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.
Post Status Team Responses to the State of the Word 2021
Dan Knauss
Openverse. Diversity. Training. Future generations. A whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. These are our quick takes on SOTW '21.
Footnotes #456
Dan Knauss
Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…
WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” was released as…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.8 “Tatum” was released as planned this past Tuesday. Matt Mullenweg was the lead on this release. There were 530 volunteers along with 320+ tickets on Trac and over 1,500 pull requests on GitHub. Courtney Robertson has a good…
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya…
Dan Knauss
Some Tumblr news this week: Ilya Kaminsky has been brought on board with Automattic to work on Tumblr as Director of Engineering, Ads. Automattic credits a new partnership with Hunt Club for the hire, no doubt one of several sources…
Video Picks 📺 Here is my video…
Dan Knauss
Video Picks 📺 Here is my video pick for the week: Running WordPress on AWS Lightsail: Jerry Hargrove demonstrates at a recent WordPress New York Meetup
DAVID’S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here…
Dan Knauss
DAVID'S PICKS 📬 Videos 📺 Here are my video picks for the week: WordCamp Europe 2021: The video feeds from all three days of WCEUE are available on YouTube, with individual videos to be published in the coming weeks on…
WordCamp Europe 2021 has concluded its…
Dan Knauss
WordCamp Europe 2021 has concluded its three-day run. It seemed to be received well as an online event. Organizers reported that 3,290 people registered (with 1,841 logged in at once) from 121 countries. 🌐 Among the 48 speakers, Matt Mullenweg…
Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up!…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up! Black Speakers in WordPress Workshop hosted by WP Engine is still accepting signups. It will kick off on June 5th. 🧑🏾 WordCamp Europe 2021 has announced it will take place online, June 7-10. 🏕️…
Upcoming Events 📆 WordSesh 2021 was…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordSesh 2021 was announced with sessions on May 25 – 27 and workshops from May 28 – June 1. Registration is free. 🆓 WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress in…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 8) — Gravity Forms 2.5, CC Coming to WP
David Bisset
One of the oldest commercial WordPress Plugins gets a facelift. In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about the recent 2.5 update to Gravity Forms. Cory reflects on the early days of the WordPress…
Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by GoDaddy Pro from April 27-28. 🆓 The WordPress London Meetup is happening on April 29th and will discuss the hidden features of…
The most discussed story of the…
Dan Knauss
The most discussed story of the past week is Wix's marketing campaign against WordPress. If you have been on Twitter or Post Status Slack, you probably know many of the details by now. Wix appears to have selected several "high…
Matt Mullenweg noticed the Ulysses App…
Dan Knauss
Matt Mullenweg noticed the Ulysses App now has better support for WordPress. From the Ulysses blog: The feature is pretty straightforward. You publish to WordPress... [A]fter your blog automatically notifies your subscribers, and the first reactions come in, you notice…
🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations…
Dan Knauss
🤝 Joining some recent #club conversations in Post Status' Slack, Matt Mullenweg responded to a question involving acquisitions: "Automattic is also an active buyer and investor — happy to bring the entire team on if the best path is acquisition,…
