The WP Minute

The WP Minute

The WP Minute brings you news about WordPress in under 5 minutes — every week! Follow The WP Minute for the WordPress headlines before you get lost in the headlines. Hosted by Matt Medeiros, host of The Matt Report podcast.

Episodes

Are you ready for some WordCamp US?!

Are you ready for some WordCamp US?!

September 29, 2021 10:02 PM

It’s the WP Minute! 

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You know the drill, everything I m

Pippin, LearnDash, Awesome Motive, Liquid Web all walk into a bar

Pippin, LearnDash, Awesome Motive, Liquid Web all walk into a bar

September 22, 2021 8:07 PM

It’s the WP Minute! This is Kathy Zant and I’m filling in for Matt.

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Justin Ferriman & Chris Lema on Liquid Web acquiring LearnDash

Justin Ferriman & Chris Lema on Liquid Web acquiring LearnDash

September 21, 2021 7:54 PM

Liquid Web is acquiring again, this time in the popular WordPress LMS plugin space.

Justin Ferriman, Founder of LearnDash, penned the acquisition statement on the company blog. I invited him on to share what the process looked like from an owner’s per

Get involved with WordPress

Get involved with WordPress

September 15, 2021 9:06 PM

It’s the WP Minute! This is Michelle Frechette and I’m filling in for Matt.

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$12 Billion for Mailchimp is bananas

$12 Billion for Mailchimp is bananas

September 14, 2021 6:45 PM

I’ve invited Lesley Sim, co-founder of Newsletter Glue (hey! they power this newsletter!) to share her opinion on the recent Mailchimp acquisition by Inuit for $12 Billion dollars.

Mailchimp is almost as synonymous with WordPress as Yoast is, so I’m su

WordPress news according to Carrie Dils

WordPress news according to Carrie Dils

September 8, 2021 10:19 PM

It’s the WP Minute! This is Carrie Dils and I’m filling in for Matt, who’s tweeting about podcasting.

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We be Classic Editing until 2022

We be Classic Editing until 2022

September 1, 2021 7:32 PM

In the News 

You’re in luck for 2021 if you are dragging your feet using Gutenberg and the block editor. The Classic Editor Plugin was published in 2018 to help with the transition to the block editor with support through the end of 2021. 

Now the C

Put that WP down

Put that WP down

August 25, 2021 7:46 PM

In the News 

WordPress.org was in the news again. This time there was a lot of confusion about WordPress rejecting plugin submissions with the WP prefix. They said this was to address potential trademark abuse. As you can imagine, this sparked some int

Yoast acquired; Automattic moves mountains of money

Yoast acquired; Automattic moves mountains of money

August 18, 2021 7:40 PM

In the News 

Everyone in the WordPress world is talking about the acquisition of Yoast to NewFold Digital. Yoast SEO, the well-known plugin for WordPress with over 12 million active installs, is the flagship product of Yoast. 

I interviewed Joost de

Is this the Titan we need?

Is this the Titan we need?

August 11, 2021 10:05 PM

In the News 

Titan, a professional e-mail service, raised $30 million from Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. This investment deal takes the company’s valuation to $300m. Titan will use the funds, the single largest investment made by Aut

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