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[The WordPress community is obsessed with the new Gutenberg page building experience, but what about the existing suite of page builders like Beaver Builder? What role do they play in a Gutenberg world? In this episode, we interview Beaver Builder co-founder Robby McCullough and discuss how Beaver Builder is approaching the Gutenberg editor, what key areas he sees which differentiates Beaver Builder today, and how Beaver Builder will be delivering value to customers well into the future. If you're using Beaver Builder in your stack or if you've considered doing so, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!/>

[Pattern Lab (http://pattern-lab.info/) and Fractal (https://fractal.build/) are both popular tools for creating pattern libraries and style guides. How can we leverage them in our WordPress themes to avoid duplication and breaking the link between the style guides and the website? In this episode of Press This, we’re chatting with Ryan Ogden, Directory of Technology at ExpandTheRoom, about using pattern library tools successfully within our WordPress themes. If you are contemplating using these tools or are looking for ways to parellize front-end and back-end theme development listen to this episode to gain valuable insights. Listen now!/>

["We all know WordPress is more than a blogging platform for mom-and-pop bloggers, but rather a powerful, secure, and extensible CMS. That being said, not everyone shares this perspective. In this episode of PressThis, we interview WebDevStudios' CEO Brad Williams about the challenges WebDevStudios helps enterprise brands within deploying WordPress experiences. WDS provides services to brands like Campbell's Soup, Skype, Microsoft, Discovery Channel, and NBC. Listen now to hear valuable insights into how you can help make sure the WordPress experiences you build are optimized for the enterprise. Listen now!"/>

["WordPress has long held a not-deserved reputation as a bastion of ""bad code"". Users often fear plugins, disparage developers, and generally assume WordPress itself is flawed. Of course there are bad products and developers in the ecosystem like any other framework; however, there are tons of great products and developers. How can you tell the difference though? Listen to this episode of PressThis as we interview Jonathan Wold of XWP. XWP created a code quality tool called TIDE that is part of the official WP core project. Tide will help plugin developers around the world improve the quality of their plugins and the ability to help any developer improve the quality of their code. The Tide is turning on WP code quality. Listen to PressThis now to find out why!"/>

[In this episode of PressThis we discuss the latest news and updates in the WordPress community. This is a huge episode covering some very big news in WordPress core, movers in the WP product world, and from around the community. Don't miss this chance to keep up with the latest news in WordPress, so you can adjust your strategy and stay a step ahead. Listen now!/>

["Today we’ll be talking with Scott DeLuzio about a broad range of topics ranging from community involvement to mental health in freelancing. As a soldier, Scott brings unique perspective to the development world. We’ll talk a bit about how that experience equips him in a career in freelancing and product development. We’ll touch on WordCamps, freelancing, and how mental health plays an important role in our work lives. "/>

[253 million people worldwide have some sort of visual impairment. As developers, we can help a lot of people by making the web accessible to everyone. We will explain what ADA Section 508 is and what that means for developers and web accessibility. Don't miss this episode of PressThis to learn how to make the web accessible for all!/>

[Making the Most of Mailing Lists as Anthony Burchell speaks with the President of Gelform, Inc, Corey Maass. Corey is a full-stack web developer with a love for entrepreneurship and building web apps on WordPress. He built his first website in 1995, his first SaaS app in 2003, and his first WordPress plugin in 2009. In 2015, after 4 years of full-time WordPress development, he combined his passions and launched his first commercial plugin, Kanban for WordPress./>

[WordPress plugins and the companies and individuals who produce them are undergoing a drastic transformation as the scale of WordPress eclipses more than a third of the web and larger and larger organizations are relying on plugins to power enterprise digital experiences. WPMU DEV executive Ronnie Burt joins us for this episode of PressThis as we explore how WordPress plugins are shifting from zip files with wholly contained functions that execute on your site to offloaded, SaaS powered, and API driven hybrids. Is this transformation okay? Why are plugins evolving in this way? What opportunities exist for product makers? We explore these questions and more with Ronnie who will be pulling from his wealth of experience at WPMU DEV and its suite of WordPress plugins. Don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!/>

