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[There are well over 40,000 WordPress plugins, but that doesn't mean you should use them all. Which ones work? What criteria should you use when picking a plugin? These are the questions that keep webmasters up at night. In this episode, we interview Luca Fracassi of Addendio a plugin search and demo engine where you can try plugins before you buy. Luca will be sharing his tips for picking plugins for this installment of PressThis./>

[We all have busy lives and too much to do, but thousands of people all around the world donate their time to open source projects like WordPress. Why? Listen to this episode of Press This where we interview WP #core contributor Ahmad Awais. Ahmad and his wife dedicate 30% of their time to contributing to open source projects. We'll explore what rewards Ahmad gets from volunteering his time and how it has impacted his business. If you've been considering contributing to open source, don't miss this podcast!/>

[In this episode of PressThis, we interview the legendary Joost de Valk of the Yoast SEO plugin directly from the speakers’ green room at Pubcon Vegas. The Yoast SEO plugin is the number one website plugin in the world with over 40% of installs on WP Engine running some variant of Yoast SEO alone. Joost is a huge leader not just in SEO, but also in the development community through his efforts pushing hard for code quality and versioning standards. In this episode, Joost will explore SEO and the Future of WordPress. Don’t miss this opportunity. Listen to this episode of PressThis now!/>

[In this episode of PressThis we interview Bob Dunn of BobWP ecommerce podcast and content destination. Named favorite person in the community on a previous episode of PressThis by Torque's Emily Schiola, Bob is a fixture at WordCamps and within the ecommerce community within WordPress. Bob focuses his blogging and podcasting on WordPress and WooCommerce. Bob will be sharing the latest trends and news from around ecom and WordPress. If you’re looking to stay up to date on the evolution of ecommerce in WordPress, don't miss this episode!/>

[In this Halloween episode of PressThis we interview the wicked-smart Rian Rietveld of Human Made as she shares cringe-worthy mistakes developers make with Accessibility and WordPress. Learn from common accessibility mistakes developers make and how you can avoid them. Listen to this episode now to learn valuable insights in your mission to delight *all* the visitors of your WordPress sites!/>

[Are you a business person frustrated your WordPress developers aren't doing what you asked? Are you a WordPress developer frustrated that clients ask for the wrong things or don’t know what they want? Arghhh! Join us for this episode of PressThis as we interview the amazing Tomaz Zaman of Codeable as he explains techniques for how business people and developers can communicate and build better things. Codeable is a marketplace where people can place projects for vetted advanced WordPress developers to estimate and complete. Tomaz will be sharing his tips for specing projects based on the thousands of projects that flow through Codeable every year. If you're wondering worried about wasting time building and then un-building software, you can't miss this episode of PressThis!/>

[Are you looking for ways to boost the revenue and value of your freelance or agency business? Join us for this special episode of PressThis as Perfect Dashboard’s Aleksander Kuczek talks about his journey from agency to SaaS product owner and some of the lessons he learned along the way. We’ll cover how you can create recurring revenue streams and common mistakes freelancers and agencies make that leave revenue and value on the table. If you’re looking for ways to turn your agency or freelancer business into a money-making machine, don’t miss this podcast!/>

[In this episode we interview Mode Effect's own Cody Landefeld about design trends for ecommerce that help engage users, show off products, and help drive revenue. Cody is a massive figure in WordPress and ecommerce through his agency Mode Effect and through various efforts and thought leadership in the WordPress community. If you're looking for ways to engage users and boost revenue on your ecommerce site, listen to this podcast!/>

[WordPress has changed a lot since it was first released in 2003 and the companies building tools like Plugins and Themese have had to evolve along with it. Join this webinar and hear wicked-smart Vova Feldman of Freemius discuss the future of the plugin & theme economy and what companies can do to better integrate their products with WordPress and grow their businesses in the process./>

[We all know that WordPress can be used to power ecommerce sites using popular plugins like WooCommerce, but is WordPress really a contender for large-scale WordPress deployments? In this episode we interview MindSize partner and ultra-smart WordPress ecommerce expert Patrick Garman as he explains the super-powers and limitations when scaling WordPress ecommerce experiences. If you're planning success and scale for your ecommerce store, you can't miss this episode!/>

[In this episode we interview WordPress pillars Dejan Markovic and Tina Tordovic of Social Web Suite as they discuss their journey to create their product Social Web Suite. SaaS based products for WordPress are growing in popularity. Developers can earn more revenue, build better products, and support their creations in more meaningful ways, but what about the impact to the community and it's open source sensibilities? Listen to this episode as we explore these topics and hear about the amazing ways Dejan and Tina support the community and work tirelessly for others./>

[In December of 2015 PHP had a major version release with the super fast and more secure PHP 7; however, millions of WordPress sites are still running on older versions of PHP. Listen to this podcast as hosts David Vogelpohl and Steven Word discuss the impact of PHP 7, how to check to see if your site is ready for PHP7, how to move your site to a PHP 7 environment, and why PHP 7 is so important for speed and security. Don't get stuck in the WordPress slow lane! Listen in to find out how to get an edge on millions of sites running on older and slower versions of PHP./>

[Do you want to learn how to make WordPress more stable, secure, and capable of delighting your visitors? Listen in as show host David Voglepohl explores the tools and techniques you can use to help manage your WordPress properties more effecifly. If you don't have a management plan in place for your websites, this episode will give you valuable tips you can use to help make sure your WordPress experiences are fast, reliable, and secure! Find links and content from this episode at litturl.co/quicktips/>

[The REST API opens up a world of possibilities… but what does this actual mean? In this episode, WordPress Expert Roy Sivan will answer this question and dive into why (and how) the REST API will super-charge your WordPress development. Learn how people are using the REST API today to integrate with and manage digital experiences across websites, applications, and devices./>

[Have you ever updated WordPress and had it break your site? Learn about the new Platform-Level unit testing in WordPress core with special guest Jason Stallings. Jason is leading an initiative to make sure new versions of WordPress work well on hosts all around the world. Learn how this exciting project will affect the future of WordPress and help make WordPress updates more stable for everyone!/>

[In this episode, we interview form optimization expert and popular WordPress community fixture Josh Pollock of Caldera Forms. Josh will be sharing his tips for maximizing form engagement by using visitor-delighting usability techniques, lead-boosting CRO, best practices for data management, and critical email deliverability tips. If you're a developer building sites for others, or if you're trying to optimize lead forms for your business, don't miss this chance to make sure you build forms that also help build your bottom line!/>

[Join us as WordPress core contributor and super-popular WordCamp speaker Steven Word shares how the WordPress ecosystem works. If you've used WordPress in your business and just never bothered to learn about the community or if you're a seasoned WordPress pro, you'll learn valuable information you can use to stay on top of your WordPress game. If you want to build amazing things with WordPress, you don't want to miss this podcast!/>

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[WordPress core developer and consultant Andrew Nacin speaks about how he got into the WordPress family. He also discusses what changes he would like to have made, like domain mapping into the core and more multi-site flexibility. />