Year: 2026

Record Magic: The Gathering success powered Hasbro to $4.7bn revenue for 2025, remains its ‘primary growth engine’

Veteran toy and game maker Hasbro‘s increasing reliance on Magic: The Gathering’s runaway success continued last year, with the trading card game’s revenue soaring 59% to mark its strongest annual performance yet. Hasbro saw its overall revenue rise almost 14%…

Open Channels FM: The Overlooked Backbone of Open Source: Voluntary Work Amid Modern Pressures

In a tech-centric era, volunteer-driven open source projects face a precarious future. As pressures mount, these unsung heroes risk burnout, jeopardizing our digital safety and stability. How long can they hold on? Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote !…

Open Channels FM: AI Meets Woo: The Future of Ecommerce is Already Here

In this episode of Do the Woo, hosts Katie and James discuss WooCommerce and AI with guest James LePage, exploring new features, tools, protocols, and the future of e-commerce. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes…

HeroPress: WordPress and Its Community: Designing a Life of Freedom – WordPress y su comunidad: el diseño de una vida libre

Este ensayo también está disponible en español. This is my story with WordPress, a tool that changed the way I work and how I connect with the world. The Starting Point: From Sociology to Design I am often asked how…

WordCamp Central: WordPress Tech Congress, WordCamp Valencia 2025. Tradition and Innovation

Index Let’s begin, this WordCamp is yours 1.What is a WordCamp? 2.Talks and speakers 3.Light Talks 4.Speed Builder Game 5.Contributor Day 6.Kids’ area 7.If the family gets together, we eat. Traditional Valencian cuisine 8.A WordCamp with tradition 9.Team 10.Sponsors 11.Public…

Matt: AI Disruption

Two interesting posts today, first is Nick Hamze, who ponders the case on his delightfully avant-garde site for how WordPress fits in when everything is coded up on a whim, Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing. Separately, I was delighted to…

Dennis Snell: HTML API: Check for unclosed attributes.

Today someone was discussing the goal of linting HTML, specifically of detecting unclosed attributes. Consider the following snippet: <p class=”important><img src=”alert.png”>This is important!</p> It’s clear that a mistake led to a missing double-quote on the class attribute of the opening…

Watch it Played’s Rodney Smith cuts ties with Game Night Picks, accuses owner of unethical advertising practices towards publishers

Rodney Smith, the founder and host of board game ‘how to play’ video giant Watch It Played, has accused long-time site colleague Chaz Marler of misleading advertisers on the latter’s Game Night Picks YouTube channel by paying to boost viewer…

Open Channels FM: Hey, What Do You Think About the Internet (and What We Might Have Lost)?

Nathan and Bob reminisce about the “good ol’ days” pre-internet, lamenting over lost patience and tactile experiences while praising modern conveniences. It’s a nostalgic roast of technology’s double-edged sword. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes…

Matt: Leadership at the Peak

I want to start by thanking the Automattic board, and in particular General (Ret.) Ann Dunwoody, for encouraging me to step away from the endless work of being CEO of Automattic to focus on training and development. Ann, as one…