In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news that’s made headlines in recent weeks, including WordPress’ birthday as the project turns 13 years old. We discuss the gesture of good will from Syed Balkhi donating the WP.org domain to the WordPress Foundation. Last but not least, I share some of…
If you’ve ever clicked on a URL to WP.org and ended up on WPBeginner.com within the past two years, you’re not alone. It routinely happens on discussion forums like the Advanced WordPress Facebook group and Twitter where referencing WP.org turns into a link to WPBeginner.com. A great example occurred in 2015 when Antti Kuosmanen tweeted…
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has stepped up and donated the remaining 1.5 million dollars to the Bay Lights project in San Francisco, California. Talk about generosity! Thanks to his donation, the project will be able to go through with its planned 2-year run. Now I have one more reason to view the bridge when I…