WP Review is a fortnightly podcast that focuses on news, events, and tools in the WordPress space. Host Joe Casabona provides his analysis on what’s happening in WordPress, and what it means for users and business owners in the ecosystem.
In part one of this series, I talked about the importance of understanding your customer through a somewhat drawn-out example using baby clothes. But the point remains! Today I want to tell you two other stories about my experience with prepared vs. unprepared people in different industries. You see, being prepared is the next step in…
In a bit of serendipity, the same week I finished recording my next LinkedIn Learning course, Troubleshooting and Repairing Your WordPress Website, Patchstack has published its State of WordPress Security in 2021 white paper. I’ll go through some of the highlights from the white paper, and give you my analysis. Brought to you by GoDaddy Pro. Get all…
Welcome to Building a Better Business: Part One. This series will be 3 parts, all designed to help you build and launch a better product, service or business. Part One is all about understanding your customers. I’m excited to share it with you, so let’s get into it! Brought to you by GoDaddy Pro. Get all of…
In 2022, we’re at an inflection point for WordPress — one even bigger than Gutenberg and 5.0. WordPress has been marching steadily on, to become a good no-code solution for people who have some technical proficiency. And Full Site Editing is likely going to speed that along…once it matures a little. So you might be wondering…how…
A topic that’s come up for me multiple times over the last six months iswhether or not speakers should be paid. I had a debate with Nathan Wrigley about it at the end of last year. That debate was based on an article I wrote back in October called, “We need to talk about speakers and…
After 2021 ended with a call from Matt Mullenweg to contribute more to open source (specifically WordPress), 2022 began with a less rosy picture of the open source space. Some of the biggest names in tech met at the White House to discuss how to identify critical open source projects. surreptitiously missing from this meeting…
When WordPress 5.0 and the block editor came out, though it was off to a rocky start, the value proposition was clear: THIS is a better experience for content creation than the Classic Editor. After all, that experience was largely unchanged for 15 years. But now that 5.9 is out, we need to ask: is…
After being delayed for more than a month, WordPress 5.9 is here as the first major release of 2022, and it’s a big one that ushers in the era of Full Site Editing. There’s also a new theme, a Block Patterns directory, and lots of features, so let’s dive in! Of-course, you’ll also get lots…
Talk to any business owner worth their salt and they’ll likely tell you that you need to pick a niche. This can be a niche in a product, like ConvertKit. It could be a niche in a market, like serving single parents who work from home. But lately I’ve been wondering if a niche near…
They say no good deed goes unpunished. Recently in the WordPress space, perhaps even the wider open source space, there’s been a lot of discussion about that. Is contributing to WordPress worth it? In December Matt Mullenweg asked us to give Five for the Future. He talked about the Tragedy of the Commons. But who…
Last week I asked you how you will use WordPress in 2022…as in, how will WordPress serve you? This week I want to talk about what you can do to grow your WordPress business. If you’ve read the title of this episode, you already know what I’m going to say: don’t target WordPress people…or put differently,…
As we reflect on 2021 and prepare for 2022, I want to pose a question to you: What will you use WordPress for in 2022? The mission of this show in 2022 is helping small business owners in the WordPress space grow beyond the WordPress space. And as much as we should serve our WordPress community,…
Yesterday, Matt Mullenweg gave his annual State of the Word speech, where he covered everything that has happened in WordPress this year, and what we can expect moving forward. As always, he extolled the virtues of open source and the importance of contributing. He spent several minutes on Five for the Future, a program encouraging…
I often find myself wondering how many people expect jeans to last a lifetime. There’s no disclaimer on jeans saying you need to buy more…but it’s understood that every year we need to continue to pay for the privilege of wearing pants in public. In today’s episode, I ask why it’s so hard for people…
What’s up with all of the acquisitions? What are we even doing in the WordPress community? How much of a say do we really have on the open source project? These are big questions, but as my friend William of Occam said, “”entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity.” Or as it’s often (but maybe…
