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Jack Kitterhing joins David to talk about adopting (and adapting) Gutenberg — and Full Site Editing — at LearnDash for their LMS product. The conversation touches on the problem of people in the WordPress community having their course content stolen and resold. What can you do to protect and brand your learning product to deter theft?Why This Matters: You'll gain insight into Learndash as a WordPress company and learn why it's crucial for product creators to onboard and help their customers do great work with their tools. Support the tool you build, the person using it, and the work they do with it if you want to keep them as long-term customers.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

Mentor someone. Today! Don't wait. Start today! Talk to people. Connect with them. Go on Twitter. Just 15 minutes a day. Tell them why this community is great. Make them want to join!Nyasha GreenFor Nyasha Green, a healthy tech community prioritizes mentoring. She credits her mentors with helping her find her place in WordPress. How well does your part of the WordPress ecosystem support mentorship? Can we make mentoring a key way people contribute to WordPress's future?In this episode of Post Status Draft, Nyasha Green joins Dan Knauss to tell her story about joining the WordPress community relatively recently. Ny is a Software Developer at Howard Development and Consulting as well as the Editorial Director for MasterWP. Ny credits Ken Elliot and Shambi Broome as mentors who got her into WordPress. Together they're getting two new WordPress Meetups up and running in Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC.Picking up on one of Kim Lipari‘s comments last week (“We're not a small village anymore.” A Conversation with Kim

Laura is the Marketing Manager at MailPoet — a popular email marketing plugin for WordPress. She’s been working in the WordPress space for the past eight years, with experience in both agency and in-house marketing teams.

Kim Lipari is my guest today on Post Status Draft. Kim started building a career in WordPress over ten years ago, and her agency, Valet, is almost that old. WordPress isn't a small village community anymore, says Kim, but we still talk about it as if it is. That tightly knit community is still there because — not in spite of — incredible growth. But what does the fact of growth mean for a small village culture? Can it turn into an enclave or cult? Is the language of a small village still an appropriate language for leadership? Do we need to act more like we're a busy city — and make an effort to get to know our newer neighbors' stories? Can we keep (let alone scale) the values, culture, and kindness of a healthy small community as we grow?

Miriam Schwab is CEO and co-founder of Strattic, the first WordPress hosting company to allow customers to quickly spin up fast static and headless WordPress sites. Strattic was recently acquired by Elementor. In this episode of Post Status Draft, Miriam talks with Post Status Editor Dan Knauss about her WordPress journey as a WordCamp organizer, agency owner, and web host founder.In this conversation you’ll also learn about:WordPress and performance optimizationWhy everyone should embrace regular people building “terrible” websitesWhy WordCamps are special 

In this episode of Post Draft, Post Status Editor Dan Knauss is joined by Maddy Osman. Maddy is the founder of The Blogsmith, a well-known brand in the WordPress space for quality writing that appeals to your target audience and search engines. Maddy has a new book out that can teach you some of her finely-honed skills. It's called Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style.Writing for Humans and Robots grew out of a style guide Maddy created — first as a freelancer and then, as her team grew, a sizeable agency. In this episode you'll learn about:Maddy's business journey: how she first got into web design and WordPress — and then how freelancing led to forming an agency and writing a book.What it means to write for people and algorithms: developing a consistent voice for your brand in writing that's optimized for search engines — while being empathetic and appealing to humans.Accessibility and AI — writing not just for machines but with them, and how that developing technology can be used b

David and Olivia Bisset sat down for a chat with Matt Mullenweg about open source, Tumblr, and how Matt deals with negativity. Matt has three roles today: CEO of Tumblr, CEO of Automattic, and project lead for the next release of WordPress. He shares what went wrong with post formats and what he would love to acquire next if he could. The answer may (or may not) surprise you! This interview was recorded shortly before WordCamp Europe 2022.

