May 14th, 2025 Issue
From stone tools to quantum computing, we’ve hacked, built, and broken limits, not because we had to, but because stagnation is death; that’s our Human Spirit. Founders don’t just have the spirit, they have a near-delusional refusal to accept ‘impossible’ as an answer. If our will is strong, ‘Challenges’ stop being obstacles. They become fuel.
~ Team WPfounders
Latest Stories
"If you’re looking to start something in the WordPress space, agencies and plugin developers still have a lot of room to grow—especially in performance, SEO, and usability."
~ Alex Florescu of ShortPixel
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“We were not happy with WordPress caching solutions. They just work but too complicated to configure, even for us. We wanted to build an easy to use caching solution with excellent support.”
~ Jean Baptiste of WP Rocket
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"If you want to be successful as an entrepreneur, you must work mainly on your constant personal improvements. Not only the technical notion but mainly focus on your personal attitudes."
~ Nando Pappalardo of YITH
Read StoryInspirational Quote of the Month
"Distill, distill, distill. So many businesses fail because they try to be everything to everybody before you’re actually able to do that with their limited resources."
~ Zach Hendershot of Miruni
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Read The Latest Updates!
- StellarWP: StellarSites launched, which includes hosting, and access to KadenceWP, Solid Suite, and more.
- WPManageNinja: Shahjahan Jewel did a contribution analysis for WordPress 6.8 and offered insights into which region contributes to WordPress.
- rtCamp: Launches a new tool called GoDam for WordPress.
- WPapac: Organized a townhall public call on 15th May at 4:00 pm (GMT+5) sharp.
- Modular DS: Raised €615K in funding and announced the release of version 2.0.
- PageBuilderSummit: Has organized a web summit from 12th – 16th May. Register now!
- WordSesh: Organized a virtual conference for WordPress professionals from 13th – 15th May.
- WP Interactions: Released version 1.1.0 that brings scroll-based animations and dynamic interactions, especially for agencies, developers, and freelancers.
- Rapyd Cloud: Introduced Rapyd Cloud v2.0 with multiple website plans specially for agencies, developers, and freelancers.
- WP-CLI: Launched v2.12.0, which includes many bug fixes and compatibility improvements.
- WordCamp: Workshop registrations open for WCEU to be held at Basel, Switzerland from 5th – 7th June 2025.
Podcast
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros talks with John Doherty about “Reinventing Himself From Agency Owner to Productized Service”.
- Do the Woo: Michelle Frechette talks with other Do the Woo hosts, giving “A Recap of PressConf 2025”.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks with Birgit Pauli-Haack and Fabian Kaegy about “what’s changed over the last three months in the world of WordPress”.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks with Ryan Waterbury about “the concept of productizing services and the importance of niching down”.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Tim Monner, a legendary high school rock star.
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks with Hari Shanker on “Understanding and Showing WordPress Contributions.”
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Let Our Will Be Strong
