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This week on WPwatercooler we’re celebrating episode 400 of the show! We talk about the comments left on the YouTube channel, the many awesome people we have on the show, and what our plans are for next year leading up to 10 years! Here is to 9 years of being “The Most Influential WordPress Podcast” (much like every restaurant in Vegas is the best ****** in Vegas) Jason wrote a blog post about the last nine years Podcasting about WordPress, what I learned in 9 years go give it a read. We put out a press release for this episode, check it out! You can also read more about this on our Press page WPwatercooler-Press-Release-400-EpisodesDownload Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Support

This week on WPwatercooler we’re discussing WordPress plugin pricing and we asked Scott Kingsley Clark to join us again. In the last episode, we almost talked about this so we thought we’d do an entire show about it for our 399th episode. Next week is our 400th episode AND it’s our 9th year of doing this show, crazy right?! Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Scott Kingsley Clark – scottkclark.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads every month. We’re not jus

This week on WPwatercooler we’re discussing Gutenberg and the use of custom fields with blocks. We asked Scott Kingsley Clark to join us on the show, he’s the lead developer of the Pods Framework which among other things deals with custom fields and Gutenberg blocks. Full Show Notes https://www.wpwatercooler.com/video/ep398-gutenberg-blocks-and-custom-fields/ Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Scott Kingsley Clark – scottkclark.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwa

We thought we'd introduce you to Dev Branch the show we'd been doing for a few years now on WPwatercooler Network. We do this show on the first Friday of each month. This month on Dev Branch we’re discussing developing the content to develop WordPress developers with Hauwa Abashiya and Courtney Engle Robertson. Who can Learn help? – Make WordPress Training https://make.wordpress.org/training/2021/08/08/who-can-learn-help/ PROPOSAL – Learner Achievements on Profiles https://make.wordpress.org/training/2021/08/10/proposal-learner-achievements-on-profiles/ High-Level Roadmap to Learning WordPress Development – Make WordPress Training https://make.wordpress.org/training/2021/05/03/high-level-roadmap-to-learning-wordpress-development/ Learn WordPress https://learn.wordpress.org/   Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Courtney Engle Robertson – courtneyengle.com Hauwa Abashiya – twitter.com/hawiea Show Sponsors Desktop Ser

This week on WPwatercooler we’re discussing the WordPress blackmarket – GPL Clubs. We discussed this topic back in 2014 and with the rise of these clubs, we’re circling back around and discussing it again. https://www.wpwatercooler.com/video/ep118-gpl-trademarks-re-selling-peoples-plugins-opp-dec-29-2014/

This week on the show we’ll have a few friends in the WordPress community stop by to discuss the changing WordPress ecosystem. Chris wrote a blog post recently that was linked from a few places we all frequent. The Changing WordPress Ecosystem – Chris Wiegman is a good read. “The learning curve is now extremely high regardless of past [WordPress] experience.” This quote resonated with us as a group over here at WPwatercooler. All of us have been using WordPress one way or another for over a decade, yet, WordPress is ever changing and so many new features, systems and entire ecosystem changes are taking place. This is going to be a good episode, please take a moment and share it with your friends and community members, we’d appreciate it. This episode will go live at 11:00am Pacific on Friday August 20th, see you in the chat. The deeper I get with modern WP dev the more I understand why newer devs don’t like to work on it. This is not the same project as it was in the past. The learning curve is now extreme

In this episode of WPwatercooler, we’re going to be discussing what makes a good WordPress plugin? Obviously, over the 8 years we’ve been doing this show the answers have changed a bit but many have stayed the same. Is it a good user interface, one that looks like it’s supposed to be there? Is it good support? New features added all the time or what? Join us as we discuss this topic, leave yours in the comments we’d love to read them. Panel Jason Tucker – https://jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut - https://www.zeek.com Jason Cosper – https://jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Project Panorama is a visual project management platform for WordPress that keeps clients happy and eliminates the headaches that cost you time and money when managing projects. Check them out at https://projectpanorama.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your produ