[WordPress plugins and the companies and individuals who produce them are undergoing a drastic transformation as the scale of WordPress eclipses more than a third of the web and larger and larger organizations are relying on plugins to power enterprise digital experiences. WPMU DEV executive Ronnie Burt joins us for this episode of PressThis as we explore how WordPress plugins are shifting from zip files with wholly contained functions that execute on your site to offloaded, SaaS powered, and API driven hybrids. Is this transformation okay? Why are plugins evolving in this way? What opportunities exist for product makers? We explore these questions and more with Ronnie who will be pulling from his wealth of experience at WPMU DEV and its suite of WordPress plugins. Don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!/>

[When Google launched there were countless search engines available, yet Google now dominates global search marketshare. Being first isn't a pre-requisite for success, yet so many of us freak out that someone else already had our idea or has even built it! In this episode of PressThis we interview Akshat Choudhary to talk about his product BlogVault and why he choose to enter the crowded security market and the successes and challenges he's faced along the way. If you're discouraged about pursing your idea because it's been done or even been done thousands of time before, don't miss this episode of PressThis. Listen now!/>

[If you missed WordCamp Europe 2018 or where there and just didn't see all the things, don't miss this WCEU recap episode of PressThis. We'll be discussing important updates to WordPress Core, news events, and a ton of interesting insights from across WCEU. The WP Engine and Torque teams where out in full force at WCEU, so don't miss the chance to benefit from thier feet on the ground. Listen now!/>

[Do you have a unique B2B ecommerce strategy or do you treat all ecommerce sites the same? Optimizing experiences for B2B transactions is a much different beast than building a B2C focused site. B2B buyers have specific needs around product discovery, payment methods, invoicing, and delivery. In this episode of PressThis, we interview Alex Lugosch of RumbleShip a B2B ecommerce solution for WordPress and WooCommerce. Alex will share his thoughts on optimizing the B2B customer journey to maximize revenue and help you or your clients take advantage of the fastest growing segment of ecommerce. Up your B2B game. Listen now!/>

[In this "Word Around the Campfire" episode of PressThis, we discuss the latest news items from around the WordPress community. We'll be covering WordCamp EU/US, plugin SEO squatters, Automattic's clever approach to remote workforces, Microsoft buying Github, GDPR craziness, and a JetPack / WordPress.com website hijack experience you should take to heart. Don't miss the latest news in WordPress on this episode of PressThis. Listen now!/>

[In this episode of PressThis we interview Daniel Bachhuber. Daniel is a very active contributor to open source and manages to devote most of his time to it. His recent projects focused around the Gutenberg editor are helping gather testing data that will be immensely crucial to developers in preparation for the merge of Gutenberg into WordPress Core. We’ll be talking a bit about the current state of Gutenberg and what to expect in the near future. />

[In this episode of PressThis we interview Bilal Hassan the creator of the Acid Framework for WordPress which allows theme creators to shortcut the time it takes to build theme settings and widgets, and it makes managing and adding options way easier. Bilal will talk about his strategy for creating flexible themes which gives users a huge degree of control over the design of their site and expression of their brand. If you’re building boring themes that are hard to customize, don’t miss this episode of PressThis!/>

[In this episode of PressThis, we'll speak with Ben Moore; founder of SkyPress, a web app consulting and development agency, and the Customer Experience Operations Business Intelligence Developer at WP Engine. He is known for his thought leadership on coding Brainless and is the creator of the WAR framework. Stay tuned to hear forward thinking ideas on using the REST API./>

[In this episode of PressThis, we explore updates in the WordPress community around the impact of GDPR, upcoming WCEU, a study of billable rates for WP developers, the new Gutenberg migration guide, and more! Don't miss this chance to catch up on the latest in WordPress news on this episode of PressThis!/>

[In this episode of PressThis, we interview Patrick Meenan Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google and creator of the mega-popular WebPageTest tool & framework. Listen to Patrick share his thoughts on measuring web performance and what it means to understand page speed. You’ll learn unique insights on web performance measurement which you can use to help build faster experiences that drive more value. Don't miss this chance to learn from one of the pioneers in the web performance space. Patrick’s WebPageTest framework has powered countess web performance tests and 3rd party performance tools for nearly 2 decades. Listen now to hear Patrick nerd out about page performance in this episode of PressThis!/>

[On this episode we will be exploring the process of deploying plugins to the WordPress.org repository using Deployer. We’ll also be looking at how to use TryoutWP to give your clients demo sites to ‘try before you buy’. On today’s show we have Arūnas Liuiza who will be sharing with us how these two services can fit into your workflow. If you are a plugin developer or maybe an agency looking to give clients a sneak peak to their new site...This is the episode for you./>