Web site building with WordPress. In this podcast we follow the hopeless exploits of David Waumsley and Nathan Wrigley as they try, and fail, to understand WordPress.
They know that they love building websites with WordPress, but the complexities of this awesome web building solution are always out of reach.
Not only are they not clever enough, but they just don't try all that hard
It’s the 19th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and today’s (ambiguous) topic is… “Is 20 years too long in web tech?”. Full of our usual British cheerfulness, we are celebrating WordPress’s 20th birthday year with a title implying its potential demise. This episode is not about predicting the future of WordPress. It’s because…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 30th October 2023.
Today on the podcast we have Leonardo Losoviz. Leonardo is an experienced developer and the creator of the Gato GraphQL plugin for WordPress. We’ll be exploring the power of Gato GraphQL, its features, and how it could change the way we use WordPress. Leonardo highlights the power of GraphQL, a technology for retrieving data from…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 23rd October 2023.
It’s the 18th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and our topic is “Who needs a Content Management System (CMS) anyway?” Have you noticed how you obsess about all the amazing things that you can do with your client websites? Imagine if they did this, or, you know what would double your revenue… you could…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 16th October 2023.
On the podcast today we have Jason Cross. He’s an experienced tech executive with a diverse background in the industry. Currently serving as the SVP of product at Bluehost / Newfold Digital, and he’s been there for over a year and a half. He is responsible for overseeing their WordPress, commerce, and proprietary products across…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 9th October 2023.
It’s the 17th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and our topic is “Don’t make websites for friends and family”. Do I even need to explain this episode?!?! If, like David and I, you stumbled into working on the web, then it’s likely that friends and relations played some part in getting your career…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 2nd October 2023.
Today we’re joined by Dan Knauss, a technical content generalist at SolidWP (formerly iThemes). The episode focuses on the importance of hardening WordPress websites for enhanced security. Dan discusses their approach to security, which includes targeted security measures rather than trying to cover every potential vulnerability. They emphasise the need for timely updates and advocate…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 25th September 2023.
This is the 16th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and I think we have come up with our catchiest title ever… “Is browser interoperability a threat to page building?” – truly inspirational! Remember the good old days when no two browsers renders anything in the same way? You don’t? You’re lucky! It used…
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 18th September 2023.
This is third of four podcast episodes related to WordPress security. It’s the third of our four-part security mini series. Prior to that, the other episodes featured Calvin Alkan as well as Akshat Choudhary. This is Thomas from, we watch your website giving his impression of the state of WordPress security. I did the spiel…
