Pressing Matters
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA WordPress podcast talking about what matters most to WordPress developers & WordPress business owners.
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Episode 50 – WordPress 5.9 & WordCamp EU
February 04, 2022 15:00 - 38 minutes - 69.8 MBFor our 50th episode, Jack and I discuss his recent plugin updates, WordPress 5.9 and what Full Site Editing means for site builders, and WordCamp EU 2022 happening in Portugal this summer. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete big.
Episode 49 – 2022 Goals
January 11, 2022 11:57 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MBBack in the saddle for 2022, Jack and I discuss our business goals for the year and how we plan to achieve them, as well as some personal goals after we both had very busy ends to 2021 with house renovations. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software …
Episode 48 – Black Friday
November 16, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 88.1 MBThis week Jack and I discuss our approach to Black Friday and email marketing (or lack of), the recent ACF release, the Lemon Squeezy WordPress plugin and GoDaddy’s acquisition of Pagely. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete big.
Episode 47 – Performance, EDD & Selling Products
November 10, 2021 11:30 - 53 minutes - 97.6 MBThis week, after another break, Jack and I discuss the new WordPress performance team, the acquisition of Sandhills Dev by Awesome Motive, and we think about what platform we would use to sell WordPress plugins if we started today. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to …
Episode 46 – Moving, Plugin Rank & FlipWP
July 23, 2021 09:32 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MBThis week Jack and I return after a short break, catching up with Jack’s house move and further client work, the sale of Plugin Rank, Delicious Brain’s acquisition of ACF, and the launch of my new project FlipWP. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell …
Episode 45 – Plugin Releases and University
May 06, 2021 09:57 - 43 minutes - 79.4 MBThis week Jack and I have a catch up talking about taking time off, the rise in Jack’s client work, the recent releases of WP User Manager, tracking active installs of your plugin, EDD 3.0, the 2.0 release of WP Migrate DB Pro, and a final thought about university education. This episode is sponsored by …
Episode 44 – Quick Catch Up
March 29, 2021 10:56 - 41 minutes - 75.7 MBThis week Jack and I have a quick catch up where we chat about taking time off when it comes to running a business, outsourcing WordPress plugin support, my struggles wrangling freelance developers, and Jack’s wife applying for a role at Automattic. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables …
Episode 43 – WordPress 5.7 and WP Trends
March 15, 2021 10:24 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBThis week Jack and I catchup discussing the latest WordPress core release – WordPress 5.7, and I talk about my new WordPress business focussed newsletter – WP Trends This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete big.
Episode 42 – Hello 2021
February 23, 2021 11:35 - 47 minutes - 86.3 MBWe are a bit late with our first podcast episode of 2021. Happy New Year… This week Jack and I have a good catchup, discussing improvements to the BNFW website, the server issues I was having for Plugin Rank, and how to grow revenue without just continuing to add new features. This episode is sponsored …
Episode 41: That’s a Wrap 2020
December 18, 2020 12:02 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MBIn the last episode of 2020, Jack and I reflect on the year, chat about our plans for working less over Christmas, and what our focus will be for 2021. Merry Christmas to our listeners and a happy New Year. Let’s hope 2021 is a good one! This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the …
Episode 40: Hannah Smith and the Environmental Impact of Tech
December 03, 2020 08:44 - 1 hour - 132 MBThe Internet is the World’s sixth biggest polluter This Jack and I chat to Hannah Smith, a freelancer WordPress developer from Bristol in the UK, who is passionate about the environmental impact of tech. We cover what work Hannah does for clients, speaking at events about the carbon footprint of the web, running a meetup, …
Episode 39: Lesley Sim of Newsletter Glue
November 17, 2020 12:53 - 55 minutes - 101 MBThis week Jack and I chat to Lesley Sim, a marketing expert, plugin owner and indie hacker. We talk about her plugin Newsletter Glue which makes it simple to send WordPress posts to your subscribers without leaving WordPress, finding a co-founder, marketing a WordPress plugin and finding a niche, and choosing the right platform to …
Episode 38: Peter Suhm from Branch
November 02, 2020 11:41 - 51 minutes - 94.5 MBThis week Jack and I chat to Peter Suhm, an entrepreneur, developer and podcaster building products for WordPress developers. We talk about his WordPress plugin WP Pusher, that enables theme and plugin deployments with Git, his latest SaaS product, Branch, which automates deployments for WordPress sites, and how he got funding for it with the …
Episode 37: Introducing Content Notify
October 13, 2020 08:42 - 1 hour - 151 MBThis week Jack talks about his new plugin Content Notify, and we dive into what it is, how it’s built, and the challenges of positioning and marketing the plugin. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete big.
