Automattic’s leadership changed this week. WordPress.org says its priorities haven’t. What that split reveals about the difference between a company and a project.
Month: September 2026
Open Channels FM: Episode 800, Open Source Champions
Episode 800 marks a milestone and presents details about Open Source Champions and community support.
Introducing WPVibe Fleet Management: Manage Multiple WordPress Sites With AI
Ever wished you could update every WordPress site you manage without logging into each one? When you manage multiple WordPress sites, even a simple update becomes a repetitive task. You have to log into each site, check which plugins and themes need updating, run the… Read More » The post Introducing WPVibe Fleet Management: Manage Multiple […]
#233 – Chris Reynolds on Building Trust With Project Contracts for Reliable AI Development
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, building trust with project contracts for reliable AI development. If you’d like to […]
I Turned 5 AI Prompts Into One-Click Actions in Otter Blocks
Until recently, I used AI to run the same small tasks on my WordPress content. It eventually became so repetitive that I decided to automate part of it by using the custom actions module inside the Otter Blocks plugin. In this post, I’ll show you five prompts I used and the results I got from […]
Matt: Scanning Plugins
It’s a really big deal that we’re scanning all the plugins now.
HeroPress: How a Law Student Ended up with WordPress
Hear Astha read her own essay aloud. I come from a transitional generation, and somehow, I’ve ended up as a hard core non-tech person in a heavily tech-driven space. Fitting into a box has never really been my thing. And perhaps, that has been the point. How often do you think you’re lost? We often […]
Image CDN vs Local Compression vs Server-Side Optimization: A Controlled WordPress Test
See how a WordPress site stack, precompressed WebP files, and Optimole compare for payload, visual quality, delivery speed, and maintenance. The post Image CDN vs Local Compression vs Server-Side Optimization: A Controlled WordPress Test appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress: Plausible vs Umami vs Matomo (2026)
Comparing Plausible, Umami, Matomo and Independent Analytics for WordPress: what they collect, cookieless tracking, real pricing, and which fits your site. The post Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress: Plausible vs Umami vs Matomo (2026) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
WordPress.org blog: Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in Bangladesh
In July, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites. In eastern Uganda, a workshop that arrived to find no electricity at the school ran anyway, for more than 100 learners, because a former student had asked for it. In Costa Rica, three university students taught a three-session WordPress class to 40 high […]