What if there was a "lite" version of WordPress that was still WordPress — still customizable under the hood but tuned up for a great user experience for particular use cases? For example — could a lite version be used to allow an admin to literally build an online store in minutes from a mobile device? How about just a note-taking app with cool open web features? What if, what if, what if...!!!David Bisset, Bob Dunn, Jess Frick, and Eric Karkovack shared on Twitter Spaces what their own versions of WordPress Lite would do — what market or niche it would fit — and whether it's practical for something like this to run on WordPress at all.Why it matters: WordPress has had more and more competition in recent years for very simple applications and tasks like simple blogs, simple storefronts, and simple ways of selling access to subscribers for digital content. Conversations during this episode were occurring while the WordPress space was discussing competition and declining market share.

“Coming with the way you can help versus asking someone how you can help them can be very helpful.”— Neisha SweetIn this conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David is joined by Destiny Fox, Niesha Sweet, and Allie Nimmons. Previously they spoke about BlackPress, and now they explain why it's sometimes difficult to help people in an underrepresented group.Why This Matters: It’s important to the WordPress community's growth and health that we ensure all kinds of people feel welcome and can contribute. For many, it's not easy, and some people are even stuck wondering what to do and how to do it. Destiny, Niesha, and Allie explain how understanding and empathy should enter our interactions to develop a more inclusive communityEvery week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

On May 25th, 2022 we celebrated WordPress's 19th anniversary. With the help of wp19.day — and partners Envira Gallery, Post Status, and GoDaddy Pro — two live events were held that day. Each had a group of guests that have been deeply involved in the WordPress community for some time.This episode of Comments records the second event. It happened later in the day as a celebration. Several different WordPress meetups also joined us on Zoom along with our guests.As in our previous episode, we started off sharing a few favorite memories but then quickly got into a deeper conversation about the state of WordPress now — and what we hope to see in its future.Guests: Mary Job, Nathan Wrigley, Naoko Takano, Carrie Dils, David Yarde, Joe Simpson Jr., Pat Ramsey, John Jacoby, Yvette Sonneveld, and Taco Verdo.Post Status Comments

Richard Midson is a podcaster, techie, public relations officer, as well as a journalism and communications veteran now working at Automattic. Richard sat down with Post Status Publisher Cory Miller during WordCamp Europe 2022 to talk about the future of podcasting and the opportunities for WordPress as a podcasting platform.

On May 25th, 2022 we celebrated WordPress's 19th anniversary. With the help of wp19.day (which partnered with Envira Gallery, Post Status, and GoDaddy Pro) two live events were held that day — each with a group of guests that have been and currently are deeply involved in the WordPress community: Mary Job, Nathan Wrigley, Naoko Takano, Olivia Bisset, Yvette Sonneveld, Taco Verdo, and Nyasha Green.This episode truly represents the global and diverse culture that the WordPress community represents. As we got people sharing a few of their favorite WordPress memories, we quickly got into a deeper conversation about the state of WordPress today and what we hope to see for it in the future.Post Status Comments

“We are going to have two panels - one on acquisitions and another one about the community."— Sabrina ZeidanDavid sits down with Sabrina Zeidan (WCEU Content Team) and Evangelia Pappa (WCEU Public Relations Team) for a preview of the upcoming WordCamp Europe 2022 in Porto, Portugal. Sabrina and Evangelia briefly talk about the conference's COVID safety measures and the overall schedule and theme of WCEU. They offer some tips for things to do while you're attending, and if you're tuning in remotely, there's a surprise waiting for you too. This is the perfect travel episode for anyone en route to WCEU.Why This Matters: WordCamp Europe is one of the first big in-person WordCamp and WordPress events to resume, post-pandemic.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

“It's so nice to have a peer who's doing similar kinds of work in their own brands and just being able to collaborate and work at that level... that is kind of rare.”— Zach TirrellDavid sits down with Zach Tirrell to talk about his new role as product manager (replacing Chris Lema) at StellarWP. Zach manages The Events Calendar and LearnDash plugins but also several other products that are under the StellarWP umbrella.Why This Matters: You'll learn how StellarWP manages a number of popular WordPress products. Zach shares his thoughts about about Gutenberg, software licenses, and recent news about the WordPress market share.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

