Post Status Podcasts

"This story reminded me that big company big money doesn't mean just more profit but can also mean big contributions." - Aurooba AhmedIt's the first-ever Post Status WordPress News Draft! The initial group of news "avengers" in this episode are Aurooba Ahmed, Jason Cosper, Daniel Schutzsmith, Robert Jacobi, and Lesley Sim — with David Bisset hosting. In three rounds of draft picks, this group assembled the most noteworthy or influential WordPress news stories of 2021.Also: There was also a final "quick link" round with some interesting choices the guests brought to the table.Post Status Comments 💬 provides a stage for WordPress professionals to exchange ideas and talk about recent topics and trends.Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️🔗 Mentioned in the show:WordPress 5.9 Release (Aurooba Pick #1)Frost being acquired and made open source (Aurooba Pick #2)Stubbornella utilities classes twitter thread (Aurooba Pick #3)WP User Avatar > Profile Press Debacle (Daniel Pick #1)Blocks, Boards & Fishing Reels – How Gutenberg has Divided WordPress (Daniel Pick #2)Podcast app Pocket Casts acquired by WordPress․com owner Automattic (Daniel Pick #3)WordPress Performance Team (Jason Pick #1)theme.json drops with WordPress 5.8 (Jason PIck #2)Google’s FLoC and WordPress (Jason Pick #3)Exciting news: Yoast joins Newfold Digital (Robert Pick #1)Welcome to Openverse (Robert Pick #2)American Airlines sues online publisher and host over fake website (Robert Pick #3)AM Marketing Machine (Lesley Pick #1)Founder's Field Guide Podcast: Matt Mullenweg – The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet (Lesley Pick #2)Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, Nadia Eghbal (Lesley Pick #3)Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet? (David's Pick #1)Awesome Motive Has Acquired Sandhills Development (David's Pick #2)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

"Too many things were interrelated and we didn’t have enough people who were looking across…" —Anne McCarthyIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David has an informative chat with Anne McCarthy. Anne is a Developer Relations Wrangler for Automattic and (among other things) has been responsible for many of the recent videos showcasing the features of Full Site Editing and WordPress 5.9. David and Anne talk about what decisions led to the delay of WordPress 5.9, her start with Automattic, COVID's effect on core contributions, and how polished Full Site Editing might be by the end of January 2022.Also: David asks Anne what the future of the WordPress Customizer will be in a world of Full Site Editing.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WordPress 5.9 Revised Release ScheduleWhy I Voted To Delay WordPress 5.9David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

Cory leads the first Post Status Year-End Member Huddle — on Zoom. It’s a mix of news about the year ahead for Post Status members, discussion, a year-end exercise for you, and some laughs over the best ugly sweater contest.🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today!

"I believe our community can make significant contributions to Gutenberg and the Block Editor." —Cory MillerIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory shares his experience among the 30+ individuals who attended the State of the Word in New York in person. David and Cory talk about how Matt presented himself, his views on the necessary ratio of community contributions to open source projects, Five for the Future, the next generation of leaders, and what it means to give back to the community and WordPress core.Also: Cory hints at what Post Status will be doing in 2022 when it comes to giving back — along with how Post Status will encourage and assist people in contributing to the WordPress community.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:YouTube: State Of The Word 2021GoDaddy Review And Timeline of State of the Word 2021The WP Minute (Audio + Transcript)David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: Yoast SEOYoast is SEO for everyone. Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support and extra features like internal linking, social previews, a redirect manager, tutorial videos, and integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Get on board today with the premiere SEO plugin for WordPress — Yoast.

"You shouldn't be the one to always take, you want to be the one to always give." —Mary JobIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David chats with special guest Mary Job. Mary is a remote, "nomad" worker in Africa who travels from city to city. She is an engineer with Paid Memberships Pro but also spends a large amount of time growing and stimulating the African WordPress community. Mary has helped start WP Africa, a site devoted to the community of WordPress users on the continent. She talks about challenges they face, compares the WordPress presence with Google in Africa, and looks forward to the day when there can be a WordCamp Africa.Also: Mary shares how she got involved in WordPress, and how appreciative she is of the giving nature of the WordPress community. David will have to figure out how to get Mary's invite to Matt.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WP AfricaDavid Bisset (Twitter)Mary Job (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today!

Matt on Acquisitions and Work in WordPress — An interview with Michelle FrechetteFollowing the 2021 State of the Word, Michelle Frechette spoke with Matt Mullenweg about the wave of mergers and acquisitions in the WordPress space this year and their implications for employment and the product ecosystem.You can read Michelle's and the rest of the Post Status team's takes on this year's SOTW. We've also got a community discussion hosted by David Bisset following Matt's address for you to listen to, and we rounded up reactions to the event from the whole Post Status team.

Members of the WordPress Community on Their Takeaways from SOTWThis episode of Post Status Comments features a live conversation in Twitter Spaces that was recorded right after Matt Mullenweg's State of the Word 2021 broadcast on December 14th. Bet Hannon, Eric Karkovack, Maciek Palmowski, and Rae Morey joined David to share their reactions. Others from the audience join in, including Jeff Chandler, Ryan Marks, Hazel Quimpo, Scott Kingsley Clark, Jason Taylor, and Amber Hinds.Among the questions discussed: What stood out in the State of the Word for each of our guests? What did they think of Matt Mullenweg's take on web3, NFTs, and ownership? Was there agreement about Matt's points on WordPress market share, acquisitions, and contributions to WordPress core teams?This engaging conversation went on for a little over an hour.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:YouTube: State Of The Word 2021GoDaddy Review And Timeline of State of the Word 2021The WP Minute (Audio + Transcript)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today!

