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Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard. Brian is joined by guest-host Rachel Cherry -- a Senior Software Engineer at Disney, and the organizer of WP Campus, an event for WordPress in higher education. They discuss many of the things that folks working with WordPress in higher education encounter during this episode. Prior to working for Disney, Rachel spent around a decade working on the web in higher ed, most recently at the University of Alabama. Links Rachel's website WP Campus, which will be held on July 13-14 in Buffalo, New York. The Events Calendar, by Modern Tribe University of Alabama Engineering Washington State University Github Sponsor: SiteGround SiteGround is engineered for speed, built for security, and crafted for WordPress. They offer feature-rich managed WordPress hosting with premium support, and are officially recommended by WordPress.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. Brian and Joe discuss many of the factors that are a part of maintaining a website for the long term. They discuss it both in the sense of when you own the site (like Brian with Post Status), and when you are doing long-term client work (like Human Made with retainers). There are several things to consider, whether it’s in your own code, or the decisions you make on which third party developer’s tools to use. Links Semantic Versioning WooCommerce 3.0 and moving to SemVer Sponsor: SearchWP SearchWP makes WordPress search better. Instantly improve your site search without writing a line of code! SearchWP enables custom algorithms, searching custom fields, product data, and much more. Improve your site’s search today with our newest partner, SearchWP.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard. Brian is joined by guest-host Matt Medeiros -- host of the Matt Report podcast, and many other ventures in the WordPress ecosystem. They discuss community building, their experiences building community in the WordPress world, and the challenges of getting involved in a new community. Links Crafted by Matt Matt Report Post Status WordPress Jobs This WordPress community is not for the taking Sponsor: Prospress Prospress makes the WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin, that enables you to turn your online business into a recurring revenue business. Whether you want to ship a box or setup digital subscriptions like I have on Post Status, Prospress has you covered. Check out Prospress.com for more, and thanks to Prospress for being a Post Status partner.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. Live from the A Day of REST workshops, Brian, Joe, and Zac talk about the state of working with JavaScript -- including several popular JavaScript frameworks -- and WordPress. They go through the pros and cons of using each one, what to watch out for when working with them and WordPress, and ways they think the process can improve. Links JavaScript for WP React Vue Backbone Underscores Angular A Day of Rest Sponsor: WP Migrate DB Pro Today’s show is sponsored by Delicious Brains. WP Migrate DB Pro makes moving and copying databases simple. They also have an exciting new project for merging databases, called Mergebot. Go to Mergebot.com for updates on that, and deliciousbrains.com for more information on WPMigrate DB Pro. Thanks to the team at Delicious Brains for being

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and this episode's special guest, Carrie Dils. Carrie Dils has been self-employed for a long time. After years of client work, she now makes her full-time living through multiple different channels, but is not currently doing client services. In this episode, Brian and Carrie talk about various methods for generating revenue, and some helpful tools to do so. Links Why Procrastinators Procrastinate ConvertKit Mailchimp Chimp Essentials Mailchimp course Paul Jarvis on Carrie's podcast Sunday Dispatches Nerd Marketing Amy Lynn Andrews Todoist Simplenote Getting Things Done 1Password Interview with Diane Kinney Links to Carrie's Work Experience as an Uber driver  Office Hours  Carrie’s blog  WordPress courses  Utility Pro theme  Real World Freelancing book  Sponsor: Prospress Prospress  make

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. In this episode, Brian interviews Ben May to talk about running The Code Company, a semi-remote agency based in Queensland, Australia. The Code Company works primarily with long term clients and repeat work, and they’ve grown from just Ben to a team of 11 almost entirely by referrals for new customers. Links The Code Company Sponsor: WooCommerce This episode of the Draft podcast is sponsored by WooCommerce. WooCommerce makes the most widely used eCommerce platform on the web, and has the power and flexibility you need to power your store. For more information on how to run your store with WordPress and WooCommerce, check out their website and thank you to WooCommerce for being a Post Status partner.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. In this episode, I interview Jason Cohen, the founder of WP Engine and current CTO. I talked to Jason about a whole lot of things, mostly to do with growing well. Whether you're growing revenue, company size, or personal development -- this is a conversation about growth, and how to do it well. Unlike many entrepreneurs in the WordPress space, WP Engine isn't Jason's first business. He's done this before, and made plenty of mistakes. He talks about what he's done differently at WP Engine and how its made him a happier person. This interview took place at LoopConf, and Jason was a keynote presenter. His LoopConf talk pairs well with our discussion. Direct Download Links WP Engine LoopConf Jason's blog Sponsor: iThemes This episode is sponsored by iThemes. The team at iThemes offers WordPress plugins, themes and training to help take the guesswork out of building, main

