You might know Impress.org for their amazing GiveWP 💚 plugin, but they also develop one of my favourite developer focused WordPress plugins, WP Rollback. Thanks folks! wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rol…

How is the Pandemic affecting WordPress plugin and theme shops? Freemius digs into the data. freemius.com/blog/coronavir…

Happy 17th Birthday, WordPress! via Matt Mullenweg : "The main feedback we got at the time was that the blogging software market was saturated and there wasn’t room or need for anything new." Innovate. Always. And Code for Good! ma.tt/2020/05/celebr…

How do you managers and trainers best teach new hires (and not-new hires) how to do their job? I'm finding success (I think!) in writing notes on tickets instead of answering them, giving the techs rails to run on (and every so often copy-pasta to just send). (thread)

Best practices in Technical Support Management thread, but our own Head of Support Ben Meredith

Very educational piece on migrating your WordPress website without all the fuss. Shout out to WPShout wpshout.com/migrate-wordpr…

New REST API has dropped in WordPress core for block types - core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/48173 . We a list or single block type. This only works if the block is registered on the server. This goes a massive way to getting all block registered in PHP. So happy this is in core now!

Not every WordPress plugin needs a "home" like this, but Woo users will definitely appreciate this. Reminds us a bit of our GiveWP 💚 Reports Dashboard.

This is big move forward for WordPress! All core blocks are now registered on the server and available via the block types api. core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/48262 🎉🎉🎉

The suspension and reinstatement of Astra WordPress Theme this past week raises important questions for the WordPress Community. Op-ed by Taylor: Mother of Puppies #WordPress #MakeWordPress impress.org/astra-suspensi…

The #WomenOfImpress continue to do great things. We're proud to see Michelle Frechette on the all-female release team for #WordPress 5.6! #MakeWordPress make.wordpress.org/core/2020/08/1…

There's a reason why we call Michelle Frechette Wonder Woman. Woman of many talents. WP 5.6 is in GREAT hands.

We are aware of a scam targeting people on job boards with fake employment offers for Automattic and Woo. We will never ask anyone to send money during the interview process. To protect yourself, please only apply directly from our careers page. automattic.com/work-with-us/

Who misses WordCamps? We do! We want to send you swag (our cool Sir Wapuu stickers). Comment below with the best "pick me, I do, gimme swag" kinda GIF, and DM us your address. We'll get these bad boys in the mail to you. (And we won't use your address for anything else.)

#WordPress 5.6 is launching with a brand new default theme! What are your thoughts on the new design? make.wordpress.org/core/2020/09/2…

Congrats to JSON Bahl and GraphQL for WordPress for launching V1 of WP Graph QL. Well done! wpgraphql.com/2020/11/16/ann…

The new White House website is again powered by WordPress. Highlights include: ☑ Pronoun selector on the contact form ☑ High contrast mode ☑ Large font size toggle ☑ Spanish translation whitehouse.gov

Happy #WomensDay and #WomensHistoryMonth This looks like an excellent panel of experts.

Join :Cromwell: and guests @andmiddleton @colemank83 Joost de Valk and Pippin Williamson for an important discussion on fighting online harassment in the WP community. Today at 11am Pacific. Registration and Zoom link here: givewp.com/special-panel-…

The best donation plugin for #WordPress seems to be the "Give" platform! bit.ly/2p560ZQ #donations