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In this episode, Marcus Couch and I are joined by James Giroux, Envato's WordPress evangelist. We discuss a number of topics including what he's accomplished since taking over the position in January, the item support policy change, and author driven pricing.

We also find out what his favorite part of the job is and what he enjoys most about his role at Envato. Last but not least, we discover what the company is doing to shorten the length of time it takes to get through the review queue.

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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Andrea Middleton, who works at Automattic as a Community Organizer for the WordPress open source project. We discuss a number of topics including, updates to the WordCamp Central website, the for-profit subsidiary, and the experimental WordCamp incubator program.

At the conclusion of our interview with Middleton, Mendel Kurland, GoDaddy's Evangelist, joined us to describe his experiences attending DrupalCons. DrupalCons are events similar to WordCamps but on a larger scale. He tells us what the similarities and differences are and the unique things they do that he'd like to see WordCamps adopt. We close out the show with Marcus' plugin picks of the week.

Stories Discussed:

WordPress 4.5.2 Patches Two Security Vulnerabilities

Automattic is Protecting its Woo, WooThemes, and WooCommerce Trademarks

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

Disable WordPress Core Update Email allows used to disable the default notification email sent by WordPress after an automatic core update is applied.

Downgrade enables users to easily downgrade WordPress to an earlier version. It's a handy diagnostics tool that helps determine if a new WordPress release is the cause of errors.

Woo Customer Insight provides greater insight into what visitors are doing on your sites. It allows you to see the pages your customers are visiting, where they're clicking, the time spent on the different pages, and more.

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On this episode of WordPress Weekly, I describe my experience attending WordCamp Chicago 2016 this past weekend. Marcus Couch and I then discuss the news of the week including a new tool that helps WordCamp organizers create customized name badges.

We also have a lengthy discussion on the freemium business model and how it's affecting users of themes and plugins downloaded from the official directories. Last but not least, we talk about WooCommerce Connect, a new SaaS tool from Automattic that has a tight relationship with Jetpack.

Stories Discussed:

WordCamp Organizers Get New Tool for Creating Personalized WordCamp Badges

WordPress is Now 100% Translated Into Marathi

Templatic Hacked, Files and Databases Compromised

WordPress Theme Review Team Votes on New Guidelines to Ban Obtrusive Upselling

Automattic Introduces WooCommerce Connect, Hosted Components for E-Commerce

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

RSS Feed Canceller provides more control over your RSS feed. You can turn it on or off per post and control whether or not a post is excluded from the feed.

TLD WooCommerce Downloadable Product Update Emails is a simple plugin that notifies customers who purchased a downloadable product via email that there's an update available.

Inline Click To Tweet allows authors to highlight text from within the visual editor and make it tweetable by clicking within the post or page.

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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news of the week as our guest couldn't make it.

Marcus shares his experience at WordCamp San Diego this past weekend and offers feedback to the organizing team. We let you know what's in the recently released WordPress update and discuss what happens to the data WordPress.org collects from users sites. As usual, Marcus ends the show with his plugin picks of the week.

Stories Discussed:

WordPress 4.5.1 Fixes 12 Bugs

Global WordPress Translation Day Draws 448 Participants from 105 Countries

WordPress for iOS Adds Geotag Support, Comment Moderation Gestures

WordPress 4.6 to Update Theme Filter Tags in the Admin

What WordPress.org Does with the Data it Collects from Users Sites

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

Video Gallery - YouTube and Vimeo Video Gallery is a responsive plugin that allows you to show YouTube and Vimeo videos in various formats.

OnSale Page for WooCommerce is an extension for WooCommerce that enables you to have a On Sale page with paging, sorting, and filtering options.

Embed Google AdWords Codes on WooCommerce enables users to implement Google AdWords conversion tracking to determine how effective ads are. It provides information such as the number of clicks that are generating sales.

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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Mika Epstein. Epstein reviews plugins before they're added to the WordPress plugin directory and volunteers on the WordPress support forums. We learn what the plugin review process is like and common security issues she discovers. I was shocked to learn that Epstein has experienced some of the worst in people from denying plugins into the directory.

We discuss the idea of a WordPress notifications center and how it could help keep users aware of issues on their sites. Last but not least, she gives us a heads up on common issues that have been reported on the support forums since the release of WordPress 4.5.

Plugins Picked By Marcus:

Ask Me Anything (Anonymously), by Arun Basil Lal from India, enables users to easily add a page or widget using a shortcode where visitors can ask you questions anonymously and you can list them along with your answers.

Admin Cleanup, by Matt Gibbs from Charlottesville, VA, lets you hide menu items (e.g. Tools) entirely, or move them into the WordPress Admin Bar.

Logic Shortcodes, by Samuel Diethelm from Marbella, Spain, enables the use of [if] shortcodes to work with conditional logic based on post meta or taxonomy terms on posts and pages. With conditional logic for taxonomy terms, you can use names, slugs or term_ids. For example: [if taxonomy="category" slug="cars"]Content to show[/if]

Dispensary Coupons, by Robert DeVore from Michigan, allows you to prominently display discounts on flower, tinctures, edibles and more with a simple shortcode or widget.

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In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Mike Schroder who led the WordPress 4.5 release cycle. Schroder tells us what it’s like to release software to millions of websites across the world. We learn about the checklists and processes he went through on launch (more...)

In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the news of the week, including a big move for VersionPress as it transitions into an open source project. We provide an update on the development status of bbPress and BuddyPress. We also share details of a critical security (more...)

We didn’t have a guest this week so Marcus Couch and I discuss the latest news and events happening in the WordPress community. We update listeners as to the status of the W3 Total Cache plugin. This segues into a conversation on whether caching plugins are necessary considering the improvements (more...)

In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Topher DeRosia to learn about the origins of HeroPress. DeRosia explains his motivation for creating the site and why despite not reaching his crowdfunding goal, decided to press on. We also discuss the impact the essays are (more...)

In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I discuss the symptoms of burnout and share tips on how to prevent it. We provide a status update on WordPress 4.5 and discuss my experience hooking up a site to Apple News Publisher. To round out the show, Marcus shares (more...)