Month: July 2026

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…

Gutenberg Times: The post editor is going full iframe: what block developers need to know before WordPress 7.1

For years, the post editor has lived a double life. The Site Editor renders your blocks inside an iframe. The post editor — where most people actually spend their time — renders them directly in the admin page. That split…

Solo play is now one of board gaming’s defining mechanisms, university research of 104,000 titles finds

Solo board gaming has surged from a niche feature to a major component of modern hobby board gaming in just a few years, according to a new academic analysis of more than 104,000 titles spanning almost a century of board…

Open Channels FM: Who Is Actually Using the Internet?

A look at the impact of AI and bots on the web, emphasizing the decline of human engagement, the challenges for content creators, and the future of digital interaction. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes…