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In this episode of The WP Minute Plus podcast, host Matt Medeiros interviews Aaron Edwards about his AI products DocsBot.ai and Imajinn.ai.Aaron shares his background working in WordPress for over a decade, including serving as CTO of WPMU Dev. He then discusses how DocsBot allows users to train chatbots with their own company data to use for customer support, sales, and internal knowledge. Aaron talks about the process of training the bots, pricing plans for WordPress businesses, and surprises when selling to enterprise customers.Chapter Markers: 0:00 – Intro 1:01 – Welcoming Aaron Edwards 1:03 – Using this as an AI therapy session 1:24 – Aaron's background in WordPress 2:22 – WPMU Dev's white label reseller hosting plans 3:35 – Training chatbots with your own data 5:04 – Using retrieval to provide factual answers 8:07 – Letting chatbots index your content 10:38 – Typical Doc Spot customers and use cases 12:02 – The process for training a DocsBot 13:15 – Bringing your own OpenAI key 15:15 – Ethics of competitors using your content 16:41 – Focusing on driving intent vs. informational content 18:11 – AI-generated content and SEO 20:23 – Creating helpful content with or without AI 22:33 – Selling DocsBot plans to WordPress businesses 25:26 – Surprises when selling to enterprise customers 28:51 – Flexible ways to integrate DocsBot bots 29:36 – Potentially expanding to other AI services 32:42 – Where to find Aaron and his AI products Other Important Links: The WP Minute Slack – https://thewpminute.com/support Aaron on Twitter – https://twitter.com/uglyRobotDev ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode of Post Status Draft, Cory is joined by James Farmer, CEO of Incsub, WPMU DEV, CampusPress, and Edublogs. James' WordPress story goes all the way back to his launch of the first hosted WordPress multisite blogging platform — just a few days ahead of WordPress.com. Edublogs currently hosts millions of students' and educators' blogs. James talks about successes and failures, his views on Gutenberg, and how he stays competitive with Squarespace. Cory brings up the WordPress.org active install data question and gets James' take on how he'd like to see it re-emerge with greater value for plugin businesses.

CEO of WPMU DEV, James Farmer, shares what he sees in the landscape of hosting and maintaining WordPress websites now and in the future.In This Episode00:00 - Introduction04:30 - Greetings to James09:01 - The art of asking14:25 - Best of two worlds of design17:56 - Landscape ten years ago23:50 - Giving clients a soft touch25:29 - A new design tool32:46 - Expenses of “cheap” DIY sites38:53 - Calming the fear of too many45:48 - Make clients happy50:30 - What's on the horizon55:28 - How it differs from Squarespace1:01:00 - Presenting options1:06:55 - Final thoughts from JamesGet all links, resources and show notes at:https://joshhall.co/156

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I recently had a video chat with the founder of WPMU DEV, James Farmer, to ask all about their transition from managing over 100 plugins and themes to focusing on just a few, core products and services. The call was pretty insightful for the rest of us devs out there who are managing smaller plugin […]

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The WordPress ecosystem is full of businesses offering plugins, themes, or WordPress-adjacent SaaS services. Many of these businesses and the products they represent were built by developers who had a keen idea and the means to build something special. Of course, novel ideas and clever products aren't a guarantee for success, yet product makers often struggle with getting their heads around an effective marketing strategy.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Alex Denning of Ellipsis (and the popular MasterWP newsletter) about how WordPress product businesses go about successfully marketing their products, driving adoption, and driving growth for the businesses those products support. Alex shares his thoughts for WordPress product businesses around hyper-growth marketing strategies including effective content & SEO, creating sales copy that converts, using email marketing to drive sales without annoying your subscribers, and much more.Alex's company Ellipsis specializes in marketing WordPress product businesses and has helped some of the biggest product businesses in WordPress such as Automattic, WPMU DEV, Weglot, and GoDaddy.If you're looking for the inside scoop on marketing strategies that work for your WordPress product business or a business you plan to launch, don't miss this episode of PressThis now!"

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In episode ten of the Loud Ideas podcast, Tess Coughlan-Allen talks to Micah Dailey and Josh Dailey from WPMU DEV about their podcast, HelloWP.

