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Q&A with Automattic's Josepha Haden Chomphosy
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

Q&A with Automattic’s Josepha Haden Chomphosy

A long, long time ago, I attended my first WordCamp. That was in 2017 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. To that point, the only thing I had ever attended was a WordPress Meetup in Fort Worth, TX. Among the organizers was Josepha Haden Chomphosy. She was one of the people running the show. I could tell right then she had the knack for leadership. She wasn’t afraid to take the lead, a skill I imagine she got from her mother. Fast forward almost ten years later and she is one of the top people at Automattic, the company that oversees WordPress.com and

Todd Jones March 9, 2022 No Comments
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

What information Does Jetpack Send to WordPress.com

Jetpack is a heavily used plugin that connects to a service that has over 5+ million active installs. If you are using Jetpack on your site then you should be aware of what information on your site it is sending out. Jetpack connects to WordPress.com in order to be able to provide a number of the modules for its features to function. You should be aware that the plugins, must-use plugins, the uploads directory size, and themes that are being used on the site are being sent over as a daily stats sync to WordPress.com. The Jetpack heartbeat will send

Sebastian Moran October 14, 2021 No Comments
September Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

September WordPress Roundup: Talking Gutenberg Times, Frontity, and Koko Analtytics

It’s that time of the month where we dig into a roundup of WordPress news and such. And as David Lee Roth sang for Van Halen back in the day, “Might as well jump!” In this month’s WordPress Roundup we are talking about WP, Gutenberg Times, Frontity, Koko Analytics, and gearing up for the WPMRR Summit. You ready? Let’s ride. WPMRR Summit announces speakers WPMRR Summit is later this month and so far they have announced three rounds of speakers. I spoke to Joe Howard this week and he said he had a few more to announce. We will discuss

Todd Jones September 3, 2021 No Comments
world of wordpress
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

World of WordPress: Is Automattic competing with WordPress consultants and designers?

No doubt, the week’s topic in the WordPress community was the new Website Builder launched by Automattic, aka WordPress.com. Reactions came swiftly from people all over the internet. WordPress.com, or Automattic, is now competing with small WordPress agencies. Or are they? Much was made about the fact they will build a website and do it for $4900. For some people, the $4900 price tag was welcomed because it gives some kind of minimum price point. Others just felt like Automattic will put WordPress consultants out of work. Sarah Gooding has a nice summary of the reactions, “Initial reactions from the

Todd Jones January 8, 2021 No Comments
The MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

October Roundup: What kinds of things are we about to see change with Automattic, PHP & EIG?

In today’s roundup, we discuss EIG, a major PHP update, and if Automattic is going to IPO. Buckle in, let’s ride. EIG acquisitions lead to its own acquisition Everyone has an EIG story. EIG, of course, is the acronym for Endurance International Group. They have a portfolio of some of the worst-rated hosts around the globe. Think BlueHost. You can see all of those brands at this link. Over the years, they have acquired dozens of hosts, many of which were very popular before the acquisition. In fact, Review Signal documents the decline of Site5 in this article. The article

Todd Jones November 5, 2020 No Comments
World of WordPress
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

World of WordPress: Security, cash and a new rival on the horizon

In today’s World of WordPress, we dive into a couple of security issues, Automattic’s latest investment, the end of an era at StudioPress, and a new player on the web builder horizon. Let’s get ready to ride. Giddyup. WordPress security issues There seems always to be an issue with security vulnerabilities. I know many people keep up with them through the Wordfence content. Enter WebARX. The new platform several have already implemented to help secure their sites is also keeping up with various vulnerability issues. I had never heard of the “Theme Editor” plugin. I can remember, in times past,

Todd Jones October 3, 2019 No Comments
World of WordPress
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

The September 2019 edition of the World of WordPress including Automattic and much more

In this month’s World of WordPress we talk about the latest acquisitions by Automattic, Jeff Chandler’s move away from WP Tavern, the new Yoast Care program, development environments, and WP Beginner’s accelerator. Just like WordPress news, the summer has been hot! Let’s ride. Automattic acquires two companies Automattic continues to expand its influence by acquiring two companies in the past month. First, they acquired Tumblr in a move that got a lot of attention. I’m sure they have something in mind for the “micro” blogging platform. In recent years, Tumblr has bounced around first to Yahoo! then to Verizon who

Todd Jones September 6, 2019 No Comments
World of WordPress
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

June 2019 World of WordPress: the Alex Mills legacy lives on

In this month’s World of WordPress, we talk about marketing and Joost, a full site editing plugin, and the legacy of Alex Mills. Let’s ride.   Joost steps away from leadership role (Why) I’m stepping down from my WordPress marketing role Earlier this year there were some raised eyebrows when Joost de Valk accepted a position with WordPress to be the Marketing & Communications Lead. The experiment is over. Call it a misunderstanding. Call it a difference in opinion. Call it a difference in how to execute marketing. Call it what you will, but Joost announced he was stepping down.

Todd Jones June 6, 2019 No Comments
World of WordPress
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

World of WordPress: When plugins and themes are a runaway train

Since we all use WordPress, we take an interest in what others are doing, for the better or worse. Well, we have seen some of the worst things in recent weeks. Today we touch on some controversy in the WordPress community around a plugin suite and a theme shop. When your pipdig becomes a runaway train pipdig is a weird name for a theme. First of all, spell check wants to capitalize it when you start a sentence with the word. The UK based company has seen a backlash from colleagues in the WordPress world. It seems they have done

Todd Jones April 5, 2019 No Comments
WordPress Company Space
WordPress Business
Sebastian Moran

Who Owns Who in the WordPress Company Space

WordPress powers over 32% of the internet and is one of the most used CMS out there. With WordPress being used as much as it is, who are the largest WordPress based companies and who are they owned by. WordPress Worth Current estimates place WordPress commercial ecosystem at generating $10 billion annually. The Titan in the Room If you’re going to talk about WordPress-based companies, then the titan is Automattic, which owns a number of companies like WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, VaultPress, Akismet, Crowdsignal and Pressable. Automattic is valued at over $1.6 billion. Automattic has a number of employees who work full

Sebastian Moran December 31, 2018 2 Comments

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