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147 – What does it mean to fail?

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you think that you're a success as a WordPress professional? Have you got everything sorted out and working just how you like it? Perhaps yes, but ...

WP Builds Newsletter #81 – Gutenberg 6.5, Automattic worth $3 billion and Google spying

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 16th September 2019

146 – Refining our website building process with James and Martin Coates

19 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What to know how a growing WordPress website agency manages their projects? Well this is the podcast for you. Today we hear from James and Martin Coat...

WP Builds Newsletter #80 – Chrome kills Gutenberg, plugin updates, deals and no likes

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 9th September 2019

145 – Should we use templates more?

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Times have changed... It used to be that creating websites was really tedious. It took hours to get anything to go where you wanted it. Along came Wor...

WP Builds Newsletter #79 – WordPress 5.3, project governance and RSS readers

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 2nd September 2019

144 – Get paid with likes… the Like Coin with Kin Ko

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you create content you know that it's nice to be rewarded for that. The Like Coin is a Block Chain idea which might make this possible. People clic...

WP Builds Newsletter #78 – Gutenberg 6.4, UX / UI Live audit live and PHP conference cancelled

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 26th August 2019

143 – Only doing what you’re good at

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So we all build websites. Perhaps we don't. Perhaps we're just involved with WordPress as a marketing expert, or a graphic designer. WordPress is usef...

WP Builds Newsletter #77 – WordPress 5.3, auto updating old sites and prevent tracking

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 19th August 2019

142 – Easy life… store your layouts in the cloud with Andrew Palmer

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You've been using a Page Builder to design your WordPress websites and life is great. But it could be better. The Page Builder Cloud plugin allows you...

WP Builds Newsletter #76 – Gutenberg improvements, riding a bike and plugin updates

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 12th August 2019

141 – Feeling insecure about security (Part 2)

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second episode about WordPress security. In this podcast we talk about the range of security plugins that we've heard of. It's by no means...

WP Builds Newsletter #75 – Core update debates, plugin updates and podcasts playable in SERPs

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 5th August 2019

140 – Feeling insecure about security (Part 1)

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first in a two part podcast about WordPress and security. In this episode we go over all of the potential problems that you might encounte...

WP Builds Newsletter #74 – Gutenberg nesting, community news and the death of flash

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 29th July 2019.

139 – A better way to manage your media library with Stuart Brameld

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you've been using WordPress any length of time, you'll have run into the frustrations that the Media Library can present. It's a pretty decent UI, ...

WP Builds Newsletter #73 – Gutenberg test, WordCamps and Google Cloud

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 22nd July 2019

138 – Are we happy with how we manage tasks?

25 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today, the podcast talks about tasks. Not so much the tasks themselves, but more the way that we approach them. We discuss the way that different peop...

WP Builds Newsletter #72 – PHP coding standards, kids in WordPress and Javascript SEO

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 15th July 2019

137 – Make your WordPress website load faster with Jan Koch

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we learn about how how to make your WordPress website load as fast as possible. On the face of it, this is easy to do, but there's quite a lot g...

WP Builds Newsletter #71 – Gutenberg animations, Elementor icons and Google playing games

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 8th July 2019

136 – Standing up to clients

11 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode David and I talk about the interactions which we have with clients. Most of the time (I hope) we have good relations with our clients....

WP Builds Newsletter #70 – Plugin updates, community news and Facebook outage

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 1st July 2019

135 – How to run successful paid ad campaigns to increase conversions with Daniel Daines-Hutt

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wanted to get into paid ad campaigns using Facebook or Google, but did not know where start? This podcast episode explains how you can g...

WP Builds Newsletter #69 – Gutenberg 6.0, WP Engine growing and bye Jony, Ive loved your work

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 24th June 2019

134 – What makes us trust WordPress software developers?

27 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks episode of the WP Builds podcast we talk about the range of things that we consider when we buy a plugin or theme from a WordPress devel...

133 – Helping coders run successful businesses with Hahna Kane Latonick

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the WP Builds WordPress podcast we chat to Hahna Kane Latonick. She has a background as a software engineer but decided some time a...