"The best documentation is written by people who are using it." —Milana CapIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Milana Cap tells David about the stark reality of the near-overwhelming workload facing the WordPress Documentation Team. Currently, about four sponsored volunteers and fewer than 10 volunteers in total make up the Docs team — a team that is assigned to manage documentation for software that powers over 43% of the web. If you have ever complained about outdated documentation or a lack of documentation for WordPress, listen to this episode.Also: Milana shared some encouraging projects and efforts — much of which is recent and associated with the upcoming WordPress 5.9 release. Writers "shadowing" developers could be one of the keys to improving the quantity and quality of documentation in the future.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Docs team handbook (if anyone wants to join)Developer Docs (DevHub)End user docs (also known as HelpHub in Make teams)Milana Cap (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: WordfenceWho can afford downtime, a black mark on their brand’s reputation, or the SEO impact of getting hacked? That’s why so many WordPress sites rely on the real-time protection provided by Wordfence Premium. Now, Wordfence Central offers Premium subscribers a powerful and efficient dashboard to manage security for all their sites from one central location. Try Wordfence today!

"We are trying to bring our community to the world." —Eric ChuangIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David chats with two organizers of the upcoming WordCamp Taiwan 2021 — Eric Chuang 莊桓亦 and Hend Chen 陳瀚宇. Learn what the WordPress community is like in Taiwan and how they've dealt with the pandemic and restrictions on in-person events. Crafting a smart “hybrid” approach, they share how they are tackling their upcoming WordCamp and how it will bring together their community. They hope having English sessions will bring more talent and influence to Taiwan's WordPress community.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WordCamp Taiwan 2021David Bisset (Twitter)Eric Chuang 莊桓亦 (Twitter)Hend Chen 陳瀚宇 (LinkedIn)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: iThemesTake the guesswork out of building, maintaining, and securing WordPress websites. Professional plugins and training from iThemes help you create and manage your sites. Secure, back up, and manage them quickly and easily. Master leading-edge WordPress skills to grow your business and make more money. Learn and grow with the experts at iThemes.

WordPress news commentators on the nature of their work, their views on the community, and the future of the project.In this episode of Post Status Comments, David and Dan host a conversation with several members of the WordPress news community: Matt Medeiros (Matt Report Media), Joe Howard (WPMRR), Birgit Pauli-Haack (Gutenberg Times), and Sarah Gooding (WP Tavern). Find out how these WordPress journalists and news commentators understand their roles, how they view the WordPress community, and what they see for the future of the project.Among the questions asked: What challenges exist for those of us who are following and reporting WordPress news? How can the WordPress project and and WordPress companies help improve communication? Where do we see WordPress heading — the software and it's community — in the short and long term? What are the biggest and most impactful stories of 2021, so far? What are the most significant but less noticed stories?This engaging conversation was almost 90 minutes long! So we split it up into two audio parts. This is Part 2.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:The WP MinuteWP TavernGutenberg TimesWPMRR PodcastZipMessage - Submitted QuestionsPost Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: WP LookoutWP LOOKOUT tracks the plugins and themes you depend on. Get timely info on new WordPress plugin and theme versions, security updates, author changes, mentions in the news and more. Set customizable notifications by email, Slack, webhook and RSS.

WordPress news commentators on the nature of their work, their views on the community, and the future of the project.In this episode of Post Status Comments, David and Dan host a conversation with several members of the WordPress news community: Matt Medeiros (Matt Report Media), Joe Howard (WPMRR), Birgit Pauli-Haack (Gutenberg Times), and Sarah Gooding (WP Tavern). Find out how these WordPress journalists and news commentators understand their roles, how they view the WordPress community, and what they see for the future of the project.Among the questions asked: What challenges exist for those of us who are following and reporting WordPress news? How can the WordPress project and and WordPress companies help improve communication? Where do we see WordPress heading — the software and it's community — in the short and long term? What are the biggest and most impactful stories of 2021, so far? What are the most significant but less noticed stories?This engaging conversation was almost 90 minutes long! So we split it up into two audio parts. This is Part 1.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:The WP MinuteWP TavernGutenberg TimesWPMRR PodcastZipMessage - Submitted QuestionsPost Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: WP LookoutWP LOOKOUT tracks the plugins and themes you depend on. Get timely info on new WordPress plugin and theme versions, security updates, author changes, mentions in the news and more. Set customizable notifications by email, Slack, webhook and RSS.

"I prioritized my mental health over my physical health until I realized it was all the same thing."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David chats with Cory about taking care of your physical and mental health and how these factor into "Developer Overload." Far too often (especially younger) professionals do not prioritize their health so they can work or do more in a day — until it comes back to bite them.Also: David shares that getting up early in the morning works for him and encourages people who have a hard time managing things in the morning to give it a shot — early mornings are usually quiet for many people, both in the place they live and the clients and employees they communicate with during the day.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: BluehostEverything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you're looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored to your specific needs. Get a free domain name in your first year, free 24/7 lifetime support, and total design freedom with WordPress at Bluehost.

"I expect the hallway track to be pretty busy during this event." - Nathan IngramIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with special guests Nathan Ingram and Ryan Marks about WordCamp Birmingham 2022 — one of the first in-person WordCamps after almost two years of no live events anywhere in the world. With 200+ people expected to attend, Nathan and Ryan talk about the safeguards that will be in place, how they are managing expectations, how their sponsorships are being handled, the role of hybrid events, and how WordCamp Birmingham's reboot is being received in the WordPress community.Also don't forget: We're encouraging listeners to check out the "Week at WordPress.org" — get the feed here — and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status for us to share.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WordCamp Birmingham / WP'YallDavid Bisset (Twitter)Nathan Ingram (Twitter)Ryan Marks (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: SpinupWPSpin up your own extremely fast WordPress server in minutes with SpinupWP. Use any cloud hosting provider you want, and manage your servers remotely with a simple but powerful control panel. Get the security and performance of managed hosting without losing the independence of hosting your projects and your clients yourself.

