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Podcast E662 – The 2026 Black Friday WordPress Readiness Check

This week I Talk About Having Your Website Ready For Black Friday 2026 [powerpress]

How AI Threatens WordPress Plugin Businesses, and the 8 Moats That Still Hold

AI makes plugin features cheap to copy. Here are the 10 ways it attacks a WordPress plugin business and the 8 moats that still hold, with a self-test for each. The post “How AI Threatens WordPress Plugin Businesses, and the… Continue Reading →

Podcast E661 – Control What You Can. Let Go of What You Can’t.

This week I Talk About Control What You Can. Let Go of What You Can’t. [powerpress]

WordPress Alternatives in 2026: Which Ones Are Really Worth It?

Shopify, Squarespace, Webflow, Framer, Ghost, AI site builders and Cloudflare’s EmDash: where each WordPress alternative fits in 2026, and where WordPress still wins. The post “WordPress Alternatives in 2026: Which Ones Are Really Worth It?” first appeared on WP Mayor.

WordPress vs Astro (2026): Which One Fits Your Next Site?

WordPress and Astro can both power a blog, portfolio, or business website, but they give you different starting points. WordPress includes a content management system with an editing dashboard, user accounts, and a media library. Astro is a web framework… Continue Reading →

Podcast E660 – You Got Paid. Now What?

This week I Talk About What Happens After You Get Paid! [powerpress]

Podcast E659 – Six Months Into My Unplanned Sabbatical

This week I Talk About Six Months Into My Unplanned Sabbatical [powerpress]

Podcast E658 – When Past Clients Come Calling

This week I Talk About When Past Clients Come Calling [powerpress]

Podcast E657 – WordPress Is More Than a Website

This week I Talk About How WordPress Is More Than A Website [powerpress]

Podcast E656– Interview with Elijah Mills

This week I Share My Interview with Elijah Mills [powerpress]

Today, WordPress Ended a 16-Year Tradition… Meet Ipsum!

After 16 years, WordPress just killed one of its most recognizable traditions. The predictable “Twenty Something” default themes are history, and their replacement, Ipsum, signals a surprisingly different vision for what WordPress thinks a modern website should start with.

Podcast E655 – Listener Q/A

This week I Answer Listener Questions [powerpress]

Canva Is Quietly Publishing Nearly 1 Million Websites a Month

Canva isn’t just for presentations and social posts anymore. Nearly 1 million websites are now being published through Canva every month—and with 100+ new Visual Suite updates, web designers may want to start paying attention.

Podcast E654 – The Next WordPress Job Titles

This week I Talk About The Next WordPress Job Titles [powerpress]

Podcast E653 – Accessibility After Launch

This week I Talk About Accessibility After Launch [powerpress]

Podcast E652 – The WordCampUS 2026 Recap: Good Conversations, Bigger Questions

This week I Share My Recap From WordCampUS 2026 [powerpress]

Podcast E651 – Is Your WordPress Site AI-Ready?

This week I Talk About If Your WordPress Site AI-Ready? [powerpress]

Podcast E650 – 650 Weeks of Showing Up

This week I Share My 650th Episode Retrospective [powerpress]

Podcast E649 – The 2026 WordPress Website Redesign

This week I Talk About The 2026 WordPress Website Redesign [powerpress]

Podcast E648 – AI Plugin Review #1: NovaMira

This week I Dive Into The NovaMira Plugin [powerpress]

Podcast E647– Listener Q/A

This week I Answer Listener Questions [powerpress]

Podcast E646 – Three Months After the Layoff

This week I Share An Update: Three Months After the Layoff [powerpress]

Podcast E645 – Optimizing the Wrong Things

This week I Talk About Optimizing the Wrong Things! [powerpress]

Podcast E644 – Interview with Howard Spaeth

This week I Interview Howard Spaeth [powerpress]

Podcast E643 – Preparing For Black Friday in June!

This week I Convince You To Prepare For Black Friday in June! [powerpress]

Podcast E642 – The 2026 Mid-Year Business Checkup

This week I Talk About The 2026 Mid-Year Business Checkup [powerpress]

Podcast E641 – Pivoting Isn’t Failing

This week I Share How Pivoting Isn’t Failing [powerpress]

Podcast E640 – The Summer Slow Down Myth

This week I Talk About The Summer Slow Down Myth [powerpress]

Podcast E639 – Listener Q/A

This week I answer Listener Questions [powerpress]

Select Podcast E638 – The Business of WordPress

This week I Talk About The Business Around WordPress [powerpress]

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