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Melbourne Cup 2024 Tips & Preview: Can Vauban Bounce Back?, $91 Roughie Pick & Mark Zahra 3-Peat? Get ready for the race that stops the nation! In our 2024 Melbourne Cup preview, we break down all the top chances in the race with in-depth analysis, current odds and best form lines to follow. In this bite-sized episode, you'll have all the details to help you bet in confidence on Melbourne Cup day. We each share our top picks for the Melbourne Cup and take a swing at uncovering a roughie that could turn the race upside down, including Mick's bold $91 longshot!All our Melbourne Cup Day tips are on Dabble, ready for you to copy with just one click - sign up using the link below!(18+) Sign up to Dabble: https://dabble.onelink.me/cUev/dndxwvo6Use code CASTPATROL when signing up.Buy CAST Merch: https://thecastpatrol.com.au00:00 Intro 00:56 Sign Up To Dabble 01:44 Vauban 03:15 Buckaroo 05:20 Sea King 06:45 Absurde 07:55 Okita Soushi 08:51 Onesmoothoperator09:49 Land Legend 11:28 Interpretation12:25 Zardozi 14:17 Kovalica 16:06 Saint George 17:07 Tips & Predictions 19:54 Best RoughiesFollow us @TheCastPatrol on all social media platforms to keep up to date with all things CAST and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's tough the racing caper at the best of times, let alone when the big dogs are in town. Poor old Adin Thompson found that out the hard way this week, being replaced by Mark Zahra in the JJ Atkins. Let's not get a lack of loyalty get us down though, it's STRADBROKE DAY! Lloydy needs a moment to compose himself...Alright, he's back. The boys have got The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - brought to you by UPC Showdown(Download the App Now bit.ly/UPCShowdown )And we have a cracker of a question from the “DM of the Week”Are you a member yet? Jump onboard and join our punting community.Support the Show.

Mark Zahra rode three winners on All-Star Mile day, with Bold Bastille the highlight. He also shared his thoughts on this weekend's Golden Slipper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Zahra joined RSN on Tuesday to chat about the chances of Bodyguard in Saturday's Blue Diamond. He also shared his thoughts on the loss of Verry Elleegant, who he partnered in a couple of Group 1 wins in 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was all happening at Cranbourne on Monday morning. Michael Felgate and Mick Sharkie caught up with all the key players, and set the agenda for the week ahead. Mick Dee, Ben Melham, Lucy Yeomans, Mark Zahra, Ben Gleeson, Grahame Begg and Mick Price all joined the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The star jockey will ride at Caulfield on Saturday before jetting out to the United States for the Super Bowl at Las Vegas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jars' cricket performance  Jars accuses Blewey of selling himself around!  Grant Cameron  Voicemail  Mark Zahra  Ferg's Long-Winded Answer Whack  KG Cunningham  Jars Diary  Sam Jacobs  Blew-lieve or NotSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Group 1 winner Daniel Moor was asked on RSN to explain what made Mark Zahra so good when it came to riding in big races.

New Zealanders won big in this year's Melbourne Cup, taking home more than $10 million in winnings. Australian jockey Mark Zahra won the race on Without A Fight, having been placed at number three on the list. At the height of interest right before the race, nearly 7,000 bets were being processed by the TAB every minute. New Zealand managing director of the company which operates the TAB Cameron Rodger spoke to Corin Dann.

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Blewey reviews Australia's win over Afghanistan last night and Glenn Maxwell's unbelievable performance; All three of the boys are in the doghouse at home after coming home late last night! Radio legend Grant Cameron joins us to share his memories working with Jars on Triple M Breakfast in the late 90s and early 2000s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Zahra take a bow

Mark Zahra won the Melbourne Cup for the second year running on Without A Fight on Tuesday.

On the show today - Mick Gannon & Gareth Hall reflect on an historic Melbourne Cup ride from Mark Zahra, Alex Doolan on the brilliance of Glenn Maxwell & Simon Hill on Steve Corica's departure from Sydney FC.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined in Melbourne by Adam Peacock on the back of a dominant display in the the 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup by Without A Fight, I begin by getting the reaction from his jockey Mark Zahra who was winning the race for a second year in a row. Adam and I also dissect the runs of some of the placed and fancied horses. Britney Eurton is along to pay a moving tribute to the young Cody Dorman who very sadly passed away, 24 hours after watching Cody's Wish win at the Breeders' Cup. Also from the US, trainer Rick Dutrow discusses future plans for his Breeders' Cup Classic winner White Abarrio and finally, news broke yesterday in Britain that Henrietta Knight, who trained Best Mate to win three Gold Cups, has re-applied for her training license and joins the show to explain the decision.

The Reserve Bank raises interest rates once again in an effort to quell inflation, Anthony Albanese receives a formal welcome in Beijing, and jockey Mark Zahra wins the 2023 Melbourne Cup on 'Without a Fight'.

