Month: June 2026

Read the Player Aid!

by Justin Bell One morning this past February, I was standing on a scale in my bathroom, doing my normal routine of knocking out the weigh-in before getting the kids ready for school. The number that came back wasn’t to…

Under the Surface: The Design Journey of Drillers

by BoltKey Part 1 – Finding the Right Pace & DepthThose who follow CGE for a while know that a lot of design happens in close cooperation between the designer and CGE after the game is accepted by the company….

How to Verify Your SEO Is Intact After a WordPress Domain Migration

Changing your domain name is one of the scariest SEO decisions a WordPress site owner can make. Done right, your search rankings survive the move mostly intact. Done wrong, you can lose months of work overnight. I’ve audited post-migration sites…

Open Channels FM: The Changelog: Still Here, Still Doing It

commentary A bit over four years ago, in 2022, I recorded an episode from San Diego. I was getting ready for an event, about to attend my first-ever Contributor Day (which, yes, felt a little absurd given how many WordCamps…

Dennis Snell: Gutenberg Package Activity

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…

Open Channels FM: WordCamp Europe Takeaways: Community Vibes, Tech Advancements and Smarter Tools

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. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0…

Dive Right In The Water’s Fine…

by Steph Hodge Time to get our feet a little wet with these new game announcements. [imageid=9531435 medium rep]▪️ Stonemaier Games sent out a May update with new expansions available for several titles, including Finspan. The expansion to Finspan adds…

#220 – Cathy Mitchell on Why WordPress Events Matter: Community, Connection, and Giving Back

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…

How to Find and Fix Orphan Pages That Are Killing Your WordPress SEO

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…

Open Channels FM: BackTalk on AI Burnout, Bridging Innovation and Standards, and the Risks of Single-Maintainer Tools

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. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0 0 Tell…