"Focus on the skills people bring, what projects they've done that have been really great." — Jill BinderIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with special guest Jill Binder about diversity and inclusion — how can people in underrepresented groups leverage resources in the WordPress community to increase their confidence, exposure, and potential hiring value? Learn how organizers can make their events feel more open and how they can encourage those in under-represented groups to participate. If we see a speaker who doesn't look like us at a conference and simply appreciate their contribution as a speaker as a normal feature of our conferences, that is an achievable win.Also don't forget: We're encouraging listeners to check out the "Week at WordPress.org" — get the feed here — and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status for us to share.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Allyship for WordPress event organizers (AMER/EMEA @ 6pm-8pm UTC)How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events Southeast to Southern Asia (November 27, 2021 @ 7am-8:30am UTC)How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events AMER/EMEA - Held during first two weeks of December.WPDiversity on Make.WordPress.Orgdiversein.techJill Binder (Twitter)Jill Binder (LinkedIn)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.

Nellie Akalp joined Cory Miller to discuss trademarks and DBAs for small businesses. Nellie has dedicated her career to helping other entrepreneurs and business professionals succeed at business ownership. Nellie previously discussed expanding your business to another state. Business owners and freelancers will benefit from these live presentations and discussions where audience participation is encouraged.Nellie is a business expert, professional speaker, published author, and mother to four amazing kids. As CEO and Co-Founder of CorpNet.com, she has helped more than half a million small businesses and licensed professionals get their businesses and clients off the ground.🔗 Mentioned in the show:PostStatus.comcorpnet.comNellie AkalpCory Miller (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

"My best advice is to get to know as many people as you can — network."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with special guest Michelle Frechette about the current landscape of the WordPress job market. What trends should a WordPress professional pay attention to right now? What should newcomers to the WordPress ecosystem do to stand out and be trusted by companies, especially for remote work? Michelle also shares a few tips for anyone trying to navigate their way to the right role and employer.Also don't forget: We're encouraging listeners to check out the "Week at WordPress.org" — get the feed here — and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status for us to share.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:StellarWPWordPress JobsDavid Bisset (Twitter)Michelle Frechette (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

It's a haunting but educational tale with Brad Williams, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Greg Rickaby, and Amor Kumar.Topics:What is a Headless WordPress Website?Considerations when deciding if Headless is a good approach for you.Learn how a Headless approach can be faster, more secure, and more scalable.Supporting advanced functionality like contact forms and user input.Recommended tools, hosting providers, and partners.🔗 Mentioned in the show:WebDevStudiosNext.js WordPress StarterWP Engine AtlasWP VIPFrontityBeach Body On DemandLegend of the Headless WordPress PresentationEmbracing Headless WordPress with Greg RickabyPost Status (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)🙏 Transcript Sponsor: WP EngineWP Engine is a leader in Managed WordPress hosting. They're also a new breed of technology company at the intersection of innovation and service. WP Engine provides the solutions you need to create great WordPress sites and apps to drive your business forward — and faster. WP Engine's new Atlas platform is fully headless WordPress with support for multiple server-side environments, auto-deployments from GitHub branches, both static and dynamic headless architectures, your choice of JavaScript frameworks — React, Angular, Vue.js, or any other — and command-line that is 100% scriptable.🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a person while they live." — Albert SchweitzerIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory and David discuss some recent conversations in the WordPress community: Is the WordPress writing experience bad for "serious writers?" Does WordPress have to excel in this area, or is it fine to have third-party writing tools that feed into WordPress? Automattic acquired Day One for a reason. Tumblr might end up getting a WordPress.com writing-and-admin experience makeover.Also don't forget: Posting content on a regular basis is a good skill to practice. Cory shares how he managed to publish a post every day in October. David points out that whether it's photography, music, or creative writing — regular publishing is important (and can be vital) to you now and in the future. For one thing, it keeps your mind limber, and by "thinking out loud," you invite unexpected, chance encounters and collaborations with other people.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Matt's Page BuilderShould You Really Write in the WordPress Editor?David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: YoastYoast is SEO for everyone. Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support and extra features like internal linking, social previews, a redirect manager, tutorial videos, and integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Get on board today with the premiere SEO plugin for WordPress — Yoast.

"If you're a founder of a company go through your own customer experience yourself — with your own eyes."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory and David talk about their best and worst support experiences as customers. If you are a freelancer or small agency and your ability to deal with support issues from customers isn't working, then that's a sign of something broken in your workflow. Companies should try to be more proactive and helpful to customers even if they can't help them immediately or solve all their problems.Also don't forget: We're also encouraging listeners to check out the "Week at WordPress.org" (get the feed here), and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:SuperDuper!Profitable Project Plan | Business Training For Web DesignersThe E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About ItShare Black Friday / Cyber Monday Deals With Post StatusDavid Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: YoastYoast is SEO for everyone. Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support and extra features like internal linking, social previews, a redirect manager, tutorial videos, and integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Get on board today with the premiere SEO plugin for WordPress — Yoast.