Just hours after winning his second consecutive Melbourne Cup, Mark Zahra joined Sam McClure at Flemington to talk through how the famous race was won. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter has all the fallout from one of the biggest days on the sporting calendar as Mark Zahra collects his second Melbourne Cup in a row this year on "Without a Fight". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear Peter Gleeson recap the news of the day, including all the fallout from the Melbourne Cup along with the winning jockey, Mark Zahra's post race comments and the RBA raises interest rates yet again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Zahra has pulled off the very difficult, winning to Melbourne Cups in a row, and the WA contingent have been quick in declaring their victory. The Glen Forrest native has made it two Melbourne Cups in a row, and his auntie Cath Denton told Julie-anne Sprague on 6PR Afternoons they're just as proud of him this time 'round.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As he gets ready to saddle up Without a Fight in the 2023 Melbourne Cup, Bossy chats with his good mate about last years cup win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahhhh, the Melbourne Cup; where champions become legends. We still get goosebumps every time we hear Greg Miles call Makybe Diva home in her third Melbourne Cup win all the way back in '05.2005 was the last time a horse won a consecutive Melbourne Cup, so can Gold Trip buck the trend and rewrite the record books in 2023? Lloydy think so.Maybe it will be another Irish victory. Willie Mullins sends two runners over for the race that stops a nation - wait, no - stops the world. He'll saddle up the race favourite Vauban and the Ebor Handicap winner Absurde. Absurd spelling of the word, that's for sure.Could Rachel King, Jamie Kah or Hollie Doyle be the second female jockey to win the race? Maybe Gai will win it again; 10 years since her first. What a horse Fiorente was?!Or maybe, just maybe, Without A Fight will do the elusive Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double. It's bloody hard to do, but Mark Zahra thinks he can do it, so does BJ.Enjoy our 2023 runner-by-runner preview, enjoy the Melbourne Cup and most importantly, gamble responsibly!Don't have a Dabble account yet? No stress! Sign up now, just in time for Cup Day: bit.ly/tlu-dabbleSupport the show

Mark Zahra was in hot form on Saturday, riding four winners at The Valley. His attention now turns to Flemington, where he'll ride Without A Fight in the Melbourne Cup.

We f***ing won!What an episode we have in stall for you this weekend. It's Cox Plate Week; the greatest two minutes in sport, so here's the greatest 74 minutes in podcasting.Sam Wood, Blake Johnston & Nick Lloyd give you their thoughts on the Cox Plate, Mark Zahra's whip breach and the raw emotion of Zahra's wife Elyce post-race.Pat Allendorf & Matthew Zammit join the boys in the second half of the show, to go over the feature races in Melbourne & Sydney.This week, they cover the Cox Plate, Manikato Stakes, Spring Champion Stakes & The Invitation.Kick back, crack a coldie and enjoy!Support the show

Damien Oliver joins Racing Pulse post barrier draw hoping Duais can deliver him a fairytale finale in this year's Cox Plate and Ciaron Maher joins him discussing his runners including Gold Trip and King Colorado. Plus is Ollie a chance of getting a ride on Gold Trip in the Melbourne Cup if Mark Zahra chooses to go another way??

The Caulfield Cup-winning jockey has a hard decision to make. Will he ride Gold Trip in the Melbourne Cup, or stick with Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight? Hear the chat with Mark, Ciaron Maher and Steven Arnold at Breakfast With The Best with Michael Felgate.

Michael Felgate, Mick Sharkie and Matt Stewart discuss a massive weekend of racing, and set the agenda for the week ahead. They were joined by Mark Zahra, Andrew Jones, Dan O'Sullivan and Jamie Lovett.

On today's show, Gerard had his editorial on Mark Zahra's whip use, Melbourne's off-field turmoil, we had Sam Freedman, Travis Auld, Pete Lalor, Brad Blanks, the 'Racing Means Test' and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mark Zahra joined Racing Pulse on Monday morning after winning the Caulfield Cup on Without A Fight. He admits he could have a big decision to make about which horse he rides on Melbourne Cup day. He also addressed the massive penalty he copped after the race.

Sam joined Gerard to discuss the huge Caulfield Cup win for 'Without A Fight', Mark Zahra's whip-use, where to now for the horse, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gerard joined us to discuss the win for 'Without A Fight' in the Caulfield Cup and the lack of penalty for overuse of the whip in racing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Zahra, take a bow!He made the call last week to stick with Without A Fight over Gold Trip in the Caulfield Cup and boy did it pay dividends!Catch our review of the Caulfield Cup, horses to follow and raw reactions of the feature racing on Saturday on Racing Reacts.Don't have a Dabble account yet? We've got you sorted -> bit.ly/tlu-dabbleSupport the show

Nick is joined by writer and broadcaster Lydia Hislop to discuss the latest goings on in horseracing for the award winning daily podcast. They take a deep dive into the 2024 Fixture List, published with some fanfare today, and talk to BHA COO Richard Wayman. Also on today's show, Nick visits Lane's End Farm in Kentucky to meet Flightline in the company of Stallion Manager Peter Sheehan, Gold Trip's rider Mark Zahra drops in to share his joy at returning to the winners' circle on Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip, while Julian Ince and Julien Phelippon are our Weatherbys guests to tell us about the extraordinary mare Zarica, who has set the French record for wins in one season (11).

Nick is joined by writer and broadcaster Lydia Hislop to discuss the latest goings on in horseracing for the award winning daily podcast. They take a deep dive into the 2024 Fixture List, published with some fanfare today, and talk to BHA COO Richard Wayman. Also on today's show, Nick visits Lane's End Farm in Kentucky to meet Flightline in the company of Stallion Manager Peter Sheehan, Gold Trip's rider Mark Zahra drops in to share his joy at returning to the winners' circle on Melbourne Cup hero Gold Trip, while Julian Ince and Julien Phelippon are our Weatherbys guests to tell us about the extraordinary mare Zarica, who has set the French record for wins in one season (11).

Mark Zahra says Saturday's stunning win in the Turnbull Stakes was "the best feel" Gold Trip has ever given him, even better than last year's Melbourne Cup.

