

January 21, 2022

BusinessHosting

Fences can protect or inhibit care of a commons. "Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place," is a classic piece of wisdom. What are the questions we need to ask about our fences and WordPress as a commons?