Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org
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Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org

This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the WordPress stories and topics that are on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections. There’s a single throughline in this episode — what works, what doesn’t, and what will take WordPress businesses forward in the product, agency, and hosting spaces.

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 15
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WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 15

Good viewing and listening for you this weekend! Krogsgard on memberships and churn. Web 2.0 tech leaders reflect. Mike McAlister on the journey from Atomic Blocks and Array Themes to the Liftoff Creator Course. Paid services at Underrepresented in Tech. The Pattern Creator and Directory. WCEU. Inclusive Open Source Processes and Governance.

W3TC, Placester, and Frederick Townes

Placester is a Boston-based startup that gears toward real estate agents, and they’ve recently raised $50 million in a Series D round — bringing their total fundraising to $100 million. Why should you care? Well, two reasons. Placester uses WordPress — big time. Their real estate websites are made with WordPress. It’s a big real…

WordPress.com and Jetpack should lead the way toward standardizing custom post types
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WordPress.com and Jetpack should lead the way toward standardizing custom post types

Two themes were released in the last few days by a couple of theme shops I hugely respect: Bailey by The Theme Foundry (above) and Designer by Array (below). Both themes are for portfolio websites, and both themes use a custom post type for the portfolio. What’s interesting, is that both themes are offering support…

From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business
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From ThemeForest to Array, the story of a theme business

Mike McAlister has been an active member of the commercial WordPress theme space since 2009. He started by selling themes on ThemeForest. He transitioned to the Okay Themes brand in December of 2011. And at the end of March of this year, Mike transitioned yet again to Array. While these transitions may seem like arbitrary branding, to me…

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