In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Adam Warner, SiteLock’s WordPress evangelist. Warner describes how he got involved with WordPress and how it helped shape his career. We discuss his crowdfunding campaign to democratize publishing which didn’t turn out so well. Near the end of the interview, we learn…
In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by James Giroux, Envato’s WordPress evangelist. We discuss a number of topics including what he’s accomplished since taking over the position in January, the item support policy change, and author driven pricing. We also find out what his favorite part of the job is and what…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Mika Epstein. Epstein reviews plugins before they’re added to the WordPress plugin directory and volunteers on the WordPress support forums. We learn what the plugin review process is like and common security issues she discovers. I was shocked to learn that Epstein…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Mike Schroder who led the WordPress 4.5 release cycle. Schroder tells us what it’s like to release software to millions of websites across the world. We learn about the checklists and processes he went through on launch day. We discuss the emotional…
Mendel Kurland, GoDaddy’s evangelist who participates in a number of open source communities published a great interview with Automattic employee, Konstantin Obenland. In the interview, Obenland describes how he got involved with WordPress, what motivated him to learn PHP, and what it’s like living the dream. The video is 14 minutes in length and while…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Topher DeRosia to learn about the origins of HeroPress. DeRosia explains his motivation for creating the site and why despite not reaching his crowdfunding goal, decided to press on. We also discuss the impact the essays are having on people across the…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I interview Scott Kingsley Clark, lead developer of the Pods framework plugin. Clark explains the financial and organizational structure of the Friends of Pods program and how it benefits the plugin’s development. He also explains what the Fields API project is and its significance to WordPress.…
In September of 2015, Joshua Strebel, founder of Pagely, announced that Alex King would be one of the speakers at Pressnomics 4, an annual conference devoted to the business aspects of WordPress. Unfortunately, days after the announcement, King passed away from colon cancer. Due to health reasons, King would not have been able to attend…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Micah Mitchell, who is a partner in Memberium, a membership development and management plugin for WordPress that connects with Infusionsoft. During the show, we discuss what Memberium has to offer for those who want to create membership sites using WordPress. Due to…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Jeff Matson who writes and maintains documentation for Rocketgenius. Matson tells us how he became involved with WordPress and the community. We learn how he’s transitioned from working in an office everyday to an office being optional. Last but not least, we…
In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Andrew Bergeron, founder of Visual Rhythm. Bergeron explains the effort and investment it takes to create memorable logos. He also shares tips on how to avoid designing forgettable logos. We also learn the history of the Nike Swoosh logo created by Carolyn Davidson in 1971. Stories…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Chris Lema to discuss WordPress in the enterprise, the on boarding experience, and Calypso. Lema shares his experience beta testing a Windows version of Automattic’s new desktop application. We discuss how WordPress is going to grow its market share from 25% to…
In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Kyle Maurer, Co-founder of Real Big Marketing. Maurer grew up in rural Michigan working on farms without much knowledge of the IT industry. He registered an account on meetup.com after discovering a WordPress meetup in his local area. During the meetup, Maurer discovered how powerful…
One of the key features in WordPress 4.4 is responsive images. Joe McGill, who is helping to merge the feature to core, joined me for a thirty minute interview to explain how it works. When users upload images in WordPress, it automatically crops new images to smaller sizes. For example, if you upload an image…
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Jason Lemieux and Dylan Kuhn of Postmatic. During the show, we learn the company’s history and how it started. We discuss what the service offers and how people can take advantage of it. Last but not least, we learn what the company…