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Tiny, the folks behind TinyMCE, has…

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Dan Knauss

Tiny, the folks behind TinyMCE, has announced they acquired Setka, a no-code WYSIWYG editor. TinyMCE powers the classic editor in WordPress and many other CMSes. ⌨️ I’m not sure I will count this primarily as a “WordPress acquisition.” Setka does…

Shopify has updated its developer revenue…

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Dan Knauss

Shopify has updated its developer revenue share percentage There have been several announcements from Shopify lately, including a new Online Store 2.0. However, what has caught the eye of many people in the eCommerce space is the update to their…

The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs,…

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The Big 4-0 According to W3Techs, WordPress has reached 40% of the top 10 million websites globally. It holds 64.3% of the total CMS market share. 📈 Growth in 2020 was 4.3%, exceeding the growth rate for every previous year.…

Built by WordPress — .com that is

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David Bisset
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…

Joost de Valk has released his…

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Dan Knauss

Joost de Valk has released his fourth biannual analysis of the CMS market share numbers provided by W3Techs. There are two winners: "WordPress (and WooCommerce “within” it) and Shopify." 🏆🏆 WordPress is the #1 CMS with a 39.0% market share,…

If you ever need to migrate…

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Dan Knauss

If you ever need to migrate from Shopify to WooCommerce, then this guide from Nexcess might come in handy. 🚚

Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its…

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Dan Knauss

Beta Quarantine Shopify is giving its employees a nice stipend for office equipment while they work from home. 🏘️ The Canadian company already has over a thousand remote employees, but starting March 16, the whole company (~5,000 people) will be…

Joost de Valk has an analysis…

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Dan Knauss
Joost de Valk has an analysis of CMS market share numbers from W3Techs. Joost's key findings are: WooCommerce's market share is three times as big as Shopify, but Shopify is growing. If current trends continue, Shopify, Joomla, SquareSpace, and Wix…

CheckoutWC demonstrates how to add a…

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Dan Knauss

CheckoutWC demonstrates how to add a Shopify style checkout to WooCommerce using their plugin. CheckoutWC is a paid plugin I'm not familiar with or endorsing, but I'm very interested in the differences in user experience shown between the two platforms.…
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