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Welcome to a special “Word Around the Campfire” edition of the Press This podcast. This month we talk with Jeff Chandler, a Marketing Generalist at StellarWP, and Mike Davey, the Senior Editor of Delicious Brains. We talk about what is new in WordPress 6.4, the cURL issue that led to the 6.4.1 release, shake ups at Tumblr, and Sarah Gooding’s exit from WPTavern.

Join us on this episode of Press This as we sit down with Amber Hinds, CEO at Equalize Digital and founder of the WordPress Accessibility Meetup. We delve into the vital world of web accessibility, exploring its significance for WordPress users, the game-changing Accessibility Checker plugin, and the need for fostering a more inclusive online community.

BuddyPress is a classic plugin that turns any WordPress site into a community hub with message boards and users. It’s been around for 15 years and is active on over 100,000 sites. Even WordPress.org uses BuddyPress! On this week’s episode of Press This we talk with iMath and David Cavins about the new features coming to BuddyPress. These features are so big, it required a huge overhaul of how BuddyPress works. Listen to this episode to find out more about this version and what the future for BuddyPress holds. We even talked about the possibility of a BuddyVerse upgrade with the help of ActivityPub.

Have you ever had a hard time finding an article or item while searching on someone else’s WordPress site? Maybe the results weren’t what you were looking for, or maybe the results were being displayed in some bizarre order. Search on WordPress is a notoriously difficult problem, especially for older sites with years of content. In this episode of Press This, we talk with Jared Hutchinson and Luke Patterson, from WP Engine, about the new Smart Search plugin for WordPress. We’ll talk about how their plugin solves these problems and what they’ve learned about search in the process.

On this episode of Press This, WP Engine Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Josh Dailey joins the show as we dive into WooSesh 2023 and its “State of the Woo” presentation. This year’s State of the Woo offered great insights into the current stats, new features, and big trends in WooCommerce. Over 4.4 million stores are powered by WooCommerce, so the growth has been tremendous, but now Woo is encouraging those users to start getting more active in the Woo community. Check out this episode to learn more about the push to get more Woo users involved in testing the product and providing feedback.

On this episode of Press This, WP Engine Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Josh Dailey joins the show as we dive into WooSesh 2023 and its “State of the Woo” presentation. This year’s State of the Woo offered great insights into the current stats, new features, and big trends in WooCommerce. Over 4.4 million stores are powered by WooCommerce, so the growth has been tremendous, but now Woo is encouraging those users to start getting more active in the Woo community. Check out this episode to learn more about the push to get more Woo users involved in testing the product and providing feedback.