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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Dimitar Dimitrov from WordCamp Plovdiv 2019

    May 19, 2019 - By 

    #WPDEVMAG is bringing the exclusive interview with Dimitar Dimitrov from WordCamp Plovdiv 2019. Dimitrov talked about this year event, held couple days ago, and he shared his experience and impressions as the organizer of WC Plovdiv 2019. Enjoy! Give us short info about WordCamp Plovdiv 2019 and your role!? My name is Dimitar Dimitrov and I’m the lead organizer of WordCamp Plovdiv. This is the first WordCamp in the rich history of my home town Plovdiv, but since the event went so well and had more attendees than we expected I’m hoping that many more WordCamps will come to Plovdiv…

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    NEW PODCAST AND BLOG OF MATT MULLENWEG: Distributed.blog

    May 17, 2019 - By 

    WordPress now powers one-third of the web and Automattic has 900 employees in 68 countries. They’re proof that distributed work can scale. But what does it mean for the future of business?, Matt Mullenweg is asking on his new blog about distributed work. Mullenweg started a new podcast and blog on distributed.blog. The first podcast episode is having CEO of Upwork, Stephane Kasriel as a guest. He talked about the broken American dream and how can it be fixed. Kasriel is an immigrant and says that he long believed in the American dream — the idea that if you work…

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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Milan Đorđević from WordCamp Niš 2019

    May 11, 2019 - By 

    WordCamp Niš 2019 in Serbia was started by two WordPress developers, colleagues at the Serbian web company Shindiri Studio, Milan Đorđević and Aleksandar Predić. We had a pleasure to talk with Milan about their work on WordCamp, about this year program and event, but also about the local WordPress community, Gutenberg, etc. Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WordCamp Niš… Aleksandar was the one that had the idea of starting our own WordPress community in our city. It began as an attempt to spread out the WordPress community from Belgrade to other cities. We have successfully organized our first WP Meetup…

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    YOLOX FROM ANCORA THEMES: Creative, fresh and smooth WordPress theme

    May 9, 2019 - By 

    Power Elite Author on ThemeForest, Ancora Themes development team, has published a new WordPress theme called “Yolox”. Ancora Themes developers are having an outstanding and very impressive portfolio of over 180 WordPress themes published. As stated by Ancora Themes, Yolox is a clean and modern Business Blog and Startup Magazine WordPress Theme. It’s 4.0+ tested and approved. The creativity of a development team is something you will notice at first sight. Good colors, refreshing approach in UX and positive vibe are few things that should be mentioned in a description of Yolox. This development team is having over 180 WordPress…

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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Kevin Brennan from WordCamp Calgary 2019

    May 8, 2019 - By 

    In the exclusive interview with Kevin Brennan, “the first one among the best ones” of WordCamp Calgary 2019, we have highlighted this year program, talked about a trend of content as one of the leading subjects of WordCamp sessions globally, about Gutenberg revolution, etc. Enjoy! Please, introduce us shortly with WordCamp Calgary… This will be our 7th WordCamp Calgary! We host the event at historic Fort Calgary which makes for a fun juxtaposition between the old and the new of a tech conference. We’re expecting 130 attendees, 20 speakers, and a dozen volunteers. The event has three streams; Content, Design…

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    THE NAME IS “JACO”: WordPress 5.2 released

    May 8, 2019 - By 

    Version 5.2 of WordPress, named “Jaco” in honor of renowned and revolutionary jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in this update make it easier than ever to fix your site if something goes wrong. There are even more robust tools for identifying and fixing configuration issues and fatal errors. Whether you are a developer helping clients or you manage your site solo, these tools can help get you the right information when you need it, WordPress stated in the official release. This release was led by Matt Mullenweg, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, and Gary…

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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Mary Job from WordCamp Lagos 2019

    May 7, 2019 - By 

    In the exclusive interview with Mary Job, we’re bringing you the story about forthcoming WordCamp Lagos 2019. Cutting-edge level event is a result of the devoted work of this excellent manager and her team in Lagos. Here is what Mary told us about the WordPress community and WordCamp in Lagos… Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WC LAGOS… The WordPress community in Lagos was formed in the year 2014 by Tunbosun Ayinla, a Plugin Developer and WordPress Open Source Contributor. The community hosts monthly free presentations, meet and greets, and workshops over the past few years. Last year, it held its…

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    2019 WORDPRESS GLOBAL COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP: How much for priceless!?

    May 6, 2019 - By 

    WordPress Global Community Sponsorship Program is probably the most important initiative and program in the WordPress ecosystem. This year “angels guardians” of WordPress community are Jetpack, WooCommerce, Bluehost, Liquid Web, GoDaddy, GreenGeeks and Dreamhost. There are three types of WordPress Global Community Sponsorships. Gold Community Sponsors, Silver Community Sponsors, and Bronze Community Sponsors. Jetpack, WooCommerce, Bluehost, Liquid Web, GoDaddy, GreenGeeks and Dreamhost are the companies of the WordPress ecosystem of the highest quality which are also the biggest market stakeholders. It is satisfying to see that they perceive their role in the global WordPress community in the right way. We…

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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Marek Daňko from WordCamp Košice 2019

    May 6, 2019 - By 

    #WPDEVMAG talked to one of the organizers of the WordCamp Košice 2019, Marek Daňko, and he introduced us with this excellent event, in the same time giving us a wider picture of the WordPress community and trends in Slovakia. Marek Daňko is the project manager at WordPress agency, Webikon. He is actively organizing WordPress Meetups and WordCamp in Košice. Enjoy! Please, introduce us with WordCamp Košice!? The WordCamp Košice 2019 is the second season of WordCamp in our city. After Bratislava and Žilina, Košice is the third Slovak city where WordCamp has been held. Since our Slovak community is very…

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    FELDMAN ON MARKETING: There’s a whole list of things! (VIDEO)

    May 5, 2019 - By 

    Official YouTube channel of Freemius has published a very interesting presentation of founder and CEO of Freemius, Vova Feldman. The presentation was given on WordCamp Riga 2017. “How to Build a Sustainable WordPress Plugin or Theme Business in The Subscriptions Economy” is the head title of this excellent presentation. It’s 44 minutes of “very valuable experience” presented. He talked about the knowledge that one developer needs to have for processes of monetization and marketing of the product, emphasizing that “it usually takes 3 to 5 years” to learn everything and to be fluent in the business. Feldman took his project…

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    EXCLUSIVE HIGHLIGHTS: Hannah Smith from WordCamp Bristol 2019

    May 4, 2019 - By 

    #WPDEVMAG is presenting the exclusive interview with Hannah Smith, the co-lead and marketing manager of WordCamp Bristol 2019. Hannah is an experienced WordPress expert and manager with many projects successfully created. We talked about forthcoming WordCamp in Bristol, about work and experiences of a team and people behind this event, the importance of the sponsorships of the global and local companies, the impact of Gutenberg on the WordPress ecosystem, etc. So, here we go… Enjoy!  Please, introduce us shortly with the history of WC Bristol… and give us basic info about this year event!? The first WC Bristol was held…