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Om Malik, One of WordPress’s Earliest Adopters and the Connector Behind Automattic, Has Died at 59
From therepository.email Source: Read More Tech writer, GigaOm founder, and True Ventures partner Om Malik has died at 59 after what his family described as “a long health journey with…
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Automattic Wins Privilege Fight Over Pre-Lawsuit Trademark Strategy Slack Messages, Court Set to Rule on Motions to Dismiss
From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic has won its bid to claw back Slack messages from a private channel where CEO Matt Mullenweg and senior executives discussed trademark enforcement strategy…
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The Rise of Messaging as the Universal Tech Interface
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Messaging is emerging as the universal interface for interacting with technology, simplifying complex tasks into straightforward communications akin to texting, thereby enhancing productivity and reducing…
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Aligning WooCommerce Marketing Strategies for Community Success
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode we’re chatting about a topic that matters to everyone in the WooCommerce world and beyond: how OSS communities can come together to…
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WordPress 7.1 Set to Hide Classic Block From the Inserter as Contributors Begin Phasing It Out
From therepository.email Source: Read More The Classic block, the last remnant of WordPress’s pre-Gutenberg editing experience inside the block editor, will no longer be available to add in WordPress 7.1…
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WordPress AI Team Proposes Adding Knowledge Post Type and Guidelines to Core
From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic-sponsored core committer Greg Ziółkowski has published a proposal to bring a new custom post type and the team’s work on Guidelines into WordPress core…
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Revisiting What Matters Most
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, Bob Dunn recaps six months of key themes, highlighting the surge in AI discussions, ongoing debates about the open web, and WordPress’s…
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WordPress Contributor Dashboard Gets Customizable Ladders for Make Teams in First Major Update Since Pilot Launch
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Contributor Dashboard has shipped its first major update since the pilot launched in March, adding four new views and a customizable contributor ladder…
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BackTalk on Interoperability, Infrastructure and Pragmatism
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Ongoing challenges in decentralized social networks, emphasizing the need for practical solutions and immediate usability for developers and users. From openchannels.fm Source: Read More
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WordPress Campus Connect Udaipur
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More We would like to organize a WordPress Campus Connect event to introduce students to WordPress, open-source contribution, and career opportunities in the WordPress ecosystem. The…
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Plugin Developers and Site Maintainers Push Back on WordPress.org’s 24-Hour Update Delay
From therepository.email Source: Read More Plugin developers and site maintainers have pushed back on the scope of WordPress.org’s Protect the Shire security initiative, with feedback centering on a key detail…
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GoDaddy’s Adam Warner Challenges “NoDaddys” After Top Tier Benchmark Result, Company Reveals Engineering Push Behind the Numbers
From therepository.email Source: Read More GoDaddy’s Adam Warner has had enough of what he calls outdated criticism of the company’s hosting for WordPress, and he’s using the 2026 Review Signal…
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Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Mercantile, the official swag store of the WordPress project, has a newly redesigned storefront with a catalog that now sits front and center, and a…
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Navigating Burnout in the Age of AI-Driven Development
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More AI transforms developer workflows, causing cognitive overload and blurring work-rest boundaries. Establishing intentional breaks is crucial to maintain balance and prevent burnout. From openchannels.fm Source:…
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WordPress Campus Connect Central and Eastern Uganda Schools
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More WordPress Campus Connect: Central and Eastern Uganda Schools is a student-focused outreach program designed to introduce learners to WordPress, open source, web development, digital publishing,…
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Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Opens for WordCamp US 2026
From wordpress.org Source: Read More Applications are now open for the 2026 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, which supports one active WordPress contributor who identifies as a woman and has not…
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Developer Traces 13-Year Backdoor Campaign Across 44 WordPress.org Plugins to a Single Operator
From therepository.email Source: Read More Anchor Hosting founder Austin Ginder has traced a 13-year supply chain operation back to a single operator who used 19 WordPress.org accounts, multiple fake brands,…
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Open Channels FM v4.8 Changelog
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Bob Dunn has launched a blog commentary and a weekly series, “Open Tabs.” Do the Woo is now an independent podcast. Updates include a redesigned…
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WordPress 7.1 Roadmap Focuses on Collaboration, Guidelines, and Responsive Styling With RTC Still Unresolved
From therepository.email Source: Read More Anne McCarthy has published the roadmap for WordPress 7.1 on the Make WordPress Core blog, framing the release around “collaboration as a throughline” and acknowledging…
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Global Partners Across the First Half of the 2026 WordPress Event Season
From wordpress.org Source: Read More This post recaps how the WordPress project’s five Global Partners — Jetpack, WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Bluehost, and Hostinger — supported community events during the first half…
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Anne McCarthy Named WordPress 7.1 Release Lead
From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic’s Anne McCarthy has been named release lead for WordPress 7.1, stepping into the role for the first time and inheriting a release cycle that…
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AI Hype and Hope Navigating Optimism and Skepticism
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, hosts and guests share diverse perspectives on AI’s rise, touching on its potential, challenges, and how it’s reshaping industries and human interaction.…
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Awesome Motive Breach Widens as Uncanny Automator Confirms Customer Data Theft, MonsterInsights Users Hit With Phishing Campaign
From therepository.email Source: Read More The fallout from a high-severity UpdraftPlus vulnerability has spread to two more Awesome Motive brands, with Uncanny Automator disclosing a separate data breach and MonsterInsights…
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WordPress Campus Connect Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang
From wordcamp.org Source: Read More WordPress Campus Connect Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is a free, one day, hands-on workshop taking place on 25 July 2026 from 9:00 AM to 3:00…
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Core Committers Float Chrome-Style Canary Approach for WordPress, Question Whether RTC Belongs in Core
From therepository.email Source: Read More Core committers have floated the idea of moving WordPress development to a Chrome-style canary deployment model with feature flags — a shift that, if pursued,…
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BackTalk on Mission, Media, Localization, AI, and Giving Back to Open Source
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The content reflects on past discussions highlighting the importance of amplifying diverse voices, localizing strategies, and contributing to the open-source ecosystem for future relevance. From…
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WordPress Plugins Team Adds Three Reviewers, Re-Opens Applications as Submissions Hit New Records
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Plugins Team has welcomed three new reviewers and re-opened applications for another round of recruits as plugin submissions to the WordPress.org directory continue…
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Summer Updates New Features and Changes to Open Channels FM
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Bob Dunn updates on Open Channels FM’s recent developments, including a homepage redesign, the launch of “Do the Woo” as a standalone podcast, and upcoming…
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Awesome Motive CDN Breach Hits 1.2 Million Sites Running OptinMonster
From therepository.email Source: Read More Awesome Motive’s OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage plugins were compromised over the weekend in a supply chain attack that served tampered JavaScript to WordPress sites directly…
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Garofalo Details How AI Writes WordPress Social Content, Open Sources the Toolkit
From therepository.email Source: Read More Nicholas Garofalo, Director of Marketing for WordPress.org at Automattic, has shared how AI and automation have been powering WordPress’s social media presence across 11 platforms,…
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The Balancing Act: Freedom, Convenience, and Open Source in an AI-Driven World
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More So many of us are in a evolving relationship between freedom, convenience, and open source software in the world shaped by AI. The promise of…
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The Changelog: Still Here, Still Doing It
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More commentary A bit over four years ago, in 2022, I recorded an episode from San Diego. I was getting ready for an event, about to…
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WordCamp Europe Takeaways: Community Vibes, Tech Advancements and Smarter Tools
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More This Open Channels FM episode from WordCamp Europe discusses the event’s vibrant atmosphere, the integration of AI in WordPress workflows, and the positive community outlook…
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CERN Moves the Birthplace of the Web to WordPress
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress is now powering the birthplace of the World Wide Web. Thirty-five years after the first website went live at CERN, the European Organization for…
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BackTalk on AI Burnout, Bridging Innovation and Standards, and the Risks of Single-Maintainer Tools
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Conversations reveal insights on deep work, innovation standards, and the risks of underappreciated developer tools, highlighting challenges of mental fatigue, standardization, and reliance on single…
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Rethinking Developer Life and Productivity with Rapid AI Advancements
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode of Open Web Conversations, Zach Stepek and Carl Alexander discuss with Alex Standiford the impact of AI on developers, highlighting productivity, burnout,…
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WordPress.org Launches ‘Protect the Shire’ Initiative, Adds 24-Hour Cooldown for Plugin and Theme Auto-Updates
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has announced a new security initiative that imposes a mandatory 24-hour review window on every plugin and theme release before it…
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WordCamp Europe Draws 2,458 to Kraków, Bouncing Back From Basel Dip as CERN Goes Live on WordPress
From therepository.email Source: Read More When CERN Web Manager Joachim Valdemar Yde told a packed auditorium in Kraków on Friday that the organization’s flagship website, home.cern, was now live on…
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U.S. Court Orders WP Engine to Reveal Strategy Deck Sentence, Finds Mullenweg Was “Evasive” in Deposition
From therepository.email Source: Read More A federal court has found that WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg “appeared to be evasive or to waste time” during his three-day deposition in the WP…
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What Happened at WordCamp Europe 2026
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordCamp Europe, the biggest WordPress conference in Europe, spent the first week of June in Kraków. The 2026 edition of this event filled the ICE…