Cory Miller talks with Sean McCabe, CEO of Seanwes Media. While it’s likely never been easier to sell courses for an audience (especially if you are using a system like WordPress), what hasn’t changed — according to Sean — is the marketing and the validation of what you are marketing, how you are marketing it, and how you are pricing it. Sean shares his perspectives on these permanent problems, outlining what has and hasn’t worked for him. Sean also shares his thoughts on what comes first — the community, the courses, or both. This is a must-listen for anyone with a membership course or learning site, or anyone who is thinking of starting one. 🔗 Mentioned in the show:Seanwes.com on presale profitsSean McCabe (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️

"If plugin authors were better educated maybe they would make some different choices."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory and David talk about WordPress's reputation relative to its performance. This discussion unfolds in light of a new proposal for a Performance Team for WordPress core. What should happen to improve the WordPress experience (for both the user and for search engines) on the front-end and the admin experience as well? Education? Notifications to the user?Also covered in this episode: We are formally announcing the existence of the new Post Status homepage, which is still a work in progress. We're also encouraging listeners to check out the "Week at WordPress.org" (get the feed here), and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Proposal for a Performance teamThe Legend of the Headless Website — Post Status Live with Brad Williams, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Greg Rickaby, and Amor KumarThis Week at WordPress.org (October 11, 2021)Share Black Friday / Cyber Monday Deals With Post StatusDavid Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: WordfenceWho can afford downtime, a black mark on their brand’s reputation, or the SEO impact of getting hacked? That’s why so many WordPress sites rely on the real-time protection provided by Wordfence Premium. Now, Wordfence Central offers Premium subscribers a powerful and efficient dashboard to manage security for all their sites from one central location. Try Wordfence today.

"While WordPress does democratize publishing there are people today that can't take advantage of that."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory comes back freshly tanned from CaboPress to share his experiences and one big takeaway point that everyone can appreciate. David brings up how Facebook's outage this week made him start to give pause before quipping on Twitter about "owning your own content." He asks if or how WordPress and the open web can help the people for whom Facebook is the internet.Also covered in this episode: A shout out to WordCamp US 2021 which was held virtually for the first time on October 1st — a fine virtual event after only eight weeks of planning!Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:#CaboPress on TwitterCaboPress.comWordCamp US 2021 Summary (Post Status)Thinking First Before Saying "Own Your Own Content!"David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: iThemesTake the guesswork out of building, maintaining, and securing WordPress websites. Professional plugins and training from iThemes help you create and manage your sites. Secure, back up, and manage them quickly and easily. Master leading-edge WordPress skills to grow your business and make more money. Learn and grow with the experts at iThemes.

"Remember to put people before software and community before code."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory recover from an overwhelming week of acquisition news in the WordPress space. Four well-known WordPress companies announced acquisitions almost back-to-back. Next, Cory notes Michelle Frechette's article on Post Status about the challenging and difficult choices some employees of newly acquired companies may have to make.Also covered in this episode: David shares what has (and hasn't) changed in the WordPress space in terms of business and opportunities. Then he considers the possible ways developers can look at acquisitions as a whole.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Post Status Draft Podcast: Chris LemaPost Status Draft Podcast: Pippin WilliamsonLiquid Web Acquires LearnDashAwesome Motive Has Acquired Sandhills DevelopmentThemeIsle Acquires WP Landing KitKeanan Koppenhaver Acquires Branch and WPPusherYour WordPress Company Has Been Acquired: Now What?Paul Lacey's TweetDavid Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: BluehostEverything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you're looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored to your specific needs. Get a free domain name in your first year, free 24/7 lifetime support, and total design freedom with WordPress at Bluehost.

Awesome Motive Acquires Sandhills DevelopmentPost Status CEO Cory Miller chats with Pippin Williamson, the Founder and Managing Director of Sandhills Development, about Awesome Motive's acquisition of his company. Pippin announced today that Awesome Motive has acquired his company — their whole team and plugin portfolio: Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP, Sugar Calendar, WP Simple Pay, and the Payouts Service. Syed Balkhi, Founder and CEO of Awesome Motive, outlines the commercial plugins and notes the deal includes several free plugins as well. From Sandhills, Chris Klosowski, Andrew Munro, and Phil Derksen will be joining Awesome Motive as partners, and Chris will continue to lead Easy Digital Downloads. Pippin, however, intends to take a very long break from WordPress and software development.Sitting down with Cory Miller for some reflection on the past and thoughts about the future in the WordPress space, Pippin offered advice to developers and product owners today. He also identified what he sees as the biggest threat emerging for WordPress today.Key Takeaway: "The Biggest Threat We Have Today" 🦈As both an opportunity and "a major threat" to "WordPress the platform" that comes from its openness, Pippin warns:"We are getting to a point where WordPress is so big and there is so much money involved in the WordPress ecosystem that it is now very much in large companies' interests to create their own version of WordPress."Pippin WilliamsonBecause "the WordPress experience is not consistent" between major hosting platforms — due to their attempts to improve their customer experience — Pippin is concerned end users won't be able to tell what is WordPress and what is the host.Might that kind of platform balkanization carry over into the WordPress community, dividing developers, product businesses, and end users?Pippin also referenced Kinsta COO Jon Penland's conversation with Anchor Hosting founder Austin Ginder back in June on Kinsta's Reverse Engineered podcast:"...something that I’ve been thinking about a lot over the last year, which is a move I see in the WordPress space in general, at the host level, and I’m not going to name any names because I don’t want to throw stones, but to pull in more and more tooling that’s not part of the Core. And, I just worry that we’re going to end up in a situation, a few years from now, where we have a whole lot of walled gardens, right? Where WordPress at host A is not the same thing as WordPress at host B and is not the same at WordPress at host C, because as you described, a WordPress provider might try to solve this problem as an on-ramp for their own customers."Jon Penland🔗 Mentioned in the show:Cory Miller (Twitter)Pippin Williamson (Twitter)Pippin on the Sandhills AcquisitionSyed Balkhi on Awesome Motive's Plans for Pippin's PluginsAcquisition Announcement at Easy Digital DownloadsJon Penland interviews Austin Ginder for Kinsta's Reverse Engineered podcast🙏 Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you're working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development has a tool that can help you. Sell digital products with Easy Digital Downloads. Use AffiliateWP as your affiliate marketing solution. Sugar Calendar is event management made easy. And WP Simple Pay is a lightweight Stripe payments plugin. Craft superior experiences with the ingenuity of Sandhills’ plugins.🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️

