This week I share 5 ways to have the The Optimal Work/Life Balance

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Kansai 2024 - February–24

Segment 1: In the News

• 2023 Annual Survey Results and Next Steps
• Bricks 1.9.6.1 Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability

Segment 2: 5 ways to have the The Optimal Work/Life Balance

Past episodes mentioned:

• Podcast E271 – Dealing with a bout of Burnout
• Podcast E225 – Beating Entrepreneur Burnout

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Book: Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every

This week I answer listener questions.

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Pune, India 7 February, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• Early Opportunities to Test WordPress 6.5
• Your Pulse Monitor

Segment 2: Listener Q/A

1. I tried to upload a plugin… and go the WordPress Error "Incompatible Archive" - whats up?
   1. Use snippet:
      1. add_filter( 'unzip_file_use_ziparchive', '__return_false' );
2. Can I remove my old website from the internet?
3. What is the WordPress REST API, and how can I use it?
   1. RestAPI Learn WordPress Tutorial

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Dmarcian Record Wizard

This weeks episode is sponsored by Memberful

This week I share updates from past interviews.

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Phoenix - 9 February–10 February, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 6.4.3 – Maintenance and Security release
• WordCamp Asia 2024 – A Comprehensive Guide for Attendees

Segment 2: I share updates from past interviews.

• Topher DeRosia
• Devin Walker
• Marc Benzakein

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Plugin: Interactive GEO Maps

This weeks episode is sponsored by

MEMBERFUL

This week I talk about LiveChat vs ChatBots

Upcoming Events

WordPress Photo Festival 3 February–10 February, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

Plugin Hacked - Better Search & Replace

Segment 2: LiveChat vs ChatBots

Past episode mentioned: KSWP E133

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

BotPress

This week I talk about Email Authentication

Upcoming Events

• WordPress Web Challenge 27 January, 2024 Jakarta

Segment 1: In the News

• ACF WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 2+ Million Site. Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) WordPress plugin with over 2 million installations announced the release of a security update, version 6.2.5 that patches a vulnerability, the severity of which is not known and only limited details were released about the vulnerability.

Segment 2: Authenticating Emails

• SPF Records sample
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.example.com ~all
• DKIM Sample
  • default._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC2jKmmNxWVP8qDnBfYVPJrgG1dnHD5cP2IcQIDAQAB"
• DMARC sample
  • v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; sp=none

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• KOTTKE.ORG

This week I talk about Three Startup Strategies Unveiled

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Zaragoza - 19 January–20 January, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• Matt Mullenweg "Data Liberation in 2024"

Segment 2: Three Startup Strategies Unveiled

• Sign up for my Build In Public project

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Git Blame
• VS Code Add On

This weeks sponsor is: OmniSend

This week I Dive Into Project Management Tools: Asana

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Nepal 2024 - 12 January–13 January, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• WP Engine has a list of conferences

Segment 2: Project Management Tools: Asana

• Previous episode mentioned: Podcast E255 – Picking a Project Management Methodology

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Multi Device Website Mockup Generator

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This weeks episode is sponsored by Omnisend & Memberful

This week I Share How To Track Goals With UTM

Upcoming events

• Kolkata CareerCamp - 6 January, 2024

Segment 1: In the News

• WP Briefing Podcast - Josepha Haden Chomphosy - Reflections on the State of The Word.

Segment 2: How To Track Goals With UTM

Segment 3- Tip/Tool of the week

• GA - Campaign URL Builder

This weeks episode is sponsored by Omnisend & Memberful

This week I Talk About The Business North Star

Upcoming Events

• No events

Segment 1: In the News

• Some interesting stats from W3Techs

Segment 2: The Business North Star

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://photofunia.com/

This week I answer listener questions.

Upcoming Events

No WordCamps - standard as the time of year.

Upcoming Events

• No WordCamps

Segment 1: In the News

• State Of the Word - recording avail

Segment 2: Listener Q/A

1. What was your most favorite & Least Favorite WordCamp Talk and Least Favorite - Stephen
2. What do you recommend for gathering all the different logins to a website/hosting.. — Stephen
3. What are hooks and filters? -Anon
4. I'm just starting off with an online store — and want to use email marketing to ideally get traction… what are you top 3 ways to do so? - Madison

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Gifts! —> The Conspiracy Calendar — ICS file
  • Use code flatearth for 20% off!