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about two of the three WordPress core focus areas -- the customizer and the editor. There has been some news lately with initial ideas and mockups for each project, and we discuss the importance of these features, as well as what's happening with these projects so far. Links Customizer opportunities Editor mockups Editor technical challenges Commerce Notebook Sponsor: Pippin's Plugins This episode is sponsored by Pippin's Plugins. Pippin's Plugins creates a suite of plugins that work great alone, or together. Whether you need to restrict content, sell downloads, or start an affiliate program, they've got you covered. For more information, check out their website and thank you to Pippin's Plugins for being a Post Status partner.

After Post Status Publish's main talks concluded, Joe Hoyle and I recorded the podcast during the reception. It was a laid back format where we discuss the future of WordPress, including our own wishlist features, and then we spent the majority of the hour taking questions from the audience. We recorded this prior to the announcement of the new development schedule and changes to major releases, but most of our conversation remains relevant, as many of our wishlist items are within the three release focus areas that have been chosen. You can listen to just the audio, also on our podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Or watch the video on YouTube. And don't forget to subscribe to my new channel on YouTube.

During contributor day of WordCamp US in Philadelphia, I was able to interview Matt Mullenweg to follow up on several items he announced in the State of the Word. We mostly discussed the new WordPress development cycle and how it will work with the three focus areas. We also discussed how that will affect other non-major updates and WordPress features. Matt also talked about the WordPress REST API, how he defines success for it, what he hopes to see out of it, and what he thinks would cause it to revert to a plugin only feature. And as this was the second and final year of WordCamp US in Philadelphia, we reflected on the event, and talked about what there is to look forward to in Nashville for WordCamp US 2017 and 2018.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about how they learned WordPress development, how employers should look at candidates for skill hiring, and various resources they find valuable for learning WordPress. Links Just Build Websites Lynda.com WordPress tutorials WP in One Month WordPress Development Stack Exchange How to Become a Respected WordPress Developer Sponsor: Gravity Forms This episode is sponsored by Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms makes the best web forms on the planet. Over a million WordPress sites are already using Gravity Forms. Is yours? For more information, check out their website and thank you to Gravity Forms for being a Post Status partner.

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about the WordPress REST API and the core approval process Topics The API's journey How Core projects work What to know about the API know that it's in trunk What that means for the future of the API Links Build APIs you won't hate Legacy v1 API LEAN McMansion Hell: The devil is in the details Sponsor: OptinMonster OptinMonster allows you to convert visitors into subscribers. You can easily create & A/B test beautiful lead capture forms without a developer. Check out OptinMonster today!  

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listener questions. You can go to poststatus.com/ask to ask questions for a future episode. We spent the second half of the show talking about innovation in WordPress and what makes big innovation difficult. Topics and Links What is Publish going to be about? Post Status Publish What is A Day of Rest? A Day of Rest Boston 2017 Managing sites between local, development, staging, and live Mergebot VersionPress Theme review process Theme handbook WP Test Donations for free plugins The patronage model for free software freelancers Using Kickstarter to fund open source How can the WordPress project innovate? Sponsor: Pagely Pagely helps the world’s biggest brands scale and secure WordPress. They are the origin

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and this week's special guest host, Diane Kinney. Diane is a web professional and solo practitioner based in Florida. She’s writing a book with Carrie Dils called Real World Freelancing, and I thought it’d be fun to chat with her about freelancing. Links and Topics Real World Freelancing The Versatility Group, Diane's primary business How much should a website cost? DianeKinney.com, a blog in development. It will focus on business topics, WordPress, and beyond Sponsor: Yoast Yoast SEO Premium gives you 24/7 support from a dedicated support team and extra features such as a redirect manager, tutorial videos and integration with Google Webmaster Tools! Go to yoast.com for more information, and thanks to Yoast for being a Post Status partner

