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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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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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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…
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Protect The Shire
From wordpress.org Source: Read More tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an edge. We want to secure all 78K plugins and themes…
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Review Signal Publishes 2026 Hosting Benchmarks After Three-Year Gap, Powered by Its Own Open Source Load Testing Platform
From therepository.email Source: Read More Review Signal founder Kevin Ohashi has published his 2026 WordPress and WooCommerce hosting performance benchmarks — the first edition in three years, and the first…
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Artificial Intelligence” Just a Fancy Way to Say “Fake”?
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The light side of whether artificial intelligence is genuinely intelligent or merely advanced technology misrepresented as such. From openchannels.fm Source: Read More
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Gutenberg 23.3 Ships Experimental Customizable WordPress Dashboard
From therepository.email Source: Read More Gutenberg 23.3 has shipped with an experimental customizable dashboard that lets users add, move, resize, and rearrange widgets on the WordPress admin’s home screen. It’s…
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Contributors Launch FSE-Style Outreach Program to Get Real-Time Collaboration Ready for WordPress 7.1
From therepository.email Source: Read More Less than a month after WordPress 7.0 shipped without its original headline feature, contributors have launched a dedicated outreach program to get real-time collaboration ready…
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WordPress.org Overhauls 20-Year-Old Jobs Board, Adds Career Features to Profiles
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress community has been invited to test new career functionality on WordPress.org that ties together a redesigned jobs board and new contributor profile features.…
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Open Tabs: Lists Over Grids, AI-Assisted Content & A Global Tech Read
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Bob Dunn launches “Open Tabs,” sharing business insights while discussing his new design preferences, the importance of human touch in podcasting, efficient content repurposing with…
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BackTalk on Decentralized Interoperability, Data Sovereignty, and the Power of Local Community
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The challenges of decentralized networks, data sovereignty complexities in hosting, and the importance of local connections within the tech community to foster collaboration and growth.…
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How to Make Your Case Studies Stand Out: The Power of Storytelling
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Effective case studies focus on storytelling, positioning the customer as the hero. They highlight challenges, solutions, and outcomes, blending engaging narratives with measurable results to…
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WordPress.com Launches Free Telegram Agent to Help Attendees Navigate WordCamp Europe 2026
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress.com has launched WordCamp Agent, a free Telegram agent designed to help WordCamp Europe 2026 attendees plan their trip to Kraków, save sessions they don’t…
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The Human Touch in a Podcast
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this commentary Bob emphasizes the importance of blending human creativity with AI tools in content creation, advocating for authentic, human-driven commentary in their work.…
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Solving the Identity Challenge in Decentralized Social Networks
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Decentralized social networks face challenges in identity resolution, complicating user interactions across platforms. Ensuring seamless experiences without centralization is the key to mainstream adoption. From…
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Court Orders Silver Lake to Run Financial Search Terms, Denies WP Engine’s Motion Against Audrey
From therepository.email Source: Read More The U.S. District Court has ruled on two competing third-party discovery disputes in the WP Engine v. Automattic legal battle, ordering both Silver Lake and…
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SiteGround Auto-Installs AI Plugin on Customer Sites, Calls WordPress 7.0 a ‘Watershed Moment’ as Customers Push Back
From therepository.email Source: Read More SiteGround pushed its AI Agent plugin to WordPress sites across its hosting network last week, sparking backlash from customers. The company says WordPress 7.0 was…