This week on the show we’re discussing the new WordPress version 58 release named “Tatum”. WordPress 58 Development Cycle – Make WordPress Core News – WordPress 58 Tatum – WordPress.org What’s New in WordPress 58 (Full Site Editing, WebP Images, Global Styles and Settings, and Much More) WordPress 58 – Yoast WordPress 58 “Tatum” – Technical First Impressions Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads e

his week on the show we’re discussing tools that we use when building WordPress websites. Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads every month. We’re not just a YouTube Show. https://www.wpwatercooler.com/sponsor

This week on the show we’re discussing something that every WordPress site owner has to deal with, updating WordPress plugins. Many close their eyes and press the update button but some plan ahead, test, look at code, and test again before pressing that update button. In this episode, we’re going to share the methods we use to do these updates. Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads every month. We’re

This week on WPwatercooler we’re discussing set it and forget it websites, you know the website you built for your friend and they never logged into it since the day you handed over the password. That website you build for a company in your city that uses it but has never logged into it. We’re going to discuss the pitfalls of these websites and what solutions are there for sites like these. Panel Jason Tucker – https://jasontucker.blog Sé Reed – https://sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – https://jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com Project Panorama is a visual project management platform for WordPress that keeps clients happy and eliminates the headaches that cost you time and money when managing projects. Check them out at https://projectpanorama.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repur

With all of the acquisitions occurring in the WordPress space we asked friend of the show Cory Miller from Business Value Academy and Post Status to discuss with us these various acquisitions and what to expect in the future. Buy and Sell WordPress Businesses-FlipWP Awesome Motive Major Acquisitions in the WordPress Market (2021 Included) WP Engine to Acquire Flywheel Hunter S. Thompson ProfilePress Rebrands and Repurposes WP User Avatar, Now a Membership Plugin, Users Revolt via the WordPress Review System – WordPress Tavern What Is The Next Acquisition? We joked that Contact Form 7 could be purchased Sé thinks Gravity Forms https://www.gravityforms.com Jason thinks that Matt will buy a backpack company https://ma.tt/category/in-my-bag/ Cory thinks EDD https://easydigitaldownloads.com Steve says Ninja Forms https://www.ninjaforms.com/ Cosper says Hello Dolly https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dolly/ Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut – zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper –

On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be continuing our discussion from Securing WordPress: Bots and Hackers but this time talking about how you can secure your WordPress site from people you know such as developers, contractors building the site, and your users if they are logging into the site at any point. There is a lot to talk about in this episode! Terminated Employee Deleted Client Websites [PA] Web Designer Strikes Back at Fitness SF, Hijacks Their Site [Update] Stream – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All Expire Users – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org Security Series EP388 - Securing WordPress: Bots and Hackers EP389 - Securing WordPress Users and Devs Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Steve Zehngut - zeek.com Sé Reed – sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com LOFT provides support for WordPress sites — including

On this episode of WPwatercooler we will be discussing how you can secure your WordPress website to defend against bots and hackers. This is a question that comes up all the time at our local WordPress Meetups and at our WordCamps and we thought we'd share with you the best methods to do so as well as understand what the information you get out of these tools should mean to you. Panel Jason Tucker – jasontucker.blog Sé Reed - sereedmedia.com Jason Cosper – jasoncosper.com Dan Walmsley - goldsounds.com Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com WPsitesync – https://www.wpsitesync.com LOFT provides support for WordPress sites — including disaster preparedness, patches, maintenance and plugin management, content updates, and more — all for a flat monthly fee. Right now they’re offering a free trial. Check them out at https://poweredbyloft.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supportin

