Crossword

In today’s episode of cynic versus fanboy, (uh, I mean Crossword ) Luke and Jonathan discuss the gap between WooCommerce and Shopify plus the opportunities in the ecosystem.   10 Across: Open this on GitHub

Luke and Jonathan talk about Guildenberg, why Luke doesn’t love the name, WordCamp Asia, and the downside of hosts buying WordPress plugins.    5 Down: Transation, but shorter.

Luke and Jonathan talk about cricket, look back at WordPress in 2022, touch on ClassicPress, and look ahead to 2023. 9 Across: Stringify JSON

Luke and Jonathan talk about remote work, then jump into State of the Word, sharing highlights, exploring Luke’s reawakening interest in WordPress, and finding something to disagree on in the end.   3 Down: 5.9

Luke and Jonathan discuss a particular update in WordPress 6.1, why we’d like to see more hosting providers, and the voice of WordPress. 7 Across: WCEU22 was in…

Luke and Jonathan discuss rebuilding a WordPress web-app as a standalone SaaS using the FKIT stack. 2 Down: A built-in post type More on FKIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFP7rUYtOOg

Luke and Jonathan talk about hosts, free riders, and plugin monetization, then take a sharp turn into murder mysteries in WordPress. 4 Across: Days since the last… Links: https://jonathanwold.com/hosts-and-the-free-rider-problem/

Jonathan and Luke discuss how the “reverse chronological order” orientation of WordPress affected the web, and a “Digital Gardening” metaphor that might help fix it. 1 Down: Home of GiveWP, LearnDash, and RCP Links: https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history

Luke and Jonathan open Season 5 debating nostalgia, discussing the 5 minute install, and announcing an acquisition. 1 Across: Serverless compute Links: https://yesterweb.org/

In the last episode of Season 4, Luke and Jonathan discuss Clarity and what a better future might look for ads in the WordPress admin.

Luke and Jonathan wax lyrical about broken pipes, skiing, the current state of the WordPress community, and the WordPress 2022 release cycle.

Luke reflects on the 2021 State of the Word, while Jonathan holidays on a Mexican beach.

Luke and Jonathan talk about the Facebook, the Metaverse, WordPress, and the Open Web. Luke begins to change his mind about Zuckerberg and Facebook.

Forget multi-site, we want multi-user! Luke and Jonathan look beyond the (unfailingly distant) full site editing horizon, toward a day when we can edit a post, nay, design an entire WordPress site collaboratively, contiguously, and concurrently.

Aaron Gustafson is a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Edge team, focused on their work on Progressive Web Apps and developer UX. He’s also a spec editor at the W3C and Editor-in-chief of A List Apart. Aaron joins Luke and Jonathan to talk about the Open Web and share his perspective (and some guidance)…