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Upcoming Events WordCamp Porto, Portugal. 17 May–18 May, 2024 Segment 1: In the News 404 Media article about Russia replacing Wikipedia! Segment 2: Interview With Tara Claeys Tara’s tools Google Apps Zight Figma Follow Tara Designtlc.com Segment 3: Tool of the Week Gravity Wiz

Upcoming Events WordCamp Sylhet, Bangladesh 10 May–11 May, 2024 Segment 1: In the News Awesome Motive acquired AccessAlly and PopupAlly Shutterstock Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Envato, Featuring Envato Elements, the Unlimited Creative Content Subscription Jamies Giroux informed me and the world — that he has shut down TeamWP and joined forces with Remkus […]

Matt Mullenweg is returning from his 3 month sabbatical, dubbed “Samattical”, which kicked off February 1, 2024. He handed the CEO reigns back to Toni Schneider and placed Daniel Bachhuber in charge of WordPress.com in his absence. I thought we’d see the whole organization coast while the open source benevolent…

In this episode, Sarah Norris and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss WordPress 6.6 and 6.5.3, Gutenberg 18.1 + 18.2 and Create Block Theme Updates

Tune in to The WP Week Podcast for the latest WordPress news and insights! Sponsored by Omnisend and WP Job Openings plugin, this episode covers the new WordPress 6.5 “Regina” release, the innovative local development tool Studio, and the upcoming WordPress 6.6. We discuss Gutenberg 18.2’s new features, tech updates including Google’s anti-competitive tactics, and […]

I first met Courtney at WordCamp San Diego in 2018. She was so kind to me after I gave a talk there, and has consistently shown that kindness ever since. She’s one of the community members that always makes you feel welcome and valued. I’m so happy to know her, and so happy you can […]

This comprehensive conversation delves into the world of WordPress security through the lens of Tom Raef, a seasoned security expert with a history dating back to the inception of personal computing. The podcast covers Tom’s journey into website security, emphasizing his manual approach to cleaning infected websites and the evolution towards automation to enhance efficiency. […]

The survey asks questions about the gender composition of leadership teams, the experiences of women and gender-diverse leaders and employees, and the challenges and barriers to their career success.

In a Woo DevChat conversation, Alex Standiford discusses remote work, WordPress development, the potential of PHP Nomad and ChatGPT.

On the podcast today we have Nahuai Badiola. Nahuai is a freelance WordPress developer, theme, and plugin creator. He also writes WordPress code tutorials and enjoys sharing everything he learns ab…

Shanta Nathwani and Birgit chat about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the WordPress and tech community.

Freemius CEO and founder Vova Feldman has more than a decade’s experience in pricing mastery. He shares strategies for optimizing your pricing page.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 22nd April 2024.

In this episode of the WP Minute+, Matt Medeiros interviews Rafal Tomal, co-creator of the new Rockbase WordPress theme. Tomal, a renowned designer in the WordPress community, discusses his journey from working at Copyblogger and StudioPress to founding his own agency and eventually creating Rockbase with his partner, Chris Hufnagel.

In this episode, Michelle and Samah talk about women working in WordPress and the current survey that WP Includes is doing around Gender Equality in WordPress Businesses. We talk about how women are treated and accommodated differently in the workplace country by country and company by company and share some of our own personal experiences.

Explore the transformative world of the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program with guest host Angela Jin and special guest and sponsored contributor Hari Shanker. Whether you’re a long-tim…

Rob Cairns talks to Damon Cook about WordPress.Show Highlights: 1. What changes are coming? 2. What is Damon excited about in WordPress? 3. Things Rob and Damon would like to see in WordPress.

Today, we sit down with Matthias Pfefferle of Automattic, the developer behind the ActivityPub integration for WordPress!

Joost is the founder of Yoast who is now an investor in (open source) software companies at Emilia Capital and still develops open source software himself too. I’m fortunate to have been able to work with him on different projects, and count him among my friends.