Episode 36: WordPress Development with Will Etling
September 29, 2020 09:52 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBThis week we chat to Will Etling, who works for FastSpring working on their WordPress marketing sites. We dig into his WordPress journey, working with WordPress, development & deployment processes, and creating custom blocks with ACF Blocks. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, …
Episode 35: WordPress 5.5 and Plugin Rank
September 14, 2020 08:19 - 1 hour - 122 MBAfter a couple of weeks hiatus Jack and I are back talking about the bumper WordPress 5.5 release, how Jack wrangles his communication channels into one To Do list, and I talk about my new app Plugin Rank – what it is, how it came about, technical challenges, and the future plans. This episode is …
Episode 35 – WordPress 5.5 and Plugin Rank
September 14, 2020 08:19 - 1 hour - 122 MBAfter a couple of weeks hiatus Jack and I are back talking about the bumper WordPress 5.5 release, how Jack wrangles his communication channels into one To Do list, and I talk about my new app Plugin Rank – what it is, how it came about, technical challenges, and the future plans. This episode is …
Episode 34: WordPress Freelancing & Pricing with Tom Hirst
August 11, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis week Jack and I talk to Tom Hirst, a freelance WordPress developer who is fast becoming an authority on freelance pricing. We talk about his journey, what WordPress projects he works on, Gutenberg and Headless WordPress, freelancing, and pricing freelance projects. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables …
Episode 33: Hello WP Content & Plugin Notices
July 29, 2020 09:03 - 1 hour - 116 MBThis week Jack and I chat about my latest project WP Content, launching a new plugin marketing site, and the current discussion about plugin developers overusing notifications in the WordPress dashboard. We also caught up with Jon Tewes, a solutions architect at FastSpring, discovering more about how FastSpring helps WordPress businesses. This episode is sponsored …
Episode 32: Macbooks, Plugins, and Support
July 08, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 95.5 MBThis week we chat about Macbook hardware issues, Jack explains more about his new plugin, the new WooCommerce navigation concept, and we discuss how we approach customer support for our WordPress plugins. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete big.
Episode 31: Coronavirus Catchup
June 19, 2020 08:45 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MBIn this episode we talk about what we’ve been up to, dealing with dips in motivation, the latest things in the WordPress space, as well as introducing our new show sponsor – FastSpring. This episode is sponsored by FastSpring – the full-service ecommerce solution that enables software companies to sell more, stay lean, and compete …
Episode 30: Coronavirus Catchup
June 02, 2020 09:29 - 36 minutes - 67.5 MBThis week Jack and I talk about the easing of lockdown in the UK, keeping up with (WordPress) news, new product releases in the WordPress space, the trials Jack has faced making a plugin compatible with the block editor, and what we’ve been working on recently.
Episode 29: Coronavirus Catchup
May 19, 2020 09:42 - 38 minutes - 71 MBThis week Jack and I have another Coronavirus catchup, talking about how sales are up for our plugins, what we’ve been working on, dealing with the urge to spend all your time building something new, the new online formats for conferences, and using nostalgia to help battle lockdown depression.
Episode 28: Coronavirus Catchup
April 29, 2020 08:25 - 38 minutes - 70.5 MBThis week Jack and I have another catchup in the time of Coronavirus. We talk through what we are currently working on, including plugin development and site builds.
Episode 27 – Talking Timber with Jared Novack
April 08, 2020 07:22 - 42 minutes - 77.8 MBAfter talking with Mark Wilkinson a few episodes back about his frustrations integrating a plugin into a site built using Timber, we had quite a bit of feedback about how Timber was great and when and why you should use it for WordPress sites. So we thought we’d talk to the main man – Jared …
Episode 26 – Coronavirus Catchup
March 30, 2020 13:41 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MBWith all that’s going on in the world right now, Jack and I wanted to check-in with each other, discuss our new working-from-home-with-family situation, give an update on what we are working on, and what we are planning on doing before we next chat.
