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WordPress unwrapped its new version 6.9 at the annual State of the Word, hosted by Matt Mullenweg in San Francisco this week. A holiday tradition that reminds us of the gift that WordPress is for all involved. From agency owners…
After successfully building and selling Newsletter Glue, most founders might have taken a moment to pause. But for Lesley Sim, the transition was less about slowing down and more about leveling up. Even before Newsletter Glue was acquired, she had…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A new survey, spearheaded by Big Bite with input from leading WordPress agencies like WebDevStudios and Human Made, sheds light on why enterprises continue to bet on the world’s most popular CMS. During a recent Do The Woo episode, Brad…
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…
Elementor just wrapped up its first-ever annual “web.fwrd” event for 2025, and they had a lot to say about where the platform is headed. From AI-driven workflows to a brand-new theme, it’s clear they’re doubling down on being a one-stop…
At this year’s State of the Word, Matt Mullenweg handed the stage to Matias Ventura, the lead architect behind the open-source WordPress project, to highlight the pivotal moments in the project through 2024, while looking ahead to to the future…
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