This is a good discussion between Dave Foy and Nathan Wrigley about how Dave has shifted from long video courses to live cohort learning.

Katie Keith did some research to ask about plugins whose sales were in decline or flat. There are some interesting findings such that 80% of plugin sales were the same or lower as last year and different types of plugins are more vulnerable than others.

Cloudflare’s year in review is an interesting browse to see what technologies are being used. It shows WordPress as 47% of sites using a Content Management System.

Curious what was popular during Black Friday? Here are the top 10 sellers according to a poll in the WPLTDS Facebook group. There was at least one surprise.

This discussion on WP Product Talk is very relevant given the recent push back on the Bricks 2.2 beta. Melissa Love started as an add-on developer for Divi and now develops for the Kadence ecosystem. Zack Katz is the creator of GravityKit, an add-on for Gravity Forms. Katie Keith from Barn2 creates add-ons for WooCommerce. They touch on pretty much all angles related to building on top of another product, well worth a watch.

The WP Awards 2025 winners have been announced. Congratulations to all of the winners. There were some that I would expect and there were some surprises. Advanced Themer was voted best Bricks Addon. The WPManage Ninja team came in first for the forms, membership, and marketing automation categories.

A challenge for developers is how to market and sell their plugins. In this interview Nathan Wrigley speaks with Dave Grey, the author of Nag Me Not. In the podcast they talk about a sponsorship model, which might be a good option for certain types of plugins. If you don’t want to listen, there is a nice summary on the page.

The State of the Word 2025 recording is now available. It seems that WordPress is doing well.

A reminder that the files in the uploads folder are publicly accessible if you know the URL … which may have been how the UK budget leaked early.