There’s a lot happening in the WordPress world these days. WordPress 6.5 is right around the corner, page builders are getting better, new block themes are surfacing, competitors are looking leaner & meaner, while the same old debates continue to circle the waters: Is WordPress losing market share? Even with all the turbulence we might…
In this episode of WP Minute+, Matt Medeiros sits down with Mark Szymanski, the owner of FindIT Tech Agency, to discuss Mark’s journey into the WordPress space, his experience with page builders like Elementor and Bricks, and his thoughts on the future of WordPress. Mark shares his background, starting his agency in 2019 and diving…
Josepha Haden Chomphosy, Executive Director of the WordPress Open Source project, posted an idea that shifts the dynamics of the WordPress Marketing team. A call for a Media Press Corps. Also known as a Dramatic Shift. It’s still too early to tell if this initiative will stick, so I won’t comment directly on the idea…
In this episode of WP Minute+, Matt Medeiros sits down with Jonathan Denwood, the host of the WP Tonic podcast, to discuss his business ventures, the state of WordPress media, and the future of the WordPress platform. Jonathan shares insights into his two businesses – a real estate marketing platform called Mail-Right.com and a WordPress…
If you’ve been around WordPress as long as I have, you end up witnessing some of the long standing debates come full circle again. Like which page builder is best and why isn’t WordPress innovating fast enough to keep up with them? While that debate tumbles down the proverbial mountain, gathering debris and growing larger,…
With WordPress, we can build custom solutions to fit our needs. The vast ecosystem of themes and plugins is proof. That principle also applies to Gutenberg, which powers the Site and Block Editors. Custom blocks can serve both niche and universal purposes. They can enhance page layouts or display data in unique ways. This capability…
In this episode of the WP Minute+ podcast, host Matt Medeiros sits down with Ben Ritner, the creator of the popular Kadence WordPress theme. Ben shares his journey from building websites for clients to creating the Virtue theme, which gained over 300,000 active installs at its peak. He discusses the evolution of the Kadence brand,…
When you watch Shark Tank, This Week in Startups, or some random internet marketing person shows up in your Twitter feed — running a business looks easy. Maybe you fell deep down the rabbit hole of the “build in public” hashtag and thought, “I can do that too!” Building a (WordPress) business isn’t easy. For…
User complaints are part of the computing experience. We talk about hardware that is too slow or expensive. Or software that is too buggy or is missing features. WordPress is no exception. All of us have pet peeves and a wish list of features. Sometimes, it’s about a bug that slows us down. Or perhaps…
In this episode of WP Minute+, Matt interviews Angela Jin, the Head of Programs and Contributor Experience at Automattic. They discuss Angela’s work overseeing community training and events like WordCamps. Angela shares her perspective on making WordPress thrive, not just as a CMS but also as an open source community. They talk about bringing younger…
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