Chris Lema talks about the latest WordPress acquisition: LearnDash is joining Liquid Web. Will it become the leading LMS turnkey solution?Post Status CEO Cory Miller chats with Chris Lema, Vice President of Products at Liquid Web, about Liquid Web's acquisition of LearnDash. LearnDash will join Liquid Web's StellarWP brand, and Chris will step in as the General Manager of LearnDash.It's been a boom time in recent years for edutech companies. As the online learning leader in the WordPress space with their Learning Management System (LMS) plugin for WordPress — which comes with a whole ecosystem of addons and integrations — it's no surprise LearnDash would be attractive as a platform for a hosting company to acquire. Get an inside look at the latest big deal in WordPress acquisitions with Chris Lema."Everyone knows LearnDash as the leader of online learning in the WordPress ecosystem. We are excited to welcome them to the Liquid Web family as we continue to build our strength in the digital commerce ecosystem. LearnDash takes us deeper into the digital commerce space by offering online educators the best tools to create online courses, quizzes, and dynamic content with built-in marketing and ecommerce features. We believe in their brand, and we know that with our backing, they will continue to deliver the online solutions educators need." — Chris Lema🔗 Mentioned in the show:Cory Miller (Twitter)Chris Lema (Twitter)LearnDashLiquid WebStellarWP🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️

“When it comes to the entrepreneurial journey - the highest highs and the lowest lows are always people.”In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory first discuss how hard it is to do "the right thing" and potentially dealing with tough and negative feedback as a result. How does an entrepreneur prepare for "roller coaster" times — especially if the ride is heading down? What should you keep in mind? Cory shares an iThemes experience in response.Also covered in this episode: Cory and David talk about the $12 billion acquisition of MailChimp by Intuit, and how that could potentially reshape the business landscape for WordPress users and entrepreneurs.Note: David misspoke and said "Stripe" instead of "Square." Forgive him.Browse past episodes from all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to them on your favorite players. Post Status' Draft, Comments, and Excerpt podcasts are on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, and Simplecast. (RSS) 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your LifeIntuit confirms $12B deal to buy MailchimpSyed Balkhi on Twitter: Accept payments in WordPress using Square and WPForms.David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.

"A crisis can either build you or break you."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory reflect on a tough question: What can help WordPress professionals weather the storm of being an entrepreneur in challenging times? Cory shares four types of people who can offer support in their own unique ways: spouses, counselors, coaches, and colleagues. It's important that you find the right combination of people and connections that works best for you.Also covered in this episode: Cory and David thank their spouses and will later share the timestamps of the podcast with them as evidence.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WordCamp Sacramento 2017 - Cory Miller on "Entrepreneurial Resilience"David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: SpinupWPSpin up your own extremely fast WordPress server in minutes with SpinupWP. Use any cloud hosting provider you want, and manage your servers remotely with a simple but powerful control panel. Get the security and performance of managed hosting without losing the independence of hosting your projects and your clients yourself.

New hires to Post Status and an acqui-hire for Automattic.In this episode, David and Cory talk about recent news from all corners of the WordPress community. First, they share how they will miss Andrea Middleton — who is taking a great new opportunity at Reddit after 10 years of full-time work on the WordPress open source project. Next, they talk about why keeping the Classic Editor plugin officially supported makes sense, and how the Frontity acquisition by Automattic can be viewed as an acquihire to advance Gutenberg's development.Also covered in this episode: Cory and David welcome Jonathan Wold to the Post Status team.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Thanks for a great 10 years, WordPress!Jonathan Wold (Twitter)An Update on the Classic Editor PluginFrontity to Join AutomatticFrontity is joining AutomatticDavid Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

We Can Be Organized In How We Multitask.In this episode, David and Cory have a conversation about another way to prevent Developer Overload: organization. Cory shares how he benefited from a mentor, while David feels that documentation, commenting code, and following some best practices can help reduce anxiety overall — if you can convince yourself to adopt new habits. This show is worth a listen just for Cory's "going on a hike" metaphor.Also covered in this episode: Cory encourages David to take the Kolbe A Index test.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)kolbe.comstrengthsfinder.comGet Hired🙏 Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you're working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development has a tool that can help you. Sell digital products with Easy Digital Downloads. Use AffiliateWP as your affiliate marketing solution. Sugar Calendar is event management made easy. And WP Simple Pay is a lightweight Stripe payments plugin. Craft superior experiences with the ingenuity of Sandhills’ plugins.

Avoiding ego, reinventing the wheel, and shiny objects.In this episode, David and Cory discuss Developer Overload, which David defines as what happens when "when you receive too much information and are unable to process it, resulting in negative responses and unhealthy effects." David shares tips on how developers can focus on what to pay serious attention to, how to avoid creating more work for themselves, how to increase focus, and what project managers can do to help.Also covered in this episode: "As developers we often bite off more than we can chew... we also tend to take that bite from the wrong side of the sandwich."Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Max Böck on Simplicity🙏 Sponsor: YoastYoast is SEO for everyone. Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support and extra features like internal linking, social previews, a redirect manager, tutorial videos, and integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Get on board today with the premiere SEO plugin for WordPress — Yoast.

Allowing time to goof off or pursuing a passion improves team connections.Professor Jane Dutton from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business suggests "four ways to build high-quality workplace connections" — respectful engagement, support, trust — and play. Play is what Cory and David focus on in this episode — why should companies set aside time to explore, goof off, or entertain each other with no particular outcome in mind?Also covered in this episode: Only an hour before recording this, Yoast announced it is being acquired by Newfold Digital — formerly known at least in part as Endurance International Group (EIG). David and Cory share their initial thoughts with more analysis still to come.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Joost's Announcement In Post Status SlackExciting news: Yoast joins Newfold DigitalJoost's Personal Blog Post On AcquistionClearlake and Siris-Backed Newfold Digital Acquires Yoast to Help Customers Get Found OnlineWordPress Acquisitions and Investments4 Ways to Build High-Quality Workplace Connections🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today!

