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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Nineteen
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Taco Verdonschot from Progress Planner, a tool designed to gamify…
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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Twenty
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Stephanie Hudson from Stellar WP about Stellar Pay, a new…
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Festinger Vault Returns After Settling Legal Dispute with Automattic
From therepository.email Source: Read More Festinger Vault is “back and better than ever,” according to founder Martin Groot, who announced on Monday that he has settled his legal dispute with…
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Almost Pwned: How a Sophisticated Google Scam Nearly Fooled a Seasoned Programmer
Source: WPShout Sometimes the difference between security and compromise comes down to a single click – and a healthy dose of suspicion. And it’s because scammers are getting increasingly sophisticated…
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Gibson Dunn Takes Over Automattic’s Legal Defense as WP Engine Lawsuit Escalates
From therepository.email Source: Read More Gibson Dunn, a law firm known for representing tech giants like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft, has taken over Automattic and Matt Mullenweg’s legal defense in…
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Post Status Get Hired Podcast Episode 1
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the “Get Hired” podcast, Nicky Bulmer and Misty Combs interview Corey Maass, a WordPress developer, discuss the hiring process…
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Everyone Is Talking About DeepSeek AI, but Is It Really THAT Good? I Tested It Against GPT-o1 and Claude
Source: WPShout The new DeepSeek R1 model from China launched last week. If you’re into AI or even into technology more broadly, it was hard to miss the news. Everyone…
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Women WordPress Day 2025 Surat, India
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Join us for a special Women in Tech event in Surat, celebrating International Women’s Day with the WordPress community! This initiative is dedicated to empowering…
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Business Roundup Week Ending January 24
From poststatus.com Source: Read More WordPress Ecommerce Sites Face Stealthy Card Skimming Attack A clever new credit card skimming attack is targeting WordPress ecommerce checkout pages. Site scanning tools often…
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Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt Announce Nonprofit Plans After Acquiring Post Status
From therepository.email Source: Read More Post Status is set to become a Dutch nonprofit, with Yoast founders Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt announcing today that they’ve acquired…
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Ringing the Bell for Our Own Acquisition
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Big News We, Marieke and I, are acquiring Post Status from Cory and Lindsey Miller. And we’re excited about this community and the history that…
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Google Says They Updated Their Site Reputation Abuse Policy…Nothing Actually Changed
Source: WPShout This morning, I came across some interesting news about Google’s updated site reputation abuse policies. Apparently, they’ve revised their main guidelines with some fresh updates. From wpshout.com Source:…
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The Real AI Threat Isn’t Coming – It’s Already Here: 3 Cases of Algorithms Destroying Lives
Source: WPShout While the web buzzes with anxiety about AI taking our jobs or achieving consciousness, real artificial intelligence systems have already been making life-altering decisions about healthcare, housing, and…
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GoDaddy Announces $520,000 Donation to The WP Community Collective
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WP Community Collective (WPCC) has secured its largest-ever donation, with GoDaddy today announcing $520,000 to help the nonprofit fund contributions to the WordPress ecosystem.…
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Google Now Requires JavaScript Because “Security”…They’re Not Telling the Entire Truth
Source: WPShout Google has made a significant change: you now need to enable JavaScript to use Google Search. According to them, this move is about security and improving the experience…
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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Eighteen
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Ian Stewart, a seasoned WordPress enthusiast and lead at WordPress.com.…
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Post Status Cache Up With Bernard Meyer
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode, Michelle Frechette chats with Bernard Mayer, the Senior Director of Communications and Creative at Omnisend. Bernard, based in Vilnius, Lithuania,…
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Business Roundup Week Ending January 17
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Is WordPress Crashing or Are We Debugging It? It’s been a busy week for what I’ve come to call The Recent Unpleasantness in WordPress. The…
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Developer Seeking to Intervene in WP Engine vs. Automattic Lawsuit, Citing Financial Ruin and Community Harm
From therepository.email Source: Read More A web developer who claims he has lost clients and struggled to pay his mortgage and employees since Matt Mullenewg and WP Engine’s feud went…
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Automattic Cuts Weekly Contributor Hours to WordPress.org by 99% – Community Members Fear ‘Beginning of the End’
Source: WPShout Last week, Automattic announced that they’d be cutting their weekly contributor hours to WordPress.org from roughly 4,000 to a mere 45. This is a massive shift in how…
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Women WordPress Day 2025 Ajmer, India
