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159 people leave Automattic, WordPress Executive Director steps down
WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy has left Automattic, along with 159 other employees who accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with CEO Matt Mullenweg’s handling of the ongoing WP Engine feud. In a blog post yesterday, Mullenweg said Automattic employees were offered $30,000 or six months salary, whichever was higher, but…
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WordPress YouTubers challenge “outdated” philosophy
WordPress’ philosophy has sparked debate among WordPress YouTubers, who argue that it’s outdated, misaligned with the current needs of its diverse users—in particular freelancers and agency users—and needs updating. The philosophy was a key focus of last week’s Uniting WordPress YouTubers call, organized by Automattic-sponsored contributor Anne McCarthy, who invited long-time core committer Aaron Jorbin…
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Is a marketing consortium the solution to WordPress’s stagnating market share?
Could WordPress soon have a marketing consortium to tackle the project’s stagnating market share? During this week’s episode of WP Product Talk, Miriam Schwab, Head of WordPress Relations at Elementor, proposed forming a marketing consortium of major WordPress companies. The goal? To pool resources and develop a clear, sustained marketing strategy to compete with aggressive…
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State of the Word 2024: Ticket requests open for Tokyo event
Folks can now request one of the 300 tickets available for this year’s State of the Word, scheduled for December 16 in Tokyo, Japan. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will deliver his 18th annual address to a live audience at Tokyo Node Hall in the Toranomon Hills Station Tower. The event will be live streamed via…
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WordPress YouTube channel gets new leadership with Jamie Marsland
Jamie Marsland has been tapped to join Automattic as their WordPress.org team’s Head of WordPress YouTube. In an announcement on WordPress.org, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy said Marsland had taken over the management of the WordPress YouTube channel, describing him as the “ideal person to lead our efforts in expanding and enhancing our YouTube…
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First glimpse of Twenty Twenty-Five designs revealed
The flexible, design-driven block theme plays on the idea that simple things should be intuitive while complex things should be possible.
