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Automattic has published their year in…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Automattic has published their year in review, which gives a broad look at what happened with the company and the various brands in 2016. The page (which has a nice design, btw) covers Automattic's corporate growth, diversity, and other points…

Mark Uraine shared about work that’s…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Mark Uraine shared about work that's begun to redesign the WordPress.org homepage. Sketches and prototypes have already begun, all of which spawned from WCUS contributor day. The lack of a menu is interesting, and I can't decide yet whether or…

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

Brian Krogsgard

December 13, 2016

Hosting

I think bringing Automattic resources into core WordPress development to put a huge effort into improving the WordPress editing experience is a good thing. An email went out last week to the authors of all plugins with more than one million active…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

Brian Krogsgard

December 3, 2016

BusinessDesign

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.

Congrats to everyone on the WordPress…

Brian Krogsgard

September 7, 2016

Congrats to everyone on the WordPress plugin team for their hard work updating the WordPress.org plugin repository guidelines. Mika Epstein's post in the Make WordPress blog has a little bit of background on how this came together.

Statistics on search within WordPress plugin directory

Brian Krogsgard

September 7, 2016

One of the things I said was important in my WordSesh talk on the future of WordPress was better access to WordPress.org data. Well, Greg Ichneumon Brown has posted a gold mine in an update regarding the new WordPress plugin…

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat page have had a minor facelift, but more importantly a new chart was added that tracks languages used by WordPress installs. English has the most marketshare with 54%, and Japanese holds second place with 5.7%. Related:…

WordCamp Europe takeaways

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

BusinessDesign

After a whirlwind WordCamp Europe, I've had some time to sit back and consider some of the common conversational threads. When a big group of people gets together in the WordPress space, you can start to identify what folks are…

WordPress.org — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

May 27, 2016

DraftPlanet

Joe and Brian discuss the structure and function of the WordPress.org website, which is the hub of the WordPress project. From who owns the website to its many moving parts, they go through it bit by bit.

Growing a lifestyle business without losing the lifestyle

Nate Wright

May 26, 2016

BusinessPlanet

Balancing a lifestyle business -- and trying to grow it -- can be tricky, when you're not willing to give up your lifestyle for that growth. There are ways to grow your business without giving up the lifestyle you began it all for, right?

Automattic is building a directory for WordPress professionals

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2016

There's not a whole lot to this story that's not in the title, but Jetpack.pro is the directory that Automattic is building, and it's in a very early beta stage right now. In the email to beta testers, they noted,…

Plugin repo redesign prototypes

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2016

The first prototypes for the redesigned plugin repo for WordPress.org have been released. I think it's pretty neat that they are on CodePen, as it makes for an environment where more people can engage with their ideas for adjusting the…

The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

BusinessHosting

The WordPress.org recommended host page is a valuable piece of real estate. Many rumors have been circulated over the years in regard to how the page is curated and what criteria are used. It was long neglected, then transitioned to two…

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

Brian Krogsgard

May 2, 2016

DesignHosting

A couple of months ago, Mark Uraine described the thinking behind what is now likely to be a new landing page at WordPress.org/get: For quite a while now, the meta team has been interested in improving the download and mobile pages…

Josh Pollock argues that the data…

David Bisset

April 21, 2016

Josh Pollock argues that the data WordPress.org is collecting from it's users should be made available to the public. Right now, it's not, and if the data was available, it could in theory be used to create better plugins and…

Hugo Baeta recently has results from…

April 8, 2016

Hugo Baeta recently has results from a survey conducted a few months ago whose goal was help better understand how contributors and other community members interact with WordPress.org sites. The survey only had around 32 responses (most from developers), which…

Automattic has published their year in…

Mark Uraine shared about work that’s…

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

Congrats to everyone on the WordPress…

Statistics on search within WordPress plugin directory

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat…

WordCamp Europe takeaways

WordPress.org — Draft podcast

Growing a lifestyle business without losing the lifestyle

Automattic is building a directory for WordPress professionals

Plugin repo redesign prototypes

The WordPress.org recommended host page has finally updated

A new “Get WordPress” landing page is in the works

Josh Pollock argues that the data…

Hugo Baeta recently has results from…

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