This Week in WordPress #264
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 7th August 2023.
337 – No code is a lie
So you’ve been building websites for a while now and you’ve got really good at it. You don’t really touch the code, but that’s okay, because the tool that you’re using promised that you would never have to. Erm… how’s that working out in reality? I’m guessing that if this question resonates with you, you’ll…
This Week in WordPress #263
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 24th July 2023.
336 – Roman Axelrod on standardising web development workflows
On the podcast today we have Roman Axelrod, a web developer from Israel. Roman joins us to share his experience running a web development agency, and his journey into the world of WordPress. He discusses the challenges his agency faced when working with third-party freelancers who created inconsistent designs; the frustrations he felt and what…
This Week in WordPress #262
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 17th July 2023.
335 – Affiliate marketing is disingenuous
Welcome to the 12th episode of our ‘Thinking the Unthinkable’ series. Today we shall be squirming in our seats as we talk about whether ‘Affiliate marketing is disingenuous’. Affiliate marketing has never been our thing, but with making content there has to be some way to pay for the time. Certainly we have earned some…
This Week in WordPress #261
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 10th July 2023.
334 – Building a platform: helping developers commercialise their projects
On the podcast today we have Vova Feldman, the founder of Freemius. Vova is an entrepreneur with a passion for software development. He was introduced to WordPress by accident. While working as a software developer in the Israeli intelligence and doing startups on the side, Vova created a SaaS product as a hobby. People started…
This Week in WordPress #260
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 3rd July 2023.
333 – No one cares what your website looks like!
It is the 11th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series, and today’s thought provoking title is “No one cares what your website looks like!”. There’s a number of articles with this title and similar sentiment expressed by many UX designers and SEO’s. With limited ways to judge the abilities of a web agency, many clients…
This Week in WordPress #259
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 3rd July 2023.
332 – Transitioning from clients to products in WordPress
On the podcast today we have a lovely conversation with Derek Ashauer. He’s been working with WordPress for many years, and has gone through a few changes during that time. I suspect that many of you will really identify with this podcast. The idea that you’re a web developer, plugin / theme / block author,…
This Week in WordPress #258
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 19th June 2023.
331 – Why pay full price when we have GPL clubs?
This is the 10th episode of our “Thinking the Unthinkable” series and today’s thoroughly unsavoury thought is “Why pay full price when we have GPL clubs?”. I think to put things in perspective we need a bit of history. We tend to think of GPL clubs as a bit shady, but you could also argue…
This Week in WordPress #257
The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 12th June 2023.