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. 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. They also discuss various theme frameworks and how they are setup, common post types and how they can better be supported, and the popularity of page builders. Topics What should a theme do? Theme vs. Plugin functionality -- and mobility potential between themes Canonical post types Difference between commercial themes and .org distributed free themes Restrictions All-in-one solution "promises" Page builders and their role in theming Other theme options via the REST API Links On WordPress themes and frameworks Underscores CSS Zen Garden Hybrid Core Genesis WordPress.com

In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Pippin Williamson, and we discuss the renewed effort he and his team have made to rejuvenate Restrict Content Pro. Restrict Content Pro was initially sold without even a dedicated landing page, was successful on Code Canyon for a time, then he let it sputter as he and his team concentrated on Easy Digital Downloads and AffiliateWP. But Pippin knew that Restrict Content Pro still had more life in it, and he wanted to see it become the kind of product he knew it had the potential to be. So when John Parris -- at the time primarily working with Easy Digital Downloads -- said he was interested in helping make RCP a proper membership plugin, Pippin jumped on the opportunity. They have had a good bit of success early on in the attempt to rejuvenate this product: Our goal was to double or triple the monthly revenue within six months. In March, 2016, RCP brought in $7,700. Last month, July 2016, it brought in $11,400. August, 2016, is estimated to bring in a little over

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about various third party publishing apps available and how they work with WordPress. They dig into apps that currently exist, how the connect to WordPress, how the future of WordPress could improve the third party ecosystem, and many of the challenges that must be tackled when interacting with WordPress as a third party application. Apps We Discussed WordPress mobile apps Ulysses Desk Byword MarsEdit Windows Life Writer Evernote to WordPress Zapier iA Writer OneNote to WordPress Zapier Editor Interfaces TinyMCE (web editor) QuillJS (web editor) DraftJS (web editor) WordPress iOS editor (native editor) Other Links WordPress REST API Vienna Sponsor: Delicious Brains Today’s show is sponsored by Delicious Brains. WP M

WordPress 4.6, “Pepper”, has been released. It’s named, as always, after a famous jazz musician, and this release is named after Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III, a baritone saxophonist and jazz composer. The Release Lead for WordPress 4.6 was Dominik Schilling, known often as Ocean90, and the Deputy Release Lead was Garth Mortensen. There were 272 total contributors to this release. According to Aaron Jorbin, 85 of these contributors were first timers, so congratulations to all new WordPress contributors! For this release, we did a special episode of the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle — the CTO of Human Made — and me, Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and I discuss WordPress 4.6 and deep dive on a few of its features. About WordPress 4.6 Overall, this was a planned iterative release from the beginning, with a goal to fix as many longstanding bugs as possible, and

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and me, Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and I discuss how we choose plugins, code libraries, and frameworks for our projects. Direct Download Topics & Links How we pick plugins Analyzing a plugin on WordPress.org Using GitHub Picking libraries or drop-in frameworks Dealing with updates Differentiating between picking tools for our personal or internal projects, versus doing so for clients Sponsor: WooCommerce WooCommerce makes the most customizable eCommerce software on the planet, and it’s the most popular too. You can build just about anything with WooCommerce. Try it today, and thanks to the team at WooCommerce being a Post Status partner

Welcome to the Post Status Draft podcast, which you can find on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and via RSS for your favorite podcatcher. Post Status Draft is hosted by Joe Hoyle -- the CTO of Human Made -- and Brian Krogsgard. In this episode, Joe and Brian talk scaling WordPress, and what to do when you think you might’ve reached WordPress’s limits. From meta data, to users, to traffic management, they break down some of the most common scaling issues. Topics Posts Meta Search Database Users Traffic (types of caching) Links Elasticsearch ElasticPress More Like This Query Elasticsearch WP_Query Memcached Redis Rarst Fragment Cache Plugin Human Made Fragment Cache drop-in Sponsor: iThemes iThemes has a full suite of excellent products to help you level up your WordPress website. From iThemes Security, to BackupBuddy’s new live backups, to Exchange for your next membership site, iThemes has you covered. Thanks to the team at iThemes being a Post Status partner!