Matt Medeiros is the founder of WP Minute, a weekly podcast highlighting WordPress news in less than 5 minutes. He’s a podcasting expert, having previously worked as Director of Podcasting success at Castos and now hosts & produces Breakdown, a podcast by Gravity forms. This episode talks about how you can make a sustainable 5-figure […]

Atif Riaz is hugely passionate about two things, health care and design. He invests, builds, develops, and runs brands with a keen focus on healthcare. We had a great chat getting to know him better and learning about all the things he does with WordPress.

Ever wanted to use Airtable or Notion to populate the content on your WordPress website? Listen to this episode.

Learn how public relations will help you grow your business through relationship building.

Robert Jacobi and Courtney Robertson discuss open source events, licensing changes in Redis, and the need for sustainable funding.

Learn how public relations will help you grow your business through relationship building.

Matt is here to talk about creating the perfect fantasy CMS for blogging, moderating comments at Metafilter, building sane defaults into programs, how difficult the web is, do we want AI in our CMS, and where is content headed on the internet?

On the podcast today we have Maestro Stevens. Maestro is an international speaker and managing director of The Iconic Expressions. His areas of expertise include digital marketing, brand strategy, …

Jason Cohen is a serial entrepreneur and founder of multiple undertakings. In this episode, he unpacks various topics around the art of scaling a business.

Alex Stine and Amber Hinds performed a live accessibility audit of the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress Plugin and provided real-time feedback.

In this episode, Samah and Michelle discuss how remote work is beneficial to many underrepresented groups, and why they have found working from home (or wherever they happen to be) to allow for greater flexibility, improved productivity, and overall work satisfaction.

Rob Cairns and Todd Jones talk about coaching and copywrighting. Show Highlights: 1. Why coaching? 2. How AI impacts copyrighting. 3. Steps to make your copyrighting better.

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In this episode #28 of Peaceful Growth, the event producer and educator at WPSessions, Brian Richards, joins the host, Anil Gupta. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: – Tips for beginners in public speaking to kickstart their journey. – Why does audio quality matter? Tips for enhancing audio quality. – Learn tips and tricks for…

Adrian Tobey from Groundhogg emphasizes the importance of CRM for businesses and the early adoption of CRM for WooCommerce shops.

We have a brutally honest look at the No Script Show website and see what need changing.

Nathan Wrigley is a full-time podcaster – and almost all about WordPress. (With a few other projects here and there.) Founder of WP Builds, podcaster at the WP Tavern Jukebox, and all-around delightful human, Nathan brings a wonderful sense of humor to all he does, while still focusing on the things that matter. It was […]

On the podcast today we have Jonathan Desrosier. Jonathan has been a contributor to WordPress Core for many years, and a WordPress Core committer since 2018. Jonathan currently works as a Senior So…

In this podcast episode I sit down with Patricia Brun Torre from Switzerland. We talk about her WordCamps, I mean, how could we not, but we discuss GatherPress thoroughly as well. GatherPress is a plugin aiming to offer an alternative to Meetup.com for organizing WordPress events. Patricia also discusses the vitality of the WordPress community, […]

Talking about the new font library feature, enhancements in revisions, plugin dependencies, and the significance of data views plus a lot more

A conversation with Alexander Gilmanov, a seasoned entrepreneur and a WooCommerce and WordPress product developer at TMS.

We dig into brand colors, color contrast, and approaches for managing and maintaining accessible color palettes.

When you say Taco, you say Tuesd.. wait no. You say WordPress community. Because ever since Taco learned about the WordPress community in 2013, he’s been involved. You can find him helping out as a local meetup organizer, WordCamp volunteer and organizer, and deputy in the global community team. So it shouldn’t surprise you when […]

In this episode, we continue a critical conversation with Morten Rand-Hendriksen about the challenges we face together on computer science, ethics, and unintentional consequences with emerging technologies that lack defined purpose and regulations.

Michelle and Kathy discuss how to create healthier habits that support self care. Kathy has been on a roll developing new habits for more strength and dealing with some metabolic issues, which inspired a blog post and inspired Michelle to adopt some healthy habits, too. They also discuss how hard it is to make self […]

This week on WPwatercooler we’re discussing webhosting. Dive into the differences and benefits of shared hosting, dedicated hosting, and managed hosting.

