April 16th, 2025 Issue
Is there an age limit when it's okay to stick to the basics? Or does it become even more important to evolve as time passes? The tools we have today can make things a lot easier and cut down on manual work. But here's the question—are you keeping up with new tools? Are you evolving your business? We're living through a revolution, much like the Industrial Revolution, and it's high time to grow, evolve, and do what wasn’t possible before!
~ Team WPfounders
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"I believe there are two ways to create something meaningful: invent it from scratch or combine existing ideas in a new way."
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“WordPress is like PHP: too big to fail! And it is a huge advantage to work on a CMS whose market share is increasing year by year. I am very optimistic about its future.”
~ Benjamin Denis of SEOPress
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"Personally, I don’t think there is a real threat from any competitors – after all, competition is good and options like WooCommerce /WordPress & Shopify can co-exist"
~ Alex Panagis of ScaleMath
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"Don’t try to tackle a completely different niche just because people tell you it’s better or more profitable. Leverage all your existing resources and knowledge. Don’t chase rainbows."
~ Adrian Spiac of TranslatePress
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Read The Latest Updates!
- WPdots.io: Ahsan Parwez and Lawrence Ladomery have launched a new initiative, WPapac.com, for businesses and individuals in the APAC region.
- SureTriggers: Rebranded to Ottokit with enhanced functionality and AI agents.
- 20i: Launched Autoscale, a high-frequency, high-availability WordPress hosting that autoscales based on demand.
- SureForms: Rolled out two updates introducing Digital Signatures and Calculators.
- Melapress: Updated their logo and refreshed their visual identity!
- Perfmatters: Updated their plugin, adding new preload options and eagerness settings for sites running WordPress 6.8+.
- Elder Scrolls 4: (Remastered) images leaked because the developers kept them in the open directory of the WordPress website.
- Rocket.net: Introduced ShopShield, which helps optimize traffic bursts to the origin.
- WPBakery: Announced their new version 8.4.
- Awesome Motive: Acquired aThemes and welcomed them to the WPBeginner family of products.
- WordPress.com: Launched their new AI-powered website builder, which can create a website with just a prompt.
- WordPress Foundation: Secured trademarks for “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” in the European Union.
- PayWallProject: Acquired Newsletter Glue, a plugin used by media organizations to publish newsletters directly from their WordPress sites.
- WordPress.org: WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” released on April 15th.
Podcasts:
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros talks with James Kemp about a “behind-the-scenes look at the WooCommerce ecosystem”.
- Do the Woo: Matthias Pfefferle talks with André Menrath about the “world of decentralized social networks and the open web”.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks with Mark Westguard, “celebrating the bright side of life”.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks with Warren Laine-Naida about “leveraging artificial intelligence to improve search engine visibility”.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Stephanie Hudson, a psychology enthusiast who might need a session of her own..
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks with Milana Cap on the groundbreaking WordPress features that developers should be aware of.
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