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Progress on WordPress’ 2019 Projects Sets 2020 Roadmap
Josepha Haden, Executive Director of WordPress, published an update of WordPress’ goals in 2019. The focus for WordPress over the past year has been on nine primary projects. Of the nine projects, WordPress only managed to ship two in 2019. This means that the focus in 2020 will be much the same as the community continues building on the progress it has made toward the existing projects.
The State of the WordPress Economy
The GPL sets the stage for all the actors involved in WordPress. No matter how hard any of them try to push it to one side, it stubbornly finds its way back in any meaningful argument or decision. It’s not an elephant that stumbles over precious china, more like a single-minded bull that will not allow anyone to forget they are in an arena under his reign. All this is exactly how the GPL’s creator envisioned it. No accidents or surprises here.
Ten Years of Dev4Press
Dev4Press announced the final week of celebrations leading to the tenth birthday on December 15, 2019. This will include a special 20% discount for all Dev4Press plugins, addons and club membership licenses and a final giveaway for a lifetime license (2 awards) for Dev4Press Plugins Club Membership.