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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.

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.

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."

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.

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 curren

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.

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

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about some upcoming Post Status webinars. One will feature Natasha Golinsky from On Purpose Projects. (You can RSVP here.) Natasha has a great take on scope creep and what she has done to obliterate it. WordPress freelancers and agencies live and die by setting their project estimates on target, so this is really valuable information in that line of work.Also covered: David touches on the latest Full Site Editing news.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. ⚡

Multidots recently released Multicollab, a Google Docs-style internal commenting tool to take suggestions from stakeholders and feedback from editors within your content inside a WordPress site. It's for use with the new visual editor (Gutenberg) and works with most blocks by allowing you to attach comments to them.How Multicollab Works:Key features for Multicollab are inline comments inside posts and pages, the ability to mention other admin users, reply to comments, and resolve comments. Email notifications about comment activity keep everyone engaged with a group site building, or content authoring and editing process.

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about two acquisitions. One involves iThemes, and the other involves GravityView. Cory mentions his recent interview with Michelle Frechette about UnderrepresentedInTech.com, while David notes some news from Post Status Slack that might have missed broader notice.Also covered: Cory wants

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about some upcoming enhancements to the Post Status job board and Cory's experience with the current #gig channel in Post Status Slack.Also covered: David talks about a Brian Krogsgard tweet rant on WordPress settings screens. David asks Cory if he thinks some old "wrinkles" in WordPress might eventually be harmful.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news relevant to the Post Status community — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash.⚡

In the third episode of Post Status Excerpt, David Bisset and Cory Miller talk about what they think the future of the "single" or "solo" WordPress plugin developer might be. They also share some good points made by club members in Post Status Slack earlier in the week.Also covered: Cory talks about being approached by a member of the WordPress community about finding employment opportunities to "break into" the WordPress space.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news relevant to the Post Status community — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash.⚡

Quick previews from this week's Post Status newsletter, WPEngine's Atlas, and Learning JavaScript

Chris Hardie has been a web developer since the late 1990s. In this episode of the Post Status Draft podcast, Chris talks with Brian Krogsgard about his career as a deep generalist. Chris has worked as a writer, journalist, political candidate, and consultant, as well as a technologist and web developer.This conversation touches on the challenges of winding down an agency and handling clients. Chris also talks about his experiences with the Special Projects team at Automattic, running for local office, being a journalist, and now launching WP Lookout to help site owners and developers safely update WordPress websites.☝️ Safe WordPress UpdatesAutomatic updates are great, but what if you could get critical information about potentially breaking changes to WordPress core? What if you could get notified about changes to the plugins and themes you and your clients rely on?WP Lookout is a new service that monitors WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates so you can apply them safely. You can subscribe to get notic

With this episode of Post Status Excerpt — the first of many to come — David Bisset and Cory Miller kick off the new show with a quick chat about the latest WordPress release (5.7 “Esperanza”) — what it addresses, and maybe a pet peeve or two about the new editor.Also covered: PluginRank.com and the way it might be useful for WordPress entrepreneurs.

In this episode of Post Status Draft, David Bisset talks with Angela Jin. Angela joined Automattic in 2018 and is one of the community organizers for the WordPress open source project. She has been helping organize, start conversations, and setting policies for WordCamps over the last few years.David recorded this interview around the time that WordCamp US 2020 would have normally taken place in St. Louis, Missouri. WordCamp US organizers decided to cancel the event months before it would have taken place due to COVID-19. There were questions about what led to that decision. Why didn't it become a virtual conference, like WordCamp Europe? What are organizers planning for future WordCamp US events and WordPress education in general?David sat down with Angela to get a better understanding of the WordPress community and its needs during a pivotal time of change. Join us as we discuss what the future holds for the conferences, meetups, and other social gatherings we've enjoyed in the past.LinksAngela Jin (Twitter

David Bisset interviews Joe Casabona, an independent creator and teacher, and discusses what it's like to be a creator as his job, plus some news topics.LinksW3C drops WordPress from consideration for its redesignW3c selects Craft and selection reportDisabling full screen modeCreator CoursesHow I Built It recording notesCamoPartner: Sandhills DevelopmentSandhills Development crafts ingenuity, developed with care:Easy Digital Downloads – Sell digital products with WordPressAffiliateWP – A full-featured affiliate marketing solutionSugar Calendar – WordPress event management made simpleWP Simple Pay – A lightweight Stripe payments plugin

David Bisset makes his podcast debut for Post Status, as he interviews Joost de Valk, of Yoast, and discusses all things WordPress marketshare related.

In this episode of the Draft podcast, Cory and Brian discuss creating and operating in healthy virtual environments: For work, conference, and personal use -- all in a world that prevents the familiar physical experiences.

Miriam Schwab is co-founder and CEO of Strattic, a business making a big bet on the future of WordPress — and in particular for using it to create static websites.They recently raised $6.5 million dollars in an oversubscribed round. Strattic aims to enable the power and flexibility of a dynamic WordPress website like we all know, with the security and speed of a completely static website.In this interview, Cory Miller talks to Miriam about her journey to this moment, the Strattic product, raising money, and more.Partner: YoastThis episode is brought to you by Yoast, the best WordPress SEO solution, hands down. You can upgrade to Yoast SEO premium, or take advantage of their great bundles that include outstanding training resources so you can fully take advantage of all the awesome tools Yoast SEO provides.