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…
Open Channels FM: The Balancing Act: Freedom, Convenience, and Open Source in an AI-Driven World
So many of us are in a evolving relationship between freedom, convenience, and open source software in the world shaped by AI. The promise of freedom which is central to the open web and open source movements has to be…
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…
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:…
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…
