November 20th, 2024 Issue
It feels like the world is buzzing with change, but don’t let that distract you from maximizing the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales season. This is your chance for one final push before the year ends—so gear up and make it count. Happy selling!
~ Team WPfounders
Latest Stories
"Take a step back and look at everything on your plate to see if it’s reasonable. Work isn’t everything in life, and it’s good to have a healthy balance."
~ Brian Jackson of Perfmatters & Forgemedia
Read More~ Brian Jackson of Perfmatters & Forgemedia
“Even if there’s already a plugin doing it, there’s always room for something new that may do a bit better with better support and a better UX.”
~ Rogier Lankhorst of Really Simple SSL
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"Delegate. Greed is really the worst sin – If you choose to do everything by yourself, you’ll lose money in the long run."
~ Barış Ünver of Optimocha
Read StoryInspirational Quote of the Month
"If you’re wanting to start a business, find what you’re passionate about and create a plan of what you want to do."
~ Nile Flore of Nile Flores Media
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Read The Latest Updates!
- WordPress: WP 6.7 is out along with the new Twenty Twenty-Five theme, read the review by HostWP.io.
- PeepSo: PeepSo announces its departure from WordPress.org.
- WP Bakery: WP Bakery 8.0 is now live! Check out the announcement on LinkedIn.
- MainWP: Video of Early release of version 5.3 now available.
- WordCamp: WordCamp Central is taking control of social media accounts.
- Tutor LMS: Version 3.0’s sneak peak video is out.
- WP Engine: Filed an amended complaint with more details.
- WP Engine: A blog post with WPE’s timeline of events.
- Matt Mullenweg: Matt gave an interview at Nerdearla answering questions about his recent struggles.
- Bluesky: Many users are leaving X (formerly Twitter) and joining Bluesky. Nathan Wrigley shared a starter pack to follow WordPress users on Bluesky.
- WP Rocket x Rocket.net: Both the Rockets announce strategic partnership.
- WordCamp Asia: First round of speakers announced.
- iloveWP: Dumitru Brinzan writes shares his findings about Matt’s leak of 729k WP Engine websites.
- Rocket.net: Ben Gabler reveals a cease-and-desist order from Trustpilot.
- PressConf 2025: Tickets on sale. Happening in Tempe, Arizona around April 23-26th, 2025
- AnyoneCanWP: Winners announced of the competition.
- WordFence: Bug Bounty program announced with award reaching to $100,000.
- Patchstack: Over 1,000 plugins and themes temporarily closed in October.
- Black Friday: The most extensive list of WordPress Black Friday deals is now live on WPdiscounts.io.
Podcasts:
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros talks with Raquel Manriquez about “What’s the deal with PressConf?”.
- Do the Woo: Adam Weeks and BobWP talk with Konrad Holtkmap about “Cutting Credit Card Costs”.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Rae Morey about “An uneventful 3 months”.
- WP-Tonic: Jonathan Denwood talks with Chris Martinez about “Some of The Biggest Challenges Agencies Face”.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks With Ryan Waterbury about “bad clients”.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Katie Keith, a British expat who’s very plugged into the WordPress world.
Discounts By The Founders
- 80% off on BigScoots (Code: WPDiscounts80)
- 50% off on Glow (Code: WPD50)
- 50% off on WP Umbrella (Code: WPDISCOUNTS)
- 30% off on Dotstore (Code: WPDISCOUNTS)
- 30% off on Multicollab (Code: WPDISCOUNTS30)
- 25% off on Perfmatters (Code: WPdiscounts)
- 25% off on Modular DS (Code: WPFOUNDERS)
- 25% off on Peepso (Code: WPDISCOUNTS)
- 20% off on WSForm (Code: WPDISCOUNTS)
- 20% off on LifterLMS (Code: WPDISCOUNTS20)
- 20% off on InstaWP (Code: AFF20)
- 20% off on Atarim (Code: wpfounders)
- 20% off on Unlimited Elements (Code: WPdiscounts)
- 15% off on WP Security Ninja (Code: WPFOUNDERS15)
- 15% off on EWWW Image Optimizer (Code: FOUND15)
- 15% off on Spotlight (Code: FOUNDERS15)
- 15% off on UiPress (Code: Y87ZDHIRUG)
- 15% off on MelaPress (Code: WPFOUNDERS15)
- 15% off on ShopWP (Code: WPFOUNDERS)
- 12% off on CMinds (Code: WPDiscounts)
- 10% off on Password Protected (Code: WPdiscounts)
- 10% off on Post SMTP (Code: WPdiscounts)
- 10% off on OmniSend (Code: WPDISCOUNTS10)
- 10% off on GetAstra (Code: ONLYFORYOU10)
- 5% off on Nitropack (Code: WPDISCOUNTS)
Let’s make the most of it!