The first step to getting started might not be technical.As new people come into Post Status looking for some guidance, there is a tendency among old hands to say things used to be much easier. Although it was a simpler time ten years ago, getting started in WordPress development presented challenges to new developers much as web development generally does today for seasoned developers. With a mature WordPress ecosystem now, new and experienced developers should set their expectations about business success carefully.Also covered in this episode: David remembers that a decade ago, even though the web and WordPress were less complex, development in many ways wasn't any less challenging. Remember WordPress MU (Multisite)?Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Ron & Andrea Rennick: WordPress Multisite (WordPress.tv from 2011)🙏 Sponsor: WordfenceWho can afford downtime, a black mark on their brand’s reputation, or the SEO impact of getting hacked? That’s why so many WordPress sites rely on the real-time protection provided by Wordfence Premium. Now, Wordfence Central offers Premium subscribers a powerful and efficient dashboard to manage security for all their sites from one central location. Try Wordfence today!

Many plugins in the WordPress.org repository have shown a significant drop in active install growth this year.In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller focus on a blog post David published on July 23rd on Post Status entitled "Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?" Since about May or early June, the overall trends for some of the most popular and well-known plugins’ “active install growth” (as reported by WordPress.org) are pointing generally downward — their growth is in decline.Also covered in this episode: Cory shares what he observed at iThemes regarding sales trends and how it might be related to the trends reported by Post Status. David thanks Iain Poulson for backing his observations with some solid numbers.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Is The Growth Of Active Installs of WordPress Plugins Declining in 2021?Post Status Slack Conversation - Link 1Post Status Slack Conversation - Link 2🙏 Sponsor: iThemesTake the guesswork out of building, maintaining, and securing WordPress websites. Professional plugins and training from iThemes help you create and manage your sites. Secure, back up, and manage them quickly and easily. Master leading-edge WordPress skills to grow your business and make more money. Learn and grow with the experts at iThemes.

Acquisitions in the WordPress space, WordPress 5.8, WordFest Live, Elementor is 5, and #ClickPublishIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller chat about how the new Post Status Acquisition Tracker is a window into significant moments and trends in WordPress history. With WordPress 5.8 released this week, it will be interesting to see how theme developers react and adapt to it in the coming months and years. It seems some people aren't happy about a certain change to the Media Library.Also covered in this episode: On the eve of WordFest 2021, David notes Elementor's fifth anniversary and how they might be installed on about 12% of all WordPress sites. Cory shares the #ClickPublish movement he's started on Post Status Slack.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Post Status Acquisition TrackerWordPress 5.8 "Tatum"5 Years Of Elementor - Stats and FactsW3TechsWordFest Live 2021🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.

"Understanding who you are and who you are not goes a long way."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset talks with Syed Balkhi about the acquisition of SearchWP by Awesome Motive. We get a little behind-the-scenes information about how this deal came to be. Syed shares his thoughts on how SearchWP fits in with Awesome Motive's brand and vision of providing support to small businesses.Also covered in this episode: Syed talks about "plugin developers and entrepreneurs being true" to their mission when it comes to growing and monetizing their products and plugins.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)SearchWP is Joining the Awesome Motive FamilyI Sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive🙏 Sponsor: SpinupWPSpin up your own extremely fast WordPress server in minutes with SpinupWP. Use any cloud hosting provider you want, and manage your servers remotely with a simple but powerful control panel. Get the security and performance of managed hosting without losing the independence of hosting your projects and your clients yourself.

"I realized that I wanted [SearchWP] to be long term and stable...it deserved a team behind it."In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset talks with Jon Christopher about his sale of SearchWP to Awesome Motive. The two talk about what motivated Jon — the sole developer (and marketer) of SearchWP — to part with his plugin. David also asks Jon about his view of search as it exists today in WordPress Core, what he might like to see in search going forward, and what his future plans are.Also covered in this episode: Jon shares some advice for plugin developers who want to monetize their products and plugins, even if those plugins aren't well-known.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)SearchWP is Joining the Awesome Motive FamilyI Sold SearchWP to Awesome Motive🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

Castos is a WordPress-powered podcast hosting provider with roots in the open-source community through their Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin for WordPress. They recently announced a $756K pre-seed funding round from a number of companies, including Automattic and Yoast SEO.Cory Miller sat down with Castos CEO Craig Hewitt to talk about this move and how Castos is eager to expand its services in the private podcasting market.⚠️ CORRECTION:In the audio recording, a $756 Million figure was mistakenly given. Castos has raised $756 thousand in investor funding.🔗 Mentioned in the show:Cory Miller (Twitter)Craig Hewitt (Twitter)Castos (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: SpinupWPSpin up your own extremely fast WordPress server in minutes with SpinupWP. Use any cloud hosting provider you want, and manage your servers remotely with a simple but powerful control panel. Get the security and performance of managed hosting without losing the independence of hosting your projects and your clients yourself.🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧

Take 10% of your time, energy, and even money and start investing it systematically in a “Next Chapter” project.In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about how to build a "career raft" for yourself — something Cory wishes he did when he sold iThemes and went looking for new ventures. Cory explains how to identify what might be a good fit for your "next chapter" project and how to maintain your motivation, whether you are a developer, marketer, or entrepreneur.Also covered in this episode: Cory and David congratulate James Laws and the entire team at Ninja Forms who are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week. They proved that there was room (and then some) for another form plugin in the WordPress space.Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Conversation in Post Status Business Slack🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

$635.5 billion by the end of 2021?In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset briefly touch on two more acquisitions this week — one involving Extendify and another by Automattic. Cory and David review some highlights from WP Engine's recent report on the WordPress economy. WP Engine estimates the WordPress market generated more than half a trillion dollars (USD) in 2020. They expect the market to grow to $635.5 billion by the end of 2021.Also covered in this episode: A discussion of people who gave up on Gutenberg in its early phases release and how they might be convinced to give it another shot now. This topic came up thanks to an article written by Chris Lema and the conversation it provoked in Post Status Slack.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)WP Engine: WordPress Economy Drives More Than Half a Trillion in Revenue, New Global Study ShowsChris Lema: Embracing Gutenberg CompletelyEric Karovack comments in Post Status Slack. 🙏 Sponsor: Yoast SEOYoast is SEO for everyone. Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support and extra features like internal linking, social previews, a redirect manager, tutorial videos, and integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Get on board today with the premiere SEO plugin for WordPress — Yoast.

