I realize this is local news, but we’re trying to make sure we sell out WordCamp Denver this year, which requires some exceptional effort. So if you’re near Denver, Colorado, and don’t have plans for Saturday July 28, you should come to WordCamp Denver. As I write this (Tuesday afternoon) I only see three spots in our Sunday workshops open! But we’ve still got plenty of tickets for Saturday 😊

I was recently for the WP Builds podcast. Nathan Wrigley was a warm and welcoming host, and we spent a lot of time talking about WordPress security.

WordSesh was the first (at least to my knowledge) WordPress-focused virtual conference. The last one ran in 2016, and since than I’ve from time-to-time heard pining for its return. Brian Richards from WPSessions is doing just that: bringing it back.

I get like four emails a day about the GDPR, and because we’re not Facebook, Google, or an ad network, it doesn’t seem world-shaking to what we do. But I wanted to know a bit more, and so I Googled for “ELI5 GDPR,” “ELI5” being short for “Explain Like I’m Five,” Reddit’s awesome format for simplifying complex topics.

I thought Nashville was so fun for WordCamp US last year that I just had to get back before December. ;p

Short answer: Yes!

The WordPress Marketing team has put together a pretty cool resource: a guide to a lot of the weird lingo you’ll hear casually cast-off in WordPress conversations without context. While I hope that this can move to a more canonical place: jargon.wordpress.org (with a built-in quick-search feature) would be AMAZING, I love the approach that Bridget Willard and the team have taken to break down some of the unintended barriers that new people to WordPress face.

If you’re in and around Colorado, or you just want an excuse to visit, you should come out to WordCamp Denver this year. Rather than just being a supporter, I’m on the organizing team this year.

Ever since I made a nice little spreadsheet of WordPress security plugin features for WordPress Security with Confidence, I’ve wanted to pull that out to a standalone site. While we didn’t create WPHierarchy.com, we’re its proud maintainers. The idea here is similar.

It’s rare that you find good write-ups with evidence-based details on the field of security. (This I learned while working on WordPress Security with Confidence.) This is true for a whole host of reasons, but it’s one of the many reasons that I’m pointing you all at this write-up from Larry Cashdollar.