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Matrix over Slack, WP Minute Plus, & more Gutenberg goals

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  Should WordPress move away from Slack and towards the fediverse for project communication? Automattic-sponsored Meta team contributor Alex Kirk thinks so. Kirk has proposed a project to explore switching to the free Matrix open-source federated chat system. The potential benefits are compelling. For […]

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The WP Minute+: Syed Balkhi acquisition of Thrive Themes

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  In today’s episode, Matt is talking about the new WP Minute+ podcast and why he started it.  The WP Minute, which is a five-minute weekly podcast on WordPress news, continues to be produced with the intention of providing busy WordPress professionals with short-form

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#745 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS: With Special Guest David Valentine CEO of Avadel

How To Generate 100 Plus Sales Meetings in 2023 Dave owns seven businesses that have generated over ONE BILLION dollars collectively for over 1000 clients, including major brands and Fortune 100 companies like Target, Time magazine, and American Express. At the age of 29, his doctor said, “Are you prepared for your heart attack?” Dave

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WordPress phases updated, Awesome Motive buys Thrive Themes, and more!

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  What’s on tap for WordPress core in 2023? Project executive director Josepha Haden Chomphosy recently outlined some big picture goals. By design, the post is light on detail. Haden Chomphosy says the list represents a view from “10,000 feet”. Perhaps the biggest item

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#744 WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & SaaS: But How to Use eLearning as a Marketing tool?

But How to Use eLearning As a Marketing & Lead Generation Tool in 2023? If your company is ready to increase the number of qualified leads, you should definitely give eLearning lead generation a try. From offering resources, they can’t resist promoting eLearning courses for lead generation and beyond; here’s all you need to know.

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New Jetpack app, Mailchimp breach, and AI lawsuits

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  The lines between the open-source WordPress.org and its commercial counterpart WordPress.com (owned by Automattic) have long been blurred and confusing. So much that commercial offerings from Automattic’s suite of tools were integrated into the official WordPress mobile app. That’s about to change. As

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Forked again

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  When it comes to adding features to a WordPress plugin, how many are too many? That’s the question facing the WordPress Performance Team with regard to the Performance Lab plugin. Recent additions of SQLite and WebP image conversion functionality have resulted in some

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Tag, you’re it.

Thanks Pressable for supporting the podcast! What hosting should feel like…nothing! https://pressable.com/wpminute  During the 2022 State of the Word event, Matt Mullenweg announced that the WordPress.org theme and plugin repositories would allow authors to categorize their entries as “Commercial” or “Community” products. Not long after, the feature became active. As Sarah Gooding reports for WP

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