Podcast: Download | Embed This week I share Where Are They Now #3 Upcoming Events WordCamp Leipzig 20 April, 2024 WordCamp Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain 20 April–21 April, 2024 Segment 1: In the News Beeper is joining Automattic Admin Bar Survey Segment 2: Where Are They Now – Part 3 Rene Morozowich on podcast #397 – […]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Sam Harrison, a professional Webflow consultant and content creator. He was open to co-host a WordPress vs Webflow debate with me, while also unpacking how business is going for his services company. Heading into the debate, I spent a a few hours watching his content and really enjoyed […]

A recent proposed California law would make it illegal for employers to contact employees after hours, regardless of their contract (with certain exceptions). In this episode Samah and Michelle talk about why disconnecting can be a really good thing, how being contacted after hours can disproportionately affect some underrepresented groups, and their own thoughts on work/life […]

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In this podcast episode of Within WordPress, Roger Williams shares his journey through the realm of web development, beginning with his early interest in building websites without coding, to his experiences with various content management systems, ultimately leading to his engagement with WordPress. Roger’s career trajectory takes him from GoDaddy to freelance website and SEO […]

Today we’re joined by Chris Badgett, who is a WordPresser with a rich background in e-learning and WordPress development.

Dive into the heart of WordPress with The WP Week Podcast, your definitive guide to the latest trends and updates. Join us as we explore the release of WordPress 6.5 “Regina,” the transformation of WordPress.org, and the strategic moves shaping the WordPress hosting landscape. Stay ahead with our insights on PHP updates, WP-CLI Hack Day, […]

‘Press This. The WordPress Community Podcast features exclusive content and interviews with leaders in the WordPress community…. covering everything from development to integrating your digital marketing strategy with WordPress. Host Doc Pop of WP Engine and special guest hosts from across the community keep you up to speed on the latest advancements in WordPress.’

On the podcast today we have Jamie Marsland, and he’s here to talk to me about his recent journey into YouTube content creation as well as the topic of how WordPress is positioned against the…

The Woo team and Douglas discuss Wyrmwood’s journey, Kickstarter success, challenges of growth, and multi-channel commerce.

Marcus Burnette is a community marketer with some web design and development chops. He is also the creator of The WP World.

Amir Helzer is the founder of OnTheGoSystems, the company behind WPML. Find out how a business model transformation from freemium to premium changed the game.

Justin Ferriman is the founder and former CEO of LearnDash, a platform that he grew from a simple blog to one of the leading solutions in the LMS space through a mixture of aggressive marketing and clever ‘guerilla’ tactics that helped him take on bigger competitors. He’s a non-technical founder who approaches business with a […]

Matt Medeiros, host of the WP Minute+ podcast, recently had an engaging conversation with Adam Zielinski, the creator of WordPress Playground, a revolutionary tool that allows users to run WordPress entirely in their browser without the need for a server or hosting environment. The discussion delved into the technical aspects,…

Emma is Head of Content at Hostinger International. “A curious and motivated creator that appreciates quality, consistency, organized chaos, and communication. Where marketing meets IS and technology, that’s where you’ll find me.”

During CloudFest we learned more about how they are helping women In Uganda through their residential scholarship program.

In this episode Michelle welcomes Samah Nasr to the Underrepresented in Tech project as cohost and partner. Get to know Samah in this episode and why she is passionate about diversity and representation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixs0H44tIA4 Transcript ↓ In this podcast episode, Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass discuss their experiences at a

Dive into the world of WordPress hosting with BigScoots CEO, Scott Stapley. Explore the company’s evolution, community importance, and customer service.

So we’re back with another ‘podcast hijack’, in which the WP Builds podcast is temporarily taken over by a new podcast that I’m doing with David Waumsley. It’s called “The No Script Show”, and we’re getting back to the basics which we feel we’ve lost touch with, namely HTML and CSS. This week, it’s all […]

Anne Mieke Bovelett and Taeke Reijenga will bring insights, experiences and guests to talk all things accessibility every month.

