In the first episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Seth Rubenstein, lead engineer at the Pew Research Center and an early adopter of Gutenberg. He explains how going all in on blocks has transformed how Pew publishes research and data. People in this episode
For the second time in a couple of years, I talked with Nathan Wrigley on the WPTavern podcast. The first time around, we chatted about Gutenberg Phase 3. This time, we discussed launching a SaaS service. In particular, we discussed how difficult it can be. I had been talking with other WordPress friends who want to start SaaS. They develop successful plugins and want to branch out to launch a SaaS project. So we focused on the lessons we’ve learned from Logtivity over the last couple of years. I ended up turning this podcast into a blog post: “Lessons for…
I joined Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Piccia Neri for episode 305 of This Week in WordPress on WP Builds, subtitled “Subscribe to the Pool Party.” We covered WordCamp scheduling changes, WordPress event sponsorship, and the latest news from across the WordPress ecosystem. People in this episode
I joined Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Piccia Neri for episode 305 of This Week in WordPress on WP Builds, subtitled “Subscribe to the Pool Party.” We covered WordCamp scheduling changes in the Netherlands, WordPress event sponsorship, and the latest news from across the WordPress ecosystem. People in this episode
Logtivity is now part of the team that runs PublishPress, MetaSlider, and TaxoPress. Back in 2021, I told the story of how we became part-owners of Logtivity. And over the last couple of years, I’ve been running Logtivity with my business partner, Ralph Morris. Our aim was to build the best activity log service for WordPress. During 2023, Ralph’s time has been squeezed between a new job and a growing family. Although 2023 was incredibly productive for Logtivity, we talked at the end of the year and Ralph realized he was over-committed. He needed to recover some of his time.…
I joined the WP Minute to discuss why publishers continue to choose WordPress over competing platforms. Despite newer publishing tools, WordPress remains the platform of choice for serious content operations — and I shared my perspective on why that’s unlikely to change. People in this episode
I was a guest on the Do the Woo podcast with BobWP to talk about lessons learned from building a suite of successful WordPress plugins. We covered how the PublishPress plugin family grew, the challenges of acquiring and integrating new plugins, and what I’ve learned about serving a dedicated community of WordPress publishers and content teams. People in this episode
Over on the KinshiPress blog, I wrote about the new connection between ActivityPub and WordPress. During the last few years, social networks have been splintering and it would be a major improvement for social users to have control over their own profile on their own site. Over 10 years ago, I wrote a post with this title: “There is an Open Source Rival to Facebook: WordPress“. In the last decade, the potential I described hasn’t been realized. In that post, I walk you though how the ActivityPub plugin works, explore the key features, and see whether this is finally the…
The Multicollab team invited me to share insights from building editorial plugins for WordPress. As the team behind PublishPress — a suite focused on content scheduling, permissions, and workflows — we discussed the challenges in the WordPress editorial space and where collaboration tools are heading. People in this episode
For my day job, I run PublishPress, TaxoPress, and MetaSlider which produce publishing plugins for WordPress. Over the last couple of years, that work has introduced me to an exciting new movement of publishers and journalists. Because the movement is so new, I’ve struggled to define it and haven’t seen many other people talking about it. The solution? I’ve been blogging through it. For about 18 months, I’ve been writing at KinshiPress, featuring these new publishers as I find.