Hi there, After a four-week break — courtesy of a sciatic nerve with strong opinions — I’m happy to be back in by office chair […]
Year: 2026
Open Channels FM: The Real Challenge of Technological Solutions: Exclusion in the Age of Verification
David Snead, director of the Secure Hosting Alliance and a long-time Internet policy leader, shares his perspective on the complexities that emerge when technological solutions […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Open Channels FM: Understanding Open Source Law and AI Impacts in Modern Software Development
In this Open Web Conversations episode, host Anne Bovelett chats with lawyer Carlo Piana about open source software’s legal challenges, AI’s impact on coding, and […]
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 […]