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Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my podcast picks: Open Sourcery: Jonathan Bossenger had a discussion with Mika Epstein about the horrific experience she had when a member of the open-source community harassed her. This leads to a good talk about…

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

David Bisset

July 22, 2021

BusinessPlanet

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.

On July 13th a critical vulnerability…

Dan Knauss

July 16, 2021

On July 13th a critical vulnerability with WooCommerce and the WooCommerce Blocks feature plugin was identified. 🔓 Beau Lebens at WooCommerce says it’s not clear yet if data was compromised: “Our investigation into this vulnerability and whether data has been…

Can small, independent WordPress makers still make it?

David Bisset

July 16, 2021

BusinessDesign

Is it still possible to make a living as a small WordPress company, freelancer, or solopreneur? The community says yes!

Shopify has updated its developer revenue…

Dan Knauss

July 2, 2021

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…

Joel Bronkowski explains how to get…

Dan Knauss

June 25, 2021

Joel Bronkowski explains how to get started with Paystack — which is now the preferred payments partner for WooCommerce in Africa. 💳

Delicious Brains acquires Advanced Custom Fields

David Bisset

June 4, 2021

BusinessHosting

Delicious Brains has acquired Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), and Liquid Web inked a deal to acquire Iconic.

Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up!…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up! Black Speakers in WordPress Workshop hosted by WP Engine is still accepting signups. It will kick off on June 5th. 🧑🏾 WordCamp Europe 2021 has announced it will take place online, June 7-10. 🏕️…

Kevin Ohashi shared the results of…

Dan Knauss

May 28, 2021

Hosting

Kevin Ohashi shared the results of his latest (2021) WordPress Hosting Benchmarks — and he has hauch a new website dedicated to his annual reports. WooCommerce hosts get their own section and separate benchmarks. Plans from different hosting companies are…

Scott Bolinger asked for picks for…

Dan Knauss

May 19, 2021

Scott Bolinger asked for picks for favorite WooCommerce themes and shared the top five responses: Astra, GeneratePress, Hello, Kadence, and Storefront. Patrick Rauland joined in with some recent speed tests he did for Ocean WP, Storefront, Astra, and GeneratePress. 💨

Upcoming Events 📆 New: WPSessions 2021…

Dan Knauss

May 5, 2021

Upcoming Events 📆 New: WPSessions 2021 was announced with sessions on May 25 – 27 and workshops from May 28 – June 1. Registration is free. 🆓 WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress…

Automattic via WooCommerce has invested in…

Dan Knauss

April 28, 2021

Automattic via WooCommerce has invested in PeachPay, a one-click checkout solution for WooCommerce. 🍑 Robert Jacobi estimates the investment at more than $450,000. Robert also had a chat with David Mainayar, co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of PeachPay. David shared…

Nuno Morgadinho is currently working on…

Dan Knauss

April 28, 2021

Nuno Morgadinho is currently working on a book about WooCommerce that covers essentials and beyond like security, reliability, performance, usability, handling high traffic — and improving conversions in your webshop. Nuno is looking for "beta readers" so reach out to…

Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block…

Dan Knauss

April 20, 2021

Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block plugins for WooCommerce stores: ProductX's Gutenberg WooCommerce Blocks, which extend the basic WooCommerce block options; Toolset's WooCommerce Blocks, for more extensive customizations; The core blocks built into WooCommerce.

Joost de Valk has started a…

Dan Knauss

April 9, 2021

Joost de Valk has started a conversation about developers testing their work with other developers' plugins in Post Status Slack. Joost wants to take on what he calls an "integration problem:" "Every integration with another plugin we [at Yoast] add…

Servebolt has launched a service called…

Dan Knauss

April 9, 2021

Servebolt has launched a service called Accelerated Domains that is meant to "accelerate WordPress and WooCommerce sites by targeting key metrics. One of these is a site's "carbon footprint." "By caching at the Accelerated Domains edge and close to the…

Podcast Picks 🎙️ Here are my…

Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?

On July 13th a critical vulnerability…

Can small, independent WordPress makers still make it?

Shopify has updated its developer revenue…

Joel Bronkowski explains how to get…

Delicious Brains acquires Advanced Custom Fields

Upcoming Events 📆 The Speak Up!…

Kevin Ohashi shared the results of…

Scott Bolinger asked for picks for…

Automattic via WooCommerce has invested in…

Nuno Morgadinho is currently working on…

Allison Rivers reviews three Gutenberg block…

Joost de Valk has started a…

Servebolt has launched a service called…

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