Episode 25 – A Deep Dive into ACF Blocks with Elliot Condon
February 27, 2020 12:38 - 1 hour - 142 MBThis week we welcome back Elliot Condon from Advanced Custom Fields, to do a deep dive into ACF Blocks – what it is, how to use it, and how it works under the hood. It’s great to get technical and understand how much work went into ACF Blocks to bridge the gap between PHP, ACF …
Episode 24: Timber, Twig… Why oh Why?
February 12, 2020 08:49 - 35 minutes - 64.3 MBThis week we welcome back Mark Wilkinson (from Highrise Digital who we interviewed previously) to talk about a recent frustration he had when trying to integrate his plugin with a client site which was built using the Timber framework. Timber, Twig….. with #WordPress. Oh god why oh why 😱 — Mark Wilkinson (@wpmark) January 30, …
Episode 23: WordPress Marketing with Alex Denning
January 27, 2020 15:23 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn an episode we recorded before Christmas, Jack and I talk to Alex Denning who runs Ellipsis, a marketing agency focussed on WordPress businesses. We discuss how hosting companies differentiate from each other, how Alex works with WordPress product companies, focusing on a market niche, the importance of content marketing and how to do it …
Episode 22: Premium Plugin vs Premium Addons
January 14, 2020 14:02 - 1 hour - 143 MBThis week Jack and I discuss the two different models for selling premium plugins: Free plugin with multiple premium addons Free plugin and one premium version Jack is considering moving to a single premium version for Better Notifications for WP and it’s something I’ve thought about with WP User Manager. I reached out to the …
Episode 21: GPL Clubs
December 03, 2019 15:15 - 44 minutes - 81.5 MBInspired by a Q&A question posed to Matt Mullenweg at WCUS, this week Jack and I discuss GPL clubs: what they are, why people use them, and why they are bad. This episode is sponsored by Intagrate, the Instagram WordPress plugin which automatically creates posts from your Instagram images and videos on your WordPress site. …
Episode 20: First Anniversary
November 11, 2019 11:44 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBIn celebration of the first anniversary of the podcast and our 20th episode, Jack and I met up in real life! We sat down in a somewhat noisy coffee shop and chatted about the last year of the podcast, WordCamp US and the State of the Word, and what’s coming up. This episode is sponsored …
Episode 19: Chatting with James Kemp of Iconic
October 21, 2019 10:27 - 1 hour - 187 MBThis week Jack and I talk to James Kemp, a WordPress developer who is the founder of Iconic – a WooCommerce plugin shop. We dive into how he got started, transitioning from selling on CodeCanyon to his own website, scaling up the business, pricing experiments, the benefits of content marketing, and writing better marketing pages.
Episode 18: Plugin Catchup with Jack
October 07, 2019 10:44 - 1 minute - 97.3 MBThis week Jack talks about what he’s been up to lately with his premium WordPress plugin, Better Notifications for WP. We talk about working on branding and trademarks, a new addon, Gutenberg issues, the negatives of WP Cron, and the addon pricing model. This episode is sponsored by Made with Fuel – a WordPress web …
Episode 17: Plugin Acquisition
September 26, 2019 11:49 - 115 MBThis week Jack goes all Michael Parkinson and asks me questions about my recent acquisition of the WordPress plugin WP User Manager. We discuss the reasons behind the acquisition, the process involved in the transfer, and plans for the future. This episode is sponsored by Intagrate, the Instagram WordPress plugin which automatically creates posts from …
Episode 16: New Term
September 07, 2019 20:44 - 50 minutes - 92.3 MBWelcome to another episode of Pressing Matters. This episode Jack and I discuss the latest news in the WordPress world, taking holidays as a freelancer, GatsbyJS, and working in the digital age. This episode is sponsored by Better Notifications for WP – a simple but powerful plugin that allows you to customise the email notifications …
Episode 15: General Chat and Our First Sponsor
August 15, 2019 11:17 - 55 minutes - 102 MBThis week Jack and I talk about WordPress plugin updates, Git, Trademarks, and being freelance at home with children on school holidays. We also catch up with Igor Benic, the author of the Simple Sponsorships plugin, who sponsors this episode. We talk about what the plugin does, how Igor got started with it, and future …
Episode 14 – From Freelancers to Agency with Highrise Digital
July 26, 2019 09:00 - 166 MBThis week we chat to Keith Devon and Mark Wilkinson from Highrise Digital. Two freelancers who teamed up to form a WordPress agency building better WordPress sites for post‑small, pre‑enterprise businesses. We talk about the challenges of running an agency, dealing with the block editor, hiring, and pricing.