Emma is Head of Content at Hostinger International. “A curious and motivated creator that appreciates quality, consistency, organized chaos, and communication. Where marketing meets IS and technology, that’s where you’ll find me.”

In today’s episode we dive into an archive of the show and share about how to spring clean your WordPress site.

On the podcast today we have Tammie Lister. If you’ve been in the WordPress space for a while, Tammie’s name is likely a familiar one. She’s an 18-year veteran of the project, a talente…

Join WordPress Executive Director, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, as she offers an exclusive preview of the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release, accompanied by special guest Dave Smith, one of the Editor Tech…

We get updates from several of the project leads as they moved into day two of the hackathon. How the first day went and where they go from here.

The positive and potentially negative ways that AI and accessibility can intersect and the concept of AI-generated user interfaces.

Andrew Hewitt is a passionate and experienced web developer specializing in helping businesses streamline their website and web app development processes. In this episode we talked about his journey in WordPress and how he focuses his agency’s attention on building and sustaintability for their clients.

This week I Talk About All The Webs Upcoming Events WordCamp Vienna, Austria 5 April–6 April, 2024 WordCamp Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain 5 April–6 April, 2024 WordPress in Education Technology Showcase 6 April, 2024 Segment 1: In the News Weebly acquired Wix — new company name is Wixbly Patchstack published “State of WordPress […]

The WordCamp Asia 2024 was a gathering filled with insightful conversations and networking opportunities for WordPress enthusiasts and professionals from around the world. The event featured a wide array of speakers and sponsors, offering valuable discussions and exhibitions on various WordPress-related topics and products. While attending, I was able to get some highlights from several […]

Maggie Cabrera and Birgit Pauli-Haack discuss WordPress 6.5, Gutenberg 18.0, Community Theme Project and the Contributor Mentorship Program.

In this episode, Michelle talks with Chris Ford – two self-proclaimed “old broads” working in tech. They discuss what navigating a young person’s world looks like, and why they’re still relevant, in spite of what society may say.https://twitter.com/riotmaam

This week on the show we’ll be speaking with our good friend and yours Courtney Robertson to discuss the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release.

I might be jaded by my time as an agency owner or as an independent content creator, but new logos and brand discussions generally set the tone for a new purpose of an organization. Hoist that new logo up the flag pole, leadership stands at the front of the line, “We’re headed in THAT direction […]

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Jamie Marsland has spent his career building online businesses and has held board level technical and commercial roles at private and publicly listed companies. His YouTube channel is dedicated to helping people with WordPress and has now almost 24,000 subscribers.

If you’re interested in a lightweight calendar plugin for your WordPress website, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Michelle talks to Caylin White about invisible disabilities – how others interact with us, but more importantly, how to care for oneself, how to hold your own personal boundaries, and why sharing struggles and triumphs (for them) makes sense.Breathe with Me, Caylin Briehttps://linktr.ee/cbcinked

On the podcast today we have Shawn Hooper. Shawn Hooper is a key figure in the Canadian WordPress community. He’s an advocate for national and local gatherings that bring WordPress enthusiasts toge…

In this episode of Within WordPress, I talk to Jonathan Bossenger, a developer educator from Cape Town, South Africa, currently employed by Automatic and contributing to the WordPress training team. Jonathan shares his journey from a software developer to an educator, emphasizing his passion for open source and teaching others how to create software. He […]

Rob Cairns talks to Jason Friedman about lead generation.Show Highlights: 1. What is lead generation? 2. How do generate leads? 3. What do potential customers look for?

Arvid Kahl co-founded FeedBack Panda, which he bootstrapped and later sold for a life-changing amount. He is also a published author and writes extensively about entrepreneurship and bootstrapping. On top of this, Arvid also hosts a weekly podcast called ‘The Bootstrapped Founder’. In this episode, he shares his insights about how software product founders can […]