I’ve found transparency reports to provide interesting insights into a company and into a segment of the WordPress community. Here is a year in review from Katie Keith of Barn2.

For developers / entrepreneurs on a startup journey the “Build it in Public” approach is gaining a lot of attention. This article by group member Scott Murcott from Freemius has a good overview of what this might entail, the benefits, and some considerations.

This is a very interesting discussion about WordPress pricing and how to maximize profits.

Automattic announced a 100 year hosting plan. Today Matt shared that there have been zero sales. Surprised?

etPack Creator Package Launched – This has tools for monetizing site content and newsletters. It seems like a good move for them. I expect to see sites taking this route to become more popular due to AI content scraping.

WooCommerce is rebranding to Woo.

The new showcase page on WordPress org has been released. It was built using Gutenberg. It is attractive and you can click on any site thumbnail to go a page with more information.

Justin Ferriman the creator of LearnDash has some advice for WordPress founders that it is time to up your game. This seems timely given that Black Friday is on the horizon.

The WordPress 2023 Annual Survey is now available for providing feedback and gathering data about the project.