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More We’re excited to announce the Women in Tech event in Ajmer to celebrate and empower women in the tech community. This special event will take place on International Women’s…
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Fork or Fiction? WordPress Co-Founder Bans Governance Advocates in Latest Dispute
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has again taken to WordPress.org to falsely claim community members have forked WordPress, this time also deactivating the accounts of five…
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Celebración del liderazgo de las mujeres en Tecnología y WordPress – Cochabamba, Bolivia
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More En el Mes Internacional de la Mujer, celebremos la creatividad, el impacto y liderazgo de las mujeres en todo el mundo. Ven y conoce la…
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Joost/Karim Fork
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Making great software, great product that stands the test of time and not just survives but thrives through monumental technological shifts is incredibly hard. That…
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Post Status Happiness Hour Session Seventeen
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Transcript ↓ In this episode of the Post Status Happiness Hour, host Michelle Frechette interviews Mark Westguard from WS Form. Mark discusses the new styling…
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Business Roundup Week Ending January 10
From poststatus.com Source: Read More Automattic Reduces Contributions to the WordPress Project “The Automattic Team” has announced they will reduce their contribution to the WordPress project to match that of…
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Automattic Scales Back WordPress Contributions to Match WP Engine Amid Legal Battle
From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic is significantly reducing its contributions to WordPress, announcing that it is matching its WP Engine’s 45 pledged hours to the open source project for…
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Women WordPress Day 2025 Delhi, India
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Dates: March 8, 2025 – March 8, 2025 Location: Delhi, India Venue: Avanta Business Centre Website: https://events.wordpress.org/delhi/2025/WomensDay/ From wordcamp.org Source: Read More
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Women WordPress Day 2025 Ahmedabad, India
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More Dates: March 8, 2025 Location: Ahmedabad, India Venue: Alimentos Banquet Website: https://events.wordpress.org/ahmedabad/2025/WomensDay/ From wordcamp.org Source: Read More
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Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash
From therepository.email Source: Read More Members of the fledgling WordPress Sustainability Team have been left reeling after WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg abruptly dissolved the team this week—an action prominent tech…
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The Rise of “GEO” – or How AI is Transforming Search Engine Optimization
Source: WPShout If you’ve used Google lately, you’ve probably noticed a change: instead of just getting a mix of links and snippets, you’re now seeing AI-generated responses that synthesize information…
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Patchstack rejected as WordCamp Europe 2025 sponsor, CEO calls it “insulting”
From therepository.email Source: Read More Oliver Sild has labeled the rejection of his security company’s sponsorship application for WordCamp Europe 2025 as “insulting” after it was revealed that WordCamp Central…
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Patchstack Rejected as WordCamp Europe 2025 Sponsor Due to Lack of ‘Significant’ WordPress Contributions
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More Oliver Sild, CEO of Patchstack, shared on X an email he received from WordCamp Central explaining why Patchstack’s application to sponsor WordCamp Europe 2025 was…
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Joost de Valk’s Bold Plan for WordPress Leadership Faces Mullenweg’s Resistance
From therepository.email Source: Read More Three weeks after Joost de Valk pitched his vision for change in WordPress leadership, the Yoast founder has kept his promise to step back during…
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WordPress.com Launches Studio Sync
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More WordPress.com has introduced Studio Sync, a new feature for its local development app, Studio. Launched last year as a free, open-source tool for Mac and…
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Voces que inspiran: Women´s Day 2025 Latam
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More On March 1, 2025, starting at 8:00 a.m., the virtual event Voces que Inspiran: Women’s Day Latam will bring together the vibrant WordPress community to…
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Hosting and Themes Teams Announce Representatives for 2025
From WPTavern.com Source: Read More The Themes and Hosting teams has unveiled their representatives for 2025. Themes Team Reps In November, the Themes Team announced their search for community members…
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Call for “More Weirdness” in WordPress Theme Design Sparks Debate About Accessibility
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress.org has republished a blog post by a former Automattic employee advocating for “more weirdness” in WordPress theme design. Nick Hamze, who was Automattic’s Chief…
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Eleni Stergatou Named First Recipient of Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship to Attend WordCamp Europe
From therepository.email Source: Read More Eleni Stergatou has been named the first recipient of the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship to attend WordCamp Europe in June 2025. The scholarship, established in…
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WordPress.org Resumes Full Services After Unexpected Holiday Break
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress.org has resumed full services after owner Matt Mullenweg announced a surprising “holiday break” on December 20, ahead of Christmas. The partial shutdown — the…