Apparently CERN hosts a lot of websites, more than 600. In a win for WordPress, they have moved from Drupal to WordPress.

I watched this interview with Carrie Dils and Karim Marucchi on the WP Minute. It provides a nice overview of the new FAIR Package Manager and also a lot of what is going on behind the scenes.

The author, Jono Alderson, talks about platforms trying to quickly pull in customers, but customers will eventually find these platforms limiting. Of course I can see the flexibility of WordPress, but I don’t agree with the author that all of the messiness of WordPress is a feature.

So it looks like this is a response to Matt pulling access to the WordPress update servers. I guess it took some time to get setup, but the Linux Foundation is a big player. Here is an independent repository for plugins, themes, etc.

An article from Joost looking at innovation in WordPress, and specifically at plugins. Some interesting findings, suggesting I think that innovation is declining (?). The article doesn’t mention premium plugins as a locus for innovation.

As someone who used to make code custom websites, this article does not seem to be informed by experience. For a start, it seems to assume that a custom website doesn’t require ongoing regular maintenance. A “template website” is equated with WordPress, which is mentioned over and over.

This survey finds that companies that switch away from WordPress are happy with the change.

Here is a nice WPCoffeeTalk interview between group members Davinder Singh Kainth and Michelle Frechette.

This is a nice interview of Dave Foy on Shannon Mattern’s Profitable Web Design podcast.