The WP Minute

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In the News  Everyone in the WordPress world is talking about the acquisition of Yoast to NewFold Digital. Yoast SEO, the well-known plugin for WordPress with over 12 million active installs, is the flagship product of Yoast.  I interviewed Joost de Valk on the WPMinute . The most...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In the News  Titan , a professional e-mail service, raised $30 million from Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. This investment deal takes the company’s valuation to $300m. Titan will use the funds, the single largest investment made by Automattic, to expand its range...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Joe Casabona is filling in for Matt this week, who’s on assignment.  In the News  Jeff Chandler has opened up subscriptions to WP Mainline . Subscribing to this site will eventually get you the most recent content about WordPress. At the moment you will provide financial support t...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Now that WordPress 5.8 is here, what’s next?  Many people have been using WordPress 5.8 since the release last week. Joe Casabona does a great review on his YouTube channel which covers improvements in the block editor, embedded pdfs and table improvements.  Justin Tadlock over at...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   A lot of WordPress News this Week After months of talking about the release of WordPress 5.8 , it has finally arrived. Matt Mullenweg announced that “Tatum”, our latest and greatest release now available for download or update is in your dashboard. This release is named in honor o...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Automattic purchases Pocket Casts , a popular podcast app that was facing an uncertain future. A quote from the creators of the app: “As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new)....

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Great News for the Castos Team in private podcasting Castos , a leader in podcast hosting and analytics, has successfully closed an investment round of $756,000. With investments by Automattic, Yoast SEO, along with individual investors, Castos will use this additional capital to...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Gutenberg, WordPress 3.8 Release, WooCommerce & Jetpack WordPress 5.8 is still marching along with modifications for release in July. Eighteen bugs and fixes were applied from Release 3 concentrating on polishing existing default themes, fixing bugs in the new block Widget scr...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Its the WP Minute! This episode is brought to you by Search WP. Improve WordPress search by visiting SearchWP.com You know the drill, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Checkout thewpminute.com for the links. Sshh…no major acquisitions...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   A major update coming to WordPress 5.8. Beta release 2 is available for testing now. This release expands WordPress’ site building capabilities, along with improvements to features users have enjoyed since the launch of the block editor. The release will also include WebP support...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Jetpack gave us all a boost by pushing out a forced update patching a vulnerability in the Carousel feature. Tony Perez illustrated his point of view on how forced updates, in the hands of bad actors, could be a risk for the software. Brandon Kraft, part of the Jetpack team, tweet...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Today is an interview with Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains , talking about his recent acquisition of Advanced Custom Fields . A series of questions I’ve provided him, where he’s recorded answers to via audio. I hope you enjoy today’s episode and learn more about one of...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   In a surprise tweet overnight (at least here in the US timezone), somewhere in Australia Elliot Condon announced the acquisition of his iconic WordPress plugin, Advanced Custom Fields by the Delicious Brains software company.  WordPress News: ⁦ @dliciousbrains ⁩ acquires ⁦ @wp_acf...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Post Status founder Brian Krogsgard has sold the remaining half of his ownership of the WordPress media brand to his partner, Cory Miller . Kicking off his his farewell post, A New Era for Post Status , Brian states: “It has been an extreme privilege to create and run this communi...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   WP User Avatar, a plugin that was acquired by Collins Agbongama with over 400k active installs, took a hard pivot in it’s latest 3.0 version. The WordPress tavern reports what the plugin looked and functioned like, before becoming ProfilePress , it’s new name. Lots of end users sh...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Liquid Web continues to expand it’s nexus of acquisitions with it’s latest grab of GiveWP . From GiveWP’s own blog post: The future of GiveWP remains a top priority. Every team member is critical to our success. Leadership of the team and product are staying the same. You can chec...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   I had the chance to sit down with Devon Walker and Matt Cromwell of GiveWP to talk about their sale to Liquid Web. GiveWP has been the dominant WordPress donation plugin over the last few years. This move makes sense for Liquid Web as they continue to round out a complete managed...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   We have a quick run down this week…let’s Do the Woo! (Hi, Bob ) WooCommerce has invested in one-click checkout platform, PeachPay. According to PeachPay’s PR post: Cart abandonment is a significant problem for eCommerce businesses – in 2021, the global average rate has risen from...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Let’s start with the good news, before we get into the…not so good news. Matt Mullenweg announced that CC Search is joining the WordPress project stating that the WordPress community has long advocated for a repository with GPL-compatible images. I think this is timely and needed...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Full Site Editing; we’re almost there We’re almost there with Full Site Editing in WordPress core. During the meeting that was happening the same day our last episode went live, the team made the decisions for WordPress and the parts of Full Site Editing hitting version 5.8: Impro...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Welcome to the first official episode of The WP Minute and I’m officially slapping the “beta” tag on to this thing. I’m still working out how I produce the show and fill in these posts, for now, here are the links mentioned in today’s episode. Kadence WP https://www.kadencewp.com/...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   If you want to know why I started another podcast in the WordPress space — well — look no further. I’ll cover how I came up with this crazy idea and what I might be introducing next for the show. Support our work at https://thewpminute.com/support Get the newsletter at https://the...

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like...nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute   Welcome to The WP Minute — its your WordPress headlines before you get lost in the headlines. Listen to the debut trailer to find out more details behind the podcast. If you’re looking for a weekly WordPress news podcast that gets you the headlines in under five minutes or less —...