Post Status Podcasts

“We are going to have two panels - one on acquisitions and another one about the community." — Sabrina Zeidan David 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...

“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 Tirrell David 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 und...

“In order for WordPress to win, the rest of the competition doesn’t have to lose.” — David Bisset How 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...

“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 Orija Have 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 out...

“Back in the early days of WordPress development... I could only have one system on my local computer.” — Cal Evans In 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 applicati...

“Organizers running meetups wherever they may be — your first thought should be how I can make this inclusive for everyone?” — Niesha Sweet In 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 par...

“A style is the design language for a theme.” —Rich Tabor In 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 Editin...

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 knowle...

"Settings expectations, communicating well, and being responsive are the top 3 things you can do to improve your customer support." —Dave Rodenbaugh In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David sits down again with Dave Rodenbaugh , founder of Recapture.io . Dave has been involved with the business of WordPress plugins since 2009 with products like Business Directory Plugin and Another Classified...

“Embrace Progress Over Perfection” —Roshanda Pratt n this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David meets Roshanda Pratt and welcomes her to the WordPress community. Soon, Roshanda will be speaking at the upcoming WP Career Summit on “ Secrets to Being on Camera in Live Video .” Roshanda has been a television producer for a number of years and shares some tips to improve your image and confidence in v...

"These [PHP] depreciation notices are warnings to project managers and developers... do we have enough time for core but especially the community to fix the codebases?” — Tonya Mork Anyone seriously invested in WordPress, from developers to agency owners, has a big stake in the primary language WordPress is built with: PHP . WordPress professionals have a lot to keep track of, so it's not surprisi...

"When it comes to contributing…. time is a true privilege" - Amy June There are a lot of people in the WordPress community who also work (or previously worked) with Drupal , Joomla , and other open-source software projects. Amy June Hineline is Community Manager at Opensource.com . She is also a member of both the WordPress and Drupal communities. As DrupalCon 2022 approaches, Amy June shares the...

"Culture is King. Content is the town crier." - Lance Robbins In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Lance Robbins (Global Recruitment Lead at XWP ) talks to David Bisset about WordPress companies struggling to find talent in the current job market. Lance believes employers need to think about how they market themselves to prospective employees. Traditional approaches to hiring won't work with th...

"Site owners shouldn't be doing performance for the sake of performance but for their own success on the web." —Thierry Muller In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David decides it's a good time to check in on the newly formed WordPress Performance Team with Felix Arntz and Thierry Muller . They talk about the things the Performance Team targeted first (and why), backward compatibility, and wha...

“There is always some space [in the WordPress ecosystem] left for developers.” – Dave Rodenbaugh In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David has a conversation with Dave Rodenbaugh , founder of Recapture.io. Dave has been involved with the business of WordPress plugins since 2009 with products like Business Directory Plugin and Another Classified WordPress Plugin . Why This Matters: Dave shares...

“The only folks able to do a free plugin are ones that are supported by a big corporation...” — Matt Cromwell "They suck" might be one way to describe the state of WordPress admin notices as a whole, but that doesn't help us very much, does it? David Bisset is joined by Matt Cromwell , Jon Bossenger , Aurooba Ahmed , and several guests to discuss the current pain points and possible technical solu...

"It is now time for the community to weigh in and decide whether WordPress should stop and refuel in this new port." —Leonardo Losoviz In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with Leonardo Losoviz about The Block Protocol and why it might benefit WordPress to adopt it and allow more of the web to share and reuse blocks. Matt Mullenweg has expressed interest in taking this path. Why Thi...

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David continues a conversation with Lesley Sim to pick her brain about some ideas she has for rewarding core contributors to WordPress. Last month on Twitter and Post Status Slack Lesley floated the idea of special contributor badges on WordPress.org . These badges would give developers who earned them a boost to their plugin and theme rankings. The goal wou...

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with Lesley Sim about Joel Spolsky on the Block Protocol , Matt Mullenweg for taking over for the exiting CEO of Tumblr , and a blog post by Dan Devine entitled " The Complicated Futility of WordPress ." Why This Is Important: It's good to examine the views of influencers inside and outside the WordPress community about managing content (especial...

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David talks with Collins Agbonghama , the Founder of ProfilePress and the author of a few other WordPress plugins. Collins shares what he called a “small” win in Post Status Slack early in January 2022 : he acquired a plugin (now LoginWP ) for “5 figures” and was able to break even on a revamped, commercial “Pro” version after only four months. David and Col...

"When it comes to accessibility lawsuits, we as developers should be proactive to ensure a site is as accessible as possible." — Amber Hinds In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David chats with Amber Hinds about the things WordPress professionals should be paying attention to. Their conversation covers recent trends and news in the accessibility space: meetups, lawsuits, overlays, and design t...

" They don't talk about being at the summit until you're at the top, so [getting ahead] is a process. " — Michelle Frechette In this episode of Post Status Draft, David sits down with Michelle Frechette to talk about what Post Status is planning for its community and the WordPress crowd as a whole in the first half of 2022. They cover three new events: the Weekly WordPress Job Chat on Twitter Spac...

“I totally rely on [the community] now… it’s like an extended family… it means a lot to me and I’m glad that everybody’s hanging on in there with me.” —Nathan Wrigley After the first Post Status WordPress News Draft went so well, we decided to do a more European timezone-friendly version. The group of news “avengers” that assembled in this episode are Winstina Hughes, Tammie Lister , Nathan Wrigle...

"The Hippy Times are going to end at some point." — Bob Dunn In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David has an honest and deep dive with Bob Dunn into the "versions" of the WordPress community — something Bob covered in a recent blog post that has gotten some attention recently. They discuss what each "version" was like, how money can make a community act differently, and how people position th...

"In 2022 at Post Status... we will be together and make the most of our online experiences." — Cory Miller In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Cory chat about the key events for Post Status in 2021, including Cory's acquisition of Post Status from Brian in May, StellarWP 's sponsorship of Post Status Slack to go pro, and the acquisition tracker. Cory also explains how his understandi...