About this episode.

The podcast today features Josepha Haden Chomphosy.

Josepha is the Executive Director of the WordPress project, and as such, she has been at the forefront of WordPress' evolution for many years. For the last six years, Josepha has worked full time on the project, and has been the release lead, as well as being involved with community events.

Many of the WordPress updates that you've seen recently have been under her stewardship, and she's heavily involved in the project's roadmap, and so talking with her about the past, present and future of WordPress seemed like the perfect topic.

Briefly, the points discussed are:

Josepha's discovery of WordPress and its community;how she considers that community in the many decisions she needs to make to push the project forward;who can be involved and how one can join in;the release of Gutenberg and how the turbulence of its introduction into WordPress core led her to rethink how the community is involved in such releases;the concern that contributors are sometimes working in ways that are not sustainable;how Josepha wants to ensure that contributors have the tools that they need to do their work; andhow she wants to leverage LearnWP to make it easier for WordPress' growing audience to make the most of the software.

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Mentioned in this episode.

Josepha's 'Big Picture Goals 2021' postSite Editing MilestonesMaking WordPress Releases EasierWordPress Contributors Discuss Scaling Back Releases: “4 Major Releases Is Not a Viable Plan in 2021”The first episode of Josepha's podcast, WP BriefingJosepha's personal blog