LoopConf is back! (London 2025)
Over a decade after his last appearance on my old Matt Report feed, Brian and I pick up like no time has passed. We talk candidly about what it takes to bring LoopConf back to life, why he acquired the…
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The Case for WordPress: A Home Base for End Users
AI-driven website builders, drag-and-drop platforms, and the constant noise around “the future of open source” have made it seem like WordPress might be losing its shine. But if you’re a solopreneur, blogger, or small business owner, the truth is much…
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Why Sponsoring WordPress Content Creators is a Win for Your Brand
WordPress powers more than 40% of all websites on the internet. This ecosystem runs on more than just code. Most companies in the space already invest in developers. And they absolutely should. Sponsoring dev hours keeps the platform secure, performant,…
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The FAIR Package Manager for WordPress
In this episode of The WP Minute+, I sit down with Carrie Dils and Karim Marucchi to talk through FAIR—short for Federated and Independent Repositories—a new package management project launched under the Linux Foundation. If you’re in the WordPress space and…
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What’s Disappearing From WordPress?
In this episode of The WP Minute+, Kurt and Toby explore the shifting landscape of WordPress, sparked by Toby’s visit to a no-code meetup in Minneapolis. They discuss the rise of non-technical entrepreneurs building functional businesses with no-code tools and…
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Mary Hubbard & Matt Mullenweg WordCamp EU 2025 Fireside Chat
This is the recording between Matt Mullenweg and Mary Hubbard on stage at WordCamp Europe 2025. They covered everything from regulation in the EU, the FAIR package manager announcement, and new education pathways, to what’s next for WordPress core and…
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Why I’m Not Jazzed About FAIR
In this episode, I unpack the big announcement behind FAIR — the Federated and Independent Repository — a new package manager initiative under the Linux Foundation. Scooped by The Repository and launched during WordCamp Europe week, FAIR promises decentralized plugin…
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PressConf 2025: Real Conversations, Real People, Real Impact
I had a rare stretch of quiet at home last week before the kids came crashing through the front door—and in that sliver of calm, I finally sat down to process everything that happened at PressConf 2025. If you’re in…
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Cory Miller on A2 & Post Status Acquisitions
Cory Miller has been at the center of two major shifts in the WordPress ecosystem. First, he sold his full ownership of Post Status to Marieke van de Rakt and Joost de Valk, who are now forming a new nonprofit…
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2025 WordPress Predictions
I’m sure we’re all glad that year of WordPress is behind us. WordCamp US 2024 marked the start of a transformative era for the culture of WordPressers—a situation that thrust the community and the greater ecosystem into a tailspin with…
