Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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% decrease in overall submissions. Among the highlights of this year’s...
May 10, 2023•6 min•Ep. 167
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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. A whole generation has had easy access to content management and nearly-endless customi...
May 09, 2023•10 min•Ep. 166
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 Twitter’s policies have made the continu...
May 03, 2023•8 min•Ep. 165
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe 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 annually. A selection of pr...
Apr 26, 2023•7 min•Ep. 164
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s the WP Minute! Support independent WordPress news like this, join the Slack membership, or purchase a classified listing in the weekly newsletter at thewpminute.com/support And now a word from our sponsor. 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. Most Impactful The uncertainty surrou...
Apr 19, 2023•6 min•Ep. 163
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Do you remember what made WordPress 5.6 so historic? It was the first version of the software produced by an all-woman and non-binary release squad. And it looks like history is about to repeat itself. WordPress 6.3 is scheduled to be released in July and will once again feature an all-women and non-binary squad. Project Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy made the announcement and ...
Apr 12, 2023•7 min•Ep. 162
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe After a time formatting bug caused a 24-hour delay, WordPress 6.2, code-named “Dolphy”, was released on March 29th. According to core contributor Jean-Baptiste Audras, 607 people from at least 50 countries were part of the release squad. Perhaps the biggest development in 6.2 is that the “beta” label has been removed from the Site Editor. The feature was first added in WordPress 5.9 and ha...
Apr 05, 2023•10 min•Ep. 161
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe March 28th was supposed to mark the release of WordPress 6.2. But a date formatting bug has delayed release for a day. The new target is Wednesday, March 29 at 1pm EST. The issue could potentially impact core features like date-based permalinks. But it might also negatively affect other functionality that relies on the correct date – think event bookings and eCommerce transactions. Over at...
Mar 30, 2023•5 min•Ep. 160
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In this episode Matt shares his opinion on the recent Awesome Motive irritation witnessed within the vocal minority of the WordPress community. Click here for the full article. ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 23, 2023•12 min•Ep. 159
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe well-represented. Over at WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reports that a Hackathon event has led to some innovative WordPress projects. For instance, there’s an in-browser development environment that uses the VS Code editor and allows developers to see changes in real-time. Meanwhile, the Wapuugotchi project uses the familiar Wapuu character to display notifications and unlock features. On the m...
Mar 22, 2023•7 min•Ep. 158
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Blocks are now a key part of the WordPress experience. But what if they were platform-agnostic? That’s the idea behind the Block Protocol . Founded in 2022, the organization recently released a WordPress plugin. In its initial release, the Block Protocol plugin adds over a dozen new blocks to WordPress. Included in the package you’ll find blocks to display common items such as addresses, h...
Mar 15, 2023•10 min•Ep. 157
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe If you’re a WordPress professional, it can be hard to know where you fit into the bigger picture. Online community The Admin Bar aims to provide a glimpse into the market with its annual WordPress Professional Survey . Web designer Kyle Van Deusen interviewed 667 professionals and reported on a range of topics. Among the highlights: 77% of respondents consider themselves to be full-time; O...
Mar 08, 2023•6 min•Ep. 156
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress 6.2 is slated for release on March 28. Among its most impactful new features will be the integration of the Openverse media search. This will allow users to add images, audio, and video that are available via a Creative Commons license. While Openverse integration adds a layer of convenience, there was some debate about how the feature initially worked. As Sarah Gooding of WP Tav...
Mar 01, 2023•6 min•Ep. 155
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s the WP Minute! Support independent WordPress news like this, join the Slack membership, or purchase a classified listing in the weekly newsletter at thewpminute.com/support And now a word from our sponsor. 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. Most Impactful The first-ever WordCam...
Feb 22, 2023•6 min•Ep. 154
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s no secret that tools boasting Artificial Intelligence are popping up all over the place. That most certainly includes WordPress. And now Auttomattic’s WordPress.com is running an experiment to see how the technology might benefit users. As reported by blogger JenT at WPcomMaven, the managed hosting service quietly added two AI-powered blocks to the Block Editor. The AI Image and AI Pa...
Feb 15, 2023•7 min•Ep. 153
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe WordPress 6.2 is scheduled for release on March 28, 2023. But it’s never too early to start preparations. Therefore, you may want to check out the first beta release , which is now available for testing. The first major release of 2023 brings a plethora of enhancements to the Site and Block Editors. Some features, such as color coded template parts within the Site Editor, focus on improved...
Feb 08, 2023•6 min•Ep. 152
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Should WordPress move away from Slack and towards the fediverse for project communication? Automattic-sponsored Meta team contributor Alex Kirk thinks so. Kirk has proposed a project to explore switching to the free Matrix open-source federated chat system. The potential benefits are compelling. For one, there’s something to be said for open-source projects supporting each other. Beyond th...
