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.
WooCommerce Blocks 8.1, Joost on Shopify’s Decline, Insights from Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack
Bob Dunn
New enhancements to WooCommerce Blocks 8.1. • Joost's report on CMS Market Share shows Woo growing — but Shopify has hit a wall. • Two "Voices of Experience," Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack share long-term takes on WooCommerce, WordPress, and Gutenberg.
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...
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.
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 Notes #495
David Bisset
Lots of core news this week! 🍎 WCUS calls on companies to support inclusion. 💪 Plus the latest cool finds, learning guides, and good ideas. 💥
Post Status Excerpt (No. 48) — Running a WordPress Business
David Bisset
When — and what — should you outsource to SaaS and open source? Learn this an more from Dave Rodenbaugh, founder of Recapture.io.
New Ways to Win Together
Bob Dunn
It's BobWP's WooSnippet for the week of February 21, 2022. Get the lowdown on what's new in the world of WooCommerce.
Who is Post Status?
Dan Knauss
Here's what we've learned about Post Status members and our broader audience.
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Michelle Frechette
The Post Status team reflects on the year that was (good and challenging), and looks forward to 2022 with hope.
A Strategic Partnership Framework for WordPress Businesses
Jonathan Wold
A good strategic partnership can quickly surmount the challenges of distribution facing WordPress plugin authors and SaaS businesses.
Awesome Motive announced it acquired Plugin…
Dan Knauss
Awesome Motive announced it acquired Plugin Rank this week. The SaaS app helps WordPress plugin developers track and improve their rankings in WordPress search results. 🔌 Syed Balkhi explained that his company was already engaged in plugin rank tracking of…
The SavvyCal Story with Founder Derrick Reimer
Karen Johnson
Cory Miller hosts Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal to discuss how Derrick got started and what it's been like taking on Calendly.
Beth Livingston on WordPress Project Management
Dan Knauss
Beth Livingston of WP Roadmaps talks about project management for WordPress professionals from designers and developers to agencies.
The rubber band recession
Brian Krogsgard
I am not a professional analyst of the economy. But even for the professionals, there are significant uncertainties. I don’t mean to strike fear with this post. I mean to encourage preparedness — or at least as much as we…
Bowe Frankema made some interesting predictions…
Dan Knauss
Bowe Frankema made some interesting predictions about Elementor's plans after securing $15 Million (USD) in funding. Bowe thinks the future for WordPress businesses is not selling one-off services: "Recurring revenue is key... look to the cloud to offer up your…
