Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News Julia Golomb over at make.wordpress.org has posted a new Proposal with Steps to Integrate #WPDiversity into organizing WordPress events. All new WordCamp and meetup organizers would automatically receive an invitation as they are onboarded to make sure the diversity consideration is addressed. Could it be lucky #13 for testing FSE (Full Site Editing)? Anne McCarthy over on make.wordpr...
Apr 06, 2022•6 min•Ep. 77
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News I'm sure you've been paying attention to the war. A pro-Russian war plugin appeared in the WordPress plugin repository resulting in a lot of heated conversation on the Internet. It was finally removed by the plugin team in the WordPress repository. Heather Burns covers a non-US perspective in her article. Weglot, a popular WordPress multilingual plugin, has raised €45M from Partech Pa...
Mar 30, 2022•7 min•Ep. 76
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Hosts Matt Medeiros and Daniel Schutzsmith recap some of their favorite WordPress news stories from the last month. We'll get a recap of Daniel's #WPTalks Twitter spaces and a possible podcast series. Articles mentioned Block Museum Master of WP ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 25, 2022•30 min•Ep. 75
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News It was announced that the Pattern Directory will be open for submissions from the public on make.WordPress.org . The Pattern Creator page will allow designers and content creators to build, edit, and submit their best block patterns. You can learn more about the pattern directory because the code is public and available on GitHub. Birgit Pauli-Haack tested the submission process and r...
Mar 23, 2022•5 min•Ep. 74
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Spencer Forman from WPLaunchify has some important reasons why you should be using Multilanguage on your WordPress sites (or those of your clients) today! With a global online economy and potential customers for a WordPress business existing in countries that speak languages other than English, it is imperative that you provide automatic translation for your content, but more specifically ...
Mar 22, 2022•5 min•Ep. 73
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s the WPMinute! I am Birgit Pauli-Haack with the following news and updates. This episode is brought to you by the WPMinute . This is a great place to be a part of the community, get access to the private Discord server and be part of the news. You know how it goes, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. ...
Mar 16, 2022•6 min•Ep. 72
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It was recently reported that you can purchase six popular Automattic plugins right from your WordPress.com dashboard. Donna Cavalier shares what’s coming for plugins, themes and services that will be additionally available for purchase right through the WordPress.com dashboard to expand your options. You can sign up over on WordPress.com for early access if you would like to know what is ...
Mar 09, 2022•6 min•Ep. 71
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe I had the chance to sit down with Amber Hinds of Equalize Digtial to discuss her role as a Contributor at the WP Minute. Some of the questions we covered: What is real WordPress journalism? How can business owners contribute without burning bridges? How does this get funded? I hope you enjoy this lengthier WP Minute discussion. If you do, please share it on social media! ★ Support this pod...
Mar 08, 2022•24 min•Ep. 70
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News Is it finally time to retire WordPress Multisite? Rob Howard wrote an article over on MasterWP that Multisite is a solution to a problem that no longer exists. The cool things that Multisite offered like sharing themes and single sign on just don’t seem as important to developers these days. Rachel Cherry tweeted a response that it may just be too early to consider removing Multisite ...
Mar 02, 2022•6 min•Ep. 69
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Spencer Forman from WPLaunchify has a compelling introduction to the future of WordPress as it relates to large SMB and Enterprise. Unlike the predominantly consumer or solopreneur user that has helped WP gain 43% or more of the Internet CMS market, Spencer shares a vision for WP that is focused on the amazing opportunities for software authors, agencies, and others to fulfill the needs of...
Feb 28, 2022•10 min•Ep. 68
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress.org is sporting a new design. This redesign leans on the aesthetics of jazz (of course) and leaves more space for content, new typefaces and color palettes. Go check out the new look. The second major release of WordPress 6.0 is scheduled for beta on April 12th. This release will follow the same cadence as 5.9 and will aim to refine and iterate on the customization tools introduc...
Feb 23, 2022•9 min•Ep. 67
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Like a lot of entrepreneurs, I'm constantly filled with self-doubt. Will this experiment work? Can I make it a sustainable publication? There aren't that many people who _care_ about WordPress news, let alone care to contribute to it. This is a topic I unpacked in my interview with Kim Coleman on funding a WordPress news website. So many have come and gone in this space -- I can see why. I...
Feb 17, 2022•9 min•Ep. 66
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News There have been a lot of people working with the latest 5.9 WordPress release and reporting their successes and failures. Tammie Lister wrote a post about the features in the editor and would like people to quit using the term FSE - Full Site Editing in 2022. The release is not an all-or-nothing proposal yet. Matt Medeiros created a video on the future of page builders with Gutenberg ...
Feb 16, 2022•9 min•Ep. 65
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic , the company behind WordPress.com, made the news again (this time with the Wall Street Journal). He talks about ‘asynchronous work’ and why he thinks hybrid models will die out. Automattic employees are already living the work from anywhere model and are able to adjust their work schedules as needed. Anne McCarthy is back with another rou...
Feb 09, 2022•6 min•Ep. 64
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Spencer Forman of WPLaunchify is back to explore the future of the WP stack and how it might impact you as an agency owner or WordPress freelancer. It wasn't too long ago that HTML/CSS and some PHP knowledge was all that you needed to develop moderately advanced sites, now, the future looks a bit different. Will you leverage React, Gutenberg, FSE and all of the new technology in as WordPre...
