Joost de Valk suggests that there is good value for WordPress developers to connect with open source start-ups.

Imran Siddiq released a video showing a number of ways to optimize your WordPress page loading times. I know he worked hard on this one and there are a plenty of tips, including code snippets. He optimizes an Elementor site, but includes versions for non-Elementor users.

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 plugin developers, should your plugin redirect to a setup page? Here is a short video discussing plugin on-boarding on activation.

A 2.5 hour interview with Matt Mullenweg by Tim Ferriss. A large number of topics are discussed.

Here is a podcast interview with Calvin Alkan and Remkus de Vries on the current state of WordPress security.

Here is a nice, short, but very useful video from Paul Charlton who shows how to create a nested post loop in Bricks to group posts in a listing by category. The inspiration for the video was from an article by Maxime Beguin on the Bricks Labs website.

Group member Sagar Patel posted on X about the problem getting plugins approved for WordPress org.

Did you know that WordPress org now has a job board? Job postings are available in 11 categories.