I was honored to speak at WordCamp Los Angeles this weekend, not only to be asked to speak, but also to cover a subject that is near and dear to my heart: The WordPress Support Forums.

2018 will be a big year for WordPress. Here’s my list of top topics and people to be following in 2018 to stay in the know and some of the most influential things happening in WordPress this year.

I adopted a plugin which was too good to go into the dark night of “not updated in 2 years”. If you provide Support of any kind, you’ll want to add the “Send System Info” plugin into your Support toolkit.

A simple tutorial on outputting Caldera Form submissions on the frontend.

Gutenberg is the future of content in WordPress. It will deliver the elegance of Medium but with far more power and flexibility of layouts and content types. Development is already in full swing and you can test it today. What will this mean for users and developers? I believe it opens up lots of new opportunities.

On Monday, April 17, we’ll be implementing the Admin Approved Posts feature of the Advanced WordPress Facebook Group. We discussed over a period of time with all Admins and many members and believe this will greatly improve the value and quality of AWP for everyone.

I’m writing this piece as a plea to all the friends, organizations, churches, and individuals I know who are only able to pay their bills by the goodwill of others primarily through online donations. If you are on WordPress and doing donations, stop everything and use Give.

TODAY is WP Release Day. Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn is just about to hit 10’s of millions of websites. If you manage WordPress websites and have no idea what I’m referring to, you’re already doomed.