Here are some suggestions for WordPress plugin and theme developers following on the WPE / Matt Mullenweg conflict.

Will 2025 be the year of the page builder? Many things happened in 2024 so that now WordPress is poised for lots of changes. Here are my predictions for the new year along with some reasons why. Note, there is a video version linked at the top of the article.

Developer Robert DeVore, who has a number of free plugins in the WordPress plugin directory, has written code to block plugin use on WordPress dot com. He did this to protest Matt Mullenweg’s heavy handed blocking of WP Engine plugins.

A simple and straightforward response to the current situation in the WordPress community.

Joost calls for a change in WordPress leadership and taking back the commons. He is one of the few in the community with the clout to change the current course of the Titanic.

Here is a summary of today’s events and a discussion of what they might mean for the project in 2025. Is a fork, or maybe a community distro, inevitable?

And the controversy continues! Checkout the new WordPress org login form. I hope you like pineapple on pizza.

This article argues that always available support is essential for hosting companies, especially for agencies. Not all options have support available at all times, especially VPS control panel providers. Note that this article did make me think of AI writers, but it seems the points are good.

Joost shares what he sees as the drivers of platform adoption and what he would prioritize for the WordPress roadmap. One conclusion of his is that if it wasn’t for Elementor and WooCommerce then WordPress would have been losing market share.