In this episode, Malcolm Peralty and I are joined by Bob Dunn of Do The Woo fame to discuss the news of the week. We started off by discussing the most surprising acquisition of the year with GoDaddy acquiring Pagely. We briefly touch on what’s new in WordPress 5.8.2 while trying to figure out how to pronounce Thijs de Valk’s name. Thijs de Valk is the new CEO for Yoast.



Bob explains what exactly his partnership with Post Status entails and what we can expect from it. Last but not least, we had a great discussion about Paul Lacey’s post and contributor churn in WordPress and whether or not WordPress could one day run out of free labor to keep the project going. If you tell me the correct number of times I say “Do The Woo” in this episode, contact me and I might have a surprise for you.



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Stories Discussed:



GoDaddy Acquires PagelyOne Hour Interview Between Cory Miller and Josh StrebelWordPress 5.8.2 Security and Maintenance ReleaseJoost De Valk’s Brother Steps into CEO RoleAnnouncing a Partnership with Post Status and Do the WooAMP Has Irreparably Damaged Publishers’ Trust in Google-led InitiativesState of the Word 2021Blocks, Boards & Fishing Reels – How Gutenberg has Divided WordPress


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Speaker 1 00:00:19 Welcome everybody to episode 19 of the WP mainline