<description>&lt;p&gt;On this special BONUS episode of "Hello, WP!", Micah and Josh dig into the nitty gritty of WPMU DEV's new WordPress hosting service! They interview its masterminds to hear the origin story, what makes it different from the "other guys", and some of the challenges faced in the development process. Micah also chats with an early adopter/tinker-er to hear about their experience sense migrating to WPMU DEV hosting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try WPMU DEV, including our managed hosting, free for 30-days &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=hello_hosting" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch Micah and Josh on YouTube in the first live-action episode of "Hello, WP!" &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/e93UZy0uUw0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Interviews:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ronnieburt" target="_blank"&gt;Ronnie Burt&lt;/a&gt;, CBO at &lt;a href="wpmudev.com" target="_blank"&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/UglyRobotDev" target="_blank"&gt;Aaron Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, CTO at &lt;a href="wpmudev.com" target="_blank"&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Saeler, a.k.a. Jack Alltrade, a.k.a. Joat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

An introduction to WPMU DEV's new hosting service!

On this special BONUS episode of "Hello, WP!", Micah and Josh dig into the nitty gritty of WPMU DEV's new WordPress hosting service! They interview its masterminds to hear the origin story, what makes it different from the "other guys", and some of the challenges faced in the development process. Micah also chats with an early adopter/tinker-er to hear about their experience sense migrating to WPMU DEV hosting. Try WPMU DEV, including our managed hosting, free for 30-days <a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=hello_hosting" target="_blank">HERE</a>! Watch Micah and Josh on YouTube in the first live-action episode of "Hello, WP!" <a href="https://youtu.be/e93UZy0uUw0" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Featured Interviews:<a href="https://twitter.com/ronnieburt" target="_blank">Ronnie Burt</a>, CBO at <a href="wpmudev.com" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a><a href="https://twitter.com/UglyRobotDev" target="_blank">Aaron Edwards</a>, CTO at <a href="wpmudev.com" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a>Jason Saeler, a.k.a. Jack Alltrade, a.k.a. Joat<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Bonus: Hello, Hosting!

<description>&lt;p&gt;On this, the final episode of season 1, Micah takes on Nashville, TN to document his first&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://central.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank"&gt;WordCamp&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://2018.us.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank"&gt;WCUS&amp;nbsp;2018.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Join him as he gets up close and personal with the passionate community behind WordPress (including a special conversation with, none other than, the co-founder of WordPress,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ma.tt/" target="_blank"&gt;Matt Mullenweg&lt;/a&gt;) in order to understand “Why WordPress?”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-wordpress/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EPISODE TRANSCRIPT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This season was brought to you by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Build faster, better, and more secure WordPress sites. Optimize WordPress performance and make on-going site maintenance simple with &lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank"&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Interviews:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/miriamschwab" target="_blank"&gt;Miriam Schwab&lt;/a&gt;, founder of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.strattic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Strattic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/CoachBirgit" target="_blank"&gt;Birgit Olzem&lt;/a&gt;, freelancer and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://coachbirgit.com/" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress coach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/mor10" target="_blank"&gt;Morten Rand Hendriksen&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Staff Instructor at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/morten-rand-hendriksen" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn Learning&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/photomatt" target="_blank"&gt;Matt Mullenweg&lt;/a&gt;, co-founder&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;founder&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://automattic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Automattic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Micah searches for the “why” and “who” behind WordPress.

On this, the final episode of season 1, Micah takes on Nashville, TN to document his first&nbsp;<a href="https://central.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">WordCamp</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://2018.us.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">WCUS&nbsp;2018.</a>&nbsp;Join him as he gets up close and personal with the passionate community behind WordPress (including a special conversation with, none other than, the co-founder of WordPress,&nbsp;<a href="https://ma.tt/" target="_blank">Matt Mullenweg</a>) in order to understand “Why WordPress?” <a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-wordpress/" target="_blank">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT</a> This season was brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a>!Build faster, better, and more secure WordPress sites. Optimize WordPress performance and make on-going site maintenance simple with <a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a>. Use&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=wordcamp_s1e6" target="_blank">this link</a>&nbsp;to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿ Featured Interviews:<a href="https://twitter.com/miriamschwab" target="_blank">Miriam Schwab</a>, founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.strattic.com/" target="_blank">Strattic</a><a href="https://twitter.com/CoachBirgit" target="_blank">Birgit Olzem</a>, freelancer and&nbsp;<a href="https://coachbirgit.com/" target="_blank">WordPress coach</a><a href="https://twitter.com/mor10" target="_blank">Morten Rand Hendriksen</a>, Senior Staff Instructor at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/morten-rand-hendriksen" target="_blank">LinkedIn Learning</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/photomatt" target="_blank">Matt Mullenweg</a>, co-founder&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;founder&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://automattic.com/" target="_blank">Automattic</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hello, WordPress!

