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Post Status Notes #497

WordPress is 19! • WP 6.0 news and Beta 4 release. • JetPack 10.9 • BuddyPress Rewrites 1.1.0 • Simple Local Avatars 2.3.0 • InMotion funds WCUS scholarships • RSS and Blogging FTW • Wishlist Member acquired • New leadership team at Yoast • and the rest of your weekly WP news roundup! WordPress 6.0… Continue reading Post Status Notes #497

WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 1

It’s David Bisset‘s weekly WordPress podcast and video roundup! This week we have Ines van Dijk on Women in WP, An Event Apart on The ShopTalk Show, Heather Brunner on Content is for Closers, UX and design on WP Builds, Joe Casabona on the Tavern’s Jukebox, Josepha Chomphosy and Channing Ritter the WordPress Briefing, Syed… Continue reading WordPress Podcast and Video Picks for the Week of May 1

WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn

When you buy a WordPress plugin, what are you actually buying? Is it software? Access to support and updates? Something in between? Last week, a controversy sprang up on Reddit (alongside a more insightful discussion on Twitter) about MemberPress. MemberPress currently blocks access to your admin backend if you don’t renew your annual support license.… Continue reading WordPress Plugin License Renewals and the Challenge of Churn

Post Status Excerpt (No. 57) — WordPress Development With Docker and Lando

“Back in the early days of WordPress development… I could only have one system on my local computer.” — Cal Evans In this developer-oriented conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David talks about WordPress development with Cal Evans. Cal explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker… Continue reading Post Status Excerpt (No. 57) — WordPress Development With Docker and Lando

This Week at WordPress.org (May 1, 2022)

Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. Are you interested in giving back and contributing… Continue reading This Week at WordPress.org (May 1, 2022)

Member Spotlight: Deyan Georgiev

Deyan Georgiev is the Cofounder and CEO of NitroPack — the #1 all-in-one speed solution! About his team at NitroPack, Deyan says “they stand for integrity, simplicity, hard work and quality.“ What do you enjoy most about working in WordPress? The openness and the support of the community are amazing! The fact that so much of the project… Continue reading Member Spotlight: Deyan Georgiev

Business Member Spotlight: WS Form

It’s usually easy to interview someone when you’re already friends and you already use their product. But that still meant trimming more than a minute off the start of this video where the “bloopers” were. (AKA laughing too hard to speak.) If I ever make a blooper reel, I promise to include that part of… Continue reading Business Member Spotlight: WS Form

#26 – Courtney Robertson on How the Learn Project Is Educating People About WordPress

On the podcast today we have Courtney Robertson. Courtney is a Developer Advocate at GoDaddy Pro who has a passion for teaching and learning, specifically about how to use WordPress. Her work for GoDaddy Pro involves outreach to developers but it also includes time to help contribute to WordPress as well. Courtney uses this time… Continue reading #26 – Courtney Robertson on How the Learn Project Is Educating People About WordPress

Catch FSE Is a Bold, Business-Friendly WordPress Block Theme

And another theme shop hops on the block bandwagon. Catch Themes’ first block-based theme, Catch FSE, landed on WordPress.org over the weekend. The company is one of the most prolific authors in the official WordPress theme directory, touting a total of 109 themes. There are only a few others with such an impressive body of… Continue reading Catch FSE Is a Bold, Business-Friendly WordPress Block Theme