WordPress

2024 burning on an open fire.

The top 10 posts of 2024: the top 5 Members Public

The five most read posts of last year were very concerned with audience, the fate of WordPress — and a long gone lads' mag.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
year in review
An AI-generated image of digital journalists stuck in a washing machine drum.

Spinning the digital news cycle Members Public

The Sun's starting to gate its content, and local news is putting up a paywall. No, this isn't a post from 2014 — this is happening now.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
The Sun
How many people are you — and how many ways do you represent yourself?

How many people are you? Members Public

Meta is up to its old tricks, the WordPress meltdown continues, and Shorts aren't long enough, it seems. Happy Monday!

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Threads
Burn, baby, burn: it's a WordPress inferno!

WordPress just lost its default status for publishers Members Public

The battle between Automattic and WP Engine has exposed an unexpected vlunerability of the WordPress ecosystem — and it's one publishers should be wary of.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
WordPress
A knight standing in front of a tattered WordPress held aloft by an army.

What the hell is happening at Automattic (part 2)? Members Public

The CEO of Automattic has declared war on WP Engine as a bad citizen of the WordPress ecosystem. What the hell is going on?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
WordPress

What the hell is happening at Automattic? Members Public

The WordPress.com company is selling posts from that site and Tumblr to AI companies — while its CEO scraps with a banned user online. Which is… fine?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Automattic
A mastodon blogging using WordPress.

Cuttings #6: Blogging Elephants and Banned Influencers Members Public

Plus what could be Elon's strategy for X, and a useful newsletter tool…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

Metamorphosis of the Journalist Members Public

In today’s round-up of good internet reading, we learn to love the niche, look (again( at newsletters, and get attention hacking

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
niche