Every industry requires influential personalities who help in establishing trends and highlight the up-and-coming. Matt Medeiros is one such person for WordPress and its related activities.
Just a head’s up for people who do not know Matt, he is the founder of MattReport.com, a website which hosts Matt Report, the most-listened WordPress business podcast in the world. In each podcast, he talks with many influencers and entrepreneurs who eat, breath, and sleep WordPress.
A few months ago, we sat down with Matt to talk about the thought process behind his project. We also discussed about the future of WordPress. He dropped a number of gems about the preferences of business clients when it comes to WordPress websites. And, we also talked about plugins! (What’s a WordPress interview without knowing a few new plugins!)
So, listen away and do let us know what do you think of this podcast in the comments section below.
(Disclosure: This podcast was recorded before the launch of WordPress 3.7 and 3.8. Currently, Matt’s podcast is on it 58th episode.)
Key Takeaways:
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Developers still need to prove to large scale organization that WordPress is not only a “blogging platform”.
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Unlike other large scale organizations, media organizations are adaptive of WordPress.
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When clients invest big money into WordPress websites, they are not very keen about free plug-ins.
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Clients, sometimes, want custom code.
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For security, Better WP Security and BackBuddy are good plug-ins, according to Matt Medeiros.
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Everyone’s favorite SEO Plug-in, Yoast is also liked by Matt Medeiros (and he thinks the paid version is really good).
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For e-Commerce, WooCommerce tops Matt’s list because it comes with an ecosystem of plug-ins and themes.
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Matt has yet to see a great social sharing plug-in. However, he recommends DiggDigg and Jetpack Sharing.
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Matt believes WordPress might become the operating system of the internet.
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Data may rule the web and its proper serving would be the key factor, Matt speculates. However, it depends on people’s usage.
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Matt envisions WordPress to be like iOS, Android.
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About Matt Medeiros:
Matt Medeiros is a WordPress entreprenuer who keeps himself busy with his two projects: MattReport.com and SlocumStudio.com. Under MattReport.com, Matt interviews all kinds of personalities from the WordPress industry, whereas Slocum Studio is all about ‘freelancing’ WordPress. Subscribe to Matt Report podcast here.
Saad Durrani
Saad is the Senior Editor at Cloudways - A Managed Cloud Hosting Platform. He is a technology enthusiast who loves to blog about emerging technologies and trends. When he is not blogging, he goes to the beach to find inspiration for his fictional stories.