Mark Zahra joins Racing Pulse to discuss his rides on Saturday and today at Sandown

2022 Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey Mark Zahra joins Andrew Bensley live from the Launch of the 2023 Melbourne Cup Tour

Matt Stewart joins Racing Pulse for 'The Verdict' after a spectacular Super Saturday at Flemington plus Coolmore Day at Rosehill. Guests include Dean Holland, Matt Hyland, Craig Williams, Mark Zahra, Mick Kent Jnr and Mick Dee

Mark Zahra joined Racing Pulse live at the Cranbourne jump-outs after going for a spin on Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip this morning

Browney hops on for a chat after the Melbourne cup last Tuesday and big win to Gold Trip and jockey Mark Zahra. What did Browney make of the race that stops the nation, Plus what else is going on racing wise?

Steve Allan joined alongside Garry Burkinshaw the guru this week. Kicks off the show talking overnight scores in the T20 cricket and Rugby League World cups. Does Burko think Australia still have a chance to win the cricket world cup? Buetts is live from Coffs Harbour this week for the OZ tag Nationals championships. He weighs in on the Kangaroos win the the Rugby League world cup against Lebanon and Australia's chances of getting through to the finals stage in the cricket. Browney hops on for a chat after the Mlebpurn cup last Tuesday and big win to Gold Trip and jockey Mark Zahra. What did Browney make of the race that stops the nation, Plus what else is going on racing wise? Michael Phillips one of the coaches of local women's cricket central coast team how has he seen the action at Tuggerah sporting complex? Also, the coach of Killarney Vale Bombers Corey Shackleton talks the season and club awards. Brad Porter the former Mariner talks ahead of Central Coast and Western Sydney game tonight in the A league. How's the teams preparation going? As well as a special guest from the ground and more!

We're back after Melbourne Cup Day, All Sports Report thanks to Kayo, Britt Taylor reviews the Melbourne Cup and previews Oaks Day, Hump Day Quiz, Billy's message for the racing experts, Jay Clark's footy news, Greg Blewett, Billy's JokeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Opener Mark Zahra Boozy Bernie Montage $1K Minute Quiz T20 World Cup Finals Merv Hughes What's your worst sporting injury? Bern's FactsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big week for us here at Triple M, Halloween Monday, Melbourne Cup Tuesday and a Big announcement today! Mark Howard joined us to help us out. There was an armed robbery at a Perth institution while we were on air.  We wanted to know what the strange drink that you like it. What is your weapon of choice? Will Anderson stopped by for a chat and the winner of the 2022 Melbourne cup called in.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra joins Mat Thompson to look back on yesterday's thrilling race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WHAT A LEGEND!!! WHAT A CHAMPION!!! WHAT A HERO!!!!

WHAT A LEGEND!!! WHAT A CHAMPION!!! WHAT A HERO!!!!

Mak Zahra joins Racing Pulse after he rode Gold Trip to win yesterday's Melbourne Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, the boys rambled about the Melbourne Cup, had guests Mark Zahra, Britt Taylor, Mark Waugh, asked some Questions Without Notice, and much more.

The boys discussed the huge win in the Melbourne Cup aboard Gold Trip, his plans for spending the prizemoney, and much more.

A major power struggle has broken out inside the Comancheros... The wet weather was not enough to stop a crowd of almost 74,000 attending the Melbourne cup yesterday, as Mark Zahra rode Gold Trip first past the post in the first Cup in front of unrestricted crowds since 2019.   A debt of several thousands of dollars may have been the spark for three men allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a man at a home in Sydney's west. Seven interest rate rises in a row might not be enough as economists predict an eighth straight jump in December. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra joined Gerard and Brad on Sportsday.

Tonight on Sportsday, Gerard and Brad were joined by 2022 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra, SEN Track's Gareth Hall, Gold Trip trainer David Eustace, three-time Cup-winning jockey Damien Oliver and cricket journo Bharat Sundaresan.

A rainswept crowd of 73,816 watched in delight on Tuesday at Flemington's Melbourne Cup Day as Mark Zahra rode Gold Trip first past the post. The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its inflation forecast yet again, prompting economists to predict an eighth straight interest rate rise in December and a greater chance of another hike in February – the RBA board's first meeting of 2023. Former prime ministers Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison have been rolled out on day one of the Victorian election campaign in a new attack ad panning Opposition leader Matthew Guy. Text messages have overtaken our preferred way of talking to each other, with more than one in three people revealing they would rather send a text message to family and friends than call.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Browne talks to Melbourne Cup winning jockey Mark Zahra.