Feb 04, 2022•10 min•Ep. 63
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News Matt Mullenweg recently announced that he would be personally running Tumblr for a while. Tumblr lost their CEO and Matt is making this his top priority within Automattic for the immediate future. Keep an eye open for improvements in the community. Are you or your clients using Wordpress.com ? Wordpress.com is now making it possible to purchase certain plugins directly on the plugin p...
Feb 02, 2022•7 min•Ep. 62
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe We hosted our first WP Minute Live Twitter Space covering learning WordPress. It was Bring Your Own Link (BYOL) style where our guest panelists brought a link to share with the audience. Here were the guests that appeared on the live show: Hauwa Abashiya, Freelance Project Manager transitioning into the WordPress space; Board Member and Volunteer at Big Orange Heart including WordFest and ...
Feb 01, 2022•52 min•Ep. 61
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News WordPress 5.9 - Joséphine was released this week. There is a lot of good stuff to check out on blocks and themes. If you would like an understanding of how this major release with Full Site Editing (FSE) will impact you as a freelancer, you should read Eric Karkovack’s article right here on the WPMinute. You can learn some new features and consider how these changes will fit into your...
Jan 26, 2022•6 min•Ep. 60
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In the News WordPress 5.9 (RC3) is here. 5.9 is slated for next week and you still have time to help with testing. Go over to make.wordpress.org to see how you can still help with this important release. WooCommerce The WooCommerce development team announced that they have started working on an implementation of custom tables for orders. Sarah Gooding over at WPTavern covers the details of...
Jan 19, 2022•7 min•Ep. 59
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome back to the WPMinute's Special Edition interviewing our new community lead, Raquel Landefeld . Raquel is the event coordinator at Elegant Themes and will be coordinating content and interviews for the WPMinute. A Little History on Raquel Raquel manages the Meetup Pro Community for Elegant Themes. There are over 50 Divi chapters all over the world. Raquel coaches Meetup organizers o...
Jan 14, 2022•17 min•Ep. 58
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In the News The release of WordPress 5.9 is coming this month. There are many performance enhancements that will be part of this release. In addition to editor and front-end performance enhancements, lazy loading images changed, resulting in a 30% faster page load - in some cases. Go over to make.wordpress.org to check out the numbers. Sarah Gooding , over at the WPTavern covers the new AP...
Jan 12, 2022•8 min•Ep. 57
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It's the WP Minute Shopping Show! I'm your host Matt and I am delighted to share 5 great WordPress products with you this week. What's the WP Minute Shopping show all about?! You'll get to hear from WordPress product owners pitch their product in 1-minute or less. If you're interested in their product, please visit their store. The better they pitch, the better chance they have that you mi...
Jan 07, 2022•8 min•Ep. 56
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In The News The first Release Candidate (RC1) for WordPress 5.9 is now available! Your feedback helps the community check that nothing is missed. Given the tens of thousands of plugins, themes and differences in how millions of people use the software, now is a good time to test. To really understand the year in core, you can dig deeper into contributor data with a lot of numbers and chart...
Jan 05, 2022•6 min•Ep. 55
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 was released this week. Sara Gooding over at the Tavern wrote that there are a few important changes to note in this release regarding how the WordPress admin will direct users who are exploring block themes. There is an incompatibility message for redirection depending on whether the theme is using blocks or the customizer. The release team has determined that a 5th b...
Dec 29, 2021•6 min•Ep. 54
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe With no major acquisitions, events, or feature releases this week, we can all take an exhale of relief. Today’s theme is: Reflection. WP Minute Contributor Joe Casabona reflects on the State of the Word hosted by Matt Mullenweg. He shares strong opinions on how you might give back to WordPress by taking care of yourself, first. “When I was in college, I learned about Saint Ignatius and the...
Dec 22, 2021•9 min•Ep. 53
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In the News State of the Word 2021 happened this week. If you would like to hear the complete audio or read through the transcript from the live event check out the link over on the WPMinute . There is even a mega-thread of our favorite clips over on Twitter . GoDaddy covered the event as well including their own timestamps for the video stream. I have three takeaways from the event that I...
Dec 15, 2021•11 min•Ep. 52
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe State of the Word 2021 just concluded in NYC. Just over 2 hours of updates around the community, the software, and the vision of Matt Mullenweg . This episode is an entire recording of the livestream broadcast over YouTube including audience + listener questions. If you enjoy content like this, please consider giving back to WordPress or donating to this publication. Episode Transcript oh,...
Dec 15, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 51
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WP Minute producer Dave Rodenbaugh of Recapture.io discusses what the supply chain issue is with eCommerce and why it is still an issue. The US imports over 41% of its consumer goods from China and these imports come in through two ports - Long Beach, CA or Los Angeles, CA. During COVID people were buying online at a skyrocketing rate and those goods were coming in containers and unloaded....
Dec 14, 2021•8 min•Ep. 50
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe After appearing on the Post Status State of WordPress News roundtable, I felt like I had a bit more to say about my experience with WordPress news. WordPress news isn't a heavily trafficked topic on the web. How does a publisher build more than just a side gig from putting out WordPress news? How do we define WordPress news? I asked Kim Coleman, co-founder of Paid Memberships Pro , to see ...
Dec 13, 2021•49 min•Ep. 49
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Was Gravatar hacked or not? It depends on what you have read or what your definition of “hacked” is I suppose. The password breach monitoring service HaveIBeenPwned alerted users to a large-scale data leak by Gravatar, an add-on service for user profiles owned by Automattic. In October 2020, a security researcher published a technique for scraping large volumes of data from Gravatar, the s...
Dec 08, 2021•8 min•Ep. 47
