WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy is coordinating a second women and nonbinary release squad for the 6.4 release, which is anticipated to land in November 2023. In 2020, WordPress 5.6 “Simone” was led by an all-women and non-binary identifying release squad, a first in WordPress’ history, and Haden Chomphosy is proposing the project go for it again. “Having a …
9 Marketing Strategies for Startups to Boost Growth and Visibility
Outshine your competition with these innovative, lesser-known marketing tactics that will help your startup stand out and gain the attention it deserves. View original post at Entrepreneur…
TeamWP Launches Team Experience Index To Measure Employee Engagement and Satisfaction in the WordPress Ecosystem
In February 2023, James Giroux founded TeamWP, a project that aims to advocate for open, people-first workplaces in the WordPress ecosystem. His first initiative was to launch the Team Experience Index, a benchmark employee engagement survey designed specifically for people working in the world of WordPress. “The distributed nature of WordPress companies means they often lack the resources and knowledge …
How Your Business Can Harness the Power of Celebrity Endorsements to Skyrocket Your Online Growth and Brand Awareness
Here’s how celebrity endorsements can boost your brand and some tips for how to go about getting a celebrity on board. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Engagement Tips to Woo Clients and Extend the Honeymoon Phase
Having a brilliant website isn’t enough. Even if your business came with a substantial, pre-existing customer base (and let’s face it, most don’t), continuing communication is essential for retainment and growth. Running a successful business means building and maintaining a connection with your clients – existing and potential. There are, of course, many ways to reach your business prospects in …
Gutenberg 15.5 Introduces Experimental Grid Layout Support
Gutenberg 15.5 was released this week with more new features and refinements to WordPress’ full-site editing capabilities. The project will soon be moving on to Phase 3 with real-time collaboration on the roadmap, but there are still many improvements on the way for the Site Editor and core blocks. This release introduces experimental support for grid layouts in the Group …
How Press Releases and News Features Help Your Business
Press releases and news features are used by numerous companies, established and startup, to help build credibility around the brand. This article will highlight the importance of this marketing strategy. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Preferred Languages Feature Plugin Needs Testing
The Preferred Languages project is gaining some momentum with this week’s 2.0 release of the feature plugin. In 2017, WordPress Core Committer Pascal Birchler released a prototype that lets users select multiple preferred languages in their settings so that WordPress will load the first translation available, falling back to the next language in the list. “More than half of all …
Avoid these 4 Fatal Branding Mistakes or Risk Business Failure
Build an authentic brand by avoiding these mistakes. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Improve Site Navigation and WordPress SEO with New SmartCrawl Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are now baked into SmartCrawl, along with another hotly requested feature… setting primary categories for posts and products! SmartCrawl 3.5 gives you the ability to improve your WordPress site navigation for users and search engines with two new powerful features: breadcrumbs, and the ability to specify primary categories when assigning multiple categories to your posts or product pages. In …