The WordPress plugin ecosystem has been a big topic of discussion recently. WP Mayor’s Mark Zahra started things off with an in-depth article regarding deceptive marketing practices. Zahra provides specific examples of questionable tactics used by WordPress plugin developers. He also calls on the community – himself included – to think about the potential harm…
Matt Cromwell and Kim Coleman are back with their second episode of WP Product Talk! They’re joined by Lesley Sim, of Newsletter Glue, to discuss the decision-making around building a new product. You could be at the crossroads of launching a new major feature or pivoting your whole WordPress product business. Don’t miss this episode!
There is a new demo to try out on make.wordpress.org where you can run WordPress directly in the browser without a PHP server. Although it is not fully stable yet, it is a major breakthrough that could transform learning, contributing, and using WordPress. Go check out the post to learn more about how you can…
Today’s episode is a recording of Kim Coleman’s and Matt Cromwell’s WP Product Talk Twitter Space. The duo share their professional WordPress updates and talk WordPress product pricing. The good, the bad, of offering free WordPress products. Make sure to give them a follow and tune in to their Twitter Space happening today with Lesley…
If you missed Matt Mullenweg’s address at WordCamp US 2022, he snuck in a mention of the new hosting infrastructure without much context around it. Could Automattic be building out the next WordPress hosting company behind the scenes? What if you wanted to launch a WooCommerce specific hosting company? Possibly a solution that end users…
Adobe set to acquire Figma If you’re a designer or UI specialist in the WordPress world, chances are you already know about the Adobe/Figma deal. A $20 Billion dollar deal in cash and stock – 40 times Figma revenue – shocked us and launched more memes, probably using Photoshop, than we’ve in the tech space…
The world of content management systems (CMS) isn’t known for its rivalries – but they do exist. And although they aren’t quite at the same level of ferocity as Coke vs. Pepsi or Internet Explorer vs. Netscape – there is still plenty of tit-for-tat to spark interest. And no two platforms are bigger rivals than…
Today’s episode is a recording from the official WCUS 2022 livestream found in this video. We’ve extracted the Matt Mullenweg session which includes some of his outlook on WordPress 6.1, community, and a Q&A session from the audience. If you had a chance to attend WCUS, send us a tweet about your favorite session or…
Our episode is recorded this week by Michelle Frechette. News Sarah Gooding over at the WP Tavern posted an article asking Gutenberg Contributors to test block-based templates in WordPress Classic Themes. During Matt Mullenweg’s Q&A session at WordCamp last week, there was a discussion about helping with block adoption. If you would like to see…
Brad Williams, WP Minute Producer & co-founder WebDevStudios, tweeted this pic of the in-person job board at WordCamp US 2022. Here are all the job listing links from the WCUS job board at the venue: jobs.wordpress.net – yes, .net kanopi.com/careers – full-stack devs & engineering manager givewp.com/careers – product developer peachpay.app/jobs – engineer & dev…
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