On this special BONUS episode of "Hello, WP!", Micah and Josh dig into the nitty gritty of WPMU DEV's new WordPress hosting service! They interview its masterminds to hear the origin story, what makes it different from the "other guys", and some of the challenges faced in the development process. Micah also chats with an early adopter/tinker-er to hear about their experience sense migrating to WPMU DEV hosting.Try WPMU DEV, including our managed hosting, free for 30-days HERE!Watch Micah and Josh on YouTube in the first live-action episode of "Hello, WP!" HERE.Featured Interviews:Ronnie Burt, CBO at WPMU DEVAaron Edwards, CTO at WPMU DEVJason Saeler, a.k.a. Jack Alltrade, a.k.a. Joat See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we walk you through all of the features you can expect in Smush Pro from WPMU Dev. This plugin makes it into every single Divi website we build and it's helped us optimize clients websites that had images over 2MB in size

In episode 4, we talk to Felicia Ceballos-Marroquin about being a professional content creator and setting up awesome WordPress automations. About Felicia: Felicia is what happens when you put too much creativity in a cubicle, shake it up and wait for the magic to burst forth. She was rescued by WPMU DEV who put her decade […]

On this, the final episode of season 1, Micah takes on Nashville, TN to document his first WordCamp, WCUS 2018. Join him as he gets up close and personal with the passionate community behind WordPress (including a special conversation with, none other than, the co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg) in order to understand “Why WordPress?”EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis season was brought to you by WPMU DEV!Build faster, better, and more secure WordPress sites. Optimize WordPress performance and make on-going site maintenance simple with WPMU DEV.Use this link to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Interviews:Miriam Schwab, founder of StratticBirgit Olzem, freelancer and WordPress coachMorten Rand Hendriksen, Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and founder of Automattic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After almost 2 years of development, on December 6, 2018 WordPress merged Gutenberg (a very polarizing new post and page editor) into its core. On this episode, we speak to a range of users and non-users for their thoughts on the future of WordPress and what a change like this means for so many people.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis episode is brought to you by WPMU DEV's Fully Dedicated WordPress Hosting!Every site gets its own dedicated memory, CPU, and storage resources that are completely independent of any other site - including other sites you host with us. Choose from 8 server locations around the world for better performance.Use this link to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 0:55 & 1:12:“Matt Mullenweg: State Of The Word 2016” WordPress.tv, 7 December 2016,wordpress.tv/2016/12/07/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2016/.*Clips were cut from full video for the purpose of sharing the highlights.Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 1:37:“Interview and QandA With Matt Mullenweg.” WordPress.tv, 3 July 2017,wordpress.tv/2017/07/01/interview-and-qanda-with-matt-mullenweg/.*Clip was cut from full video for the purpose of sharing a highlight.Featured Interviews:Scott Bowler, founder of ClassicPressKyle Campos, VP of Continuous Delivery at Smarsh and co-founder of Commit.toZac Gordon, educator for JavaScript For WordPressChris Van Patten, founder of Tomodomo & WordPress core contributorBen Pines, CMO at ElementorRobbie McCullough, co-founder of Beaver BuilderMatthew Bullis, tech educator at Foundation for Blind ChildrenSecret Landing Page: Beers & Bros See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's our very first episode of Hello, WP! On this episode, Micah shares his intimidation in joining a new community and looks into the topic that brought him and Josh to the podcasting table...caching. What is it? Why do you need it? And how do you implement it on your website?EPISODE TRANSCRIPT This episode is brought to you by Hummingbird!Automate optimization on your website with Hummingbird's utility belt packed with file compression, asset optimization, a complete caching suite, Cloudflare integration and performance monitoring that really gets your site flying!Use this link to get Hummingbird and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Interviews:Anton Vanyukov, Developer at WPMU DEVKonstantinos Xenos, Super Tech Support at WPMU DEV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Plugins are pretty self-explanatory, but choosing the right ones for your website can be another story. How trustworthy is WordPress’ review system...or any review system for that matter? On this episode Micah and Josh look at the ins and outs of choosing plugins and handling reviews, and Micah hunts for a WPMU DEV 1-star reviewer.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis episode is brought to you by Forminator!From basic contact forms and surveys to interactive polls with real-time results and “no wrong answer” Facebook-style quizzes, Forminator is the WordPress form builder for, well, everyone.Use this link to get Forminator and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Links:“Which WPMU DEV Hero Are You?” Forminator-powered quiz"WPMU DEV - Terrible Usability" - Curtis MchaleFeatured Interviews:John Abner, co-owner of Bia's Pet StopSusannah Wollman, creator of O! Susannah!Curtis McHale, business coach at curtismchale.caTimothy Bowers, COO at WPMU DEV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While it's easy to become disillusioned to the topic of security in this day and age, we have to stay well informed on the types of attacks that are out there, and what tools and practices we should have in place to combat them. So, on this episode, Josh and Micah talk to a hack victim, a "WordPress hater", and two security experts to get some insight and practical help.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis episode is brought to you by Automate!Quickly (or automatically!) update WordPress core, plugins, and themes with full backups and our Safe Update technology. The security and stability of your sites will never be a problem again.Use this link to get Automate, Defender, and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Links: MichaelStarr Hopkins hack story on CNN MoneyFor further learning, check out Micah's blog post expanding on Adam Warner's 7 security best practices.Featured Interviews:MichaelStarr Hopkins, National Press Secretary & Democratic StrategistKyle Campos, VP of Continuous Delivery at Smarsh and co-founder of Commit.toAdam Warner, currently the Field Marketing Manager at GoDaddy. Previously the Open Source Software Community Manager for SiteLockAaron Edwards, CTO at WPMU DEV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SEO, or search engine optimization, is on the lips of every marketing professional and business owner trying to get the number 1 spot on Google, but somehow it remains unattainable for so many. Follow along as Josh and Micah talk to the SE[PR]Os in an effort to cover the nitty gritty of search engine optimization.EPISODE TRANSCRIPTThis episode is brought to you by SmartCrawl!SmartCrawl is everything you need for fast powerful WordPress SEO that works – one-click setup, keyword auto-linking, sitemap generator, improved social sharing, content analyzer and regular scans and reports.Use this link to get SmartCrawl and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.Featured Links:Pete Walter's article on The TelegraphFeatured Interviews:Barb Palser, Global Product Partnership at GooglePete Walter, Founder of BuzzrampMike Clute, Founder of Mianna MarketingJames Farmer, CEO & co-founder of WPMU DEV See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to “Hello, WP!” a podcast by WPMU DEV that follows a new user's hopefully interesting and somewhat awkward journey to discover WordPress and it's valuable community. Along the way we’ll take on difficult-to-understand topics and chat with a range of WP users and professionals.The journey begins January, 2019. Subscribe to “Hello, WP!” on your favorite podcast streaming platforms and sign up for our newsletter now.Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 2:10:“Interview and QandA With Matt Mullenweg.” WordPress.tv, 3 July 2017,wordpress.tv/2017/07/01/interview-and-qanda-with-matt-mullenweg/. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WordPress plugins and the companies and individuals who produce them are undergoing a drastic transformation as the scale of WordPress eclipses more than a third of the web and larger and larger organizations are relying on plugins to power enterprise digital experiences. WPMU DEV executive Ronnie Burt joins us for this episode of PressThis as we explore how WordPress plugins are shifting from zip files with wholly contained functions that execute on your site to offloaded, SaaS powered, and API driven hybrids. Is this transformation okay? Why are plugins evolving in this way? What opportunities exist for product makers? We explore these questions and more with Ronnie who will be pulling from his wealth of experience at WPMU DEV and its suite of WordPress plugins. Don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!