Raising eyebrows in the WordPress community — especially among developers — Delicious Brains announced they have acquired Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). Elliot Condon is the creator and has been the sole developer for ACF for about a decade. While Elliot will be involved in the transition, he will not stay with the Delicious Brains team in the long term, according to his blog post.In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory Miller talks with Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains following the announcement that his company has acquired the Advanced Custom Fields plugin from Elliot Condon.🔗 Mentioned in the show:Cory Miller (Twitter)Brad Touesnard (Twitter)Elliot Condon (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Delicious Brains (Twitter)Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyYou need durable Managed WordPress Hosting for all your mission-critical sites. Pagely offers managed DevOps and a flexible stack with the same enterprise-level support to all its customers. Peace of mind starts with Pagely. Try it today!🎙️ Post Status DraftThe Post Status Draft podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. 📝Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧

A Focus On Mental Health And Long-Term StabilityIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the recently announced acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields plugin by Delicious Brains Inc. After having time to absorb community feedback and listen to a pre-recorded interview with those involved, David and Cory share why this move is a win for the WordPress community in the long run.Also covered in this episode: For freelancers and solopreneurs with projects and products that grow close to an unmanageable size: where do you draw the line between owning your product and handing the reins of your creation to someone else? (Controlling your destiny is great, on the one hand, but having full responsibility and the stress that comes with it is tough to sustain, on the other hand.)Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Epic WordPress Announcement / Podcast10 Years of ACFAmazon.com: Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for BusinessIconic Has Joined the Liquid Web Family of BrandsPostStatus Member Survey🙏 Sponsor: WordfenceWho can afford downtime, a black mark on their brand’s reputation, or the SEO impact of getting hacked? That’s why so many WordPress sites rely on the real-time protection provided by Wordfence Premium. Now, Wordfence Central offers Premium subscribers a powerful and efficient dashboard to manage security for all their sites from one central location. Try Wordfence today!

Monetization of WordPress PluginsThis episode features a conversation in Twitter Spaces that took place on May 28, 2021. Our topic is monetization of WordPress plugins. Speakers: Cory Miller, Joe Casabona, Joost de Valk, David Bisset (host) along with many others commenting live in Post Status Slack.Post Status Comments provides a stage for WordPress professionals to exchange ideas and talk about recent topics and trends. Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)How I Built It - Is ProfilePress' Move Indicative Of A Bigger .Org Problem?🙏 Sponsor: iThemesTake the guesswork out of building, maintaining, and securing WordPress websites. Professional plugins and training from iThemes help you create and manage your sites. Secure, back up, and manage them quickly and easily. Master leading-edge WordPress skills to grow your business and make more money. Learn and grow with the experts at iThemes.

Change and a vision for the future at Post StatusIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the future of Post Status and Cory's full acquisition of it from its founder, Brian Krogsgard. Brian launched Post Status eight years ago. Today, Brian shared his announcement publicly, and Cory also outlined his plans for the future of Post Status.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)Cory: Our Future TogetherBrian: A New Era for Post StatusIntroducting A New Chapter: An Interview With Cory Miller🙏 Sponsor: BluehostEverything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you're looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored to your specific needs. Get a free domain name in your first year, free 24/7 lifetime support, and total design freedom with WordPress at Bluehost.

In a move many people have admitted they didn't see coming, Liquid Web announced this week their acquisition of GiveWP. WP Business Reviews is also part of the deal. (Both belong to the Impress.org brand.) GiveWP and WP Business Reviews will join under a new brand, StellarWP. Stellar will house all of Liquid Web’s software assets. 🤝This acquisition follows Liquid Web acquiring iThemes in 2018 and The Events Calendar in December 2020.In this episode of Post Status Draft, Brian Krogsgard talks with GiveWP's (former) CEO and COO, co-founders Devin Walker and Matt Cromwell following the announcement that their company, Impress.org, has been acquired by Liquid Web.🙏 Sponsor: iThemesTake the guesswork out of building, maintaining, and securing WordPress websites. Professional plugins and training from iThemes help you create and manage your sites. Secure, back up, and manage them quickly and easily. Master leading-edge WordPress skills to grow your business and make more money. Learn and grow with the experts at iThemes.

