Plugins

On August 25th Dave Rodenbaugh completed…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

On August 25th Dave Rodenbaugh completed the sale of two WordPress plugins: Business Directory Plugin and Another Classified WordPress Plugin. The buyers belong to Strategy11 — Stephanie Wells and Syed Balkhi. Strategy11 is part of WPBeginner Growth Accelerator companies. 🤝…

iThemes has acquired Restrict Content Pro from Sandhills Development

Brian Krogsgard

September 1, 2020

BusinessDraft

In this exclusive interview, Pippin Williamson and Matt Danner discuss the acquisition of Restrict Content Pro by iThemes.

Iain Poulson recently launched Plugin Rank,…

Dan Knauss

August 12, 2020

Iain Poulson recently launched Plugin Rank, an SEO tool for developers who want to monitor their rankings and performance relative to competitors. 👀 A similar freemium plugin exists in the WordPress repo from Rank Math.

📅 Conference and Event Updates 🔌…

Dan Knauss

August 7, 2020

📅 Conference and Event Updates 🔌 Brad Williams and Cory Miller will be holding a webinar on "Building Your First WordPress Plugin" on August 20, 2020, at 01:00 PM Central Time (the US and Canada). You can RSVP here for…

Building Your First WordPress Plugin: Live Webinar Friday

Dan Knauss

June 25, 2020

Join WP core contributor and developer John James Jacoby for this live coding workshop on Friday, June 26, from 1-3 p.m. Central. JJJ will walk through best practices and steps for building your first WordPress plugin. JJJ is co-author of…

Gutenberg 8.4 was released yesterday with…

Dan Knauss

June 23, 2020

Gutenberg 8.4 was released yesterday with some impressive enhancements included image editing, multi-block controls, and the enabling of the Block Directory. The Block Directory has been a big-ticket item in the WordPress Roadmap and is powered by the WordPress.org Plugin…

Professional WordPress Plugin Development: Interview with the authors

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2020

DevelopmentDraft

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory Miller interviews the authors of the (second edition) of Professional WordPress Plugin Development.

Free event: Learn from top consultants during Post Status Live: Client Work

Cory Miller

April 6, 2020

PlanetWordPress News

On April 10th, learn from top experts on client work in the WordPress ecosystem, during Post Status Live -- a free event perfect for all consultants.

Brad Williams, John James Jacoby, and…

Dan Knauss

March 27, 2020

Brad Williams, John James Jacoby, and Justin Tadlock on April 22 for a special AMA on WordPress Plugin Development with Post Status partner Cory Miller. Our guests are the co-authors of the upcoming 2nd edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development,…

Two new and compelling reasons to sign your team up for Post Status

Cory Miller

February 18, 2020

Business

We’re giving you two new and compelling reasons to sign up your Team for a Club Membership at Post Status.

WP Fusion Drive

Brian Krogsgard

January 27, 2020

Business

I always enjoy annual reflections from business owners in the WordPress space, but this one went above and beyond. Going into this level of detail is a rare and valuable source of insight.

New books 📚 of note: Building…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

New books 📚 of note: Building Web Apps with WordPress: WordPress as an Application Framework by Brian Messenlehner and Jason Coleman is available in print and digital forms from O'Reilly. Justin Tadlock, Brad Williams, and John James Jacoby will be publishing…

For Black Friday, Yoast released an…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

For Black Friday, Yoast released an update that placed an animated banner on the dashboards of all WordPress admin pages where it was installed. This resulted in some negative feedback and discussions about ad policies from plugin companies. Yoast was…

The draft guidelines for plugins submitted…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

The draft guidelines for plugins submitted to the Block Directory are available for discussion according to a recent post on the Plugins Team site. Currently, blocks can be submitted to the directory using the regular plugin submission form. However, you…