Episode 13 – New Site Development Workflow
July 15, 2019 11:36 - 1 hour - 137 MBThis week Jack and I talk about the recent Zoom security issues, our workflows for setting up new WordPress sites, developer happiness, and retro games consoles. We also debate the rights and wrongs of the ‘WordPress way’ when it comes to the site files and autoloading, compared to modern PHP frameworks.
Episode 12: Catch-up and General Chat
July 01, 2019 17:02 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week we have a good catch up and general chat about what’s been going on over the last couple of weeks. Jack and I are in our new workspaces – Jack’s garden office is (almost) finished and he is in! I’ve finally moved house and am enjoying my new spare bedroom setup (sadly not …
Episode 11 – Chatting with Elliot Condon of Advanced Custom Fields
June 06, 2019 20:19 - 1 hour - 125 MBThis week we welcome our first ever guest! 🎉 We chat to Elliot Condon, the man behind the enormously successful WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields, about developing a plugin, becoming a father, Gutenberg, and running a business. We run a little longer this time round, and we could have talked for much longer! But we …
Episode 10: Working out What Feature to Build Next
May 23, 2019 15:40 - 54 minutes - 99.3 MBThis week we chat about how we go about working out what features to work on next for our side projects. I talk about the approach we take on a larger scale for our plugins and products at Delicious Brains, and about the challenges I face with my Instagram plugin reliant on Instagram’s API. This …
Episode 9: WordPress 5.2 “Jaco”
May 13, 2019 13:24 - 37 minutes - 67.9 MBThis week Jack and I talk through the release of WordPress 5.2 which landed last week. We discuss all of the developer-friendly features and improvements which have been included. This episode is sponsored by Better Notifications for WordPress – a simple but powerful plugin that allows you to customise the email notifications that WordPress sends …
Episode 8: Hosting
April 23, 2019 13:20 - 52 minutes - 96.6 MBAnd we are back! After a short new-baby hiatus (congratulations Jack and family!), this week we discuss the topic of WordPress hosting – the good, the bad and the ugly. From managed hosting to DIY hosting, and how we both approach it. This episode is sponsored by WP App Store, subscribe for free for the …
Episode 7: Sharing Code Between Projects
February 07, 2019 12:51 - 58 minutes - 108 MBThis week Jack and I talk about sharing code between projects. I dive into a recent challenge of packaging up code to be reused across multiple sites, as mu-plugins but all managed by Composer. Jack talks about his parent and child theme setup which is driving numerous sites he’s working on at the moment. This …
Episode 6: Happy New Year
January 17, 2019 10:01 - 40 minutes - 74.5 MBHappy New Year! In our first episode of 2019 we have a good catchup, looking back on 2018, discussing plans for 2019, planning methods and, WordPress in 2019. Please let us know if you have any topics you would like to hear us discuss/ This episode is sponsored by Intagrate, the Instagram WordPress plugin which …
Episode 5: eCommerce Plugins
December 20, 2018 12:44 - 49 minutes - 90.1 MBThis week we discuss eCommerce WordPress plugins. We talk about what we use to sell our own plugins and what we have used for client sites in the past. This is our last episode before the festive break. Thanks for listening, and have a great holiday period. Talk to you in the new year! This …
Episode 4: Affiliate Programs
December 07, 2018 16:04 - 31 minutes - 57.5 MBThis week we discuss affiliate programs and if they are necessary for WordPress developers selling their plugins. Do they work for all plugins? Is it the best use of your time and money as a marketing channel? This episode is sponsored by Intagrate, the Instagram WordPress plugin which automatically creates posts from your Instagram images …
Episode 3: Collecting Data
November 23, 2018 21:22 - 42 minutes - 77.6 MBThis week we tackle the subject of plugins collecting data from users. Data for support purposes, usage tracking, and up-selling. Yes, we mention GDPR 😬 This episode is sponsored by Made with Fuel – a WordPress web design micro-agency that specialises in designing and building websites using WordPress. Made with Fuel works with tiny, small, and …
Episode 2: Learn JavaScript Deeply?
November 15, 2018 16:12 - 38 minutes - 70.3 MBMatt Mullenweg said we should all learn JavaScript deeply. In a Gutenberg and REST API world, the WordPress development focus has shifted to JavaScript. We question why and if we need to whilst providing some ways to do it. This episode is sponsored by WP App Store, subscribe for free for the best deals in …