2021 saw HeroPress take big steps toward the future. A lot of ideas and dreams became reality, and none of it could have happened without the flood of enthusiasm from the community. We laughed. We cried. We yelled. And we grew (a lot). A Season of Growth Hopefully you’ve noticed the new additions to the…
Wanna know a secret? This is the first State of the Word that I’ve ever really paid attention to. In the past, it’s always been the final event to a long WordCamp US where I find myself fairly mushy brained from a steady stream of conversations and am generally barely able to stay awake in…
This year’s WordPress State of the Word is very different from any so far. Last year too, to be fair. 2020 saw the first virtual State of the Word and 2021 will be the first limited attendee event. 50 community members instead of the 2,000+ crowd closing out WordCamp US. So, imagine my surprise when…
WordCamp Taiwan is happening December 11-12, 2021, as a hybrid WordCamp. This is the third WordCamp in Taiwan, but the first ever national camp. One of the things that fascinates me most about it is the way they’re handling the concept of a “virtual” and “in person” WordCamp. What Makes it a Hybrid WordCamp? The…
Anything that grows organically has a tendency to end up everywhere. Resources in the WordPress ecosystem are no different. To combat this, the HeroPress Network is releasing Find It WP, a cooperative resource archive that creates a new way to search WordPress resources. What is Find It WP? As mentioned above, Find It WP is…
We always knew that HeroPress could be more, and the time is finally right to put that in motion with The HeroPress Network. But how to do this without disrupting the current mission of HeroPress itself or changing the identity of Hallway Chats? Our solution: The HeroPress Network The HeroPress Network is a collection of…
Today I saw a tweet from someone who had just followed me, and it made me think about how overwhelming it can seem to be to get started in WordPress. Getting started in anything can be tough. How is it done? Why is it so easy for some people and so hard for others? This…
High numbers in your website stats can be exciting, but does that really indicate the value of your site? Or are there better ways?