On this episode of WPwatercooler, we’ll be discussing Gutenberg Full-Site Editing in WordPress. We got Jason to start using Gutenberg, lets see what he has to say about it. Join us on Discord Sponsored by ServerPress makers of Desktop Server, they make local WordPress development easy! carolinan/fullsiteediting Full Site Editing – Learn about block based themes Full Site Editing Go/No Go ACF Extended ACF | Synchronized JSON wpsitesync.com Paw–The most advanced API tool for Mac Testing Full Site Editing in WordPress – helenhousandi on Twitch

The WordPress dashboard, it’s been the same since the beginning. Can you customize the WordPress dashboard? What plugins can you use to do this? Why would you you want to? White Label CMS – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org Adminimize – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org 10 Free Plugins for Customizing the WordPress Dashboard Custom Dashboard Widgets – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org Dashboard quick links widget – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org Elegant Themes – Divi Admin Dashboard Layout Admin Columns Pro-WordPress Content Management Plugin Support Details.com [Get Your Browser Version, System Information & More] Panel Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker​ Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter.com/boogah​ Sé Reed @sereedmedia https://twitter.com/sereedmedia Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com/​ WPsitesync https://www.wpsitesync.com/ Are You Looking For Brand Awareness?

On this episode, we will be discussing the release of WordPress 5.7. This release is named after Esperanza Spalding, a modern musical prodigy. As with all WordPress released, we will break down the latest changes to the release and what we have noticed about it. Full Site Editing Pre-Merge Overview – Team Updates Early Thoughts on WP5.8 Planning – Make WordPress Core multiverse diary WordPress 5.7: Top 21 Features & Improvements REST API Changes in WordPress 5.7 – Make WordPress Core Download jQuery Updating jQuery version shipped with WordPress – Make WordPress Core New features Block Editor Changes WP Admin and it's new color palette HTTP to HTTPS in a single click New Robots API Cleaning up jQuery 3.5.1 Lazy-load iFrames WordPress Field Guide. It highlights developer notes for each change you may want to be aware of: WordPress 5.7 Field Guide   Panel Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker​ Steve Zehngut @zengy https://twitter.com/zengy​ Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter

This week we’re discussing WordPress releases and moving slow and fixing things. Making WordPress Releases Easier – Make WordPress Core The Four Seasons of WordPress Core Updates-2021 How Can WordPress Core and Plugin Development Maintain A Healthy Working Relationship? Panel Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker​ Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter.com/boogah​ Sé Reed @sereedmedia https://twitter.com/sereedmedia Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com/​ WPsitesync https://www.wpsitesync.com/ Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You could be a show sponsor. Let people know you’re still in business and supporting your products. Supporting podcasts is a great way to repurpose your in-person conference budget. We have been sponsored by big brands such as Kinsta and Cloudways. Why not get your audience in front of the thousands of people who download this show every month? Yes, WPwatercooler has thousands of downloads every month. We’re not just a YouTube Sho

How did WordPress get to 40%? Panel: Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker Steve Zehngut @zengy https://twitter.com/zengy Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter.com/boogah Sé Reed @sereedmedia https://twitter.com/sereedmedia Show Sponsors: Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com/ WPsitesync https://www.wpsitesync.com/

This week we’re discussing what site owners should do when managing WordPress plugin updates, changes to a plugin, and what about plugin abandonment from the developer? WP Lookout Lets WordPress Users Track and Receive Notifications for Their Preferred Plugins and Themes – WordPress Tavern Panel Jason Tucker @jasontucker https://twitter.com/jasontucker Steve Zehngut @zengy https://twitter.com/zengy Jason Cosper @boogah https://twitter.com/boogah Show Sponsors Desktop Server – ServerPress https://serverpress.com/ WPsitesync https://www.wpsitesync.com/ The Events Calendar –  is the number one calendar and event ticket plugin on WordPress for a reason – it’s built by WordPress and events experts who know what it takes to succeed when events are part of your business. Whether it’s a weekly virtual class or a robust event ticketing solution- The Events Calendar has you covered. Use code WPwatercooler to save 20% on a new purchase today! https://theeventscalendar.com Are You Looking For Brand Awareness? You c