Feb 01, 2023•7 min•Ep. 151
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe In today's episode, Matt is talking about the new WP Minute+ podcast and why he started it. The WP Minute, which is a five-minute weekly podcast on WordPress news, continues to be produced with the intention of providing busy WordPress professionals with short-form content. The WP Minute+, will feature longer form conversations and interviews, while the original WP Minute will continue to ...
Jan 30, 2023•36 min•Ep. 150
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What’s on tap for WordPress core in 2023? Project executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy recently outlined some big picture goals . By design, the post is light on detail. Haden Chomphosy says the list represents a view from “10,000 feet”. Perhaps the biggest item mentioned is the completion Phase 2 of the Gutenberg project, which focuses on the customization of the Block and Site edit...
Jan 25, 2023•7 min•Ep. 149
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The lines between the open-source WordPress.org and its commercial counterpart WordPress.com (owned by Automattic) have long been blurred and confusing. So much that commercial offerings from Automattic’s suite of tools were integrated into the official WordPress mobile app. That’s about to change. As Sarah Gooding of WP Tavern reports , features that rely on Automattic products are moving...
Jan 18, 2023•6 min•Ep. 148
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe When it comes to adding features to a WordPress plugin, how many are too many? That’s the question facing the WordPress Performance Team with regard to the Performance Lab plugin. Recent additions of SQLite and WebP image conversion functionality have resulted in some constructive criticism from WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. As Sarah Gooding reports at WP Tavern, Mullenweg has asked...
Jan 11, 2023•6 min•Ep. 147
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe During the 2022 State of the Word event, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress.org theme and plugin repositories would allow authors to categorize their entries as “Commercial” or “Community” products. Not long after, the feature became active. As Sarah Gooding reports for WP Tavern, authors are starting to opt-in . Examples include Automattic’s Akismet and Jetpack plugins, which are...
Jan 04, 2023•7 min•Ep. 146
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Attn: Creators and small brands Buy a domain. Get some hosting. Install WordPress . Don’t bemoan about bloated software, legacy code, or that WordPress is too complicated. Start learning the software all over again. Invest time into it. Play with it in the browser before you do anything else if you want to see what you’re getting into. We’re watching another social media platform burn. Ash...
Dec 22, 2022•6 min•Ep. 145
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Matt Mullenweg held court at the annual State of the Word event on December 15. Several topics were touched, including the use of Gutenberg outside of WordPress, the return of in-person Meetups and WordCamps, and the announcement of a Community Summit set to take place in 2023. Mullenweg also detailed a change to the WordPress.org Plugin and Theme repositories. Taxonomies have been added t...
Dec 21, 2022•6 min•Ep. 144
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe State of the Word 2022 has just completed another hybrid presentation. A mix of livestream on the official WordPress YouTube channel and in-person attendees traveled to NYC to watch Matt Mullenweg and others update us on all things WordPress. We'll cover some of the highlights in today's post. Tune in to listen to the complete recording of the event on our podcast or in the player above. T...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 143
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe What’s a web hosting provider’s role in content moderation? WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg recently weighed in. Mullenweg was a guest on The Verge’s Decoder podcast and discussed the issue as it relates to WordPress VIP hosting. Specifically, he commented on a controversial story that was published in 2020 on the New York Post website. The Post is a WordPress VIP cl...
Dec 14, 2022•6 min•Ep. 142
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe It’s a familiar refrain: the WordPress project needs contributors. But getting involved can be difficult for individuals who aren’t corporately sponsored. A new nonprofit organization is hoping to address this ongoing challenge. The WP Community Collective looks to offer community-funded fellowships to financially support contributions to WordPress. Founded by Sé Reed, Katie Adams Farrell,...
Dec 07, 2022•7 min•Ep. 141
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Could you run your entire WordPress product business from a single spreadsheet? Today's WP Product Talk covers what happens when your business starts to scale. From a few hundred dollars, to a few hundred-thousand dollars, this conversation is jam-packed with a wealth of. bean counting knowledge. Links Kim Coleman Jason Coleman Matt Cromwell Paid Memberships Pro GiveWP Support the WP Minut...
Dec 06, 2022•45 min•Ep. 140
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe Welcome to a special edition of the WP Minute! Rather than our usual five minute roundup of WordPress news, we’ve recorded an expanded episode this week. Matt Medeiros and Eric Karkovack got together to discuss their picks for November’s most interesting and impactful stories. Here’s a rundown of links mentioned in the show: The new WordPress Developer Blog seeks to bridge the information ...
Nov 30, 2022•26 min•Ep. 139
Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://thewpminute.com/subscribe The annual State of the Word event has been scheduled for December 15, 2022 from 1:00 - 2:30pm EST. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will take to the microphone to discuss the year that was and what lies ahead. The event will take place in New York City and will also be live streamed. If you’d like to attend in-person, there’s a survey available to fill out. Meanwhile, you can also subm...
Nov 23, 2022•6 min•Ep. 138
