WordPress Historical Timeline
Michelle Frechette
Post Status is building a WordPress community event timeline. The last 20 years have included some amazing events in WordPress history.
On OpenAI And WordPress With Jannis Thuemmig Of WP-Webooks— Post Status Draft 136
Cory Miller
Jannis Thuemmig, founder of WP Webhooks, joins Cory Miller to discuss Open AI and WordPress. Jannis is passionate about utilizing the power of technology to increase efficiency. WP Webhooks is exploring the ways Open AI can be used to revolutionize website processes and management. It seems we are only at the tip of the iceberg for what is possible when working with WordPress and Open AI.
Improving 5ftF Contributor Journey • Building Interactive Blocks • Layout Classes • WP20
Courtney Robertson
Share your feedback about how to improve the Five for the Future contributor journey. Check out work underway on how to make interactive blocks easier to build, and take a walkthrough of layout classes in WordPress 6.1. It's time to start planning; how will you celebrate WordPress' 20th birthday?
Support Inclusion in Tech with Winstina Hughes — Post Status Draft 136
Cory Miller
In this episode, Winstina Hughes joins Cory Miller to talk about the Support Inclusion in Tech project created to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in the WordPress community by providing assistance to WordCamp speakers for travel and hotels.
WordPress 6.2 Schedule • 2022 in Core • Block Developer Year in Review • New Incident Response Team
Courtney Robertson
WordPress 6.2 is set to reach feature freeze on February 7 and final release on March 28. Take a look back at Core contribution stats from 2022. Read the recap of everything that happened last year that developers need to know. Meet the members of the Incident Response Team.
On The Fediverse, WordPress, And Activity Pub With Matthias Pfefferle — Post Status Draft 135
Cory Miller
Matthias Pfefferle is head of WordPress development at a hosting company in Europe and the creator of Activity Pub, a WordPress plugin. He joins Cory Miller to discuss the rising need for decentralization in social networking, the current movement, and the future potential available within WordPress.
Annual Survey • WordPress Playground • Plugins/themes Categorization
Courtney Robertson
What are the four freedoms of open source and how do they impact us? Get a look in the Celebration of the Four Freedoms of Open Source. Try out the new WordPress Playground to run WordPress in the browser. Plugin and Theme developers note the new categorizations: Canonical, Community, and Commercial.
The WP Agency Journey with Krissie VandeNoord of North UX — Post Status Draft 134
Cory Miller
Krissie VandeNoord, founder of North UX, talks with Cory Miller about their work in creating people-first solutions for the nuanced needs of ecommerce and membership site owners. Krissie shares her story from her early days as a designer and blogger to launching her own agency. Her work and energy will encourage you to think beyond what is to build the possibilities that make things work better.
Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Suggest Community Summit Topics • WordPress Playground (WASM)
Courtney Robertson
Tune in Thursday for Matt's annual State of the Word address. Check out the WordPress Playground now. It brings key platform dependencies into the browser that you can embed in your own site today. Your feedback into the annual WordPress survey helps shape the project, so fill it out as soon as possible.
Interview With Product Lead Jessica Frick At Pressable— Post Status Draft 133
Cory Miller
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
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
Director of WordPress at Cloudways, Robert Jacobi, talks about WordPress and their WordPress hosting products in this interview with Post Status Publisher Cory Miller.
Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • LearnWP Site Updates • Block Editor in Support Forums • Dev Guide to Block Theme Course Pt2
Courtney Robertson
It's time once again to share your feedback about all things WordPress in the 2022 survey. Tune in next week to hear Matt Mullenweg during is annual address: State of the Word. When submitting issues in the WordPress forums, you'll soon find several blocks to use in the editor. #LearnWP has site updates and a new block theme course for developers.
Annual Survey • State of the Word 2022 • Meetup Accessibility Overlays • Multi-line Code Comments • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases
Courtney Robertson
Should code comments switch to
// ? Meetup.com stops using an accessibility overlay. Final releases for WordPress 3.7 - 4.0 are now available. Tune in soon for State of the Word 2023, happening December 15 via livestream from New York City.
WordPress is People (Weekly Community Update)
Michelle Frechette
WordPress is people. It’s created by people. It’s used by people. It relies on people to move it forward, to modify it, to moderate it, and to build community around it.
State of the Word 2022 • Dev Blog Beta • WP 3.7 – 4.0 Final Releases
Courtney Robertson
As 2022 comes to an end, State of the Word will happen in NYC again. Apply to attend or tune in to the livestream. Check out the beta version of the WordPress Developer Blog. Still have sites on WordPress 3.7 - 4.0? It's really time to upgrade as this will receive no further updates after December 1. It's team rep nomination time too.