“In order for WordPress to win, the rest of the competition doesn’t have to lose.” — David BissetHow should the WordPress community react to the first recorded dip in market share? Is a small decline something to be concerned about or more of an opportunity to examine what defines WordPress as a successful platform? Are the Gutenberg project, Full Site Editing, other core features, or competitor innovations important factors? Should some organizations in the WordPress space be playing a bigger role as contributors?Special guests Joost de Valk, Alex Denning, and Jessica Frick discuss these subjects with host David Bisset — and near the end Ben Gabler join.Post Status Comments

“Matching is key. That the individuals has the right skills, the right availability, and the right temperament to join an agency's team to help them meet their goals.”— Morayo OrijaHave you ever considered outsourcing some aspect of your business? Have you hired a virtual assistant — for yourself or for your agency? David chats with Michael Short and Morayo Orija from GoWP about the value of outsourcing certain business operations. Learn what to look for, and why you might need to "let it go" and trust other people as you outsource parts of your business you can't handle.Why This Matters: Most businesses and freelancers can't do it all — or they shouldn't. Whether it's accounting, content creation, or development — we sometimes have to acknowledge our limitations and weaknesses. Why not turn to trusted sources in the industry and WordPress community for help? If you've thought about outsourcing as a possible solution for your business, you'll benefit from listening to Michael and Morayo.Every week Post Status

“Back in the early days of WordPress development... I could only have one system on my local computer.” — Cal EvansIn this developer-oriented conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David talks about WordPress development with Cal Evans. Cal explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. It can work with Lando to automate your development workflow.Why This Matters: Developers — both individually and in teams — are building more complex applications with (and for) WordPress, so the software stack is getting more complex. How you setup your environment (local, cloud, or both) is becoming more important, and developers should educate themselves on the available options — especially with popular choices being explored by PHP developers.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

“Organizers running meetups wherever they may be — your first thought should be how I can make this inclusive for everyone?”— Niesha SweetIn this conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David is joined by Destiny Fox, Niesha Sweet, and Allie Nimmons to talk about BlackPress. BlackPress exists "to bring more creators of Black African descent into the WordPress Community" and to provide this part of the community with a network for support and learning. Find out how BlackPress got started and how the WordPress community (from meetup organizers to businesses) can help their cause.Why This Matters: It’s important in the WordPress community that we make sure all kinds of people feel welcome and can contribute. By supporting and learning how BlackPress strengthens the community, we can apply that knowledge in our own way and do the same.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

“A style is the design language for a theme.” —Rich TaborIn this episode, David Bisset talks with someone who has moved the WordPress theme needle a long way: Rich Tabor. Rich believes the arrival of the Full Site Editing experience in WordPress 5.9 is the biggest innovation since themes emerged. Speaking from the experience of creating blocks and block themes, Rich explains how Full Site Editing will change WordPress's identity.Why This Matters: WordPress professionals need to be familiar with more than just just “blocks.” There are block themes, styles, and more features that have already arrived in the WordPress editor. This episode helps put these new enhancements in context for builders, agencies, and creatives.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space.

David: “What do you think the WordPress community takes for granted?” Robert: “The support of Automattic.”Excerpt #54 — "What WordPress Can Learn from Joomla"In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Dan team up to talk with Robert Jacobi. Robert is the Director of WordPress at Cloudways. He has also served as president of the Joomla open source project. With his experience and knowledge of Joomla's approach to governance, contributors, and the many challenges facing open source projects, the three dive into what the WordPress community can learn from a peer open source CMS of the same generation as WordPress.Don't miss our previous episode about Drupal and what WordPress can learn from that project — with guest Amy June Hineline.Why This Matters: WordPress might be big, but it’s not the only open source fish in the CMS ocean. Drupal and Joomla are the other two big names that have matured but taken their own unique paths with different governance models, cultures, and ways of getting things done. The