WordPress plugins and the companies and individuals who produce them are undergoing a drastic transformation as the scale of WordPress eclipses more than a third of the web and larger and larger organizations are relying on plugins to power enterprise digital experiences. WPMU DEV executive Ronnie Burt joins us for this episode of PressThis as we explore how WordPress plugins are shifting from zip files with wholly contained functions that execute on your site to offloaded, SaaS powered, and API driven hybrids. Is this transformation okay? Why are plugins evolving in this way? What opportunities exist for product makers? We explore these questions and more with Ronnie who will be pulling from his wealth of experience at WPMU DEV and its suite of WordPress plugins. Don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!

In this episode of the WP-Tonic Wednesday Interview Show we discuss content marketing and how to hire a quality writer to help you produce popular articles that help you get more traffic to your website. Brenda Barron is the owner of The Digital Inkwell, a content marketing company specializing in providing technology, business, and WordPress-related content to businesses of all sizes. websites like WPMU DEV, WPKube and Elegant Themes. http://thedigitalinkwell.com/

If you use the WPMUDev Tools WordPress extensions like I do, specifically their Defender plugin, you may notice a bunch of file deletions in your weekly report or in your dashboard. If they are just the minified JavaScript and CSS files, then don't worry about it, that's natural and not an issue.

If you use the WPMUDev Tools WordPress extensions like I do, specifically their Defender plugin, you may notice a bunch of file deletions in your weekly report or in your dashboard. If they are just the minified JavaScript and CSS files, then don't worry about it, that's natural and not an issue.

This week, I walk you through how to add copyright information to images in Adobe Lightroom, then export them for web with a watermark embedded, and we explore options to automatically optimize image size. Details on blog: https://mbp.ac/525 Music by Martin Bailey

This week, I walk you through how to add copyright information to images in Adobe Lightroom, then export them for web with a watermark embedded, and we explore options to automatically optimize image size. Details on blog: https://mbp.ac/525 Music by Martin Bailey

As with much blogging this screencast is born of a rant about how WPMU Dev disrespects paying customers with their stupid WordPress admin notifications. After all the stuff that flies around about them plus the terrible usability and the long on promise short on delivery stuff regarding their plugins in their forums I’m not a […]