Mika Epstein, the former lead of the WordPress org plugins team, shares another story from the trenches. It is a good example of what not to do.

Matt Mullenweg on the Future of WordPress. His talk at WordCamp US 2023.

The Kadence Theme is the 7th most popular theme and Kadence Blocks is the 3rd most popular block collection. Recently there has been some grumbling by Kadence users. Here is my take on it. Your opinions may be different.

When I saw the headline I thought that the message was going to be to tailor your tech stack to the type of site. I was wrong. This looks to be a sales piece for their potential customers to convince them to use Gutenberg and not a page builder. There are some inaccuracies, like about Beaver Builder, but also they totally gloss over the need for custom development, which a page builder might not require. In any event, WebDevStudios is a large agency, so it is interesting to see what they are doing.

This article outlines three things that freelancers need from WordPress. The discussion is well balanced and makes some good points.

Some site builders take the approach that the website belongs to the client and the client gets full control. Others restrict client access to what they need to get their job done and hide the rest. In this article the author argues for teaching the client only what they need to know.

My thought is that it depends on the client, the website, and the contract.

There have been a number of plugins that have repeated had security issues, even among the bigger players. In this editorial I suggest that it is time for the big players to start having their plugins audited for security. When we evaluate plugins we check for a money back guarantee, that they tell about themselves on the website, that they have positive reviews, are actively providing support, and so on. Lets start politely asking about independent security audits.

A personal reflection by Matt Mullenweg. This is what its really about.

Jamie Marsland poses the question, has the plugin version of Gutenberg served its purpose and is it time now to close it out and move on?