WP Builds Newsletter #67 – WordPress 5.2.2 RC1, WordCamp Europe and fake videos

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 10th June 2019

132 – Working when there are other things to do

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So this episode is a little bit of a departure for us, in that it's much more personal than usual, and has very little to do with WordPress, so forgiv...

WP Builds Newsletter #66 – Gutenberg motion blocks, Joost steps down and Firefox privacy

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 3rd June 2019

131 – Stroke and poke your clients to keep you sane with Hannah Smith

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you've work with WordPress websites for client you'll know that one of the hardest parts of the job is successfully communicating with clients. Tod...

WP Builds Newsletter #65 – WordPress turns 16, average salaries and how Slack came to be

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 27th May 2019

130 – Personality types – finding the right client for you

30 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever thought about the fact that your personality has a direct impact upon how successful you are? Your personality type might make you bette...

WP Builds Newsletter #64 – WordPress 5.2.1, plugin news and SERPs problem

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 20th May 2019

129 – How Beaver Team can speed up your Beaver Builder WordPress website builds

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a Beaver Builder users then you'll know that there are some tasks that you have to perform over and over again when building a website for a...

WP Builds Newsletter #63 – Gutenberg 5.7, Plugin updates and Windows Linux Kernel

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 13th May 2019

128 – Getting content from clients

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you struggle getting content from your clients when you're building them a WordPress website? Well, you're not alone. We all do. There are so many ...

WP Builds Newsletter #62 – WordPress 5.2, plugin news and dynamic emails

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 6th May 2019

127 – The importance of keeping logs from your WordPress websites with Robert Abela

09 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever had a problem with your WordPress website that you could not figure out. Something appears to have been deleted, something suspicious ap...

WP Builds Newsletter #61 – WordPress 5.2 RC2, WordCamp US and colour pictures

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 29th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 RC2 The Month in WordPress: April 2019 WP...

126 – Is web design dead?

02 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Web design is dead. There's no doubt about it. The tools that we have now are so easy to use, there's literally zero barrier to entry. Within a week, ...

WP Builds Newsletter #60 – WordPress 5.2 pushed back, new icons and Thanos search

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 22nd April 2019

125 – Making your WordPress website multilingual with Amir Helzer from WPML

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this day and age where websites are collections of content in a database, there is no reason at all that this content cannot be translated into oth...

WP Builds Newsletter #59 – WordPress 5.2 beta 3, community news and folding phones

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 15th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 Gutenberg 5.5 Adds New Group Block...

124 – How do we put our prices up?

18 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode David and I talk about the subject of pricing and in particular the thorny subject of putting prices up. We get started with a chat ab...

WP Builds Newsletter #58 – WordPress 5.2 Beta 2, so much security and photos of black holes

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 8th April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 Beta 2 Gutenberg Team Publishes RFC Docume...

123 – Creating WordPress courses with Joe Casabona

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joe has been in the WordPress space for years and years. Working as a freelancer at the start, then as a member of a large agency. All of that is now ...

WP Builds Newsletter #57 – Gutenberg mandatory, evil plugins and stand up more

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 1st April 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.2 to Make Gutenberg Block Editor Use Mandato...

122 – Is our marketing all wrong?

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When you sell your WordPress websites to your clients, do you push the logical or the emotional? Do you talk about technical details or how easy and b...

WP Builds Newsletter #56 – WordPress 5.2 Beta 1, Elementor motion effects and security updates

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news - Covering The Week Commencing 25th March 2019

121 – Automate your social postings using Social Web Suite with Tina Todorovic

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you post your content to multiple social platforms? If you do, I'm almost certain that this task is a little bit on the dull side. Is it isn't it? ...

WP Builds Newsletter #55 – Multiple plugins hacked, plugin updates and MySpace loses data

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 18th March 2019: WordPress Core WordPress Ends Support for PHP 5.2 – 5.5, Bumps Minim...

120 – Have you got WordPress plugin fatigue?

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a WordPress user then you've used heaps of plugins in the past. They enable WordPress to do anything don't they? That's WordPress' greatest ...

WP Builds Newsletter #54 – WordPress 5.1.1, plugin updates and Facebook goes down

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 11th March 2019: WordPress Core WordPress 5.1.1 Patches Critical Vulnerability“Wo...