This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the three top WordPress stories on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections! It seems the temporary loss of active install stats at WP.org has created an opportunity to rethink long-held assumptions and find new ways forward. Our news picks are all related to this in one way or another. So there's a single throughline in this episode — what works, what doesn't, and what will take WordPress businesses forward in the product, agency, and hosting spaces.Are Active Install Counts Irrelevant to Your Plugin Business's Success? (Even if they were accurate?)There are always going to be developers who push the envelope when it comes to littering the dashboard and just making it a difficult user experience. Maybe data is part of the way we solve that.Eric KarkovacFirst up is Alex Denning's article at Ellipsis, "WordPress.org is ineffective for plugin distribution in 2022." Alex argues the likely temporary loss of Active Install Growth data for plugin owners is not a bottom-line, business-relevant concern. Apart from the revelation that that data itself was not just obfuscated and inexact but "basically garbage," Alex draws on Ellipsis' marketing experience and extensive data (as well as Iain Poulson's insights at WP Trends) to show 1-2% conversion rates are the norm for plugins in the WP.org repository. Only a couple of big players can crack the 100k+ install tiers today.The Plugin Repo's Glass CeilingAlex notes this "glass ceiling" has a lot to do with how the repo's search algorithm works. It's biased to favor plugins that have many active installs already, so if you're not there yet, it's not going to help you get there. As a result of these observations, Alex disrecommends the plugin repo for anyone thinking about launching a business there on the freemium model. He considers WP.org a poor distribution channel and assumes the freemium product model's fate is tied to it. On that point, we're doubtful and optimistic about exceptions and opportunities for plugin developers to make their own way, with or without the repo.While Eric and I don't fully agree with Alex, his data-based analysis does establish that the plugin repository is "broken" if it's intended to be a place where a small entrepreneur with a good product can break in and take off.Let's Fix What's Broken (The Plugin Repo) Not What Isn't (The Freemium Model)Matt Cromwell politely disagrees with Alex in a long, thoughtful post of his own: The Case for the WordPress Plugin Freemium Model. (There's a great Post Status Slack thread on it too.) In it, Matt describes ways plugin owners can make the wp.org plugin search engine work better for them, but he also notes a few of its deficiencies as well. His best point is that an average conversion rate is just that — an average. He's seen much better results due to marketing efforts he feels are accessible to many plugin vendors. Matt also points to examples of successful freemium plugin shops, like Paid Memberships Pro which recently did an A/B test with their pricing page, and the version with a freemium option converted better.Where Alex and Matt agree is how much the plugin repo has changed due to market saturation. It isn't an easy place to win in anymore. And I'm pretty sure Alex would agree with Matt this is true across the web as a whole — you can expect to have to work hard with stiff competition and give high attention to Google as well — not to mention all the other things that go into making and supporting a good product.Ideas for Improving the WordPress.org Plugin RepositoryEric and I also discussed the excellent suggestions for useful, actionable data that product owners — and even agencies — would like from a new, improved plugin directory. Vito Peleg's ideas are especially exciting and seemed to draw a nod from Matt Mullenweg on Twitter. We also note how better data for plugin owners might satisfy some needs that historically have led them to try all kinds of (often unpleasant) gimicks in the WordPress backend to connect with users and upsell or cross-market their products. In a comment at Post Status this week, Justin Labadie imagines how this could work as part of the plugin install process, along with other suggestions. Eric connected this line of thinking with Mark Zahra's question in a recent post at WP Mayor, Is Deceptive Marketing Ruining WordPress' Reputation?Plugin Developers Must Make Their Own WayEric asked (and answered) a big question at the WP Minute: What should plugin developers expect from WordPress? You've got to make your own way is a message I agree with, and I brought up my conversation with Till Krüss about Performance and the Plugin Business as an example of all the possibilities that open up if you think about meeting big needs nobody else is meeting or solving big problems others are creating!Follow the Leaders, Adopt StandardsWhere we end up is 10up's newly released resource site for Gutenberg Best Practices. It's got tutorials, resources, references, example code — and they're encouraging use of their GitHub discussion board for the site. It's intended to go beyond the official WordPress documentation, according Fabian Kaegy's launch announcement. It's a “more client-services-centric approach tailored to engineering enterprise-level editorial experiences.”To me, that's a signal WordPress has turned a corner with Gutenberg. Top agency adoption of Gutenberg is huge, and as we see a growing body of accumulated knowledge, standards, and best practices emerging, it signals and amplifies a wave of change.Building Products to Scale Opens Doors and Creates Opportunities for GrowthToward the end of the show I suggest that plugin developers (as well as agencies) targeting middle and low-end markets have tended to neglect standards around performance testing and security because their customers don't need to scale and because they can treat performance and security as a hosting problem. That's a barrier to accessing high-value enterprise clients, hosts, and agencies connected to both. It represents lost opportunities and money left on the table.

Mark Zahra and Nash Rawiller - Breakfast with the Best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conversation regarding the removal of WordPress plugin active install growth data has continued this week. The data chart was officially removed from the WordPress.org plugin repository back on September 29, 2022. Even as plugin authors and other community members have asked for the chart's return, no formal reason has been given for its removal. The possibilities of privacy and security issues have been brought up, but there's been no official announcement from WordPress leadership. Over at WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reports on a Trac ticket discussion started by Mark Zahra. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has chimed in and said that adding relevant statistics for plugin authors “...will take some work but it's doable.” Mullenweg also responded to a tweet from Zahra stating, “We'll add something new for small plug-in devs.” Meanwhile, the community continues to express concern. Investor and artist Jean Galea wondered if WordPress is entering a “death spiral”. And MasterWP's Rob Howard says WordPress may be turning away its biggest fans. Next up (listen to the podcast for more): Michelle Frechette with the Community Minute! Links You Shouldn't Miss MasterWP's WordCamp travel sponsorship program plans to keep on rolling in 2023. It aims to enable a diverse group of people to attend events by defraying travel costs. This year, the program helped seven recipients head to WordCamp US in San Diego, California. Rob Howard wrote about the reasoning behind and the impact of the program. There's also a form for anyone interested in receiving a travel stipend to attend WordCamp US 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland. Howard also put out a call for potential sponsors. For our part, the WP Minute has made a $1,500 contribution. From the Grab Bag Now it's time to take a look at some other interesting topics shared by our contributors. A hosted WooCommerce package will be coming to WordPress.com in 2023.Carl Alexander took a look at the ups and downs of contributing to WordPress outside of the official project.Matt Cromwell and Kim Coleman sat down with AccessAlly founder Nathalie Lussier to discuss outlining a WordPress product roadmap.WordPress 6.1 will see a performance boost, thanks to the addition of database query caching.A familiar name is listed in Newsweek's “America's 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2022” rankings. Automattic, owner of WordPress.com and founded by Matt Mullenweg, came in at #31 this year.Open source search engine Meilisearch recently

