Who and What I’ll Be Following in 2018
2018 will be a big year for WordPress. Here’s my list of top topics and people to be following in 2018 to stay in the know and some of the most influential things happening in WordPress this year.
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What Does Gutenberg Mean for Plugin Authors?
Matt Cromwell recently chatted with plugin authors, page builder authors, and Gutenberg contributors to understand how it impacts the WordPress ecosystem.
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Gutenberg: First Impressions
Gutenberg is the future of content in WordPress. It will deliver the elegance of Medium but with far more power and flexibility of layouts and content types. Development is already in full swing and you can test it today. What will this mean for users and developers? I believe it opens up lots of new opportunities.
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The Best Way To Check Your WordPress Site for PHP Compatibility
Are you using the PHP compatibility checker to determine which plugins to use on your site? What are its limitations? Let’s talk about it.
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The Case for Give
I’m writing this piece as a plea to all the friends, organizations, churches, and individuals I know who are only able to pay their bills by the goodwill of others primarily through online donations. If you are on WordPress and doing donations, stop everything and use Give.
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If You Don’t Know what WP Release Day is, You’re Already Doomed
TODAY is WP Release Day. Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn is just about to hit 10’s of millions of websites. If you manage WordPress websites and have no idea what I’m referring to, you’re already doomed.
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Encourage Donations to your Free Plugins with a Delayed Admin Notice
Nudging your free users to donate to your free code is a GOOD idea. But you have to do it right. Do it right with this easy “Delayed Admin Notice” library.
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The State of WordPress Publishers
In this post Matt chats with Marie Dodson, Brian Krogsgard, and Nathan Weller about the state of WordPress publishing. Read and watch the interview here.
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The Support Capacity Formula That Tells Me When to Hire or When to Fix the Product
Knowing support capacity isn’t about costs; it’s about clarity. Here’s the formula we use to decide when to hire and when to fix the product.
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The New WordPress Plugin Directory and Why It Matters
The WordPress Plugin Directory is getting a facelift which could result in users finding relevant plugins more easily — both there and by Google.
