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Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Spencer Forman from  WPLaunchify  has a compelling introduction to the future of WordPress as it relates to large SMB and Enterprise. Unlike the predominantly consumer or solopreneur user that has helped WP gain 43% or more of the Internet CMS market, Spencer shares a vision for W...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   WordPress.org is sporting a new design. This redesign leans on the aesthetics of jazz (of course) and leaves more space for content, new typefaces and color palettes. Go check out the new look.  The second major release of WordPress 6.0 is scheduled for beta on April 12th. This re...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Like a lot of entrepreneurs, I'm constantly filled with self-doubt. Will this experiment work? Can I make it a sustainable publication? There aren't that many people who _care_ about WordPress news, let alone care to contribute to it. This is a topic I unpacked in my interview wit...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   News There have been a lot of people working with the latest 5.9 WordPress release and reporting their successes and failures. Tammie Lister wrote a post about the features in the editor and would like people to quit using the term FSE - Full Site Editing in 2022. The release is n...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   News Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic , the company behind WordPress.com, made the news again (this time with the Wall Street Journal). He talks about ‘asynchronous work’ and why he thinks hybrid models will die out.  Automattic employees are already living the work f...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Spencer Forman of WPLaunchify is back to explore the future of the WP stack and how it might impact you as an agency owner or WordPress freelancer. It wasn't too long ago that HTML/CSS and some PHP knowledge was all that you needed to develop moderately advanced sites, now, the fu...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   News Matt Mullenweg recently announced that he would be personally running Tumblr for a while. Tumblr lost their CEO and Matt is making this his top priority within Automattic for the immediate future. Keep an eye open for improvements in the community. Are you or your clients usi...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   We hosted our first WP Minute Live Twitter Space covering learning WordPress. It was Bring Your Own Link (BYOL) style where our guest panelists brought a link to share with the audience. Here were the guests that appeared on the live show: Hauwa Abashiya, Freelance Project Manager...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   News WordPress 5.9 - Joséphine was released this week. There is a lot of good stuff to check out on blocks and themes. If you would like an understanding of how this major release with Full Site Editing (FSE) will impact you as a freelancer, you should read Eric Karkovack’s articl...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In the News WordPress 5.9 (RC3) is here. 5.9 is slated for next week and you still have time to help with testing. Go over to make.wordpress.org to see how you can still help with this important release. WooCommerce The WooCommerce development team announced that they have started...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Welcome back to the WPMinute's Special Edition interviewing our new community lead, Raquel Landefeld . Raquel is the event coordinator at Elegant Themes and will be coordinating content and interviews for the WPMinute. A Little History on Raquel Raquel manages the Meetup Pro Commu...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In the News The release of WordPress 5.9 is coming this month. There are many performance enhancements that will be part of this release. In addition to editor and front-end performance enhancements, lazy loading images changed, resulting in a 30% faster page load - in some cases....

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   It's the WP Minute Shopping Show! I'm your host Matt and I am delighted to share 5 great WordPress products with you this week. What's the WP Minute Shopping show all about?! You'll get to hear from WordPress product owners pitch their product in 1-minute or less. If you're intere...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In The News The first Release Candidate (RC1) for WordPress 5.9 is now available! Your feedback helps the community check that nothing is missed. Given the tens of thousands of plugins, themes and differences in how millions of people use the software, now is a good time to test....

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 was released this week. Sara Gooding over at the Tavern wrote that there are a few important changes to note in this release regarding how the WordPress admin will direct users who are exploring block themes. There is an incompatibility message for redirection...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   With no major acquisitions, events, or feature releases this week, we can all take an exhale of relief. Today’s theme is: Reflection.  WP Minute Contributor Joe Casabona reflects on the State of the Word hosted by Matt Mullenweg. He shares strong opinions on how you might give bac...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In the News State of the Word 2021 happened this week. If you would like to hear the complete audio or read through the transcript from the live event check out the link over on the WPMinute . There is even a mega-thread of our favorite clips over on Twitter . GoDaddy covered the...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   State of the Word 2021 just concluded in NYC. Just over 2 hours of updates around the community, the software, and the vision of Matt Mullenweg . This episode is an entire recording of the livestream broadcast over YouTube including audience + listener questions. If you enjoy cont...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   WP Minute producer Dave Rodenbaugh of Recapture.io discusses what the supply chain issue is with eCommerce and why it is still an issue. The US imports over 41% of its consumer goods from China and these imports come in through two ports - Long Beach, CA or Los Angeles, CA. During...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   After appearing on the Post Status State of WordPress News roundtable, I felt like I had a bit more to say about my experience with WordPress news. WordPress news isn't a heavily trafficked topic on the web. How does a publisher build more than just a side gig from putting out Wor...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Was Gravatar hacked or not? It depends on what you have read or what your definition of “hacked” is I suppose. The password breach monitoring service HaveIBeenPwned alerted users to a large-scale data leak by Gravatar, an add-on service for user profiles owned by Automattic. In Oc...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Our inaugural Member Sunday Spotlight is here and we’re honored to highlight Daniel Schutzsmith . A thrice WordCamp organizer, now carving out a niche for WordPress livestreams with his latest project, WP Livestreams . With a passion for livestreams throughout the pandemic, Daniel...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   This episode is brought to you by Mindsize. If you’re looking for monthly WooCommerce support, look no further than Mindsize.com You know how it goes, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. In the N...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   It seems a year can’t go by without the pesky lifetime WordPress license topic popping up to spice up the holiday conversation. A struggle dating back 7 years ago to the month when Jeff Chandler covered, now defunct, Sidekick.pro where then owner Ben Fox shared his pricing experim...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Gobble gobble! WordPress 5.9 will not be released until the beginning of 2022. There were some major blockers identified with the Beta Release and the team thought it best to delay the release instead of pushing through the holidays. Beta 1 was originally scheduled to release last...