Open Channels FM: Drawing the Line Between Openness and Noise in the Digital World
Is sharing everything always good? Bob Dunn reflects on transparency and the noise in online spaces.
WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release
This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes on Core, 19 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 11 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is…
WordPress Autoloaded Options: Find and Fix wp_options Bloat
Every page load makes WordPress reread all autoloaded wp_options rows, even junk from deleted plugins. Check yours with one safe SQL query and clean it up. The post WordPress Autoloaded…
Open Channels FM: Open Source Economics, LibreOffice, and Swiss Digital Sovereignty
Shifting budgets and tech priorities drive change for open source events software and government infrastructure.
Matt: OmFest: A Celebration of Curiosity, Connection, and the Future
OmFest is coming together quite nicely! The new website is beautiful and highlights some of the experiences available throughout the day. I think Om would be very impressed by the…
Matt: Mirene
It’s official in SF Standard: Stewart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO. Ahoy!
WordPress Speculative Loading: What It Does and How to Configure It
Your WordPress site can load pages before visitors even click. Learn how speculative loading works, what WordPress 6.8 turned on, and how to tune it! The post WordPress Speculative Loading:…
What WordPress AI Really Builds: 9 Prompts, 9 Unedited Results, and What the Good Ones Have in Common
For this post, I decided to use the Section Generator in the free Otter Blocks plugin. I built nine sections of a WordPress site with it, but instead of endlessly…
Open Channels FM: Scaling Security WordPress Reinvents Protection and Apache Bolsters Infrastructure While Zephyr Expands Ecosystem
WordPress, Apache, and Zephyr adapt to AI-driven security and infrastructure demands shaping the future of open source at scale.
Ask Your AI About Your Website Traffic (GA4, Search Console, SEO in One Chat)
Skip the analytics tab scavenger hunt. Here's how to ask your AI about traffic, search queries, and indexing, then have it act on the answer. The post Ask Your AI…