The WP Minute

The WP Minute brings you WordPress news in under 5 minutes — every week! Follow The WP Minute for the WordPress headlines before you get lost in the headlines. Hosted by Matt Medeiros, host of The Matt Report podcast.

    WP Minute Live: Learning WordPress

    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…

    Jazz hands

    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…

    Not yet Y’all

    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…

    WP Minute Community Lead Raquel Landefeld

    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 Community…

    So much to learn

    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…

    The WP Minute Shopping Show

    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…

    Yoast on Shopify. ready, set, RC1!

    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…

    Not a year in WordPress review

    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…

    Reflections WP

    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…

    State of the Word 2021

    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….

    Ecommerce Minute: Supply Chain Crisis

    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 –…

    Funding a WordPress news business

    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…

    Why the future of SEO was seeded in the past

    WP Minute Producer and SEO correspondent, John Locke of Lockdown Design discusses Google Search and what is important for SEO (Search Engine Optimization). John is a member of the WPMinute community and participates regularly in WordPress and SEO. He has helped customers with their website workflow, boost their sales, and rank higher in Google. John’s…

    Gravitas of Gravatar

    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…