119 – Using Groundhogg to self host your email marketing with Adrian Tobey

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Email marketing is usually the domain of expensive SaaS apps. Well, not any more. With the Groundhogg WordPress plugin you can automate all-the-things...

WP Builds Newsletter #53 – WordPress triage team, plugin updates and Google+ is no more

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks WordPress news – Covering The Week Commencing 4th March 2019: WordPress Core Introducing the WordPress Triage Team“As WordPress...

118 – We know nothing about website pricing

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many ways you can get paid for building WordPress websites, and if you've been in this industry for any length of time, then you've perha...

WP Builds Newsletter #52 – Blocks management, image creation and free videos

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #52 - Blocks management, image creation and free videos

117 – Using WordPress to run your online course with Chris Badgett from Lifter LMS

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's all the rage isn't it? Set up an online course and teach the world about the things you know! You've seen the Facebook ads. You've sat down and t...

WP Builds Newsletter #51 – WordPress 5.1 released, plugin updates and AI gets really scary

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #51 - WordPress 5.1 released, plugin updates and AI gets really scary

116 – How to secure your WordPress website with Oliver Sild from WebARX

21 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you glaze over when someone talks about internet security? Well, you're not alone - it's quite a difficult subject to understand. Thank heavens the...

WP Builds Newsletter #50 – WordPress 5.1 RC, multiple vulnerabilities and AI gets scary

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #50 - WordPress 5.1 RC, multiple vulnerabilities and AI gets scary

115 – The client is always right, we just need anger management

14 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Are you the type of person who always does what your clients ask of you, or do you get angry with them? It's hardly a binary answer is it, but it ce...

WP Builds Newsletter #49 – New Gutenberg blocks, Wordfence Central and DuckDuckGo rising

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #49 - New Gutenberg blocks, Wordfence Central and DuckDuckGo rising

114 – Introducing Split Hero for split testing with Adam Lacey

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Adam has been on the podcast before, but on that occasion he was talking about his life as a freelancer, not as the owner of a SaaS app! He's founded ...

WP Builds Newsletter #48 – WordPress 5.1 Beta 3, Plugin updates and Google dominates

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #48 - WordPress 5.1 Beta 3, Plugin updates and Google dominates

113 – Should we give our clients telephone support?

31 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Should we be available on the phone to deal with client issues for our WordPress website business? I have had this conversation so many times in the p...

WP Builds Newsletter #47 – WordPress 5.1, Gutenberg and Page Builder updates and new Google Search Console features

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #47 - WordPress 5.1, Gutenberg and Page Builder updates and new Google Search Console features

112 – How to do SEO right with Phil Singleton

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Singleton is one of those guys who seems to do 15 things all at once, and doing them really well. His background, like many of us is not web desi...

WP Builds Newsletter #46 – Automattic announces Newspack, WordPress 5.1 feature and Gutenberg layouts

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #46 - Automattic announces Newspack, WordPress 5.1 feature and Gutenberg layouts

111 – Should we use the magic email?

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion episode with David and I, we discuss an idea called "The Magic Email". It's a really simple email that you can send to get somethin...

WP Builds Newsletter #45 – WordPress 5.0.3, we’re no longer bloggers and free GitHub

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #45 - WordPress 5.0.3, we're no longer bloggers and free GitHub

110 – A WordPress intranet solution from WOffice

10 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have not one but two people on the podcast. Baptiste Debever and Francois Forest are WordPress plugin and theme developers based in France. ...

WP Builds Newsletter #44 – WordPress marketing, image optimisation and a super detailed image

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #44 - WordPress marketing, image optimisation and a super detailed image

109 – What changed in 2018 and what is coming in 2019

03 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year 2019! In this episode of the WP Builds WordPress podcast we take a bit of a look back at some of the things that we thought we importan...

108 – Make your blog posts work harder for you with Ben Dell from Missinglettr

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have an episode that deals with something very dear to my heart, writing blog posts - like this one! One of the problems that I have is that ...

107 – The top 5 reasons why we are web designers

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a little bit of a departure for us as it was inspired by the people in the WP Builds Facebook group (which you should join BTW). It is...

