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WPRig will be covered in greater depth on Post Status later, but for now, readers should be aware that this groundbreaking project has very recently begun a 2.0 version (“alpha”) and is looking for people to help test it and provide feedback. WPRig aims to be the next modern WordPress starter theme. I sat in with the group during WordCamp US contributor day, and (to put it briefly) it has incredible potential.
Ulrich Pogson writes about a recent meeting with himself, Jose Castaneda, and Carolina Nymark with Matt Mullenweg to talk about “the future of the theme repository on WordPress.org.” The meeting was held to establish a plan so improvements can be started before the community summit at WordCamp Europe. Although just general concepts are talked about,…
$635.5 billion…That’s “billion,” with a “B.” Let’s look at the size of the universe inhabited by our market of markets of cathedrals and bazaars: the WordPress ecosystem. How should we think about WordPress’s market share or, maybe more accurately, its shares? Are we selling them short and dampening growth?
Hats off to WordCamp Miami, which announced they had more women speaking than men in their 2019 gathering. I’m not sure if this is a first for a large WordCamp, but it’s good to see diversity moving forward in this space. 🎩
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.
The ecosystem of businesses that have been built around WordPress is huge, but shallow. Few companies are both large (relatively speaking) and central to a broad WordPress community. With 60+ employees, some of which are very well-known WordPress developers, 10up has quickly become a central figure in the WordPress world. Big WordPress companies with significant…
Get new perspectives on last years’ biggest news stories — which ones mattered most, to whom, and why? This is the European edition of the first Annual Post Status News Draft.
