On this episode of WPwatercooler, the panel discusses a particularly challenging week in the WordPress community. The episode kicks off with introductions from John Brown, who runs a WordPress-focused agency, and Bridgette Willard, a marketing and social media consultant for WordPress products. They touch upon various issues that have riled up the community recently. Carol Olinger’s blog post about stepping away from WordCamp Europe for health reasons and her experiences with the WordPress organization sparks conversation about recent departures from the community, particularly among women. The panel also delves into controversy surrounding Jetpack, criticizing its feature promotions in plugin search results as potentially unfair and possibly a conflict of interest. The panel applauds Jetpack for rolling back some of these changes but debates the transparency and ethics behind it. Additionally, they discuss a theme developer, Pippin, allowing a Killswitch and DDoS attacks. The episode wraps up with a discussion on the user experience in WordPress, emphasizing the need for a cleaner dashboard and less intrusive plugin notifications. Overall, the episode serves as a pulse check on recent developments and concerns within the WordPress community.
00:00 Intro & Panelist Introductions
03:25 Carol Olinger’s Departure & Community Concerns
08:40 Jetpack Controversy
14:15 Jetpack Rollbacks and Ethics
20:00 Pippin’s Killswitch & DDoS Discussion
26:30 User Experience & Dashboard Cleanliness
31:50 Wrap-up and Final Thoughts
WordPress community, we had a tough week, let’s dive in.
- On Health, WordPress and a Tough Decision
- Jetpack 7.2.1: Maintenance Release
- Improve plugin search results with already active plugins
- WordPress Etiquette
- What is the WordPress Governance Project?
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