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LoopConf in review
LoopConf 2, hosted in Salt Lake City, was a great WordPress developer-focused event. Post Status was there, taking pictures and video. Here’s our review.
Jason Cohen, founder of WP Engine, on growing your company well — Draft Podcast
I talk to Jason Cohen, the founder of WP Engine, about his entrepreneurial journey, and how to grow a company in a healthy way.
Editing and customization core focus areas — Draft Podcast
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about both the editor and customizer feature projects — two core focus areas for WordPress in 2017.
Shaping a vision of success
With the next edition of WordCamp Europe on the horizon, Jenny Beaumont finds herself thinking about event growth past and present, and about what success might look like for all of us in this new year.
New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers
It’s a new year, and a great time to set some New Year’s resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.
Contributing to Twenty Seventeen
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.
What we want from WordPress in 2017, live from Post Status Publish
Joe Hoyle and I discuss what we’d like to see in WordPress going forward, and take audience Q&A. This session was recorded at Post Status Publish 2016.
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on the new WordPress release cycle and more
I had the opportunity to interview Matt Mullenweg at the end of WordCamp US 2016, and we chatted about the new WordPress development cycle, the WordPress REST API, and more.
Photos from Post Status Publish and WordCamp US 2016
The first Post Status Publish and WordCamp US 2016 were both last week. Brian Richards and I took some pictures, and here they are.
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, released
WordPress 4.7, “Vaughan”, has been released with the all new WordPress REST API Content Endpoints, a new default theme, many customizer features, and much, much more.
Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
Learning WordPress development and how employers should look at candidates — Draft podcast
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about how they learned WordPress development, how we think employers should look at skill hiring, and resources for learning.
WordPress REST API in Core — Draft podcast
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about the WordPress REST API and the core approval process
Ask Post Status: Innovation in WordPress — Draft podcast
In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listener questions. Questions range from development database syncing strategies, to the theme review process, and a long chat about innovation in WordPress.
The art of being a self-employed web consultant — Draft podcast
In this episode, Brian talks to Diane Kinney about web-based freelancing in the real world.
What is a WordPress theme anyway? — Draft podcast
In this episode, Joe and Brian discuss WordPress themes, the functionality people put into them, and the challenges that face the WordPress ecosystem with the current state of theming.