The WordPress plugin ecosystem has been a big topic of discussion recently. WP Mayor's Mark Zahra started things off with an in-depth article regarding deceptive marketing practices. Zahra provides specific examples of questionable tactics used by WordPress plugin developers. He also calls on the community - himself included - to think about the potential harm to WordPress' reputation. Zahra didn't stop there. He also noted that the WordPress.org plugin repository has removed the active install growth chart. This feature allowed plugin developers to gauge how their products performed over time. Over at WP Tavern, Sarah Gooding reports that there's been no clear indication of why the metric was pulled. Zahra also expanded on the topic over at MasterWP. And if you're interested in learning how to monetize your own WordPress product, be sure to listen to Kim Coleman and Matt Cromwell's WP Product Talk Twitter Space. Links You Shouldn't Miss The WordPress themes team has decided to delay the inclusion of locally-hosted Google fonts in legacy default themes until version 6.2. As Sarah Gooding reports at WP Tavern, the move was originally scheduled for version 6.1. This has some community members concerned, as a German court recently ruled that remotely-hosted fonts are a violation of the European Union's GDPR laws. The 2022 Web Almanac was released by HTTP Archive. The report aims to point out trends in the industry. As you may have guessed, WordPress once again has the top spot in CMS usage, with a reported 35% market share. Last week's story covering the controversial, racially-tinged remarks on a now-removed episode of the WP-Tonic podcast continues to spark discussion. WP Watercool took on the topic of microagression, while Allie Nimmons and Michelle Frechette of Underrepresented in Tech looked at the idea of reverse racism. From the Grab Bag Now it's time to take a look at some other interesting topics shared by our contributors. WordPress 6.1 Beta 3 is now available for testing.WordCamp Phoenix has been scheduled for March 24-25, 2023. Outside of WordCamp US, it's the only stateside camp confirmed for 2023.Jonathan Wold discusses Using The Loop To Grow A WordPress Product CompanyDan Knauss at Post Status asks WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Why Do We Make It So Hard?WP Motivate explores

James Winks joins Gareth on The Jockey's Room to discuss last Sunday's Underwood Stakes, Mark Zahra's booking aboard Verry Elleegant and plenty more.

Mark Zahra fresh from Tijuana's win at the Valley Friday night and ahead of his prized ride on Verry Elleegant in the Arc! 

Mark Zahra joined The Verdict on Racing Pulse fresh from a huge day out at Flemington on Saturday!

We have switched over to Slack from Discord. News There has been a lot of feedback for full site editing in the latest release of WordPress. The team over on make.wordpress.org is looking for people to sign up for usability testing by June 24th. This outreach program is going to try something new and pair up members of the program with community designers. Once paired, they will then find time between June 20th and July 1st to record a 15-minute call on Zoom going through one of two tasks: Creating & applying a new header, and using and customizing patterns. WordPress.org is now strongly recommending that theme authors switch to local hosted webfonts. Sarah Gooding writes over on WPTavern that a recent German court case fined a website using Google-hosted webfonts. In order to comply with GDPR - Europe's General Data Protection Regulation - WordPress themes should switch to locally hosted webfonts. Are you still recovering from WCEU? There are two reviews from media supporters that you may want to check out. Bob Dunn and Matt Medeiros recorded their experiences. And there are nearly 3000 event photos. If you would like to see those you can view the photo album from WCEU on Flickr. Andrew Palmer reviews his WCEU experience right here on the WP Minute. Nathan Wrigley interviews Matt Mullenweg on the Jukebox podcast hosted at the WPTavern. Mullenweg shares his reflections on WordPress and the changes to come in the future. WooCommerce: WooCommerce 6.6 was released and you can find the complete changelog over on the WooCommerce site for the recent changes. From Our Contributors and Producers Eric Karkovack writes about the CMS landscape (including WordPress) on the latest at the WP Minute. Eric makes a good argument about why a freelancer would not choose WordPress for building a website. What's with the WordPress vibe? Changes and Acquisitions seem to be published weekly now. Acquisitions in #WordPress have created some concern among smaller businesses and entrepreneurs as we compete with bigger companies with much larger budgets. Mark Zahra has a little survey on Twitter asking if you had to double down on one area in the next 6 months with the goal of generating growth, what would it be? There were several layoffs reported lately from Elementor and Envato. James Giroux tweeted about the status of @envato and @elemntor announcing significant redundancies in the last week. You can help those affected by: 1. Celebrating wins publicly and calling out individuals by name 2. Adding to their LinkedIn profiles 3. Introducing them to your network Next Up: Simplified Business Minute by Sam Muñoz The Case for Not Automating Client Interac

In this episode, Gaby Galea and Mark Zahra talk to Kyle Maurer, Director of Operations at Sandhills Development (recently acquired by Awesome Motive), about general people operations, career progression frameworks, the best way to handle compensation, and organization hierarchy. Episode Highlights and Topics: Company Leader: Clearly communicate the vision to team/employees. Company Culture: Function efficiently and create a fulfilling place to work. Career Progression Frameworks: Hire the right people and give them opportunities to grow. Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Not all people are going to be or want to be managers. Compensation: Career progression with change in level or title often results in pay raises. Ongoing Debate: How much discretion is allowable - as little subjectivity as possible. Fixed vs. Variable Location: Use equitable, simple, and reliable data for salary ranges. Resources/Links: Kyle Maurer on LinkedIn Sandhills Development Awesome Motive Trello GitHub Castos TranslatePress WP Mayor Email WP Mayor

