June 26th, 2025 Issue
That feeling when you blink and half the year’s gone? Yeah, we’ve all been there. Days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and before you know it, another decade rolls by. The truth is, we all get the same 24 hours. The real difference between those who crush it and those who don’t? It’s all in how well we organize, focus, and prioritize.
~ Team WPfounders
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"Anything is possible if you have clear goals and work hard. So I don’t think it matters which niche you want to pursue."
~ Jeff Starr of Perishable Press
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“By solving a problem you encounter, you just might have found a product to nurture, grow, and conquer the world with (or at least a small part of it).”
~ Frank Goossens of Optimizing Matters
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"Always draw a line in the sand, benchmark, experiment. Learn from the outcomes of your actions – and from others."
~ Michael Makijenko of Visual Composer
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" Don’t be afraid of customer support. Embrace it. Use their feedback to build out a docs site to help reduce future problems."
~ Andrew Robbins founder of Shopwp
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Read The Latest Updates!
- WordPress.org: WordPress’ official TikTok account is now live, managed by Michelle Frechette and Darian Lusk.
- WordPress.org: Rian Rietveld and Joe Dolson have launched a new community project to improve WordPress Accessibility Documentation.
- WPML SEO: The 2.2.0 release adds a new option to manage how long meta titles and descriptions can be.
- SQLite driver for WordPress: The new SQLite driver is now available in the SQLite Database Integration plugin.
- Automattic: The company is celebrating 20 years since its founding in 2005.
- Andy Peatling: Andy, the founder of BuddyPress has left Automattic to jump back into entrepreneurship.
- WP Engine: The company turns 15 years old since its founding in 2010.
- GravityKit: A self-hosted Kanban-style workflow tool was launched, called the GravityBoards.
- Dropbox + CF7: Support for the Contact Form 7 (CF7) plugin has been added in File Manager for Dropbox version 1.2.16.
- WP Activity Log: The 5.4.0v update brings integration capabilities with a wide range of plugins and platforms.
- CERN: Over 1000 websites are being migrated from Drupal to WordPress.
- WP Umbrella: The number of users has increased from 700k to 1M.
- WordPress.org: The WordPress Security Team will stop providing security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 to 4.6 from July 2025.
- LoopConf: Tickets are on sale for LoopConf, which will happen on 25th September 2025 at Bishopsgate Institute, London, UK.
Podcast
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros shares his views on FAIR “Why I’m Not Jazzed About FAIR”
- OpenChannels (Do the Woo): James Kemp and Katie Keith are joined by special guest Miriam Schwab, Head of WordPress at Elementor, to dive deep into the transparency in software and community engagement.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks with Brad Williams about Revolutionising WordPress theme management and Theme Switcher Pro.
- SDM Show: Agency Chat with Ryan Waterbury about Changing Marketing In A Digital World.
- Seriously Bud: Bud Kraus talks to Dan Knauss delving into his rich and diverse life experiences, spanning several U.S. states and culminating in his current residence in Canada.
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks with Tom Willmot and Jon Ang on Building a Global Bank Website.
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