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It’s impossible to contribute financially to WordPress
Automattic always has its eyes on the big fish — hosting companies (rightfully so), well-known plugin builders. They contribute by paying employees or freelancers who work on WordPress core. Many even have their own community managers to keep things running. But how does a small fish — like me — make a financial contribution to…
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WordPress Security: The 7.0 Elephant in the Room
Let’s be honest — WordPress has had a security image problem forever. And WordPress itself is fine. It’s the plugins and themes causing trouble. You can ignore that, sure. Or you can actually care about it — especially if you’re leading the WordPress world, and especially when the community’s top security voice is literally saying…
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How to destroy a WordPress brand
So, Liquid Web has officially wrung the neck of the LearnDash brand. And Kadence. And a bunch of others. Some people will tell you the brand isn’t dead — it’s still on the Liquid Web website somewhere. Technically true. So is my gym membership, and I haven’t been there in months. But what even is…