WP Shout are again doing their…
WP Shout are again doing their WordPress hosting survey. I’m sure they would appreciate it if you took the survey, and share it with your networks to get a nice sample.
WP Shout are again doing their WordPress hosting survey. I’m sure they would appreciate it if you took the survey, and share it with your networks to get a nice sample.
This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the WordPress stories and topics that are on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections. There’s a single throughline in this episode — what works, what doesn’t, and what will take WordPress businesses forward in the product, agency, and hosting spaces.
Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress “Welcome” screen in the dashboard with a step by step onboarding process. Right now there are four steps for setting up a basic site: The repo descriptions states that these steps are customizable to hosts that bundle the plugin out of…
Kinsta Replay Brian Jackson reflects on the past year with Kinsta as it scaled to become a global WordPress hosting platform. Brian has some previews on what to expect in 2020 too. 🌏 12.7+ billion HTTP requests and 519+ terabytes of data moved through Kinsta’s servers in 2019.
In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory Miller does a live Q&A webinar with Dr. Sherry Walling on mental health in uncertain times.
Kevin Ohashi has put together a very thorough comparison of performance benchmarks for a number of managed WordPress hosts on Review Signal. Included in his review: A Small Orange Pressable WP Engine WebSynthesis SiteGround Godaddy (managed) Digital Ocean (VPS) Pagely A few hosts weren’t included that I’d love to see added at some point: Pantheon Media…
Chris Lema recently shared his opinion on some hosting companies to avoid. Spoiler: generally he doesn’t care for hosting companies owned by EIG. You’ve probably never even heard of many of the companies in the list — though you’ve probably all heard of their biggest brands like Bluehost and HostGator. While every host (Chris’s recommended hosts included) has issues…