<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://heropress.com/essays/we-are-the-same/' title='Topher asked me to write an article for HeroPress as we sat together in an alcove in the Philly Convention Center. I was in a vulnerable space. My lightning talk at WordCamp US had concluded, and I was settling into the experience of being at another WordCamp. I thought about the life experiences that brought me to my second presentation a year later, and I  [&hellip;]'>HeroPress: We Are The Same</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/w3techs-ranks-wordpress-as-the-fastest-growing-cms-of-2016' title='photo credit: Luis Llerena W3Techs published its Web Technologies of 2016 report today, compiling technologies that saw the largest increase in usage last year. The survey pulls data from the top 10 million sites (according to Alexa rankings) and compares the number of sites for each technology by measuring the difference from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2 [&hellip;]'>WPTavern: W3Techs Ranks WordPress as the Fastest Growing CMS of 2016</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/wp-cli-gets-official-wordpress-org-support' title='The WP-CLI open source project will be coming under the WordPress.org umbrella in 2017. After recent talks with Daniel Bachhuber, WP-CLI’s official maintainer, Matt Mullenweg announced WordPress’ support for the project, calling it “one of the highest impact developments for WP in many years.” The wp-cli.org website will soon be migrated to WordPress.org and [&hellip;]'>WPTavern: WP-CLI Gets Official WordPress.org Support</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://heropress.com/help-heropress-friend/' title='Hey folks, HeroPress contributor Michael Beil is fighting for his life right now. Michael’s a personal friend, and a tremendous person. There’s an online donation form to help with medical bills and life in general. If you can, please help out. You can read Michael’s HeroPress essay here. The post Help a HeroPress friend appeared first on HeroPress. [&hellip;]'>HeroPress: Help a HeroPress friend</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-258-2016-year-in-review-part-1' title='In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I recap the news and headlines of the first half of 2016. Part two will be recorded on January 4th, 2017, where we’ll look back at the headlines during the second half of 2016, give our predictions for 2017, and share what we’re looking forward to in the new year. WPWeekly Meta: Next Episode: Wednesday, J [&hellip;]'>WPTavern: WPWeekly Episode 258 – 2016 Year in Review Part 1</a></li></ul></div>