Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Lots has changed for the WordPress website building experience over the last 4 years and today's WP Product Talk has been on the frontlines of it. Richard Tabor joins the podcast to talk about the major changes in Gutenberg, Site Editing, and the future of WordPress. Looking for a healthy dose of what's under the hood of your favorite CMS? Don't miss this episode. Links Kim Coleman Richard...
Nov 18, 2022•44 min•Ep. 137
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Hiring is probably the hardest thing to do in any business. There's so much that needs to go into the interview process, onboarding, and we haven't even begun to think about the actual job description! Lucky for us, Kim Lipari joins WP Product talk to give us all the advice we need to become better employers in the WordPress ecosystem. If you enjoyed today's episode, please share it on soc...
Nov 18, 2022•44 min•Ep. 136
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The 6th episode of WP Product Talk featuring Zach Tirell of WP Events Calendar. Listen in to find out how to hire and manage contractors for your WordPress product (or agency!) business. If you're a WordPress freelancer, this is a fantastic episode to listen to and reverse engineer to better position yourself with employers. If you enjoyed this episode, please say thanks to the hosts and c...
Nov 18, 2022•39 min•Ep. 135
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The idea of using WordPress to power a social networking site isn’t new. The BuddyPress plugin has offered this functionality since 2009 . But Elon Musk’s recent takeover of Twitter (and the ensuing chaos) has WordPress community members taking another look at what’s possible. Mike McAlister recently shared a concept for OpenPress, a plugin that would turn your WordPress install into a mic...
Nov 16, 2022•6 min•Ep. 134
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Feed drop time! Feed drop is when an entirely new podcast shows up in a podcast feed...just like this one! I'm sharing my friend, Matthew Bliss' Dead Drop podcast with you. It's just like the WP Minute, short form news, but for the video game industry. From the casual gamer to the sweaty l33t, this podcast has it all for your gaming needs. Links Matthew Bliss on Twitter Dead Drop Podcast W...
Nov 12, 2022•11 min•Ep. 133
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The advent of WordPress Full Site Editing (FSE) has sparked plenty of discussion within the community. But it’s not just the technical aspects that have received attention. Giving the feature a more user-friendly name has also been a hot topic. On November 4, 2022, WordPress project Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced that the feature will be simply referred to as the “Sit...
Nov 09, 2022•5 min•Ep. 132
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress 6.1 , “Misha”, was released on November 1. The new version features more than 120 enhancements and fixes over 240 bugs. Performance was a focus in this release, including increased efficiencies within WP_Query and the REST API. Query caching is said to provide a significant speed boost. WordPress core contributor Jonny Harris has tweeted test results to back up the claim. Also of...
Nov 02, 2022•5 min•Ep. 131
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The saga of WordPress.org active install data continues as more details trickle out. At WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reported on an appearance by WordPress contributor Samuel Otto Wood on the WPwatercooler podcast . Wood says the decision to remove the data originated from a private Slack conversation amongst contributors that was started by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg back in May. It ...
Oct 26, 2022•5 min•Ep. 130
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In today's episode of WP Product Talk, we'll explore the methods organizations go through to level up entry-level WordPress developers on their team. This is a fantastic discussion with your weekly hosts Kim Colemen & Matt Cromwell. Today's guest is Courtney Robertson, Web Design Dev Advocate at GoDaddy Pro. If you enjoyed this episode, please re-share it on social media and follow the...
Oct 26, 2022•38 min•Ep. 129
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Discussion rolls on within the WordPress community regarding the removal of active install growth data from the WordPress.org plugin repository - but still no firm resolution is in sight. As we reported last week, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg said that adding some form of stats for plugin developers is “doable”. We’ll have to wait and see where the discussion goes from here. Meanwhi...
Oct 19, 2022•6 min•Ep. 128
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Have you started a WordPress theme or plugin that didn't quite succeed like you had hoped it would? It might be time to sunset your WordPress product. There's 2 major things to consider: your mental health & your existing customers/users. When I spun down my first go at WordPress themes, it was embarrassing. The crazy thing was, the embarrassment was only in my head. I didn't want to g...
Oct 17, 2022•38 min•Ep. 127
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The recent pushback regarding WordPress.org’s removal of active install growth data shouldn’t be too surprising. It’s not the first time that a decision made by WordPress leadership has ruffled some feathers. But perhaps the people most directly impacted by the move – plugin developers – were a bit unexpected. After all, a thriving plugin ecosystem is key to keeping WordPress growing and r...
