WordPress.org blog: Global Partners Across the First Half of the 2026 WordPress Event Season

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 of 2026. Across more than a dozen regional the first WordPress Developers Day, and a growing network of WordPress Campus Connect events, Global Partners staffed booths, sponsored sessions, and connected […]

Open Channels FM: AI Hype and Hope Navigating Optimism and Skepticism

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.​ 

9 Best AI Visibility Tools to Track Your Brand in AI Search

A few years ago, buying decisions happened on Google. People searched, clicked through a handful of sites, compared their options, and chose. That journey is collapsing into a single step. Now people ask AI tools, like ChatGPT, Gemini, or even ,Google to get a direct recommendation and act on it. The “compare a handful of […]

Matt: Audio Wars

It looks like Ubiquiti is coming for Sonos with its PoE Audio Port, a $199 device that closely resembles the $499 Sonos Port, and $599 PowerAmp. Sonos is going up-market with the Amp Multi. Sonos has had a rough patch, but I’m pretty ride or die for them, and some of my favorite people are […]

Open Channels FM: BackTalk on Mission, Media, Localization, AI, and Giving Back to Open Source

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.​ 

#221 – Rahul Bansal on Using AI Everywhere at rtCamp

Transcript 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 using AI everywhere at rtCamp. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you […]

Matt: Assorted Links

Sometimes you have to just start with beauty. Listen to Jon Batiste’s Beethoven Blues, then relish this interview, where he plays and talks about it. I can’t wait for Black Mozart, which is already starting to trickle on Spotify. Forget all that Ferrari stuff, what Jony Ive did with his LoveFrom Sailing Lantern is divine. […]

Open Channels FM: Summer Updates New Features and Changes to Open Channels FM

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 features like Open Channels FM Live.​ 

Akismet: Introducing the official Akismet PHP SDK

For twenty years, Akismet has kept spam out of WordPress. But spammers don’t care what your site runs on and neither do we. Last month we launched the official Akismet Drupal module. Today we’re introducing the engine that powers it: the official Akismet PHP SDK, a first-party client that brings Akismet to any PHP application. […]

SEO for Membership Sites: 7 Strategies to Rank Gated Content in 2026

If you’re running a membership site in WordPress, then you’ve probably run into a frustrating problem: you publish great content, but it doesn’t show up in Google. That usually happens because your most valuable content is hidden behind a login page or paywall. While that’s great for protecting your work and your revenue, it can […]