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WordPress Community News Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022

Michelle Frechette

September 23, 2022

The Post Status Member Spotlight turns onto Tom Greenwood this week. The WordPress community conversation about accessibility at WordCamps continues on Twitter, WP Builds, Post Status Draft, and Post Status Excerpt. Let's have WordPress Accessibility for All!

Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

BusinessDesign

WordCamp US, accessibility, disability, Ny's "blood feud" with Uber, and salary transparency are the topics Dan Knauss and Nyasha Green take on this week for The Excerpt.

Is there a self-employment gap in WordPress event attendance?

Dan Knauss

September 22, 2022

BusinessCareers

Drawing on a gender gap at WCUS noticed by Women in WP, Rob Howard thinks there might be a "self-employment penalty" on conference attendance that disproportionately affects women. There's a lot of speculation in this article, but it's a subject…

Agency Business Brief for the Week of September 12

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2022

BusinessPlanet

WordPress Founders Invest in Atarim • Gridpane and Automattic Team Up to Serve Agencies • Salary Transparency — Why Not? • Learning Together in Post Status Slack: Adobe's Figma Acquisition and PayPal vs. Stripe

DEI = Salary Transparency

Dan Knauss

September 16, 2022

BusinessCareers

https://twitter.com/dimensionmedia/status/1568670894939344897 @Stratacomm again: Biggest applause line of @camikaos DEIB talk: “In order to have equity, we have to have salary transparency.” #WCUS @Piccia digs deep into that very subject this week at Post Status.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at WordCamps

Dan Knauss

September 15, 2022

NotesPlanet

Will DEI become a formal role for WordCamp organizers? We can do it!

WordCamp US San Diego 2022 Experiences — Post Status Draft 124

Dan Knauss

September 15, 2022

DraftPlanet

Cory and Michelle talk about their takeaways from WordCamp US. Highlights: The Post Status Huddle ahead of the conference. Areas to improve: Michelle explains her experience with some accessibility challenges. What everyone agrees on: we love getting together as a community!

5 Days Without a Shower

Michelle Frechette

September 15, 2022

BlogsPost Status Team Blog

Accessibility at WCUS, at least for me, was frustrating at best, and tear-inducing at my lowest point. We need to do better as a community.

It’s Not the Code, It’s the Humans

Cory Miller

September 12, 2022

Post Status Team Blog

At our Post Status Member Huddle before WCUS, the volume of the room was an indication of all of this as it consistently got louder and louder with people just happy to see each other.

Is there a self-employment gap in WordPress event attendance?

Dan Knauss

September 9, 2022

BusinessCareers

Post Status Excerpt (No. 68) — On the Road to WordCamp US

Dan Knauss

September 9, 2022

BusinessDesign

In this episode Dan and Ny are tired! — but excited about heading to their first WordCamp of any kind. They talk about the things they're looking forward to seeing and doing at WCUS and in San Diego. Lots of interesting speakers and talks! Contributor day! Karaoke. Food comes up — a lot.

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

Courtney Robertson

September 7, 2022

DesignHosting

Get ready for WordPress 6.1! There's a live walkthrough coming for it on September 13, and the feature freeze is September 20. Other important news: security updates will no longer be backported for WordPress 3.7-4.0, and there's a new Advanced WordPress Administration handbook.

WCUS 2022

Michelle Frechette

September 2, 2022

BusinessFeatures

WCUS is just around the corner. Michelle Frechette presents some tips to make the most of your attendance, including networking and masks!

Post Status Excerpt (No. 66) — What Does It Mean To Contribute To WordPress?

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

How do we give back? We all want a community of creativity, cooperation, and contribution — how do we get there?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 65) — How We Talk When We Talk About WordPress

Dan Knauss

August 19, 2022

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

What's it like to enter the WordPress community media space, especially as the editor of a publication with many voices, personalities, and perspectives?

Market Size and Market Shares: Thinking Bigger About the WordPress Economy

Dan Knauss

July 15, 2022

BusinessFeatures

$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?

WordPress Community News Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022

Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency

Is there a self-employment gap in WordPress event attendance?

Agency Business Brief for the Week of September 12

DEI = Salary Transparency

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at WordCamps

WordCamp US San Diego 2022 Experiences — Post Status Draft 124

5 Days Without a Shower

It’s Not the Code, It’s the Humans

Is there a self-employment gap in WordPress event attendance?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 68) — On the Road to WordCamp US

WordPress 6.1 Walkthrough, Dropping 3.7 – 4.0 Security Updates, WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook

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Post Status Excerpt (No. 66) — What Does It Mean To Contribute To WordPress?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 65) — How We Talk When We Talk About WordPress

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