Post Status Excerpt (No. 9) — Recommended Reading for WordPress Professionals and How We Update
David Bisset
Cory and David discuss three books WordPress professionals should read as well as the way they make updates to WordPress.
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine,…
Dan Knauss
Heather J. Brunner, CEO of WPEngine, announced on Twitter that "virtual will be the default day-to-day experience across the company." Physical spaces will be upgraded "to accommodate social distancing and to make them WOW spaces that encourage collaboration, innovation, and…
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is happening now for the first time between April 15-17. 🌎 WordCamp Greece is happening online today, April 16. 🇬🇷 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by…
Michelle Frechette on Diversity and Inclusion of Underrepresented Groups in Tech
Dan Knauss
Underrepresented in Tech aims to "demystify diversity" and dispel the fears that get between employers and underrepresented groups in tech.
YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike…
Dan Knauss
YouTube is experimenting with hidden dislike counts on videos. 📺 Kevin Ohashi at Review Signal has branched out from his annual benchmarks for general web hosts and WordPress hosts with a new set of tests for WooCommerce hosting. He talked…
Dumitru Brinzan writes about the “WordPress…
Dan Knauss
Dumitru Brinzan writes about the “WordPress Web Hosting” page on the WordPress.org website. He has some disagreements with Matt Mullenweg's recent description of the hosting page as "editorially-driven" and at high risk of "bribery or conflict" if it was placed…
Some high-profile acquisitions to happen recently,…
Dan Knauss
Some high-profile acquisitions to happen recently, first in the hosting space: InMotion Hosting announced its acquisition of RamNode.com, a provider of "affordable and high-performance" unmanaged VPS Hosting." Mike Demo comments on the deal: "InMotion now has an EU data center…
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the…
Dan Knauss
Atlas SShRugged 🤷♂️ Right before the DE(CODE) 2021 conference, WP Engine founder and CTO Jason Cohen announced WP Engine's new Headless WordPress service, which is called Atlas. A new developer relations team "with focus on headless WordPress" — Matt Landers,…
A rising tide lifts all hosts…
Dan Knauss
A rising tide lifts all hosts 🛥️ More WordPress news on the hosting and eCommerce front: GoDaddy has launched new WooCommerce extensions, which according to the press release are from GoDaddy's recent acquisition of SkyVerge. These extensions "increase the value…
WordPress 5.7 — What you need…
Dan Knauss
WordPress 5.7 — What you need to know A lot of information aimed at developers was shared this week about the upcoming release of WordPress 5.7, which is scheduled to be released on March 9, 2021. 📅 The most important…
How Am I Bluehost to Live…
Dan Knauss
How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…
DAVID’S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹…
Dan Knauss
DAVID'S PICKS 📬a Video Picks 📹 Here is my video pick of the week: Zee Hazan starts
POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How…
Dan Knauss
POST STATUS SLACK EXCLUSIVE 🗨️ How Am I Bluehost to Live Without You? Morten Rand-Hendriksen noticed Bluehost appeared to be violating the WordPress Foundation's Trademark Policy by using the WordPress logo in an ad. A day later, Josepha Haden acknowledged…
The WordPress Community Team has new…
Dan Knauss
The WordPress Community Team has new handbook pages that give guidance to meetup organizers who want to host in-person meetups in 2021. In the announcement about this update, Angela Jin writes: "As more people get vaccinated and regions are able…
Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the…
Dan Knauss
Steve Burge interviewed Johannes Benz, the Managing Director of Raidboxes, a fast-growing WordPress hosting company. Based in Germany, they are doubling every year and adding nearly 1,000 customers per month. 💻
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021…
Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp India 2021 is still taking place — this is the final weekend, February 13-14. There is a WordPress "Mega Meetup" coming up on February 18th at 6:30 pm (ET). It will be focused on static sites,…