It's the WP Minute! I'm Helen Hou-Sandi, filling in for Matt. This episode is brought to you by FooGallery, check out their latest WooCommerce integration to start selling images right through WooCommerce, head on over to Foo.Gallery for more information! You know what it is, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. Let's get into the News Video Press announced that they have a new refreshed player that offers creators an intuitive design that puts their content in the spotlight. Video Press is fully integrated into WordPress so neither you nor your audience need to be redirected to external apps. You may already be familiar with VideoPress which is included in the Premium, Business, and eCommerce plans on WordPress.com and powers WordPress.tv. If you are a self-hosted site, you can get VideoPress through Jetpack, now available as a standalone product. The brand new default theme Twenty Twenty-Two is targeted to be released with WordPress 5.9 in December. This flexible default theme for WordPress takes advantage of the Full Site Editing and Global styles features, which we have seen recently. Kjell Reigstad, the lead designer covers the customizations nicely over on make WordPress.org where they are looking for community involvement. Head over to get involved and weigh in on the future of default themes. Joost de Valk tweeted this week that he is excited about the news of a proposal also over on make WordPress.org from Ari Stathopoulos proposing the creation of a team focused on the performance and speed of WordPress. It seems that in comparison to some other platforms, WordPress is falling behind. A team will bring more organization and visibility to this effort. Check out the proposal and get involved if this is your area of expertise. Davinder Singh Kainth over at the WPWeekly is running the WP Awards 2021 event. You can vote for your favorite WordPress Plugins, Themes, Tools, and Services at the WP Awards 2021 event. Nominations are open now. Voting begins November 1st with results in December. Be sure to send over your nominations or become a sponsor. WPMainline wrote an interesting piece about being honest with users and hidden fees. The article covers a tweet from Mark Zahra mentioning that he had been contacted by someone in the WordPress community who was working on a post that would list some of the best plugins to use. What set this email exchange apart from others is that the author told him that in order to be included in the post, he would need to pay a fee. Yes, pay-to-play. Jeff's article is a good review about transparency when money is being exchanged. This is a good reminder when working in the WordPress community. How about WooCommerce? WooCommerce continues to be one of the world's most popular e-commerce solutions, processing billions of dollars in transactions. However, integrating and managing in-person sales with a WooCommerce online store hasn't always been seamless and can be time-consuming and difficult for website developers and business owners alike. Back in Se

It's the WP Minute! This episode is brought to you by FooGallery, check out their latest WooCommerce integration to start selling images right through WooCommerce, head on over to Foo.Gallery for more information! You know the drill, everything I mention here will be linked up in the newsletter and the blog post. Check out thewpminute.com for the links. News It was a blast keeping up with the breaking news last week and things are still shaking. Alex Denning writes an interesting post about Awesome Motive's marketing machine powering millions of dollars in revenue. He explores how it all works as separate products in a decentralized network. Go check out his take on Awesome Motive's value of products under one umbrella. The Matt Report also has a great interview with Syed Balkhi, to recap his point of view on the acquisition of Sandhills development. All the acquisitions… It was announced that WPLandingKit is joining Themeisle. WPLandingKit is a popular plugin that lets you map domain names to individual WordPress pages within your site. Themeisle will look to incorporate this plugin with their Neve and Otter products to provide a solution for managing landing pages for WordPress. Keep your eyes peeled for new offers coming from them. Keanan Koppenhaver announced on Twitter that he acquired @WP_Pusher and @thisisbranch. In his blog, he talks about why this acquisition is so thrilling to him. WP Pusher is solid, supporting a multitude of workflows. It allows one to deploy to every WordPress host in existence. Keenan states: As a fellow developer, I'm overjoyed at the idea of helping WordPress developers deploy their code more easily, no matter where they're hosted and without having to resort to FTP. All this acquisition talk seems to be causing angst (or not) in the WordPress Community. Mark Zahra covers a lot of what WordPress Entrepreneurs may be feeling in his recent blog post about there being a future for small WordPress businesses. WordPress feels like it is fragmented and it is a good time for larger companies to be buying the smaller ones. Can anyone continue to compete in this situation? Then we get Chris Wiegman's view about what keeps people working in WordPress. It often isn't for the technical power of the product but the communities that keep us connected. Check out his article on the four communities of WordPress and how that ties small business owners together. IF you want to get out there in the WordPress scene you may want the world to know about it. WPMainline has a recent blog post about how the small fry can get the exposure they need by using the website WPHunts. This site, an idea of Ben Townsend, is in the early stages and it will be interesting to see the discussion and support from the community as it gains traction. Events It looks like October is shaping up to be a busy month.

How the stewards handled the news of the Mornington Peninsula party, the "kick in the guts" finding out about Mark Zahra's involvement two days after initially dealing with the situation, and more.

Mark Zahra joined Racing Pulse to discuss the incident at Flemington that has put him on the sidelines with Rib and Elbow injuries. We get an update on them and when he expects to be back in the saddle

Everyone's favorite example of a plugin you "don't need" is a plugin that only adds social share buttons to your navigation, but what social strategies DO you need, and how can social media and WordPress work together to drive business outcomes?In this episode of PressThis, we interview Mark Zahra of Spotlight Instagram Feeds about his thoughts on how social media and WordPress content can work together to drive growth, how Instagram specifically represents a unique opportunity and ideas you can use to use WordPress as an engine for social media and social media as an engine of WordPress.Don't miss out on this mind-bending journey of unintuitive ways to drive value with WordPress and social media. Listen to this episode of PressThis now!