WP Builds Newsletter #43 – Updates to WordPress 5 already, PHP updates and social media is news

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #43 - Updates WordPress 5 already, PHP updates and social media is news

106 – With the right tools and guidance, anyone can design a great site with Mor Cohen

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have Mor Cohen on from Washington State in America and she's with us because she has a new course that she's launching called "The Gener...

WP Builds Newsletter #42 – WordPress 5.0 is out, nobody dies and Google stepping into WordPress

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #42 - WordPress 5.0 is out, nobody dies and Google stepping into WordPress

105 – Rebecca Gill and her amazing life; flourishing from adversity

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is a little bit of a departure for us today because we take a deep dive into the life of our guest - Rebecca Gill. Typically on the podcast we ch...

WP Builds Newsletter #41 – WordPress 5.0 RC2, Plugin vulnerabilities and FBI takes down ad fraud network

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #41 - WordPress 5.0 RC2, Plugin vulnerabilities and FBI takes down ad fraud network

104 – UX… What on earth is it?

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Paul Lacey and discuss with him what UI is. Both David and I work as independent freelancers and this means that we have a process that has...

WP Builds Newsletter #40 – WordPress Release Candidate 5.0, new blocks creator and VSCode course

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #40 - WordPress Release Candidate 5.0, new blocks creator and VSCode course

103 – Adam Preiser talks about making eCommerce easy with CartFlows

22 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast we have a man that I have no doubt that you've seen before? He's got a very popular YouTube channel called WP Crafter. It's a...

WP Builds Newsletter #39 – WordPress 5.0 beta 5, GDPR plugin hack and comments in Google SERPs

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #39 - WordPress 5.0 beta 5, GDPR plugin hack and comments in Google SERPs

102 – It’s time for us to quit

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We all have things in our lives that we want to quit, but we're limiting this conversation to your work as a WordPress professional and the moments in...

WP Builds Newsletter #38 – WordPress 5.0 update delayed, multiple security concerns and do you earn enough?

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #38 - WordPress 5.0 update delayed, multiple security concerns and do you earn enough?

101 – Matt Mullenweg… Why Gutenberg? And why now?

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome Matt Mullenweg on to the WP Builds podcast. Matt has been using WordPress as long as anyone else, with one exception! He is the co-fo...

WP Builds Newsletter #37 – Gutenberg accessibility updates, PHP 5 dead and Red Hat bought

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #37 - Gutenberg accessibility updates, PHP 5 dead and Red Hat bought

100 – The LIVE (disaster) podcast!

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this LIVE Webinar we celebrate the 100th episode of the WP Builds podcast! It was a bit of a technological disaster! David Waumsley and I both got ...

WP Builds Newsletter #36 – WordPress 5.0 Beta, getting bored with WordPress and video news

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #36 - WordPress 5.0 Beta, getting bored with WordPress and video news

99 – Help your clients to help you with a Client Portal – Laura Elizabeth explains

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we get to meet Laura Elizabeth. She’s a designer turned plugin creator that has some good ideas for you! Like I say, she’s a designer and h...

WP Builds Newsletter #35 – Twenty Nineteen close, accessibility concerns and a super fast camera

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #35 - Twenty Nineteen close, accessibility concerns and a super fast camera

98 – Carrie Dils talks about why she loves WordPress and how you can use it

18 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There are some people that you're drawn towards aren't there? People that you like to listen to, people that you like to read about. When I started to...

WP Builds Newsletter #34 – Help needed with Gutenberg, Elementor adds Custom Fields integrations and DuckDuckGo on the rise

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #34 - Help needed with Gutenberg, Elementor adds Cusomt Fields integrations and DuckDuckGo on the rise

97 – What is cold calling and should I be doing it with Jim Galiano?

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I don't know you, but I know for an absolute fact that I'm hopeless at marketing. I'm not very good at it and it find it really hard to do, or to get ...

WP Builds Newsletter #33 – Gutenberg release date, WordCamp Europe and Google pay Apple a lot of dollars

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

WP Builds Newsletter #33 - Gutenberg release date, WordCamp Europe and Google pay Apple a lot of dollars

96 – Show me my data! Query Wrangler with Jonathan Daggerhart

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re a regular listener to the podcast then you’ll know that I was once a heavy user of Drupal. The reason for this is simple, Drupal is real...