If you want speed, upgrade PHP
Dan Knauss
Brent on PHP explains — His video on how much PHP has changed from 5.6 to 8.2 is good too —
Transitioning an Agency to Gutenberg
Dan Knauss
Up this week on WP Tavern's Jukebox with Nathan Wrigley, it's Sean Blakely with the story of the transition to Gutenberg in a large agency, American Eagle. I've expected to see stories like this — for years. It seems they're…
Post Status Picks for the Week of July 25
Dan Knauss
Syntax.fm has an interview with Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive, how WordPress and PHP are viewed by developers, and his charity efforts. The WP Minute features Amber Hinds on Equalize Digital’s first exit. Sean Blakeley talks about transitioning a large agency over to Gutenberg at the WP Tavern's Jukebox.
PHP 8.2 Compatibility, Renaming FSE, Custom Template Options, WP Feature Notifications Project
Courtney Robertson
Getting Ready for PHP 8.2, Rebooting Feature Notifications, Additional Custom Template Options, and Renaming Full Site Editing.
The Decline of Speed Booster Pack
Barış Ünver
WordPress success stories are great, but this time, you’re going to read about a failure. It’s about the Speed Booster Pack plugin and the depressing, constant decline of its active installs.
Market Size and Market Shares: Thinking Bigger About the WordPress Economy
Dan Knauss
$635.5 billion…That’s "billion," with a “B.” Let's look at the size of the universe inhabited by our market of markets of cathedrals and bazaars: the WordPress ecosystem. How should we think about WordPress's market share or, maybe more accurately, its shares? Are we selling them short and dampening growth?
An Operating System for the Web
Dan Knauss
What if WordPress, growing as an operating system for the web, spawns distributions and spins, like Linux? What do nine years of Jetpack teach us about Automattic and WordPress — the project and the dot-com? Rethinking how we think about SaaS, hosting, and the WordPress ecosystem...
WooCommerce Updates, Pagely’s New Woo Platform, and WordCamp Europe
Bob Dunn
Bug fixes and Beta releases. Back from WCEU, Bob wonders when we'll see another WooConf. Pagely hints their Managed Woo platform will be released soon.
Not Dead Yet! Just Mostly Dead?
Dan Knauss
Gutenberg 13.4 • Learning FSE sooner rather than later • Gutenberg in Tumblr and Day One • WordCamps and the vitality of the WordPress community • AUS WordPress community only mostly dead? • Get SEO Schema graphs • Web font loading geek out • PHP is 28! • PHP namespaces and autoloaders • You can work anywhere... why not Cleveland? • North Commerce — faster than the rest? • and more...
9 Things I Learned from WordCamp Europe 2022
David Bisset
A lot of interesting things surfaced in the open conversations with Matt and Josepha at WCEU. I also learned a lot from Pablo Postigo, Feliz Arntz, Shane Pearlman, Jonathan Wold, Nora Ferrerio, Milana Cap.
Post Status Notes #501
David Bisset
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.
Post Status Notes #498
David Bisset
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.
Getting to ‘Yes’ on Plugin “License Hell”
Dan Knauss
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
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!
WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn
Rob Howard
When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between?
Post Status Excerpt (No. 57) — WordPress Development with Docker and Lando
David Bisset
Cal Evans explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.
