WordPress provides a powerful platform for creating low/no-code site builds, thanks to a strong ecosystem of plugins and themes. What creates WordPress' potential teams is code in the form of custom plugins, themes, integrations, and more. If you're writing custom code to extend your own site in new and interesting ways or building plugins and themes to distribute, not using modern developer tooling and automated testing can open up additional risks for you or your clients and drastically slow you down.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Josh Pollock of Plugin Machine about his thoughts on why modern development tooling & automated testing are super important in WordPress development, some of his favorite developer tools, and how to approach automated testing with your WordPress development projects.If you're looking to harden your current WordPress development approach or you're looking to expand your developer skillset, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

Creating web designs that please your stakeholders can be a challenge, especially with half-baked feedback like "Make it pop!". That said, creating designs that drive engagement and please your stakeholder's wallet is even harder.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Ross Johnson of 3.7 Designs about his thoughts on creating persuasive design patterns, why they're so helpful at driving engagement, and how you can think about persuasive design in the sites you create.If you're looking for a clever new look at how you design the sites you create, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

As the world transitioned to digital in the early 2,000's traditional newspapers, magazines, and other publishing businesses had to shift to a digital-first posture. Fast forward to 2022 and the technology and strategies for driving paid and other types of digital subscriptions for content publishers have advanced tremendously, but challenges for publishers still remain.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Jeremy Green of Endo Creative about his thoughts on why WordPress is a great choice for content publishers seeking to monetize with digital subscriptions, his favorite techniques for subscriptions with the media sites Endo Creative supports, and what he's planning to test next.If you're running a media-focused WordPress site or optimizing them for clients, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

If you're spending all your time building highly-functional WordPress sites for agency clients or stakeholders within your company, you might be thinking "Wait. What if I built a SaaS product business just for me?!".In this episode of PressThis, we interview Corey Maass of Gel form about his thoughts on why WordPress developers have skills they can use today to build their own SaaS business, the role of WordPress in SaaS-like builds, the types of SaaS builds you can consider, and powerful lessons he learned along the way doing the same.If you're wondering how you're going to drive recurring revenue in your agency business or are thinking of just starting a business from scratch, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

In the fast-paced world of WordPress, many of us often wonder if we've done all we can to lockdown our WordPress builds to help keep them safe and secure. There's nothing worse than getting "that call", but what can you do to help make sure you've crossed your T's and dotted your I's?In this episode we interview Rob Cairns of Stunning Digital Marketing about his views on the best approaches for locking down the WordPress sites you build. Robert shares his thoughts on security through obscurity, considerations for passwords, timing your updates to WordPress & PHP, hosting considerations, and much more!If you're looking to sleep better at night by hardening your WordPress lockdown checklist, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

WooCommerce has long been an enabler for store owners and freelancers & agencies who help them build and optimize their eCommerce experiences. With Full Site Editing and the block editor in full swing in WordPress core, you might be wondering how you will leverage Gutenberg in the WooCommerce experiences you're building.In this episode, we interview Jamie Marsland of Pootlepress about his thoughts on when to create custom vs. core blocks, embracing customized & personalized blocks into your Woo builds, considerations for your eCommerce FSE themes, and more!If you've been wondering how your block strategy and your Woo strategy will combine to help you build even more functional sites for yourself or your clients, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

We've all been there. We launched a beautiful, intricately functional, and elegant WordPress site only to have the burden of the technical debt we created in the build dragging down our team in the future, killing our time, and disrupting our future roadmaps.In this episode of PressThis we interview Jon Martin of Hallam about his thoughts on the impact of tech debt to WordPress development teams, how you can think about reducing tech debt on EVERY project, and why you have a responsibility to share tech debt considerations with your clients.If you're a bit tired of your old innovations hindering your future innovations, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

WooCommerce is a powerful open-source platform enabling both DIY site builders and advanced developers to create unique and custom eCommerce experiences quickly; however, people building WooCommerce stores often ask what parts of Woo should they keep or replace with something else in order to improve functionality, speed, and security.In this episode of PressThis, we interview James Rowland of Perfect Checkout about his thoughts on the value of offloading the WooCommerce checkout in terms of speed, security, and flexibility. If you've been wondering about offloading WooCommerce checkout or just want ideas for your next eCommerce build, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

In this episode of PressThis, we interview Atul Jinall of LoudGrowth.com about his journey optimizing an enterprise WordPress site for blazing fast speed, delightful search, and an optimized approach with Varnish. If you're looking for ideas for your next enterprise project or just want to learn some new approaches for WordPress optimization, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations

Many of us in the WordPress world will often throw caution to the wind and indulge a little wild west coding as we push changes to production without automated tests to make sure our changes don't introduce errors. We do this because it's faster and easier, but when things go wrong all those time savings can be evaporated instantly when the wrong breaking change ruins your day, week, or month. Of course, pushing changes that break things isn't good for your career or agency ambitions either!In this episode of PressThis, we interview Maciek Palmowski of Buddy. who works about the importance of CI/CD, his thoughts on why CI/CD is often overlooked in the WordPress world, and approachable options for adopting CI/CD.If you're worried you or your team's wild west coding will catch up with you or if you just want to have a rock-solid deploy process, don't miss this episode of PressThis. List now!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/press-this-wordpress-community-podcast/donations