maintenance

Who’s Going to Pay for All This?

Dan Knauss

November 4, 2022

Magne Ilsaas wants WordPress to be more than the pragmatic choice for enterprise clients. He wants WordPress agencies to be known for a distinct WordPress culture and mindset. Alain Schlesser, Carole Olinger, Carl Alexander, and Zach Stepek have a frank talk with Bob Dunn about the costs of not supporting WordPress contributors. Post Status members including Dave Loodts, Marius Jensen, Jeremy Ward, and Chris Reynolds discuss the looming PHP 7.4 EOL. Plus Jb Audras' breakdown of contributions to the WordPress 6.1 release. For your weekend reading, some news and insights from business, workplace, webtech, and govtech writers beyond the WordPress bubble.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 70) — Trust and Distrust: Microaggressions, Active Install Growth Data for Plugins, and Open Source Security

Dan Knauss

October 7, 2022

BusinessDesign

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Dan and Ny take on three issues in the WordPress community that can threaten or impair trust while also revealing how foundational trust and healthy communication are: 1) racism and microaggressions, 2) the sudden removal and uncertain fate of the active install growth chart in the WordPress.org plugin repository, and 3) open source and security. Briefly discussed: emerging US federal policy that aims to secure open-source software. Zero-trust architecture might work well for networked machines, but human relationships and communities need trust.

Open Source Communities: You May Not Be Interested in CISA, But CISA is Very Interested in You

Dan Knauss

October 3, 2022

FeaturesPlanet

United States national security interests are poised to become more invested in and engaged with open source projects classified as public infrastructure. From Log4j to the Securing Open Source Software Act, how did it all come together in 2022, and what may lie ahead?

WordPress Careers Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

CareersPlanet

Why do designers quit? Matej Latin breaks down the results of his survey. Amelia Nagoski says self-care is not enough to prevent burnout — we have to care for each other. Alyssa Place explains how managers can do that. Maintenance failures can be lethal, but Stewart Brand finds the winning maintenance style in sailing history.

A Beautiful Life is All About Maintenance

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

RescueTime, which I've used since they started up, often has pretty good articles on time management and such. This is one. Most good habits are about maintenance. https://blog.rescuetime.com/a-beautiful-life-is-all-about-maintenance/

Lessons in Maintenance

Dan Knauss

September 19, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

What's the best approach to maintenance — in software, sailing, or anything else? Hope for the best? Stewart Brand takes a famous solo, non-stop, round-the-world sailing race as a parable about maintenance styles that will win, go beyond winning, or drive you mad.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 68) — On the Road to WordCamp US

Dan Knauss

September 9, 2022

BusinessDesign

In this episode Dan and Ny are tired! — but excited about heading to their first WordCamp of any kind. They talk about the things they're looking forward to seeing and doing at WCUS and in San Diego. Lots of interesting speakers and talks! Contributor day! Karaoke. Food comes up — a lot.

Post Status Notes #501

David Bisset

June 3, 2022

BusinessDesign

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

Getting to ‘Yes’ on Plugin “License Hell”

Dan Knauss

May 11, 2022

BusinessDesign

Is there a win-win solution for plugin owners fighting churn and their professional WordPress customers, like agencies and freelancers?

Post Status Notes #497

David Bisset

May 6, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

WordPress is 19! • WP 6.0 news and Beta 4 release. • JetPack 10.9 • BuddyPress Rewrites 1.1.0 • Simple Local Avatars 2.3.0 • InMotion funds WCUS scholarships • RSS and Blogging FTW • Wishlist Member acquired • New leadership team at Yoast • and the rest of your weekly WP news roundup!

Post Status Notes #493

David Bisset

April 8, 2022

PlanetSecurity

It's your weekly roundup of news briefs for busy WordPress professionals! @dimensionmedia, can you believe we've done almost 500 of these? -Ed.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 53) — Support Tips for Plugin Developers

David Bisset

April 6, 2022

BusinessDesign

Dave Rodenbaugh talks about setting expectations for support in the WordPress repository where users can download plugins for free.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 48) — Running a WordPress Business

David Bisset

February 28, 2022

BusinessDesign

When — and what — should you outsource to SaaS and open source? Learn this an more from Dave Rodenbaugh, founder of Recapture.io.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 44) — Small Wins with Small Plugins

David Bisset

February 3, 2022

BusinessHosting

Collins Agbonghama is the Founder of ProfilePress. He spoke with David about his recent success acquiring a plugin and breaking even in just four months.

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.