Post Status Podcasts

“Back in the early days of WordPress development... I could only have one system on my local computer.” — Cal EvansIn this developer-oriented conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David talks about WordPress development with Cal Evans. Cal explains the basics of Docker and Lando — as well as the advantages of using them. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. It can work with Lando to automate your development workflow.Why This Matters: Developers — both individually and in teams — are building more complex applications with (and for) WordPress, so the software stack is getting more complex. How you setup your environment (local, cloud, or both) is becoming more important, and developers should educate themselves on the available options — especially with popular choices being explored by PHP developers.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space. 🎙️You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Docker Get StartedLando, WordPress, and ngrok...oh myLando DB HelperLando and WordPress DevelopmentLando WebsiteCal Evan's Personal WebsiteCal Evans (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: WP EngineWP Engine is the WordPress Digital Experience Platform that drives your business forward faster. Simply put, WP Engine makes WordPress easier and faster, and they do the heavy lifting for our customers, so they can focus on their core business and win online.

“Organizers running meetups wherever they may be — your first thought should be how I can make this inclusive for everyone?”— Niesha SweetIn this conversation for Post Status Excerpt, David is joined by Destiny Fox, Niesha Sweet, and Allie Nimmons to talk about BlackPress. BlackPress exists "to bring more creators of Black African descent into the WordPress Community" and to provide this part of the community with a network for support and learning. Find out how BlackPress got started and how the WordPress community (from meetup organizers to businesses) can help their cause.Why This Matters: It’s important in the WordPress community that we make sure all kinds of people feel welcome and can contribute. By supporting and learning how BlackPress strengthens the community, we can apply that knowledge in our own way and do the same.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space. 🎙️You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:How to Be A WordPress AllyBlackPressDestiny Kanno Fox (WordPress Profile)Destiny Kanno Fox (Twitter)Allie Nimmons (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)

“A style is the design language for a theme.” —Rich TaborIn this episode, David Bisset talks with someone who has moved the WordPress theme needle a long way: Rich Tabor. Rich believes the arrival of the Full Site Editing experience in WordPress 5.9 is the biggest innovation since themes emerged. Speaking from the experience of creating blocks and block themes, Rich explains how Full Site Editing will change WordPress's identity.Why This Matters: WordPress professionals need to be familiar with more than just just “blocks.” There are block themes, styles, and more features that have already arrived in the WordPress editor. This episode helps put these new enhancements in context for builders, agencies, and creatives.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space. 🎙️You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:A new era of WordPress themes is finally hereAll my blocks are now available on GithubMeet Wabi, a WordPress block theme for writers and publishersBuilding a Generative Art Gallery with P5.jsRichard Tabor (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: WordPress VIPFounded in 2006, WordPress VIP is the agile content platform that empowers marketers to build content both faster and smarter so they can drive more growth. We empower content and development teams with the flexibility and ubiquity of WordPress—the agile CMS that powers more than 40% of the web—while ensuring the security and reliability organizations need to operate at scale.

David: “What do you think the WordPress community takes for granted?” Robert: “The support of Automattic.”Excerpt #54 — "What WordPress Can Learn from Joomla"In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David and Dan team up to talk with Robert Jacobi. Robert is the Director of WordPress at Cloudways. He has also served as president of the Joomla open source project. With his experience and knowledge of Joomla's approach to governance, contributors, and the many challenges facing open source projects, the three dive into what the WordPress community can learn from a peer open source CMS of the same generation as WordPress.Don't miss our previous episode about Drupal and what WordPress can learn from that project — with guest Amy June Hineline.Why This Matters: WordPress might be big, but it’s not the only open source fish in the CMS ocean. Drupal and Joomla are the other two big names that have matured but taken their own unique paths with different governance models, cultures, and ways of getting things done. There's a lot to learn outside the WordPress bubble from other projects like Joomla as they experience unique challenges and navigate familiar ones.

"Settings expectations, communicating well, and being responsive are the top 3 things you can do to improve your customer support." —Dave RodenbaughIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David sits down again with Dave Rodenbaugh, founder of Recapture.io. Dave has been involved with the business of WordPress plugins since 2009 with products like Business Directory Plugin and Another Classified WordPress Plugin.Why This Matters: Dave explains how to set expectations for the support you offer, especially in the WordPress repository where users can download plugins for free and request — or demand — free support too. How you deal with problem customers and discover who has the skills to work effectively in support is important for WordPress product owners. If you have plugins or themes for sale inside and outside the WordPress.org repo, you'll find value in Dave's insights.Every week Post Status Excerpt will bring you important news and insights from guests working in the WordPress space. 🎙️You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Dave Rodenbaugh (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter) 🙏 Sponsor: BluehostEverything your website needs — from start-up to success story — is at Bluehost. Whether you're looking to create a website, blog, or online store, Bluehost will get you started with an all-in-one website platform tailored to your specific needs. Get a free domain name in your first year, free 24/7 lifetime support, and total design freedom with WordPress at Bluehost.

