Season 4

Crossword Season 4, April 2021 – February 2022.

The WordPress Guy

Kicking off with Season 4, Jonathan and Luke chat about the new Wix ad campaign. Then, they disagree about the future of comments in WordPress.

Tavern Buffet

Luke and Jonathan catch up after an unplanned hiatus and jump right into enjoying the WP Tavern buffet.

More Acquisitions

We’re back, baby! Luke and Jonathan discuss the recent Yoast acquisition, and compare it with ACF’s new home.

Ugly

Luke and Jonathan talk about themes, an ugly web, and Gutenberg / Classic Editor reviews.

Early Days

Luke starts off with a surprise. Then we talk about Andrea Middleton, WordPress acquisitions, and whether we’re still in the early days of WordPress.

Proposals, Pods, and Post Types

Jonathan attempts a no-code FSE site build, and Luke is skeptical about FSE landing this year.

Perspectives with Aaron Gustafson

Aaron Gustafson is a Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Edge team, focused on their work on Progressive Web Apps and developer UX. He’s also a spec editor at the W3C and Editor-in-chief of A List Apart. Aaron joins Luke and Jonathan to talk about the Open Web and share his perspective (and some guidance) with the WordPress community.

Multi-User Editing

Forget multi-site, we want multi-user! Luke and Jonathan look beyond the (unfailingly distant) full site editing horizon, toward a day when we can edit a post, nay, design an entire WordPress site collaboratively, contiguously, and concurrently.

The Metaverse

Luke and Jonathan talk about the Facebook, the Metaverse, WordPress, and the Open Web. Luke begins to change his mind about Zuckerberg and Facebook.

State of the Word 2021

Luke reflects on the 2021 State of the Word, while Jonathan holidays on a Mexican beach.