Otter Blocks 3.2.0: AI Page Building and a New Design Library
Otter Blocks 3.2.0 is now live, bringing AI that builds full sections and pages, a redesigned AI writing toolbar, AI form autoresponders, a completely rebuilt Design Library, a new Content Slider block, more reliable forms, and full WordPress 7.0 support. This release focuses on the slowest part of building in the block editor: getting started…. […]
How to Connect AI Agents With WordPress using MCP (Step by Step)
AI assistants like Claude Code, Cowork, and ChatGPT are incredible productivity boosters, and if you wished that you could connect these AI tools with WordPress directly, then you’re not alone. Lately, I have been using WordPress MCP by WPVibe to let my AI assistant manage my website, and it’s truly amazing how much time this […]
Dennis Snell: See DATA, CDATA, RCDATA, and PCDATA oh my!
HTML and XML are markup languages based on plaintext files. This means that any given character could be part of a syntax form (a tag, a comment, a character reference, etc…) or it could be representing itself the way it reads in the file literally. <tag>· Text node</tag> Whenever a character might be ambiguous, both […]
Gutenberg Times: WordPress 7.0.1 Fixes Registration Spam, wp_kses() CSS Corruption, and 7.0 Admin Design Glitches
WordPress 7.0.1 is now available. As the first maintenance release of the 7.0 cycle, it’s strictly a bug-fix release: every included ticket addresses either a regression introduced during 7.0 development or an issue intentionally deferred at the end of the cycle. The release ships fixes for 17 core Trac tickets and 14 Gutenberg PRs. Because […]
WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 7.0.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 31 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, admin ui, and media. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement. WordPress 7.0.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major version […]
Open Channels FM: The Paradox of Empowerment in a Disruptive Era
Tech feels wild and unpredictable, yet super empowering. Success now hinges on broad awareness and curiosity, not just deep specialization. Embrace the chaos.Tech feels wild and unpredictable, yet super empowering. Success now hinges on broad awareness and curiosity, not just deep specialization. Embrace the chaos.
Jonathan Desrosiers: 13 Years Contributing to WordPress
Thirteen years ago today, I received my very first props for contributing to WordPress Core. If my WordPress contribution journey were a person, it would now be a teenager. It’s pretty wild to think about, but I’ve now been contributing to the WordPress project in some way for a third of my life! What is […]
Matt: Code for the People
Lights! Camera! Action! Todd Spangler at Variety writes: Automattic’s ‘Code for the People’ Documentary Is a Rallying Cry for Users to Fight for the Open Internet, from the NYC premiere last week. I’m looking forward to the San Francisco premiere of the documentary, and then tomorrow everyone can stream it for free on codeforthepeople.com! Appearances […]
#224 – David Snead on Building Trust and Collaboration in the Hosting Industry With the Secure Hosting Alliance
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 and collaboration in the hosting industry with the Secure Hosting Alliance. […]
HeroPress: “Listen… the birds are already singing” – “Послухай… пташки заспівали”
Це есе також доступно українською. Listen to Volodymyr read his own story aloud. “Listen… the birds are already singing,” said Danylo — a Ukrainian I’d met at a previous WordCamp — as we were wrapping up the last hour of the WCEU afterparty in Krakow. “It’s time for us to go.” He started singing “Hei! […]