“Embrace Progress Over Perfection” —Roshanda Prattn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David meets Roshanda Pratt and welcomes her to the WordPress community. Soon, Roshanda will be speaking at the upcoming WP Career Summit on “Secrets to Being on Camera in Live Video.” Roshanda has been a television producer for a number of years and shares some tips to improve your image and confidence in video calls or at conferences and job interviews.If you want to stand out and express yourself professionally, you'll want to hear Roshanda's advice and attend her WP Career Summit talk.Every week Post Status Excerpt brings you insightful guests and timely conversations about WordPress, the WordPress community, and the WordPress business ecosystem. 🌐You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WP Career SummitREP NETWORKRoshanda Pratt (Linkedin)Roshanda Pratt (Instagram)Roshanda Pratt (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)

"These [PHP] depreciation notices are warnings to project managers and developers... do we have enough time for core but especially the community to fix the codebases?” — Tonya MorkAnyone seriously invested in WordPress, from developers to agency owners, has a big stake in the primary language WordPress is built with: PHP. WordPress professionals have a lot to keep track of, so it's not surprising they often overlook important news from the PHP community and development team. To bring you up to speed, David Bisset speaks with Carl Alexander and Tonya Mork in this episode of The Excerpt. Tonya and Carl have been deep into WordPress and PHP for many years. Here they offer a "Cliffs Notes" take on the PHP news the WordPress community should be paying attention to now. This includes big changes to code for developers and the need for a PHP Foundation.Why This Is Important: WordPress depends on PHP, so developers and professionals should be aware of what is coming down the road as features are added, modified, and deprecated. There are also challenges of governance and sustainability that PHP is facing now that impact WordPress and relate to similar issues in the WordPress project.Post Status Comments 💬 is a stage for WordPress professionals to exchange ideas and talk about recent topics and trends.Browse past episodes and subscribe to our podcasts on  Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or get them by RSS. 🎙️🔗 Mentioned in the show:PHP ProjectPHP FoundationAvoiding Buses2-1Juliette's TweetKey WordPress StatisticsHow do you start unit testing existing WordPress code?RectorFollow Our Panelists (and Post Status) on Twitter:David BissetCarl AlexanderTonya Mork🙏 Sponsor: GoDaddy ProManage your clients, websites, and tasks from a single dashboard with GoDaddy Pro. Perform security scans, backups, and remote updates to many sites on any host. Check up on site performance, monitor uptime and analytics, and then send reports to your clients. GoDaddy Pro is free — and designed to make your life better.

"When it comes to contributing…. time is a true privilege" - Amy JuneThere are a lot of people in the WordPress community who also work (or previously worked) with Drupal, Joomla, and other open-source software projects. Amy June Hineline is Community Manager at Opensource.com. She is also a member of both the WordPress and Drupal communities. As DrupalCon 2022 approaches, Amy June shares the lessons she thinks WordPress can learn from Drupal’s relationship with its contributors and open source.Why This Is Important: Drupal and WordPress are both mature open source PHP/MySQL CMS platforms that emerged in the early 2000s. They share a common goal and have similar communities, but there are notable differences between them. There are opportunities for each community to learn from the other.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Drupal Pod GitHubDrupalConOpensource.comAmy June (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyPagely offers Top-Tier Managed WordPress hosting solutions for Enterprise, the Public Sector, and Media companies. We invented Managed WordPress and we never stopped raising the bar. Expect Extraordinary.

"Culture is King. Content is the town crier." - Lance RobbinsIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Lance Robbins (Global Recruitment Lead at XWP) talks to David Bisset about WordPress companies struggling to find talent in the current job market. Lance believes employers need to think about how they market themselves to prospective employees. Traditional approaches to hiring won't work with the next generation of job seekers. What if open source values and ways of thinking point to solutions WordPress businesses can uniquely embrace?Lance will be speaking at the upcoming WP Career Summit on April 8th, 2022. You can register to attend for free as a job seeker.Why This Is Important: Finding the right talent (and being found by the right employer) is challenging in the tech space. If you are looking for the right employee (or boss) then this is worth a listen.Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 15 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:WP Career SummitLance Robbins (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: CloudWaysJust like you, we live and breathe WordPress! Cloudways is proud to sponsor Post Status. Our managed hosting for WordPress and WooCommerce takes away the cloud server-related learning curve with a seamless and scalable web hosting experience. Trusted by over 250,000 WordPress users, Cloudways gives you the freedom to choose from any of the top IaaS (infrastructure as a service) providers for ultimate performance.

"Site owners shouldn't be doing performance for the sake of performance but for their own success on the web." —Thierry MullerIn this episode of Post Status Excerpt, David decides it's a good time to check in on the newly formed WordPress Performance Team with Felix Arntz and Thierry Muller. They talk about the things the Performance Team targeted first (and why), backward compatibility, and what other CMSs (beyond WordPress) do a good job with performance. Find out how all of us in the WordPress community can support the performance team.Why This is Important: Performance is an often-discussed topic when it comes to WordPress. The diversity of the plugin ecosystem brings unique performance challenges with it. WordPress core itself needs to remain competitive, if not lead, in performance. Every week Post Status Excerpt will brief you on important WordPress news — in about 25 minutes or less! Learn what's new in WordPress in a flash. ⚡You can listen to past episodes of The Excerpt, browse all our podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Castro, YouTube, Stitcher, Player.fm, Pocket Casts, Simplecast, or by RSS. 🎧🔗 Mentioned in the show:Slack channel (meetings are on Tuesdays 16:00 UTC)make.wordpress.org/core/tag/performancePerformance Plugin In ProgressThierry Muller (Twitter)Felix Arniz (Twitter)David Bisset (Twitter)Post Status (Twitter)🙏 Sponsor: PagelyTop-Tier Managed WordPress hosting solutions for Enterprise, the Public Sector, and Media companies. We invented Managed WordPress and we never stopped raising the bar. Expect Extraordinary.