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Interview With Product Lead Jessica Frick At Pressable— Post Status Draft 133

Cory Miller

December 14, 2022

Jessica Frick is a huge WordPress advocate and has been a contributing community member since 2008. She is the Director of Operations at Pressable, one of our Post Status sponsors. Jess joins Cory Miller to share about the amazing WordPress hosting experience Pressable offers, in addition to her own experience and expertise as a long-time member of the WordPress community.

The WP Agency Journey with D’nelle Dowis of Berry Interesting Productions— Post Status Draft 132

Cory Miller

December 9, 2022

BusinessDraft

D'nelle Dowis has been a part of WordPress for more than a decade. Her passion for genuine, sustained relationships informs how she leads her agency, Berry Interesting Productions. D'nelle talks about her experiences meeting clients where they are and helping them leverage technology to solve the challenges of today while making room for future opportunities. She shares why she values support, her thoughts on DIY, and how she makes room for her clients to ask the weird questions.

Interview with Product Lead Robert Jacobi at Cloudways Managed WordPress Hosting— Post Status Draft 131

Cory Miller

December 8, 2022

BusinessDraft

Director of WordPress at Cloudways, Robert Jacobi, talks about WordPress and their WordPress hosting products in this interview with Post Status Publisher Cory Miller.

Tom Willmot on the Challenges and Opportunities Facing Enterprise WordPress — Post Status Draft 130

Dan Knauss

November 17, 2022

DraftPlanet

Sparked by Magne Ilsaas's ideas in The WordPress Enterprise Paradox, Tom started a Twitter thread and hosted a live discussion with Magne and others at enterprise WordPress agencies this week. Their main concern is the challenges that arise from not having a well-defined brand and market that allows "WordPress for the Enterprise" to stand out — without being ties to a particular WordPress company or host. After getting an outline of the problem as it stands today, I asked Tom what might help differentiate "Enterprise WordPress" as a collective or entire ecosystem of agencies operating within it. Can open-source values of sharing and cooperation shape a unique global identity for enterprise WordPress agencies? Is it time for an inter-agency association or "guild" to take on these challenges?

WordPress In The Long View With James Farmer— Post Status Draft 129

Cory Miller

November 11, 2022

DraftPlanet

James Farmer’s WordPress story goes all the way back to his launch of the first hosted WordPress multisite blogging platform — just a few days ahead of WordPress.com. Edublogs currently hosts millions of students’ and educators’ blogs. James talks about successes and failures, his views on Gutenberg, how he stays competitive with Squarespace, and how he thinks the WordPress business community should respond to the loss of active install growth data at WordPress.org.

InstaWP: A Conversation and Tour with Founder Vikas Singhal — Post Status Draft 128

Dan Knauss

November 3, 2022

DraftPlanet

InstaWP is about a year old now — let's take a tour of it and catch up with Vikas Singhal to see how he hopes it will evolve. Currently, it's a testing, demonstration, training, and marketing tool for WordPress product owners and agencies. Next, Vikas aims for InstaWP to support a marketplace for developers and agencies launching WordPress sites. Finally, he envisions it becoming a platform of platforms — WordPress-as-a-Service for people building their own WPaaS

WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?

Dan Knauss

September 20, 2022

BusinessDevelopment

How to make a user experience that doesn't suck has always remained a kind of trade secret among those who make it their trade. That's understandable, but it's Drupal behavior in a WordPress world.

Joost’s 7th WordPress Market Share Report

Cory Miller

July 22, 2022

BusinessNotes

Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast SEO, posted his 7th CMS Market Share Analysis, based on data from W3Techs and BuiltWith. Here are some key points from Joost’s post: WordPress is the #1 CMS with a 43% market share, roughly…

WooCommerce Blocks 8.1, Joost on Shopify’s Decline, Insights from Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack

Bob Dunn

July 13, 2022

The Week in ReviewWooCommerce

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.

WooCommerce Update: Blocks 8.0, Checkout Block Payment Method Guide and Dummy Gateway, Licensing Solutions, Future of Payments, and Carl meets Bōggie

Bob Dunn

July 7, 2022

The Week in ReviewWooCommerce

It's WooCommerce Blocks 8.0, and Woo 6.7's final release is close. • A new guide with a tool to help you integrate payment methods with the Checkout Block. • What's your preferred software licensing solution? • The Future of Payments, with David Mainayar and Robert Windisch. • When Carl met Bōggie.

Post Status Notes #500

David Bisset

May 27, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

It's the 500th issue of Post Status Notes and the Post Status newsletter coinciding with WordPress's 6.0 release and its 19th anniversary! 🎂

Finding the Upside in WordPress Security

David Bisset

March 24, 2022

PlanetSecurity

What if the way we talk about WordPress security focused on public acknowledgement of the security team members' work, goals, and successes?

Would WordPress benefit from public relations messaging around security issues?

David Bisset

March 17, 2022

PlanetSecurity

Should we spin up the bright side of WordPress security issues? Would it make a difference that matters to market share, brand reputation, etc.?

Post Status Notes #488

David Bisset

March 4, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Core releases. Static robots.txt for faster load time. Self-care. Health check. Which metric is lying to you? Dev notes and bottom lines.

Post Status Excerpt (No. 45) — The Block Protocol, Tumblr, and Complexity with Lesley Sim

David Bisset

February 10, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

What is the Block Protocol and why does it matter? What's the significance of Matt taking over at Tumblr? And is WordPress way too complicated?

Post Status Comments (No. 4) — State of the Word 2021 Analysis

David Bisset

December 16, 2021

BusinessComments

Bet Hannon, Eric Karkovack, Maciek Palmowski, and Rae Morey join David to share their reactions to the State of the Word 2021.

Interview With Product Lead Jessica Frick At Pressable— Post Status Draft 133

The WP Agency Journey with D’nelle Dowis of Berry Interesting Productions— Post Status Draft 132

Interview with Product Lead Robert Jacobi at Cloudways Managed WordPress Hosting— Post Status Draft 131

Tom Willmot on the Challenges and Opportunities Facing Enterprise WordPress — Post Status Draft 130

WordPress In The Long View With James Farmer— Post Status Draft 129

InstaWP: A Conversation and Tour with Founder Vikas Singhal — Post Status Draft 128

WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?

WooCommerce Update: Blocks 8.0, Checkout Block Payment Method Guide and Dummy Gateway, Licensing Solutions, Future of Payments, and Carl meets Bōggie

Post Status Notes #500

Finding the Upside in WordPress Security

Would WordPress benefit from public relations messaging around security issues?

Post Status Notes #488

Post Status Excerpt (No. 45) — The Block Protocol, Tumblr, and Complexity with Lesley Sim

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