WordPress Weekly #250 – Interview with Matt Cromwell, Head of Support and Community Outreach at WordImpress
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Matt Cromwell, Head of Support and Community Outreach at WordImpress. We learn how WordImpress was founded, why the company entered the product space with the GiveWP donations plugin, and the inspiration behind the company’s mission statement to democratize generosity.
WordPress Weekly #249 – Zerif Lite, Kinsta Scholarship, W3 Total Cache, and My Take on Headway Themes
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss some of the major headlines of the past two weeks. We talk about the unprecedented move by the Theme Review Team to suspend Zerif Lite from the theme directory leaving 300K users without a way to get updates. We share what’s new in Edit Flow 0.8.2 and the troubles users are encountering upgrading W3 Total Cache to 0.9.5.
WordPress Weekly #248 – Insight Into the ManageWP Acquisition With Jeff King and Vladimir Prelovac
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Jeff King, General Manager of hosting at GoDaddy, and Vladimir Prelovac, founder of ManageWP. We discuss a number of topics related to GoDaddy’s recent acquisition of ManageWP including:
WordPress Weekly #247 – Interview With Marc Benzakein, Operations Manager at ServerPress
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Marc Benzakein, Operations Manager at ServerPress. We discuss a wide rang of topics including, how Marc got involved with WordPress, how ServerPress was founded, and where he picked up his entrepreneurial spirit.
WordPress Weekly #246 – Interview with Gabriel Mays, Head of WordPress Products at GoDaddy
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Gabriel Mays, head of WordPress products at GoDaddy. We discussed a number of topics related to the company including a new on boarding process that will be unveiled to the public on September 15th.
WordPress Weekly #245 – Google, Envato, WPCampus, and A Twitter Break
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news of the week including, Envato’s 10 year anniversary, Disqus adding support for Akismet, and record growth for the Polyglots team. Near the end of the show, I explain why I decided to take a two-week break from Twitter. I also share the psychological effects I’m experiencing by not using the service. We conclude the show with Marcus’ plugin picks of the week.
WordPress Weekly #244 – Myths, Lies, and the Truth of SEO with Rebecca Gill
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Rebecca Gill, founder of Web-Savvy-Marketing. We discuss a number of topics surrounding SEO including, what’s changed in the past five years, the purpose of SEO plugins, common misconceptions, and the amount of effort involved in obtaining good results. Gill also provides insight into an SEO bootcamp she’s hosting January 11-13, 2017.
WordPress Weekly #243 – The Struggle is Real
In this unconventional episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Cory Miller, founder of iThemes and a mental health advocate. Normally we discuss the news of the week but both Marcus and I had some things we wanted to get off our chest.