In this episode, Malcom Peralty and I start the show by discussing some weird things that have been happening in our sleep. I share my experience attending the WordCamp Philly meetup group. It was nice to be able to watch a presentation and casually hang out with others in a chatroom.



We then discussed two recent blog posts that describe WordPress as not being an excellent writing tool. We dove into this topic and I think it has a lot to do with the major transition that’s going on with WordPress. We talk about Ben Pines stepping down from his role at Elementor and the impact he’s had on that ecosystem.



We round out the show by sharing our ideas on what to rename “Reusable Blocks” to and how to make it easier for casual users to learn what’s new in WordPress.



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Matt’s Page BuilderShould You Really Write in WordPressBen Pines Steps Down From ElementorDebate Continues On What to Rename “Reusable Blocks” TooShout Out to Shaun AndrewsFor Casual Users, Information on New WordPress Features Can Be Hard to Find


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Speaker 1 00:00:19 Welcome everybody to episode 16 of the WP mainline podcast for Friday, October 22nd, 2021. I am your host, Jeff Chandler joined, uh, by the one and only Malcolm pearls of press Titan and Cambridge creative. Ooh, got that right off the top of the show. Very nice. How you doing, sir? I’m tired, but I’m doing, doing well. Yeah. Feeling a bit sleepy. I’m feeling a little punchy. Actually. I didn’t get much sleep. So I’m like on that verge of like being kind of silly. So I actually got some sleep and I feel sleepy. You