<description>&lt;p&gt;After almost 2 years of development, on December 6, 2018 WordPress merged Gutenberg (a very polarizing new post and page editor) into its core. On this episode, we speak to a range of users and non-users for their thoughts on the future of WordPress and what a change like this means for so many people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-gutenberg/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EPISODE TRANSCRIPT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This episode is brought to you by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/hosting/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=hosting_s1e5" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WPMU DEV's Fully Dedicated WordPress Hosting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every site gets its own&amp;nbsp;dedicated memory, CPU, and storage resources&amp;nbsp;that are completely independent of any other site - including other sites you host with us. Choose from 8 server locations around the world for better performance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/hosting/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=hosting_s1e5" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 0:55 &amp;amp; 1:12:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Matt Mullenweg: State Of The Word&amp;nbsp;2016”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;WordPress.tv&lt;/em&gt;, 7 December 2016,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;wordpress.tv/2016/12/07/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2016/.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Clips were cut from full video for the purpose of sharing the highlights.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 1:37:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Interview and QandA With Matt Mullenweg.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;WordPress.tv&lt;/em&gt;, 3 July 2017,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;wordpress.tv/2017/07/01/interview-and-qanda-with-matt-mullenweg/.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Clip was cut from full video for the purpose of sharing a highlight.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Interviews:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/scotty_bowler" target="_blank"&gt;Scott Bowler&lt;/a&gt;, founder of &lt;a href="https://www.classicpress.net/" target="_blank"&gt;ClassicPress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/kcampos" target="_blank"&gt;Kyle Campos&lt;/a&gt;, VP of Continuous Delivery at &lt;a href="https://www.smarsh.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Smarsh&lt;/a&gt; and co-founder of &lt;a href="https://www.commit.to/" target="_blank"&gt;Commit.to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/zgordon" target="_blank"&gt;Zac Gordon&lt;/a&gt;, educator for &lt;a href="https://javascriptforwp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;JavaScript For WordPress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanPatten" target="_blank"&gt;Chris Van Patten&lt;/a&gt;, founder of &lt;a href="https://tomodomo.co/" target="_blank"&gt;Tomodomo&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; WordPress core contributor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/bpines1" target="_blank"&gt;Ben Pines&lt;/a&gt;, CMO at &lt;a href="https://elementor.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Elementor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/robbymccullough" target="_blank"&gt;Robbie McCullough&lt;/a&gt;, co-founder of &lt;a href="https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Beaver Builder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matthew Bullis, tech educator at &lt;a href="https://www.seeitourway.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Foundation for Blind Children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secret Landing Page:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://beersandbros.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Beers &amp;amp; Bros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A look into Gutenberg, the new WordPress post and page editor.

After almost 2 years of development, on December 6, 2018 WordPress merged Gutenberg (a very polarizing new post and page editor) into its core. On this episode, we speak to a range of users and non-users for their thoughts on the future of WordPress and what a change like this means for so many people. <a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-gutenberg/" target="_blank">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT</a> This episode is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/hosting/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=hosting_s1e5" target="_blank">WPMU DEV's Fully Dedicated WordPress Hosting</a>!Every site gets its own&nbsp;dedicated memory, CPU, and storage resources&nbsp;that are completely independent of any other site - including other sites you host with us. Choose from 8 server locations around the world for better performance. Use&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/hosting/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=hosting_s1e5" target="_blank">this link</a>&nbsp;to try our hosting and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿ Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 0:55 &amp; 1:12:“Matt Mullenweg: State Of The Word&nbsp;2016”&nbsp;WordPress.tv, 7 December 2016,wordpress.tv/2016/12/07/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2016/.*Clips were cut from full video for the purpose of sharing the highlights. Excerpt of Matt Mullenweg at 1:37:“Interview and QandA With Matt Mullenweg.”&nbsp;WordPress.tv, 3 July 2017,wordpress.tv/2017/07/01/interview-and-qanda-with-matt-mullenweg/.*Clip was cut from full video for the purpose of sharing a highlight. Featured Interviews:<a href="https://twitter.com/scotty_bowler" target="_blank">Scott Bowler</a>, founder of <a href="https://www.classicpress.net/" target="_blank">ClassicPress</a><a href="https://twitter.com/kcampos" target="_blank">Kyle Campos</a>, VP of Continuous Delivery at <a href="https://www.smarsh.com/" target="_blank">Smarsh</a> and co-founder of <a href="https://www.commit.to/" target="_blank">Commit.to</a><a href="https://twitter.com/zgordon" target="_blank">Zac Gordon</a>, educator for <a href="https://javascriptforwp.com/" target="_blank">JavaScript For WordPress</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanPatten" target="_blank">Chris Van Patten</a>, founder of <a href="https://tomodomo.co/" target="_blank">Tomodomo</a> &amp; WordPress core contributor<a href="https://twitter.com/bpines1" target="_blank">Ben Pines</a>, CMO at <a href="https://elementor.com/" target="_blank">Elementor</a><a href="https://twitter.com/robbymccullough" target="_blank">Robbie McCullough</a>, co-founder of <a href="https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/" target="_blank">Beaver Builder</a>Matthew Bullis, tech educator at <a href="https://www.seeitourway.org/" target="_blank">Foundation for Blind Children</a> Secret Landing Page:&nbsp;<a href="https://beersandbros.com/" target="_blank">Beers &amp; Bros</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hello, Gutenberg!

