Available WordPress AI plugins & services are starting to stack up like NFT’s in 2021. WPAI Universe lists 50+ AI resources for WordPress and wp.org has 116 results for the search term ’chatgpt’ at the time of this writing. For over a year, WordPress has been a natural pairing for a lot of the sane…
Questions regarding WordCamp Europe’s commitment to diversity were in the news last week. The event came under fire for its first few rounds of speaker announcements. A tweet from Global Organizer Sjoerd Blom also raised eyebrows. StellarWP’s Michelle Frechette observed the roster’s lack of women and people of color. Blom replied that Frechette was “being…
The hot topic this week was diversity. More specifically, how it relates to the upcoming WordCamp Europe speaker lineup. After the event announced its fifth round of speakers, StellarWP’s Michelle Frechette took to Twitter with the following observation: “So far only 25% of the speakers announced for #WCEU are women (by name/photo), and only three…
To honor WordPress’s 20th anniversary David Bisset has a friendly chat with four prominent but cool community members to talk about some highlights in it’s history. Primary topics include: Memorial WordPress Release, a WordCamp or WordCamp Experience, and the most notable State of the Word Announcement from Matt. Guests also share other moments that stood…
WordCamps have long served as a point of connection within the WordPress community. Those who attend these worldwide events gain knowledge. But they also find kinship and opportunity. Thus, the importance of WordCamps can’t be overstated. They’re vital to the growth of both the software and the community. We missed them during the pandemic. And…
Results from the WordPress 2022 Annual Survey have been released. WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy notes that this was a slimmed down version of the survey. It featured 29 questions – as opposed to nearly 100 in past editions. This led to a 26% increase in completion rate. However, there was also a 56%…
On May 27, 2023, WordPress will celebrate its 20th birthday. It’s hard to fathom that the software has been around for so long. Yet some of us may struggle to remember what the web was like without it. Just think of the designers, developers, and users that have come along during these past two decades….
It looks like the days of automatically sharing WordPress.com content to Twitter are over. Automattic announced that customers will no longer be able to auto-publish to Twitter via the Jetpack Social plugin. You may recall that WordPress.com’s access to the Twitter API was suddenly suspended in April. While it eventually came back online, changes to…
Robby McCullough of Beaver Builder joins the podcast to chat about the future of page building in WordPress and at his company. Robby and his team have just celebrated 9 years running the Beaver Builder plugin, changing the page building landscape as WordPress users know it. He’s excited to press forward into his next chapter…
Managed WooCommerce hosting is a growing segment within the WordPress ecosystem. And it has a new entrant: WooCommerce. The Automattic-owned eCommerce provider recently launched WooExpress. The service is hosted by WordPress.com. It aims to be a one-stop shop for building and maintaining an online store. Packages start at $40 per month with discounts for paying…
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