The PublishPress Podcast

In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, we talk with Andrew Wilder from NerdPress. His team specializes in WordPress support and maintenance for independent publishers, particularly in the food and travel blogging niches.  Because he works with very high-traffic websites, Andrew and his team do things differently. For example, their plugin updates are always done manually, with very careful r...

Jen Kramer has taught web design for decades. Her career spans Harvard, community colleges, LinkedIn, Frontend Masters and now Annie Cannons, a nonprofit boot camp for human trafficking survivors. In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Jen talks about her career and how web design teaching has changes over the years. Jen believes that good teaching requires the same skills, no matter where t...

Kyle Van Deusen runs the popular The Admin Bar community, a platform for WordPress agency owners and freelancers. He's been able to grow the community to over 12,000 people because he's still an agency owner and is constantly dealing with the same problems as his members. Find out more: - https://theadminbar.com - https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadminbar/ Kyle talks about community management a...

Colin Devroe has been a blogger since the 1990's. He currently runs Hubbub, a social sharing and website growth plugin for WordPress. He is passionate about helping bloggers succeed. And in 2025, that means owning your audience. On this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Colin shares his vast experience in the blogging industry. He talks about how social networks are swinging back towards with h...

Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios, a leading WordPress agency. He's been involved in some ground-breaking projects, such as moving Microsoft's blog networks from closed-source code to WordPress. Microsoft's adoption of WordPress really helped validate the platform for enterprises. On this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Brad discusses how his team have moved publishers...

Tyler Channel runs PaywallProject which is a WordPress stack for news publishers. Tyler recommends that the publishers use a paywall to drive revenue, no matter how small or regional their audience is. When he was in college, Tyler heard a professor say that someone needs to discover a way to make newspapers sustainable. That's been his goal for years, and now he's making it happen. Find out more:...

Matt Medeiros is a foundational member of WordPress community, as a journalist and a podcaster. He believes that community is far more valuable than large number of newsletter and social media followers. Matt believes deeply in community, and also curiosity. It's fascinating to hear about his journey and how his curiosity as led him from project to project. At the end of the conversation, we hear...

Brian Morrissey is a veteran of the media industry after long stints at DigiDay, Adweek. He is full of interesting opinions about where the industry is going. He thinks that smaller is better for publishers. He believes that relationships are often far more valuable than large number of newsletter and social media followers. And scarily for WordPress users, Brian says we may not even need a websit...

Rae Morey launched "The Repository" in 2019. It's a weekly newsletter that often break real news about what's happening in the WordPress ecosystem. Sign up for Rae's newsletter at https://www.therepository.email . Here are some of the topic we covered: Each weekly issue has about 5 major stories, with lots of community comments, plus a couple of dozen other stories. How does Rae collect and sift t...

Chris Hardie is a software engineer with a deep interest in journalism. Chris worked for Automattic for five years and recently completed a master's degree in journalism. In 2022, Chris combined these two passions by acquiring Western Wayne News in Wayne County, Indiana. The paper has a WordPress site and a weekly printed edition. It covers the spectrum of local news, including events, sports, gov...

Andy Dehnart has run the Reality Blurred website for 25 years now. He writes about reality TV and now also about true crime TV shows. Andy talks about his career as an independent reviewer, and how small publishers can still thrive in 2025. This episode features Steve Burge from PublishPress and Dan Knauss from Multidots. Here are some topics we covered: It has been fascinating to hear Andy talk a...

Josh Koenig is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Pantheon. When I scheduled this interview, I thought Josh was launching a tool called "Content Publishers" to connect Google Docs to WordPress. Given Josh's achievements, I should have known better. Josh's goals with this product are far bigger and more interesting. We cover these topics and more: An introduction to Pantheon's Content Pub...

Seth is the Lead Engineer at the Pew Research Center. He's been an early adopter of using Gutenberg in WordPress. He's often on the cutting edge of many of the coolest Gutenberg features. In this episode we dive into how Gutenberg is driving innovation throughout the Pew organization. We cover these topics and more: What is the Pew Research Center? How does it help publishers? What is about blocks...