Kyle Van Deusen runs the popular The Admin Bar community, a platform for WordPress agency owners and freelancers. He’s been able to grow the community to over 12,000 people because he’s still an agency owner and is constantly dealing with the same problems as his members. On this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Kyle talks…
You won’t be surprised to learn that WordPress is very, very careful about who can delete media files. Only Administrators are able to delete images and files in your Media Library. Anyone who is a Subscriber, Contributor, Author and Editor roles is not permitted to delete media items.
Colin Devroe has been a blogger since the 1990’s. He currently runs Hubbub, a social sharing and website growth plugin for WordPress. He is passionate about helping bloggers succeed. And in 2025, that means owning your audience. On this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Colin shares his vast experience in the blogging industry. He talks…
Brad Williams is the CEO and Co-Founder of WebDevStudios, a leading WordPress agency. He’s been involved in some ground-breaking projects, such as moving Microsoft’s blog networks from closed-source code to WordPress. Microsoft’s adoption of WordPress really helped validate the platform for enterprises.
Tyler Channell runs PaywallProject which is a WordPress stack for news publishers. Tyler recommends that the publishers use a paywall to drive revenue, no matter how small or regional their audience is. When he was in college, Tyler heard a professor say that someone needs to discover a way to make newspapers sustainable. That’s been…
Matt Medeiros is a foundational member of WordPress community, as a journalist and a podcaster. He believes that community is far more valuable than large number of newsletter and social media followers. Matt believes deeply in community, and also curiosity. It’s fascinating to hear about his journey and how his curiosity as led him from…
Finally, you can get peace and quiet from all the noisy messages and advertisements in your WordPress admin area. You know the problem. Many WordPress plugins post messages asking you to upgrade, leave a review, enjoy a free gift, sign up for data tracking, and much more. This screenshot is typical of what happens. How…
Brian Morrissey is a veteran of the media industry after long stints at DigiDay, Adweek, and Silicon Alley. He is full of interesting opinions about where the industry is going. Brian thinks that smaller is better for publishers. He believes that relationships are often far more valuable than a large number of newsletter and social…
I’m delighted to announce the launch of our 10th Pro plugin. Have you ever wanted to label a WordPress post something other than “Draft” or “Pending Review”? The PublishPress Statuses plugin can help. PublishPress Statuses allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. For example, you can add statuses to use before you publish…
Rae Morey launched “The Repository” in 2019. It’s a weekly newsletter that often breaks real news about what’s happening in the WordPress ecosystem. In this episode of the PublishPress podcast, we talked with Rae about the path she took through tech and journalism. She told us about some the challenges she’s overcome to survive and…