Realm Of Flowers is the first horse into the 2021 Melbourne Cup after a dominant victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Jock Mark Zahra with more

Jockeys Jye McNeil and Mark Zahra joined Michael Felgate from track work at Caulfield

The next in our series of success stories is Mark Zahra, CEO of RebelCode – the company behind WP Mayor, WP RSS Aggregator and several more WordPress plugins. His team launched Spotlight Instagram Feeds, a social feed plugin, which has risen to over 10,000 active installs on WordPress.org in less than 9 months. Let’s see […]

Enthaar is set to start the shortest-priced Blue Diamond Stakes favourite in a decade when she lines up in the $2 million feature on February 20 after the unbeaten filly cantered home in the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday under Mark Zahra

Mark Zahra booted home four winners at Caulfield including Verry Elleegant in the Caulfield Cup

James Winks, with Mark Zahra who has seven rides at Caulfield Saturday, but none more important or enviable than Cup favourite Verry Elleegant

Mark Zahra has heaped praise on star mare Verry Elleegant after she landed another Group 1 victory in the Turnbull Stakes on Saturday and he’s excited about the prospect of riding her in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups

We want to go inside the mind of the jockeys, as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, racing continues for the moment, how are the jockeys keeping themselves isolated from another and what stresses did they deal with last week when there was potential Mark Zahra had the virus

Racing is back on with Mark Zahra’s test result returning negative for COVID 19. Giles Thompson provides us with the latest update from the state’s governing body

Mark Zahra, among other things, recently released the EDD Bookings plugin for Easy Digital Downloads.  I was excited to talk to him about this because it’s something that I thought of doing myself back when I was teaching multiple classes at the University of Scranton. When I was on campus to help manage a fluid schedule for […] The post Mark Zahra and EDD Bookings appeared first on How I Built It.

In this episode of Press This we're chatting with Mark Zahra of EDD Bookings WP Mayor about the lessons he's learned planning a major release of his plugin EDD Bookings. If you've ever thought about making a WordPress plugin, this episode contains useful insights learned from success and failures in maintaining and improving a WordPress plugin. If you've built a WordPress plugin already, listen to this episode for a chance to learn from someone else going through the same things you are. Listen now!

In this episode of Press This we're chatting with Mark Zahra of EDD Bookings WP Mayor about the lessons he's learned planning a major release of his plugin EDD Bookings. If you've ever thought about making a WordPress plugin, this episode contains useful insights learned from success and failures in maintaining and improving a WordPress plugin. If you've built a WordPress plugin already, listen to this episode for a chance to learn from someone else going through the same things you are. Listen now!

In today's episode, Jean and James discuss their retirement from Mastermind.fm and usher in a new era during which the show will be hosted by Mark Zahra. We discuss what's been going on in our lives and businesses over the past year and how we arrived to the decision to stop hosting the show. It's definitely been a great run however it is now time for someone else to take over, and we are convinced that Mark will be doing a great job. You've already heard Mark on some of the last few episodes, and one of the main reasons why we decided to keep the show going is because we both really enjoyed listening to these last few episodes. We talk about what's next for us in business and also discuss some of our recently discovered productivity hacks and books we read. Since there's lots of changes happening in our business lives lately, we also discuss the topic of change and evolving. It seems that as we age and also gain more and more experience in the business world, our desires change, and one thing we both feel is a stronger attraction towards brick-and-mortar businesses, which we might be getting into in the near future. James is certainly not retiring from podcasting, in fact he is already running another show, Adventures in Businessing. He doesn't exclude doing more shows and also recommends a few of his favorite podcasts during this episode. For those of you who are interested in podcasting, James also shares his equipment setup towards the end of the show. If you're looking after having a professional setup, you should definitely listen carefully to that part, while if you're looking for a modest setup to just get started, check out the equipment mentioned by Jean. It's been a great experience for us doing this podcast, and we highly appreciate the support from our audience. It would be awesome if you could take a few minutes to leave a review on iTunes and let us know what you like and want to hear more about in future episodes hosted by Mark. Thank you for everything! Mentioned Resources The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You Adventures in Businessing Podcast The Punnery Podcast 5dF (5 Dollar film) Podcast

In this episode, Mark Zahra from WP Mayor, WP RSS Aggregator and EDD Bookings continues his foray into podcasting through a long discussion with Joe Casabona. Joe Casabona has been around WordPress for many years, starting off like many of us building small WordPress sites, to now coaching and teaching others about WordPress and how to run a business around it. Mark got in touch with Joe recently in the Post Status slack community and through their conversations, he learnt about how Joe transitioned from working for Crowd Favorite while working side-jobs as a freelancer to freelancing full-time in various, less-discussed areas of WordPress. The call lasted almost an hour and a half. That's why we have split the episode into two parts. In part one Mark and Joe discuss Joe's background, the struggles he faced and benefits he got in transitioning to freelance, as well as his popular podcast, How I Built It, and what he has learnt from the interviews. Given that the podcast has surpassed 67 episodes now, we hear Joe's thoughts on WordPress businesses as well as development. The two then delve into the shifts that have been happening in the way products are built, the ways they are marketed, and the problems being faced by product owners today within the WordPress community. The discussion finally turns to hosting a podcast and how this can be made into a business of its own. Similarly to Mastermind FM, Joe's podcast began as a mastermind with other individuals and grew from there. Part two, which will be coming in a couple of weeks, will discuss other projects that Joe has undertaken - a WordPress Business Coaching Program as well as Creator Courses. Sign up below to get notified when it's published. Show Notes: Website: casabona.org Twitter: @jcasabona Post Status Crowd Favorite Chris Lema Karim Marucchi How I Built It Podcast Episodes mentioned: Joost de Valk (Yoast SEO) Pippin Williamson (Easy Digital Downloads and Restrict Content Pro) Daniel Bachhuber Jason Coleman (Paid Memberships Pro) GiveWP Tools mentioned: ConvertKit Facebook Pixel Google Analytics

