Open Channels FM: It’s Channel 4, Literally
Welcome to Channel 4, where Bob Dunn finally found a home for offbeat chats after sleepless nights. It’s the podcasting wild card.
How to Turn Your Membership Site into an App (The Easy Way)
It’s a common misconception that you need to hire a developer or spend $10,000+ to build an app. You can actually turn your membership website into a branded app in under three hours and on a much smaller budget. Forcing your members to repeatedly log in through a phone browser is a major cause of […]
HeroPress: I Don’t Have It All Figured Out. I Show Up Anyway.
Here is Indira reading her own story aloud. My background is in Quality Assurance: testing features, observing behaviour, and making sure things work as expected. For a long time, I believed open source contribution mostly meant writing code. Since I wasn’t a developer, I saw myself more as someone learning from the community than contributing […]
Open Channels FM: Connecting Decentralized Social Networks and Rethinking Interoperability
In this chat, Matthias and Ryan dive into Ryan’s journey building tools like Bridgy to connect decentralized networks, emphasizing the importance of interoperability and community in the open web.
How to Find and Delete Duplicate Images in WordPress Automatically
Every time you upload a photo, WordPress creates five or ten different hidden size variations to fit your theme. These extra files consume your storage and slow your site backups. Plus, most of these extra image sizes are never used on your site. They sit on your server like digital clutter and can even increase […]
Matt: Song Creation
I’m in New Orleans for the first time in 7 years for a beautiful wedding. My Mom’s side of the family emigrated here in the 1860s, and there’s a deep comfort in the art, traditions, and weirdness of Creole culture. Good music and food are ubiquitous. I met up with WordPresser Blake Bertuccelli-Booth to catch […]
Gutenberg Times: Gutenberg Changelog #128 – Gutenberg 22.7 Version and Dev Notes for 7.0
Announcing GT Changelog Podcast Episode 128: Deep Dive Into Gutenberg 22.7 & WordPress 7.0 Dev Notes! We’re back with another packed episode of the GT Changelog Podcast! In episode 128, host Birgit Pauli-Haack welcomes JavaScript developer and full-time WordPress contributor Maggie Cabrera for an insightful conversation about all things Gutenberg and WordPress. In this episode, […]
Gutenberg Times: My WordPress, WordPress 7.0, Gutenberg 22.7, and AI Experiments — Weekend Edition 361
Hi, This week, we saw many updates in WordPress Core with two Betas and three security releases. Your auto-update email folder got plenty of traffic if you are managing more than one website The next step for the security team is to backport the 6.9.4 fixes to older version for WordPress, all the way back […]
Matt: New Headphones
Not doing a full What’s In My Bag yet, but I do want to highlight I’ve been really enjoying the Sennheiser HDB 630 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones. Hat tip: Philip Kaplan aka Pud.
How I Display WooCommerce Reviews Anywhere in WordPress (& Boost Sales)
Hiding your best WooCommerce reviews on product pages is like keeping your top salespeople in the back room. When reviews are scattered or hidden, most visitors never see them. And that means missed chances to earn trust and make sales. By showing your reviews on your homepage and other key pages, visitors can see real […]