Apparently Automattic, who is a domain name registrar and operates the .blog TLD, is now applying for 16 more. I wonder how .WordPress will work given the trademark issues?

Something we’ve all seen is the increase of a platform providing more or different features on the one hand and for customer lock in on the other. This article breaks it down.

This is an interesting look at what is behind or contributes to plugin growth. On one level it seems obvious, but many could learn from it.

This is an interesting post by Matt Cromwell that identifies the main reasons people give a 5 star review or a 1 star review. A useful resource for those with plugins in the directory.

Reddit’s deal with Google means that Reddit threads show up often in search results. This follows various pushes by Reddit for advertising on the platform. This post gives an overview of Reddit Ads for WooCommerce.

This report looks at ecommerce platform market share and we see an interesting trend. Year on year, Shopify is growing and WooCommerce is declining.

There is now an app for Apple TV and one for Android TV for watching WordPress TV on the big screen. WordPress TV is the collection of talks from WordCamps, as well as other presentations and tutorials. Here is the news on the Apple version. It is also available in the Google Play store for TV sets.

In this article Matt Cromwell pulls together information from plugin shops, annual transparency reports, seller surveys, and other sources to get a finer grained understanding of the plugin market. He looks at the vulnerabilities and where firmer footing might be found.

In an article by Roger Montti he notes that WordPress is losing marketshare and that Astro download numbers are growing rapidly.