Press This WordPress Community Podcast

Headless architecture has taken the development world by storm and a swarm of new technology offerings is emerging that specifically support headless WordPress builds. But how?In this episode of PressThis, we interview Kellen Mace and Alex Moon of WP Engine as they discuss the new headless WordPress platform Atlas including Atlas Content Modeler and Faust.js. Alex and Kellen explain their views of what headless WordPress is, the various technologies available to help headless WordPress developers, and specific details on what the Atlas headless WordPress platform is and how it works.If you’re creating headless WordPress sites today or are curious about starting to, don’t miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Do you remember your first experience building websites with WordPress? Do you remember who helped you learn, overcome the challenges you faced and was there for you to show you the way? Maybe it was easy for you to find that help and the opportunity to learn, but of course, that's not true for everyone. Sometimes it's really hard to find that help based on your geography, distance from a major city, or maybe you just haven't met the right friends.. yet.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Mary Job of How to Do You Tech and creator at Uwani Hub about her incredible story of helping to equip and empower an underrepresented population of women and teenagers living in rural & low-income households in Nigeria with Computer & Internet Technology & Research Skills including how to build with WordPress. Mary shares what her motivation was for running UWANI HUB, the role WordPress plays in her educational programs, and stories of students who were helped by the wonderful programs she runs.If you're wondering how WordPress is playing a role to educate and empower women and teenagers in Africa, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Are you tired of pounding out brochure websites and rarely get to express your true creative muscles? It may be time to take a creative break and express yourself by creating Internet art with the same kinds of skills you use to build with WordPress!In this episode of PressThis, we interview Rachel Winchester of DigitalCube about her thoughts around what Internet art is (you'll be pleasantly surprised) and how you can use your WordPress skills to create something amazing with this wonderful new art form.If you're looking for a break from the mundane, listen to this episode of PressThis now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"Spending time with your family is the one of if not the most fulfilling thing you can do in life, but if you're wondering how you can put food on the table AND spend time with your family, then a WordPress career may be right for you. If you already have a WordPress career (likely if you're listening to this podcast), then you also might be wondering how you can fulfill your family and career obligations in a work-from-home posture.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Nile Flores of Blondish.net about her journey from a stay-at-home parent without a career to a stay-at-home parent / WordPress professional building sites for countless businesses and embracing a leadership role in WordPress at large. Nile shares her journey and her thoughts on how stay-at-home parents can build a rewarding career in WordPress while preserving much of the time she gets to spend with her family.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Are you working on digital media strategies for your site or on behalf of agency clients? Building a successful digital media website with WordPress is way more than just picking a place to drop images and videos. The digital media landscape we all operate within is changing at a rapid pace and your decisions on how you embrace media within your site could be the difference between an engaged audience and an evaporating one.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Paul O'Brien of MediaTech Ventures about his thoughts on the historic context of digital media, the most powerful trends in digital media today, and where the investment community is leaning in on digital media companies. Following the money can be a great way to see what trends may emerge and Paul's insights through MediaTech Ventures give him tremendous insights in these areas.If you're wondering how to evolve your digital media strategies, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If you've been freelancing or working in a digital agency for any length of time, you are likely very aware of how frustrating it can be to collect client site content, admin credentials, and other information you need to create their website. This often leads to your projects AND post-project payments from your clients being drastically delayed!In this episode of PressThis, we interview James Rose of Content Snare about his thoughts around techniques and approaches for setting expectations for clients, providing a framework for providing site info, and other techniques designed to help you get the information you need so your projects and payments for projects land on time.Since you're not doing anything anyway while you wait for your clients to send you site content, listen to this episode of PressThis now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"Are you building headless WordPress sites or considering learning how? Choosing the right approach with your fields, content, and APIs can make all the difference.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Anthony Burchell of WP Engine’s headless engineering team about Atlas Content Modeler and what this free plugin does for headless WordPress development. Anthony shares his thoughts on headless WordPress in general, the challenges of fields & APIs in headlessWordPress, and how the Atlas Content Modeler helps to address those issues.If you’re building with headless WordPress now or are considering doing so, don’t miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Being an entrepreneur is tough. Being an entrepreneur with no business background is even tougher. So what do you do when you have a passion for entrepreneurship, but no experience?In this episode of PressThis, we interview Sujay Pawar of Brainstorm Force, the makers of Astra Theme and other popular WordPress products. Sujay shares his incredible journey from a small-town kid in India, to just barely failing to get into engineering school, to being one of the most successful WordPress entrepreneurs developing massively popular products supporting a team of over 75 people.If you're considering entrepreneurship or are currently in your entrepreneurship journey, don't miss this chance to learn from Sujay's story of finding success in unlikely ways. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of PressThis, host David Vogelpohl and special guests Doc Popular (Torquemag.io) and Rob Stinson (WP Engine) discuss news from around the WordPress ecosystem including acquisitions and the new WordPress 5.8. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Everyone's favorite example of a plugin you "don't need" is a plugin that only adds social share buttons to your navigation, but what social strategies DO you need, and how can social media and WordPress work together to drive business outcomes?In this episode of PressThis, we interview Mark Zahra of Spotlight Instagram Feeds about his thoughts on how social media and WordPress content can work together to drive growth, how Instagram specifically represents a unique opportunity and ideas you can use to use WordPress as an engine for social media and social media as an engine of WordPress.Don't miss out on this mind-bending journey of unintuitive ways to drive value with WordPress and social media. Listen to this episode of PressThis now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy