Month: July 2026

Open Channels FM: The Growth of Domain Names and the Future of AI in Internet Identity

This episode looks at the evolving online landscape, focusing on domain names, digital identity, and AI’s influence. Key insights include rising domain registrations, AI in managing abuse, and the importance of open source. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote…

Open Channels FM: Open Source and the Open Source Initiative

People think Open Source is just about having access to the source code. Actually, there’s a much longer history behind it. Open Source existed before the term Open Source was even coined, back in the late 60s. Universities started giving…

WordCamp Central: WordCamp Rajshahi 2026: Celebrating Community, Learning, and Open Source

WordCamp Rajshahi 2026, held on July 2nd-3rd, 2026, at the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) Auditorium, brought together WordPress enthusiasts, developers, designers, business owners, students, and open-source contributors from across Bangladesh and beyond. As a non-profit, community-driven conference,…

Small Cards, Big Hands

by Justin Bell Like many others this weekend, I stopped by my local theater to catch The Odyssey, the latest big-budget blockbuster film from writer/director Christopher Nolan. I’m not a scholar of the original works by Homer…no, I just like…

Evenglow Designer Diary: Never Tell Me The Odds

by Jason Katzwinkel I realize that it’s twee and condescending to repeat popular cliches like “Fortune favors the bold” or “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” but it’s important to internalize the metaphors. This is a story…

Designer Diary: Raindrops

by Fernando Cunha When DV Games suggested that I write this designer diary for Raindrops, I hesitated… I started working on Raindrops in 2019, and I was afraid I might no longer be able to carefully retrace all the paths…

Gutenberg Times: #WCUS Schedule, iframed Post Editor, WooCommerce 11.0 and so much more — Weekend Edition 369

Hi there! What a week! WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 (and Beta 2) arrived with a huge array of updates. We’ll unpack them together over the next four weeks, right up to the final release on August 19, 2026. One thing…

Matt: Important Security Update

WordPress 7.0.2 went out today with two important security updates. One is a type of pre-authorization RCE we (fortunately!) have only seen a few times in WordPress’ 23-year history; the last, I believe, in the PHPMailer class five years ago….

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WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.0.2 Release

WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. The 7.0.2 security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Due to the severity, the WordPress.org team…

Ultimate WordPress Spam Protection Guide – Step by Step (2026)

If you run a WordPress site, then you know that spam is a real annoying problem whether it comes to contact forms, WordPress comments, or user registrations. The good news is that stopping spam in WordPress is a lot easier…