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The WP Agency Journey with Bet Hannon of AccessiCart-Post Status Draft

Emilee

May 12, 2023

Bet Hannon, CEO of AccessiCart, talks with Cory Miller about her journey in starting an agency focused on accessibility and e-commerce in the WordPress space. She highlights the importance of accessibility, not only as a legal requirement but also as a means to enhance the user experience for all visitors. Bet emphasizes the need for WordPress professionals to continually educate themselves about accessibility and user experience best practices, collaborate with communities, and consider the diverse needs of users with disabilities. By prioritizing accessibility and optimizing user experiences, we can create inclusive websites that benefit all users.

WordPress Products in the Enterprise with Crowd Favorite-Post Status Draft

Cory Miller

May 4, 2023

BusinessDraft

In this episode, Cory Miller talks with Karim Marucchi, Pat Ramsey, and Alex Nitu of Crowd Favorite. They share their insights on scaling WordPress for the enterprise. Their discussion includes the challenges of managing large WordPress sites, tips for optimizing site performance and security, and advice for hiring and managing a WordPress development team.

Talking With Valet’s Ceo Kimberly Lipari About The Changing Value Of Websites To Organizations-Post Status Draft

Cory Miller

April 27, 2023

BusinessDraft

In this episode, Kimberly Lipari and Cory Miller discuss the ups and downs of building and selling WordPress companies. They share their experiences, including the challenges they faced and lessons learned. They also give advice to entrepreneurs and business owners looking to grow and sell their own WordPress companies.

Local Development Tools and the Open Web

Dan Knauss

August 9, 2022

BusinessDesign

Who is not using Local? Is it an Open Web tool? Let's review some "Local history" and consider where WP Engine's popular developer tools could be headed.

Post Status Notes #498

David Bisset

May 13, 2022

PlanetSecurity

Are we up or down? What should happen when a license expires? Is the block protocol worth it? Driesnote 2022. WP Engine expands. Becoming a better writer. Best backup solutions. Define your role. Reaktiv wins a spot in Inc's Best Workplaces. Open Source JobHub. Our passwordless future.

The Post Status Swag Store is OPEN!

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2022

Post Status Team BlogWordPress News

At long last, the Post Status Swag Store is OPEN. Get your jackets, mugs, beanies, t-shirts, and trucker hats here.

WP Engine, which took ownership of Local…

Dan Knauss

July 2, 2021

Notes

WP Engine, which took ownership of Local upon the acquisition of Flywheel in June 2019, has discontinued its own local development tool, DevKit, and incorporated its features into Local. Additionally, all of Local’s tools and features are free now —…

Flywheel’s latest (5.6.8) release of the…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

Flywheel's latest (5.6.8) release of the free version of Local, a popular development tool, has added a push/pull feature for staging and not just production sites at Flywheel or WP Engine. Previously, this feature was included only with the "pro"…

Flywheel recently relaunched its Local Pro…

Dan Knauss

July 3, 2020

Flywheel recently relaunched its Local Pro app. It's a solid upgrade focused more on reducing WordPress site development pain points than being just a companion tool for Flywheel users. It syncs with WPEngine now too, and they're actively working to…

WP Engine acquires Flywheel

Brian Krogsgard

June 26, 2019

BusinessHosting

WP Engine has acquired Flywheel -- which boasts more than 200 employees and $18 million in revenue. WP Engine is setting the stage for an IPO in the next couple years.

Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to…

Dan Knauss

August 17, 2018

Hosting

Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to grow: Flywheel is #344 on Inc. Magazine's annual ranking of the United States's fastest-growing private companies. It is also Nebraska’s fastest-growing company in 2018.

Flywheel has rolled out a whole…

Dan Knauss

August 10, 2018

Flywheel has rolled out a whole new cloud platform built on Google Cloud that existing customers will be upgraded to without a change in pricing. CDN and staging add-ons come standard on all new and upgraded plans now. Flywheel's original architecture was…

Here’s a gentle reminder that soon Chrome will…

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2017

Here's a gentle reminder that soon Chrome will preload .dev domains as HTTPS via preloaded HSTS. If you use a .dev name for local development you will need to switch to another domain name or consider using localhost instead. Once the patch…

Many WordPress developers either use or…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Many WordPress developers either use or have clients that use WP Engine... and I recently noticed that Carrie Dils has published a guide to working with WP Engine staging. This is a concise tutorial on using some of WP Engine's…

ZippyKid relaunches as Pressable, makes changes to business

Brian Krogsgard

November 14, 2013

BusinessHosting

ZippyKid is a managed WordPress host that's been around around three and a half years. They have grown their business consistently since their launch in May 2010, and today have a number of high profile blogs and corporate profiles as…

New WordPress host, Flywheel, raises funding

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2013

Hosting

In an interview on Silicon Prairie News, Flywheel hosting has announced that they received funding for their WordPress hosting startup. It's worth noting that Silicon Prairie News and Flywheel share a co-founder, so the article seems very much like self-promotion.…