Last week at WordCamp Europe there was a get-together among WordPress Core committers and a question arose concerning the separate Gutenberg npm packages that are built and distributed. I was curious about how frequently they are updated and which ones are most active, so I asked Codex to review git commit activity, gather commits per…
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 on evolving technology and opportunities.
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, why WordPress events and community matter. If you’d like to subscribe to the…
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, why WordPress events and community matter. If you’d like to subscribe to the…
You’ve done everything right: published your blog posts, optimized the titles, maybe even built a few backlinks. But traffic still isn’t coming, and you can’t figure out why. Now, before you publish another post, it’s worth checking whether orphan pages are working against you. Orphan pages are easy to miss. No internal links connect to…
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 maintainers.
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, workflow changes, and the necessity of setting boundaries in this rapidly evolving landscape.
Translating your WordPress website into multiple languages is one of the easiest ways to reach a wider audience, boost your SEO traffic, and increase your sales. But with so many translation plugins available, choosing the right one can feel overwhelming. TranslatePress and WPML are established plugins with years of proven history, while Universally is a…
In episode 131 of the Gutenberg Changelog, Birgit Pauli-Haack welcomes Isabel Brison to discuss the latest developments in Gutenberg plugin releases 23.1, 23.2, and 23.3, as well as progress leading up to WordPress 7.1. The hosts highlight recent calls for testing, including collaborative editing—previously delayed from 7.0 due to stability concerns—and the new media editor…
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 Kraków Congress Centre from June 4 to 6, drawing 2,458 ticket holders from 81 countries to the south of Poland. Close to a quarter of them were attending their first…
