One of the most pleasant surprises of our time at WordCamp US 2018 was that we got to meet Dan Maby. Dan is the founder of WP&UP, a registered charity that exists to support and promote mental health in the WordPress community

We’ve been thinking a lot about how people learn WordPress, and what drives success in WordPress development learning.

Over years of teaching WordPress development, we’ve realized something: learning WordPress development is really hard.

A couple of months back I wrote a really long (sorry!) and really impassioned article about:

WordPress is a wonderful technology, but most small business website owners are not having wonderful experiences with it.

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.

Short answer: Yes!

This article outlines the key topics I’ve needed clarity on to work as a freelance WordPress developer.

In this edition of their podcast, Brian Krogsgard and Brian Richards have a lot to say about how the WordPress market segments out. Starting around 12 minutes in, they download pure knowledge about the state of the market and the actors in it.

David and I have been at the second annual Post Status Publish, organized by the always essential Brian Krogsgard of Post Status and taking place in Atlanta today and yesterday.