This week I review another WordPress alternative: Joomla!

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Minneapolis/St Paul - Aug 21

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 5.5

Segment 2:  WordPress alternative: Joomla!

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Plugin:  WP downgrade

This weeks sponsor is FacetWP

This week I share my experience in my first sabbatical.

Upcoming Events

• 48 in 48 -  October 2-4

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 5.5 Release Candidate 2  - WordPress 5.5 is slated for release on August 11, 2020,
• Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 700,000 Sites Using Divi, Extra, and Divi Builder
• WordCamp US 2020 Canceled Due to Pandemic Stress and Online Event Fatigue
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• Big Orange Heart (formally known as WP & UP) has a survey

Segment 2:  My 1-week sabbatical recap.

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• DocketWP.com

This week I interview Sally Gradle

Upcoming Events

• No Events. :(

Segment 1: In the News

• No news!

Segment 2:  This week I interview Sally Gradle

Sally’s 3 tools

1. Todoist app
2.  Lenovo Thinkpad
3.  Rocketbook

Follow:

• twitter @yepitssal
• website: blueorchidwebsite.com

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Video Speed controller

This week I answer listener questions

Upcoming Events

• WordCampus is this week.  July 29-30
• WordPress.com Growth Summit - August 11-13  Blog post

Segment 1: In the News

• WP 5.5 Beta 3

Segment 2:  Listener Q/A

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• WooCommerce Product Vendors add-on

This week I talk about prelaunch checklists for ecommerce/membership sites.

Upcoming Events

• WPMRR Summit - 📅 Sept 23 & 24

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 5.5 Beta 2   - August 11th
• WordCamp Europe 2021 Will Be Online  —  in a year!
• 2 Million Users Affected by Vulnerability in All in One SEO Pack   (WordFence)
• NY Times article w/Matt Mullenweg
• AWeber free level

Segment 2:  Prelaunch checklist update — ecommerce / membership sites!

• Previous checklist episode 213

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Professional WordPress Plugin Development, 2nd Edition

This week I talk about Penetration Testing your WordPress website.

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Los Angeles 2020  - call for speakers
• WP Campus 2020 July 29 - 30

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 5.5 Beta 1

Segment 2:  Pen Testing for WordPress

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Chrome Extension:  Viewport Resizer – Responsive Testing Tool

This week I share another CMS Alternative: Tilda.CC

Upcoming Events

• No WC’s.

Segment 1: In the News

• GiveWP 2.7
• https://managewp.org/  gone?  

Segment 2:  WordPress alternative #4: Tilda.cc

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• PressBooks

This week I share the legal docs you might want to have in your arsenal.

Upcoming Events

• none. :(

Segment 1: In the News

• New Release: PeepSo 2.7.12 and Gecko 2.7.12.0
• Smash Balloon to the WPBeginner Family of Products

Segment 2:  The Legal Docs you need to have in place…

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• HeyMeta.com

This week I interviewed Joe Simpson

Upcoming Events

WordCamp Philadelphia, PA September 26, 2020!

Segment 1: In the News

Yoast Acquires Duplicate Post, Brings on Creator Enrico Battocchi as a Senior Developer

Last week PHP celebrated 25 years… this week.. WordPress Bumps Minimum PHP Recommendation to 7.2

Segment 2:  Interview with Joe Simpson

Joes Tools:

elementor

jetpack

Yoast

Follow Joe

Twitter: @joesimpsonjr

Web: joesimpsonjr.info

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater

This week I take a look at SpinupWP

Upcoming Events

• OpenJS World 2020 Conference Goes Virtual, Tickets Are Free: June 23–24

Segment 1: In the News

PHP Marks 25 Years!

WordCamp Europe 2020 highlights

Segment 2:  SpinupWP Review

Past episodes mentioned: 

• Episode 180 - Digital Ocean
• Episode 262 - Amazon Web Services

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• NomadList.com