Mark Zahra takes over for the first episode of 2018 to discuss a topic he has grown passionate for; customer service. Having been involved in support for the WP RSS Aggregator plugin for around 3 years, growing from a support engineer to head of support, and now being part of the team preparing the EDD Bookings plugin for its re-launch, Mark strives to improve the customer service their team provides. As part of his research, he came across a Facebook live video hosted by HelpScout CEO Nick Francis, in which Nick interviews Customer Service expert Shep Hyken. After getting in touch with the two, Mark reached out to Shep who agreed to be a part of this Mastermind.FM episode. Shep gives us a brief overview of his background and what led him to becoming a customer service and experience expert, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, as well as being inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in the speaking profession. Mark goes on to ask Shep a number of questions regarding how support differs between large companies such as Amazon and the smaller teams in the WordPress eco-system. This leads to a discussion about the words "satisfied" and "fine", and how these are not words you want to hear as the individual providing support. The discussion then turns onto customer loyalty, first and last impressions, and how you should be handling upset or irate customers. For anyone that has provided any form of customer service, you would know that these situations are inevitable, so knowing how to deal with them is of utmost importance. Last but not least, Mark and Shep discuss a few tools that can be used for customer service, from chat to social media. Shep goes as far as to discourage the use of a ticketing system, which is something that is widespread in the world of WordPress plugins and themes. Can this change in the future with the introduction of other tools such as live chat and chatbots? There are also a couple of fun, short stories from Shep's experiences thrown in there that we're sure you'll love. If you don't, well then, customer service isn't for you. Shep Hyken is the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. Featured on the show: Shep Hyken's website (Shepard Presentations) The Customer Focus Twitter: @Hyken Facebook: Shep Hyken - Speaker LinkedIn: Shep Hyken Youtube Channel: Shep Hyken Google+: Shep Hyken HelpScout Facebook Live Video - Nick Francis & Shep Hyken We Made Support a Priority, and It Paid Off - Mark Zahra HelpU, by HelpScout Bonus: Shep Hyken's taxi cab story

This episode is hosted by Mark Zahra of WP RSS Aggregator and EDD Bookings, who talks with Marius Vetrivi of WPRiders. Marius is an entrepreneur who has worked his way from being a solo freelancer to running his own WordPress agency that currently has 6 full-time employees. The two discuss Marius' background as well as that of his business, WPRiders, before going on to discuss various aspects of running a business. The discussion starts off with how to transition from being a freelancer to running an agency and what Marius learnt from it. The two then go on to discuss hiring; knowing when is the right time to expand and in what areas, how to find the right person for the job and for your team, and making sure the company's culture is maintained throughout. Marius also shares some details about what WPRiders does and how it does it, from complete site development to smaller projects with plugin and theme customisations, among others. Lastly, Mark asks Marius what he does in his personal time to unwind and how he manages to cut off from the business side of his life, and he gives some valuable answers. Be sure to stick around until the end to hear Marius' advice for those looking to get into freelancing as well as those looking to expand into an agency. Links: @mariusvetrici | Twitter Marius Vetrici | LinkedIn WPRiders Codeable Susy Toolkit Vipassana Meditation 12: The Elements of Great Managing | Book

Mark Zahra of RebelCode and Donnacha MacGloinn of RedPen take a break from battling the forces of darkness and discuss the best steps to take if you want to make a living as a coder in the WordPress world. The hidden benefits of managing a plugin project, including the level of seniority at which it is acceptable to shout and call the developers “code monkeys”. The advantages and disadvantages of selling plugins through a marketplace. Tectonic shifts in the world of WordPress marketplaces. How a platform owner can play nice when deciding to close down their third-party marketplace. Why acquisition feels a bit like pimping your own mother. Reactions to the massive WordPress switch from React. The best alternative Javascript frameworks, from the point of vue of Mark’s developers. Why it might be a good idea to have Mark Zuckerberg on your side when you’re mugged by patent trolls. Donnacha coerces Mark into making a big money bet with complicated terms. ThemeForest and CodeCanyon are crack cocaine for WordPress beginners. Trying to teach Web Design to a millennial. What Envato teaches us about the importance of making your products shiny, rather than functional. Why Mark, unlike the owners of Envato, is an idealist and will, as a result, die penniless. Jean Galea’s advice to Donnacha to avoid creating a product that requires support, and why RebelCode are completely ignoring that insight with their upcoming blockbuster bookings plugin. How, instead of making your own plugin, you could make more money by charging exorbitant amounts for customizations of someone else’s plugin. How to approach an existing plugin owner and ask them to refer customization clients to you, and how that might actually land you a full-time lead developer job. A sneak peak at an upcoming episode in which an actual owner will reveal THE INSIDE DIRT on running a marketplace, while flopping about as naked as the day he was born. Bring whiskey.

In this episode, Donnacha MacGloinn and Mark Zahra take over as guest hosts. Donnacha has been involved with WordPress since the early days while working on various projects, while Mark is the Project Manager for WP Mayor as well as the WP RSS Aggregator and EDD Bookings WordPress plugins. This week we delved into a current hot-topic in the WordPress community, the Gutenberg editor and what it means for WordPress. We look at what Gutenberg is, where it’s going, and what brought it about. The discussion then delves deeper into the macro idea behind such projects as Gutenberg, WooCommerce and many others that Automattic and Matt Mullenweg are under-taking. While the community seems to be happy with the new, modern approach being taken in WordPress, there is a lot of uncertainty about its future. Shownotes & Links Gutenberg Plugin Gutenberg on Github WordPress.com WordPress.com Plugins (for Business Plan) Automattic Matt Mullenweg