WooCommerce

Syed Balkhi on Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO

Brian Krogsgard

February 6, 2020

In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive's acquisition of All In One SEO, the long-running SEO plugin by Michael Torbert, which boasts more than 2 million active installs.

Congrats to Patrick Rauland for his…

Dan Knauss

February 4, 2020

Congrats to Patrick Rauland for his new position as Product Marketing Manager for WooCommerce at Nexcess, which is now a Liquid Web brand. Patrick explains the job and his enthusiasm for it on his blog. 🙌 CORY'S TAKE 💥 Patrick's…

In development since November, WooCommerce 3.9…

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2020

In development since November, WooCommerce 3.9 is out with 600 commits from 18 contributors. This is a minor release, but it ships with WooCommerce Blocks 2.5.11, MaxMind Geolocation Integration, and it raises the minimum WordPress and PHP version requirements to…

Cody Landefeld has put together a…

Dan Knauss

January 20, 2020

Security

Cody Landefeld has put together a handy SEO guide for WooCommerce users. Cody advises you to start with the Yoast WooCommerce SEO Plugin, but there are many tips about speed and security too. 🛒

WP Landing Kit has launched. Built…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

WP Landing Kit has launched. Built by Phil Kurth and Jason Schuller, it maps domains to posts, pages, WooCommerce products, or any other custom post type item without the need for WordPress Multisite. 🛬

Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder…

Dan Knauss

January 2, 2020

Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder and CEO of SkyVerge — a prominent seller of plugins for WooCommerce — shares how his team started this $350k/month business. 🙌 Max walks the reader the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing their…

What can be done to block…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

What can be done to block a specific customer from an eCommerce site? 🙅 I'm not sure if that problem has been solved by the time of this writing, but there is some help here — thanks to Mika Epstein.…

Black Friday / Cyber Monday WordPress Deals 2019

Post Status Support Staff

November 28, 2019

WordPress News

Get one of these great deals on WordPress products and services for 2019 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

WooCommerce 3.8 is live. It has…

Dan Knauss

November 16, 2019

WooCommerce 3.8 is live. It has been in development since August 2019 and contains 516 commits by 28 authors. "This version represents a move towards smaller, stable, and more frequent WooCommerce releases" and contains a new suite of product blocks.…

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform…

Dan Knauss

October 25, 2019

Business

Ghost 3.0, the open-source blogging platform founded by John O'Nolan, was released this week. The headline feature is a "new business model," which aims to help writers use memberships and subscriptions to make a "sustainable living" as "independent publisher[s] in…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

If you work with WooCommerce but…

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2019

If you work with WooCommerce but aren't familiar with the developer chats, you can read summaries of them at woocommerce.wordpress.com. 🛒 Here's a reminder that the recently launched WooCommerce 3.7 requires at least PHP 5.6.20 and WordPress 4.9. It also…

WooCommerce Assistant is a WooCommerce extension…

Dan Knauss

August 16, 2019

WooCommerce Assistant is a WooCommerce extension that reduces "manual work by automating several routine tasks." By setting up some simple rules, you can schedule sales, tweak prices, and run clearance events – all completely unattended. 🛒 I learned about this…

Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2019

BusinessHosting

Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.