This episode is a throwback recording of a 2024 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, brought to you by Equalize Digital. During this session, senior developer and accessibility advocate Nick Croft explored what he called the six stages of the accessibility journey. WordPress Accessibility Meetups are a 100% free and virtual community resource that take place via Zoom webinars…
Thanks Pressable for supporting the show! Get your special hosting deal at https://pressable.com/wpminuteBecome a WP Minute Supporter & Slack member at https://thewpminute.com/support You may have heard of WordPress Playground, but have you explored what it can do? WordPress developer and core contributor Elliott Richmond has some real-world examples that might surprise you. He joined Eric…
In this video, Daps walks through Sublium Subscriptions, a WooCommerce subscription plugin from FunnelKit. Learn how to turn one-time buyers into recurring subscribers by adding Subscribe & Save offers, recurring subscriptions, and installment payment plans to your WooCommerce store, all without writing a single line of code. We also cover connecting payment gateways like Stripe,…
Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a woman who manages to smile and laugh in the middle of a war and inspires us all. Lana Miro (Svitlana Miroshnychenko), a content marketer from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, shares her experiences of living through the ongoing war while continuing to build a successful career in the WordPress…
In this brief and deeply personal episode, Rob Cairns opens up about a major life event that has kept him distracted over the last couple of months. While ensuring all of his digital marketing and consulting clients remained fully supported and up and running, Rob and his family have been navigating the profound loss of…
Open Channels FM is launching a new video news show called Open Channels News, starting July 27th. It’s a quick, five to ten-minute program covering various open source topics, available live and on YouTube.
This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover the WordPress Foundation’s 2025 financial report, WordPress 7.0.1, and the community’s decision to reverse the planned phase-out of the Classic block following widespread feedback. We also discuss the low ticket sales for WordCamp US 2026 and the conversations they’ve sparked across the community, WordPress’s move from…
Today, I’m joined by Milan Petrović, and the podcast is focused on the impact of PHP versioning in the WordPress ecosystem, emphasising the risks of running outdated PHP and the security and performance benefits of PHP 8.x. We get into the challenge of supporting legacy code versus urging progress toward modern standards. And the importance…
In this episode, Adam and Aaron discuss evolving web security in the AI era, emphasizing proactive strategies, layered defenses, and the vital role of hosts in protecting websites against modern threats. Secure your online presence!
This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover WP Engine’s latest trademark challenge against the WordPress Foundation over the terms “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” in Canada, along with WordPress 7.1’s decision to keep the Classic block after strong community feedback. We also discuss the upcoming WordPress 7.0.1 release, new AI-focused capabilities coming to…
This week on Accessibility Craft, we’re taking a behind-the-scenes look at the design and development of the new Issues Explorer in Accessibility Checker Pro. We discuss what it takes to build an accessible single page application (SPA), how React changes the accessibility testing process, and why focus management, live announcements, and state changes are critical…
Thanks Pressable for supporting the show! Get your special hosting deal at https://pressable.com/wpminuteBecome a WP Minute Supporter & Slack member at https://thewpminute.com/support The WP Minute’s June 2026 member meetup asked a simple question: What’s the state of your business in 2026? Eric Karkovack and Kurt von Ahnen led a discussion of what’s working, what’s not,…
In this Open Web Conversations episode, host Anne Bovelett chats with lawyer Carlo Piana about open source software’s legal challenges, AI’s impact on coding, and the importance of proper licensing and attribution.
In this episode, Rob Cairns sits down with Bryan Fikes, the mastermind behind Bonsai Marketing, a growth engine specialized in local service businesses. Bryan shares his personal journey through the extreme highs and lows of entrepreneurship, his decision to embrace sobriety, and how it shifted his life perspective. The conversation dives deep into the evolution…
Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with a woman whose husband suggested she give WordPress a try, and a new career was born. Lumi Ciobanu shares her remarkable journey from Romania's world of classical music to a career in WordPress. After spending more than two decades as a pianist, musicologist, university professor, and earning…
