As we hit 700 episodes, BobWP catches us up on the rebrand.

WordPress 6.9 is coming and with it a few Core AI goodies including the Abilities API. New Abilities API: A unified registry of callable WordPress capabilities with defined inputs and outputs, built for AI integrations and developer automation. This has a lot of potential for use, however in order to start that exploring, being aware … Read more

Live oaks reach branchesSunlight graces every leafWith gentle wisdom Inspired by the not-haiku on my ITO EN tea. (BTW the Automattic home page is all haiku since 2009.)

Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case how AI is taking on the burden of troubleshooting website issues, and making … Read more

Rae Morey, WordPress journalist and podcast host, recently shared a story on Open Channels FM about a camping trip that revealed just how effective storytelling can be in business. After spending a rough night on the ground during a camping trip, Rae realized, “I woke up with a sore back. I’m getting old. And I … Read more

It’s very interesting to compare my Wikipedia article and my Grokipedia article. The Grokipedia version is much, much longer, and does a better job of listing my accomplishments versus some random recent controversy. (Will someone reading about me a hundred years from now care that WordPress briefly had a sustainability team as one of its … Read more

I’m thrilled to announce the release of Today, a new RSS reader for iOS that I’ve been building with a lot of love and a little help from AI. A Love Letter to RSS I’ve loved RSS forever. It’s the open web at its finest—a way to follow the sites and writers you care about … Read more

WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 is now ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should evaluate Beta 2 on a test server and site. You can test WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 in … Read more

Bob’s gearing up for episode 700! He reflects on milestones, announces the end of solo episodes, and hints at more guest chats ahead.

On November 5th at our Noho office the legendary John Borthwick (investor in Twitter, Tumblr, Buzzfeed, Digg, Venmo…) and I will have a conversation on the future of the Open Web and human-centered AI. Please join us!

If you use WordPress, then you know how bloated and disorganized your WordPress Media Library can become over time. Fortunately, there are plugins that address this exact problem. In this post, we’ll introduce you to some of the best ones and we’ll explain how they can help you keep your media library in tip-top shape. … Read more