Category: WordPress News
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Best of Matt Report March 2021
If you’ve skipped around the catalog of amazing episodes published this year, I’ve gathered four here today that should entice you to binge a few more. I stitched together clips from the years top shows in terms of download count and compelling conversation. Simon Bruce on where he draws his passion for the product space.…
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Choosing the best WordPress themes
What a difference 3-plus-something years makes. Remember the Page Builder race? Then remember when Gutenberg came on the scene smashing the ground, cracking the earth beneath her like Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s cut of the Justice League? Okay, well, maybe not that glorious of an entry but mirroring the audiences continued mixed reviews… It…
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WPGraphQL: Playing a role in the web’s operating system
“Operating system for the web” has lingered around the ol’ noodle since I heard Matt Mullenweg mutter those words some 6 or 8 years ago. The headline made news again on Techcrunch back in 2019, along side the news of Automattic raising $300m from Salesforce Ventures. I don’t feel the need to get caught up…
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Raising VC funding in the WordPress hosting ecosystem with Miriam Schwab
Entrepreneur, a term that has lost its potency over the years, is finding it’s way back home in today’s story. There are those of us that start businesses out of the desire to control our own destiny, but then grapple with the inability to see the forest through the trees. Every reason why we started…
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In defense of Elementor vs. Webflow
WordPress product pricing is too cheap. Elementor, the most popular page builder for WordPress these days, has announced a price hike which will come into effect on March 9, 2021. Comments are as you expected: Are you freaking kidding me? You guys are hugely successful which means you already make a pleasant amount of cash…
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The WordPress community w/ Matt Mullenweg
After Automattic released their experiment with selling $5,000 websites, I published a video, I spell it wordpress now. A video which has been viewed over 1,400 times and caught the attention of today’s guest, Matt Mullenweg co-creator of WordPress & Founder of Automattic. I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Mullenweg back in 2015, and have…
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I spell it wordpress now. Automattic selling $4,900 websites.
Just a quick note about today’s episode: While my son’s really enjoyed hearing themselves with the echo effect on when I let them play with my podcasting set up the other day, I did forget to shut it off. Today’s episode is audio extracted from a recent YouTube video. It’s a response and a feeling…
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Software eats world; I eat software
We’re kicking off with another solo episode today featuring my thoughts on Salesforce acquiring Slack and #nocode tools. Hope you enjoy today’s episode, please share it with others! Say THANKS to our Sponsors! MalCare — Looking for a great way to protect your client’s WordPress website? Don’t deal with the hassle of cleaning out malware or…
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Solo Founder Content Marketing
Welcome back Brian Casel, for his 5th time appearing on the show! Maybe we’ll keep him away for at least another year — or until he launches another product. 🤫 Fun fact: Bootstrapped Web was the first time I was a guest on a podcast way back in the day! Creating a solid content marketing…