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.

    Put that WP down

    Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  In the News  WordPress.org was in the news again. This time there was a lot of confusion about WordPress rejecting plugin submissions with the WP prefix. They said this was to address potential trademark abuse. As you can imagine, this sparked some interesting…

    Yoast acquired; Automattic moves mountains of money

    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…

    Is this the Titan we need?

    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…

    Joe Covering the News – Matt on Assignment

    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…

    Joe Covering the News – Matt on Assignment

    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 to Jeff as he publishes and produces audio content…

    Full site editing ahead

    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…

    Time for the Tatum

    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…

    Automattic acquires Pocket Casts podcast app

    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…

    Awesome new home for SearchWP

    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 fuel…

    Steady as she goes

    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 screen, and…

    Success in WordPress

    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….

    Block by block

    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…

    $596 Billion with a B

    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….

    Brad Touesnard on Delicious Brains acquiring Advanced Custom Fields

    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…

    Chock-full of news

    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 | 10 Years of…