<description>&lt;p&gt;SEO, or search engine optimization, is on the lips of every marketing professional and business owner trying to get the number 1 spot on Google, but somehow it remains unattainable for so many. Follow along as Josh and Micah talk to the SE[PR]Os in an effort to cover the nitty gritty of search engine optimization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-seo/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EPISODE TRANSCRIPT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This episode is brought to you by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/smartcrawl-wordpress-seo/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=seo_s1e4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SmartCrawl&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SmartCrawl is everything you need for fast powerful WordPress SEO that works – one-click setup, keyword auto-linking, sitemap generator, improved social sharing, content analyzer and regular scans and reports.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/smartcrawl-wordpress-seo/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=seo_s1e4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to get SmartCrawl and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/sales/11265882/Google-Penguin-nearly-killed-my-business.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pete Walter's article on &lt;em&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Interviews:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/barb_palser" target="_blank"&gt;Barb Palser&lt;/a&gt;, Global Product Partnership at &lt;a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/pete_walter" target="_blank"&gt;Pete Walter&lt;/a&gt;, Founder of &lt;a href="http://buzzramp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Buzzramp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AZOnlineMrkting" target="_blank"&gt;Mike Clute&lt;/a&gt;, Founder of &lt;a href="https://miannamarketing.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mianna Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jamesfarmer?lang=en" target="_blank"&gt;James Farmer&lt;/a&gt;, CEO &amp;amp; co-founder of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://app.pippa.io/shows/5be326c1d113a527262fa61e/episodes/wpmudev.com" target="_blank"&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Micah and Josh peak behind the curtain of SEO.

SEO, or search engine optimization, is on the lips of every marketing professional and business owner trying to get the number 1 spot on Google, but somehow it remains unattainable for so many. Follow along as Josh and Micah talk to the SE[PR]Os in an effort to cover the nitty gritty of search engine optimization. <a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-seo/" target="_blank">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT</a> This episode is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/smartcrawl-wordpress-seo/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=seo_s1e4" target="_blank">SmartCrawl</a>!SmartCrawl is everything you need for fast powerful WordPress SEO that works – one-click setup, keyword auto-linking, sitemap generator, improved social sharing, content analyzer and regular scans and reports. Use&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/smartcrawl-wordpress-seo/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=seo_s1e4" target="_blank">this link</a>&nbsp;to get SmartCrawl and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿ Featured Links:<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/sales/11265882/Google-Penguin-nearly-killed-my-business.html" target="_blank">Pete Walter's article on The Telegraph</a> Featured Interviews:<a href="https://twitter.com/barb_palser" target="_blank">Barb Palser</a>, Global Product Partnership at <a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a><a href="https://twitter.com/pete_walter" target="_blank">Pete Walter</a>, Founder of <a href="http://buzzramp.com/" target="_blank">Buzzramp</a><a href="https://twitter.com/AZOnlineMrkting" target="_blank">Mike Clute</a>, Founder of <a href="https://miannamarketing.com/" target="_blank">Mianna Marketing</a><a href="https://twitter.com/jamesfarmer?lang=en" target="_blank">James Farmer</a>, CEO &amp; co-founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://app.pippa.io/shows/5be326c1d113a527262fa61e/episodes/wpmudev.com" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Hello, SEO!