Announcement of LiquidWeb acquiring GiveWP sparks discussion: are all acquisitions good for WordPress?In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller and David Bisset discuss the recent announcement of GiveWP and WP Business Reviews joining the Liquid Web Family of Brands. StellarWP will house all of Liquid Web’s software assets, including iThemes, The Events Calendar, Restrict Content Pro, and Kadence WP.Also covered in this episode: David gets Cory's take on acquisitions in general for the WordPress space — what's the potential (good or bad), and how should the WordPress professional view the consolidation of their ecosystem under fewer, bigger companies?Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)GiveWP Joins the Liquid Web Family of BrandsLiquid Web Family of Brands Acquires Impress.org and Flagship Product GiveWP 🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory Miller recommends three books with great value to the WordPress community and people who make their living as professionals in it. From the business value of community itself to marketing fundamentals and how to avoid being a perfectionist, Cory explains why he thinks these books stand out. Cory also tells us how he reads "like a vampire." 🧛‍♂️ (No he does not sleep in a coffin.)Also covered in this episode: David talks about a recent post on the Make WordPress site by Francesca Marano, "Updates on updating the updaters." David asks Cory how he handles WordPress core and plugin updates. Cory's answer may (or may not) surprise you! (Learning how to be an "Imperfectionist" might be useful when it comes to WordPress updates.)Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community Your Competitive AdvantageMarketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Story Brand Guide for Any BusinessHow to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from PerfectionismHow To Read Strategically[Feature project] Updates on updating the updaters – Make WordPress CoreWordSesh 2021WPCampus: Call For Proposals🙏 Sponsor: SpinupWPSpin up your own extremely fast WordPress server in minutes with SpinupWP. Use any cloud hosting provider you want, and manage your servers remotely with a simple but powerful control panel. Get the security and performance of managed hosting without losing the independence of hosting your projects and your clients yourself.

One of the oldest commercial WordPress Plugins gets a facelift.In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about the most recent update to Gravity Forms (version 2.5). Cory reflects on the early days of the WordPress ecosystem. David recounts how Gravity Forms was his first major plugin purchase as a freelancer. Find out what's in the new Gravity Forms and why it matters for WordPress professionals.Also covered: David brings up this week's announcement from Matt Mullenweg about CC Search, a CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) image search engine: they are joining the WordPress project. Does this mean the WordPress Media Library might get some overdue attention?Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)Gravity Forms 2.5 Release - Now Live!Take a Sneak Peek at the New Gravity Forms 2.5 Form Editor!CC Search to join WordPress.org – Matt Mullenweg🙏 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

Danielle Joseph is the founder of Function Creative, a full-service brand and web design studio, and the author of The Brand Planner: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Brand Clarity & Business Direction. Her most recent project is Willowspace, a client management portal for freelancers and agencies that will be launching in the next few weeks.In this episode of Post Status Draft, Danielle talks with Brian about her work with clients as a designer and how that has shaped the direction of her agency and Willowspace.Freelance designers and any service-based businesses can benefit from a client management portal, but Willowspace goes a step further. it also has CRM style functions like lead capture forms to go with email integration, proposal generation, contracts, invoicing, and online payments. Leads become paying clients, and as they check in on their project status, you can offer them additional services. The client experience is very simple and can be managed through email with payments made in their own currency.🔗 Mentioned in the showDanielle Joseph (@hellofunction, LinkedIn)Function Creative (Instagram: hellofunction)Willowspace.co👍 Sponsor: Gravity FormsGravity Forms is the easiest and most trusted advanced forms solution for your WordPress website. Packed with time-saving tools and features, Gravity Forms is the only WordPress form management plugin you will ever need. Stop losing valuable leads and grow your business with Gravity.

Are you fed up with out of control Admin Notices in the WordPress dashboard? Us too.In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about Cory's recent negative experiences with admin notices in the WordPress dashboard. If the WordPress community cannot control and improve upon the location, frequency, language, and other aspects of notifications and notices inside the WordPress admin interface, the experience will continue to degrade for users, and Cory thinks WordPress.org will step in.Also covered: David finds the animated GIFs (pronounced however David said it) starting to annoy him in the WordPress plugin repository.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡Browse our archives, and don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher, Simplecast, or RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:David Bisset (Twitter)Cory Miller (Twitter)WP Notify WikiFeature Project Proposal: WP Notify – Make WordPress CoreWP Notify Planning Meeting Notes from Monday, February 8, 2021Is WP Notify the Silver Bullet WordPress Needs to End Admin Notification Spam? 🙏 Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you’re working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development has a tool that can help you. Sell digital products with Easy Digital Downloads. Use AffiliateWP as your affiliate marketing solution. Sugar Calendar is event management made easy. And WP Simple Pay is a lightweight Stripe payments plugin. Craft superior experiences with the ingenuity of Sandhills’ plugins.

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Brian Krogsgard talks with Beth Livingston, M. Ed. Today, Beth is an Online Course Creator and Educator at WP Roadmaps and Coaching. Previously, Beth worked in education and corporate IT management. When she joined the WordPress community, Beth saw a need that combined these two roles: project management education and training.WordPress Designers and Developers from Freelancers to Agencies Face the Same ProblemsWhile attending WordCamps, WordPress Meetups, and engaging in WordPress Facebook groups, Beth kept hearing the same questions:How do I get the client to give me the content?How can I control scope creep without angering my client?What does it take for my client to understand how much is involved in building a website?Beth learned how to solve these problems during her many years as an IT Business Analyst, Instructional Designer, and Project Manager. For that reason, it was a logical step for her to help WordPress professionals by offering online courses and private coaching in project management.Whether you are a developer, designer, or agency, if you manage WordPress projects, Beth can help.Learn about the key principles of WordPress project management with Beth in this interview. She covers deep discovery, proper proposals and estimates, scope creep, and gold plating.Project management is not a plugin or SaaS tool like Trello, Asana, or Wrike. It's a role and a task with a skillset you train to acquire.🔗 Mentioned in the showBeth Livingston (@BethLivingstoNC, LinkedIn)https://wproadmaps.com/wordcamp/WP Roadmaps and CoachingWP Project Manager's Academy 👍 Sponsor: Sandhills DevelopmentNo matter what you’re working on with your WordPress website, Sandhills Development has a tool that can help you. Sell digital products with Easy Digital Downloads. Use AffiliateWP as your affiliate marketing solution. Sugar Calendar is event management made easy. And WP Simple Pay is a lightweight Stripe payments plugin. Craft superior experiences with the ingenuity of Sandhills’ plugins.