Press This WordPress Community Podcast

In this episode of PressThis, we discuss news from around the WordPress ecosystem. Listen now to hear exciting news in the world of Gutenberg blocks, WordPress company acquisitions, and more. If you're too busy to keep up with WordPress on your own, 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

As technology evolves, so must you. Stagnation in web development isn't an option. Those that do will be left behind. Of course, evolving may mean different things for different people, but for many in the WordPress community, this means finally pushing off from their starting blocks (pun intended) and building cool things with the WordPress block editor!In this episode of PressThis, we interview Tina Granzo of City Beautiful Design about her journey adopting and building wicked-cool things with the WordPress block editor. Tina shares her story of discovery, how she chose her first big-block project, and the resources she used along the way to learn and build.Tina and so many others in WordPress are building cool things with the block editor, so if you've been eyeballing Gutenberg wondering when it's stable enough to dive-in, the time may be now for you to continue your evolution by building cool things with the WordPress block editor. For insights on how to 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

We've all experienced the age-old question of "Is my host or my code to blame for errors or performance issues for my website?".In this episode of PressThis, we interview Chris Wiegman of WP Engine about how you can figure out if performance issues or errors on your site are the fault of your code, plugins, and themes or related to your host.Chris shares his thoughts on the type of problems sites encounter where the question arises of code vs. host, how to identify the true root cause of site issues, and what you can do to get out of the blame game & make progress on your fixes.I've you're looking for ideas to escape the circle of blame in host vs. code, then 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

One of the ways you can create career and revenue growth within your business is by teaching WordPress skills to others within your organization. Not only can this be a great way to build skills within your team, but teaching others WordPress skills also helps grow the WordPress ecosystem as a whole.In this episode of PressThis we interview Courtney Robertson of Code Differently and a critical member of the volunteer team working on optimizing and expanding learn.wordpress.org. Courtney is a master educator through her work with Code Differently teaching people and youth from under-represented groups the skills they need to begin a career in technology and through her extensive work on learn.wordpress.org.If you've been hitting your head against a wall trying to figure out the best ways to teach WordPress to those on your team, 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

In our monthly WATCF installment, we discuss important updates regarding WordPress 5.6, WP-CLI, and other news from around the WordPress community. If you don't have time to keep up with all things WordPress listen to our round-up and get the month's most important WordPress news in one go. 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

Agencies and freelancers often try to do what's best for their clients, but sometimes what the client wants isn't best for them. In this episode of PressThis, we interview Katrina Martin of Riot Customs about how she uses NO in her agency business to deliver more value to customers and fewer headaches for herself. Katrina shares her thoughts on why customers ask for things they shouldn't, how to tactfully say NO to a client, and how to get clients on the right path for success. If you're driving yourself crazy being a yes-person in your freelance or agency business, don't miss 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

"WordPress' claim-to-fame primarily comes from being a powerful CMS, but how can brands use WordPress to automate their digital funnels and create self-sustaining engines of growth?In this episode of PressThis we interview Pat Ness of SMB Master about the approaches he uses to automate digital funnels with WordPress. Pat is well known for his use of WordPress to build self-sustaining digital funnels for brands with millions of followers in the membership, ecommerce, blog, and affiliate marketing industries.Pat shares his views on what parts of your digital funnels are a good fit to automate with WordPress, the top automation strategies he uses to unlock additional value from existing websites, and his favorite tools & techniques for creating self-sustaining digital funnels.If you haven't embraced WordPress automation in your business or in your agency practice and you are looking for ways to add new engines of growth for you or your clients, 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

"The WordPress block editor has brought a world of possibilities to WordPress sites, but with most WordPress developers not knowing how to code React, many development teams are left scratching their heads on how they'll take advantage of the WordPress block editor in their custom builds.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Ryan Kienstra of Genesis Custom Blocks about how developers can start their journey learning React or how they can use tools like Genesis Custom Blocks to build custom blocks WITHOUT knowing React.If you're looking for ways to use the WordPress block editor in ways that express your visual voice, don't miss 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

"In this epsiode of PressThis, we cover news and happenings from around the WordPress community in our monthly installment ""Word Around the Campfire"".This month's news includes an acquisition by Godaddy of a WooCommerce extension company, new product launches around the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg), new updates on the upcoming Twenty Twenty One theme, Gutenberg 9.0, and much more.If you're too busy to keep up with all things WordPress, listen to this episode of PressThis to get all the major news in one go!"Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thanks to global lockdowns the world has shifted to a digital-first posture, and one of the key areas being affected is how businesses sell their products and services. The transformation to digital-first purchasing behaviors is driving change in brick-mortar AND traditionally e-commerce-focused businesses and WordPress is playing a huge role in those transformations.That said, as Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaches, brands and agencies all across the WordPress ecosystem are furiously trying to figure out their Q4 strategy in a digital-first world.In this episode of PressThis, we interview one of the world's leading WordPress-eCommerce-at-scale experts Patrick Garman of Midsize about how he's preparing extremely large WordPress e-commerce brands for a hectic Q4.Patrick shares his thoughts about the strategies brick-and-mortar brands are using while facing reduced access to their stores, how e-commerce brands, in general, are hardening their sites for potentially an even stronger surge of online orders compared to last year, and generally how large WordPress e-commerce stores can prepare for scale.If you're nervously looking at your plans for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Q4 in general and need some ideas, don't miss this chance to hear from one of the best minds in WordPress e-commerce at scale. 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