The 22nd issue of the WP Perspectives Newsletter has been published.

Kevin Geary suggests that WordPress should have a funding model and vision rather than rely on the principle of a commons supported solely though donations.

There has been a growing movement for some WordPress product companies to collaborate on promoting WordPress through some joint, neutral, marketing initiatives. Miriam Schwab from Elementor has been one of the proponents of this idea. A meeting was held at WPUS to discuss this and move it forward.

The post on the Make blog is a great summary of the discussion and there are a number of good suggestions. I like the idea of focusing less on marketshare and more on community engagement. I also like the focus on promoting WordPress in education.

Matt Mullenweg’s Q&A at WordCamp US is available. He called out WP Engine for not contributing back to the project.

The WordPress Five for the Future website has been redone using Gutenberg. It looks pretty sharp. I imagine it was done with core blocks and extra CSS.

This blog post from Tammie Lister reflects on her sponsorship to work on default themes. It gives a bit of insight into working in a sponsored position. It also is partly letting people know she is available to be sponsored.

Barbara and Mark Crowell are a husband and wife team who have been in the web design business for a number of years. In this live stream they talk about their journey and changes in the industry. Their discussion of the current state of the market and how they are adapting is pretty interesting. Leads from search have largely dried up and they are doing more white label work.

WordPress market share seems to be on the decline. Miriam Schwab of the Elementor team has suggested that large WordPress companies join together to form a consortium to help market WordPress.

Nominations are open for the WP Awards 2024. The WP Awards allows people to vote for the best WordPress products and services in a number of categories. In order to be included for voting the product or service must be nominated.