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#230 – Adrian Sticea on Navigating the Decline of WordPress Work on Upwork and the Rise of New Opportunities
I’m talking today with Adrian Sticea about the decline in freelance WordPress work available through Upwork, highlighted by a viral LinkedIn post and graph showing work drying up from 2023 onward. We get into the many reasons behind this shift, the impact of AI making developers more efficient, increased marketplace competition, economic uncertainty, and new…
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[#228 – Priscilla Collado Ramirez on Reducing WordPress Beginner Anxiety]
#228 – Priscilla Collado Ramirez on Reducing WordPress Beginner Anxiety
Today, the podcast is focused on Priscilla Collado Ramirezs journey with WordPress, highlighting how overwhelming the platform can be for beginners due to the abundance of options and limited guidance. Priscilla discussed her experience leaving WordPress 17 years ago and returning as an educator, using wellness techniques and understanding different learning styles to help her…
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[#227 – Maciek Palmowskion Testing Secure WordPress Hosting: Does the Marketing Match Reality?]
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Maciek Palmowski is on the podcast today to discuss his WordCamp Europe presentation on whether “secure hosting” lives up to its claims in the WordPress ecosystem. He described penetration tests of multiple providers, revealing that the majority of WordPress-specific vulnerabilities made it through hosts defenses. He emphasised that simply seeing “secure hosting” on a landing…
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[#226 – Jessica Lyschik on Why Accessibility in WordPress Themes Is Easier Than You Think]
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[#225 – Milan Petrovi on the Risks of Legacy PHP in WordPress and Why Upgrading Matters for Security]
#225 – Milan Petrovi on the Risks of Legacy PHP in WordPress and Why Upgrading Matters for Security
Today, I’m joined by Milan Petrovi, and the podcast is focused on the impact of PHP versioning in the WordPress ecosystem, emphasising the risks of running outdated PHP and the security and performance benefits of PHP 8.x. We get into the challenge of supporting legacy code versus urging progress toward modern standards. And the importance…
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[#224 – David Snead on Building Trust and Collaboration in the Hosting Industry With the Secure Hosting Alliance]
#224 – David Snead on Building Trust and Collaboration in the Hosting Industry With the Secure Hosting Alliance
Today on the podcast, the conversation focused on cross-industry collaboration to improve security and abuse response in the hosting industry. We talk about the Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF), a platform-agnostic initiative aiming to facilitate real-time intelligence sharing among hosts, registrars, and others. We also get into the importance of sharing actionable data to combat issues…
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[#223 – Ivana Cirkovic on How WordPress Credits Bridges Education and Industry in the WordPress Ecosystem]
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I’m talking today with Adrian Sticea about the decline in freelance WordPress work available through Upwork, highlighted by a viral LinkedIn post and graph showing work drying up from 2023 onward. We get into the many reasons behind this shift, the impact of AI making developers more efficient, increased marketplace competition, economic uncertainty, and new…
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