Oct 13, 2022•7 min•Ep. 126
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The conversation regarding the removal of WordPress plugin active install growth data has continued this week. The data chart was officially removed from the WordPress.org plugin repository back on September 29, 2022. Even as plugin authors and other community members have asked for the chart’s return, no formal reason has been given for its removal. The possibilities of privacy and securi...
Oct 12, 2022•7 min•Ep. 125
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WP Product talk is back with co-hosts Matt Cromwell and Kim Coleman sitting down to discuss outlining a WordPress product roadmap. Nathalie Lussier joins the crew to chat about how she and her team plan the AccessAlly course software development. Follow Matt & Kim on Twitter to participate in the weekly WP Product talk Spaces. Stay subscribed here to catch the edited recording! Links K...
Oct 10, 2022•39 min•Ep. 124
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 to WordPress’ reputation. Za...
Oct 05, 2022•5 min•Ep. 123
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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! ★ Support this podcast ★...
Oct 02, 2022•40 min•Ep. 122
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 test it out. Jesse Friedman, Director of innovation at Automattic was interviewed...
Sep 28, 2022•6 min•Ep. 121
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 Sim . Listen here. ★ Support this podcast ★...
Sep 28, 2022•39 min•Ep. 120
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 didn't even know was running WordPress? I reached ou...
Sep 26, 2022•12 min•Ep. 119
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 since…well about 4 months ago. 4 Years ago, Figma donated an organizational membersh...
Sep 23, 2022•10 min•Ep. 118
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 experience. Photograph by Daniel Schutzsmith ★ Support this podcast ★...
Sep 15, 2022•57 min•Ep. 117
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 what this is all about and help test, jum...
Sep 14, 2022•7 min•Ep. 116
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Editor's note: How I imagine the background music to WordCamp US 2022 News The new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three, will be a stripped-down base theme with many style variations built by the WordPress design community. This theme is being released to make theme development exciting again. Jump over to the Gutenberg times to read about variations and see the latest on the “good and bad”....
Sep 08, 2022•10 min•Ep. 115
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Dave Rodenbaugh , founder of Recapture.io, shares a fascinating anecdote with Angela Bowman , WordPress Meetup organizer and podcaster (Women in WP), about a relatively new WordPress user (Dave’s daughter) who had built a WordPress site with Dave’s help last year but struggled to get another one launched on her own this summer. Dave’s daughter and her boss, who very much wanted to use Word...
Sep 07, 2022•16 min•Ep. 114
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe You'd be hard pressed to find a business, both online and brick-and-mortar, that didn't invest in their website over the last three years. With WordPress marketshare showing only a sliver of marketshare decline since pandemic heights, it's still a force to be reckoned with. Putting page builders and coding tools to the side: The client + agency collaboration process of designing a website ...
Sep 06, 2022•17 min•Ep. 113
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News WordPress continues to work on core template changes to refine the creation experience. Many more options will be released with WordPress 6.1 that will continue to improve website building. You can explore the enhancements now in the Gutenberg plugin. Sarah Gooding over at WPTavern wrote an article about how the WP-Optimize plugin was being accused of cheating their page speed perform...
Aug 31, 2022•8 min•Ep. 112
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News WordPress 6.0.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing. Testing is so important with this release so please go over to make.wordpress.org to help. There are also a lot of exciting things happening with the block editor. Birgit Pauli-Haack shared that there is a new call for testing by Anne McCarthy for Full-site Editing and another one by Justin Tadlock for the Fluid Typog...
Aug 25, 2022•5 min•Ep. 111
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe News A new WordPress homepage and download page is live but was it done quickly enough? Mullenweg’s perception of how long a layout should take started a lot of discussion about the timing of the release, the number of volunteers on the project…to well…you name it. The comments to the controversy ran the gamut. Mullenweg’s comments were posted in an article in Search Engine Journal about u...
Aug 17, 2022•6 min•Ep. 110
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe This week we bring you a guest post by Winstina Hughes . Read on as she shares about a very important movement. The WordPress community has expressed tremendous support for the call to action to sponsor underrepresented/minority WordCamp speakers by removing the financial burden of their travel and lodging expenses. But who made the call, and what inspired it? Listen in to learn who made t...
Aug 12, 2022•6 min•Ep. 109
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Gutenberg News Last week there was a bunch of new stuff with Gutenberg 13.8.0 . Birgit Pauli-Haack discusses all the new features with Grzegorz Ziolkowski over on the changelog podcast . You can hear about Fluid Typography, updates to Block APIs, and WordPress 6.1 Planning. The Gutenberg Editor is testing On Tumblr and Day One Web Apps. Sarah Gooding over at WPTavern writes about the detai...
Aug 10, 2022•6 min•Ep. 108