<description>&lt;p&gt;While it's easy to become disillusioned to the topic of security in this day and age, we have to stay well informed on the types of attacks that are out there, and what tools and practices we should have in place to combat them. So, on this episode, Josh and Micah talk to a hack victim, a "WordPress hater", and two security experts to get some insight and practical help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-hackers/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EPISODE TRANSCRIPT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This episode is brought to you by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/updates/?utm_source=WPMUDEV&amp;amp;utm_medium=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_campaign=hellowp_automate" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Automate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quickly (or automatically!) update WordPress core, plugins, and themes with full backups and our Safe Update technology. The security and stability of your sites will never be a problem again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wp-defender/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=security_s1e3" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this link&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to get Automate, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wp-defender/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;amp;utm_campaign=security_s1e3" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defender&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Links: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbusiness/2013/05/28/cybercrime/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MichaelStarr Hopkins hack story on CNN Money&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For further learning, check out &lt;a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-security-best-practices/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Micah's blog post&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;expanding on Adam Warner's 7 security best practices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Featured Interviews:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Theonlyhonest" target="_blank"&gt;MichaelStarr Hopkins&lt;/a&gt;, National Press Secretary &amp;amp; Democratic Strategist&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/kcampos" target="_blank"&gt;Kyle Campos&lt;/a&gt;, VP of Continuous Delivery at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.smarsh.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Smarsh&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and co-founder of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.commit.to/" target="_blank"&gt;Commit.to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/wpmodder" target="_blank"&gt;Adam Warner&lt;/a&gt;, currently the &lt;em&gt;Field Marketing Manager &lt;/em&gt;at &lt;a href="https://www.godaddy.com/pro" target="_blank"&gt;GoDaddy&lt;/a&gt;. Previously the &lt;em&gt;Open Source Software Community Manager&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;a href="https://www.sitelock.com/" target="_blank"&gt;SiteLock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/UglyRobotDev" target="_blank"&gt;Aaron Edwards&lt;/a&gt;, CTO at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://app.pippa.io/shows/5be326c1d113a527262fa61e/episodes/wpmudev.com" target="_blank"&gt;WPMU DEV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Micah takes on web security...without the scare tactics. 

While it's easy to become disillusioned to the topic of security in this day and age, we have to stay well informed on the types of attacks that are out there, and what tools and practices we should have in place to combat them. So, on this episode, Josh and Micah talk to a hack victim, a "WordPress hater", and two security experts to get some insight and practical help. <a href="https://hellowp.world/hello-hackers/" target="_blank">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT</a> This episode is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/updates/?utm_source=WPMUDEV&amp;utm_medium=hellowp&amp;utm_campaign=hellowp_automate" target="_blank">Automate</a>!Quickly (or automatically!) update WordPress core, plugins, and themes with full backups and our Safe Update technology. The security and stability of your sites will never be a problem again. Use&nbsp;<a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wp-defender/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=security_s1e3" target="_blank">this link</a>&nbsp;to get Automate, <a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wp-defender/?utm_source=hellowp&amp;utm_medium=podcast_epd&amp;utm_campaign=security_s1e3" target="_blank">Defender</a>, and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.﻿ Featured Links: <a href="https://money.cnn.com/gallery/smallbusiness/2013/05/28/cybercrime/index.html" target="_blank">MichaelStarr Hopkins hack story on CNN Money</a>For further learning, check out <a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-security-best-practices/" target="_blank">Micah's blog post</a> expanding on Adam Warner's 7 security best practices. Featured Interviews:<a href="https://twitter.com/Theonlyhonest" target="_blank">MichaelStarr Hopkins</a>, National Press Secretary &amp; Democratic Strategist<a href="https://twitter.com/kcampos" target="_blank">Kyle Campos</a>, VP of Continuous Delivery at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smarsh.com/" target="_blank">Smarsh</a>&nbsp;and co-founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.commit.to/" target="_blank">Commit.to</a><a href="https://twitter.com/wpmodder" target="_blank">Adam Warner</a>, currently the Field Marketing Manager at <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/pro" target="_blank">GoDaddy</a>. Previously the Open Source Software Community Manager for <a href="https://www.sitelock.com/" target="_blank">SiteLock</a><a href="https://twitter.com/UglyRobotDev" target="_blank">Aaron Edwards</a>, CTO at&nbsp;<a href="https://app.pippa.io/shows/5be326c1d113a527262fa61e/episodes/wpmudev.com" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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"Hello, WP!" is a podcast by <a href="wpmudev.com" target="_blank">WPMU DEV</a> that reminds you what it’s like to be a new WordPress user. The show follows brothers, <a href="https://twitter.com/joshdailey" target="_blank">Josh</a>, a “WordPress Marketeer”, and <a href="https://twitter.com/micahjosiahd" target="_blank">Micah</a>, a new user, as they take on difficult-to-understand WordPress topics and talk with WP professionals in an attempt to discover WordPress and it's valuable community. It's a show for everyone, from the average web-surfing folk to the WordPress pro!<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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