Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation with an 8th-generation Texan who hangs around the WordPress Community because she loves it. Bud finally lands Charleen Mullenweg after two years of asking, and it's her first podcast ever. A professional genealogist and lifelong database enthusiast, Charleen explains how feeling like the odd one out in her…
In this episode of The Melapress Show, Robert Abela speaks with Milana Cap, WordPress Documentation Team representative and WordPress Engineer at XWP, about the role documentation plays in building and maintaining software. The conversation explores why documentation is often neglected, why code reference alone is not enough, and why useful documentation needs to be treated…
In WP Legends Episode 169, Łukasz Gawior shares his path from hosting Counter-Strike game servers as a teenager to building and selling two web hosting businesses in Poland, co-founding the industry outlet WebHosting.today, and launching AdminBolt, a flat-per-server control panel built to take on cPanel and Plesk. They dig into why legacy panels charging per…
Łukasz Gawior, Co-Founder and CEO of AdminBolt, on why he thinks WordPress’s grip on website building is loosening. His own test case: building a site for his sister, and reaching for AI tools instead of WordPress without a second thought. His read on the market: old-school hosting providers that don’t adapt will fade, while the…
This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover Automattic’s new board following the failed attempt to place Matt Mullenweg on leave, along with the release of WordPress 7.1.2, which addresses a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. We also discuss WordPress moving toward livestreamed release events, new Core release automation tools, Gutenberg’s migration from Jest…
The conversation focused on Jetpack’s new podcasting features for WordPress, discussing how creators can now easily publish, distribute, and manage podcasts directly from their sites. We talk about the integration with newsletters and social sharing, enabling creators to distribute content through a single publish action. We also explore the advantages of WordPress ownership versus proprietary…
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 This episode of The WP Minute brings together Alex Panagis, Brian Coords, Andy Peatling, and Mike McAlister to tackle a big question: How do we get AI agents to actually use WordPress? The…
Rob Cairns reflects on the journey of The SDM Show as it approaches its 700th episode milestone and outlines an updated, sustainable release schedule designed to balance business growth, personal life, and consistency.
This episode is a recording of a September 2026 WordPress Accessibility Meetup, brought to you by Equalize Digital. In this presentation, Maria Maldonado discussed email accessibility and looked at practical examples, including table-based email layouts, links, headings, images, color contrast, readable content structure, and testing workflows. WordPress Accessibility Meetups are a 100% free and virtual community…
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 This edition of The WP Minute’s member meetup focuses on best practices for your vibe coding projects. GridPane’s Patrick Gallagher joined Eric and Matt to discuss the good, bad, and ugly of vibe…
In this episode of The SDM Show, host Rob Cairns sits down with longtime productivity strategist, speaker, and author Mike Vardy to discuss his career journey, evolution in the productivity space, and his latest book, Productiveness. They dive into moving past rigid metrics and system obsession, focusing instead on bringing humanity, trust, and flexibility into…
This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover Matt Mullenweg’s return as Automattic CEO amid a major board shake-up, the release of WordPress 7.1.1 with 11 security fixes, and the roadmap for WordPress 7.2, including the new Ipsum default theme. We also look at WordPress Playground’s new Terminal and Dev Tools, the proposed accessibility-ready…
Send us Fan Mail An unexpected conversation about resilience – across countries, careers, cultures, and whatever comes next. Please follow Seriously, BUD? and don't forget to rate and review my show. Robert Abela traces his journey from growing up on the small island of Malta to eventually settling in the Netherlands, with stops in Cyprus…
CSS breakpoints are the reason a website looks great on a laptop and falls apart on a phone, or the other way around. In this video, Toeer from Seahawk Media walks through what breakpoints actually are, how media queries work, and why coding for specific devices is a losing game in 2026. You’ll see: –…
In this episode of The SDM Show, host Rob Cairns breaks down the number one mistake businesses make when sending email newsletters and marketing blasts: using a do-not-reply address. Drawing from a real-world example, Rob discusses why treating email like one-way broadcast media harms customer engagement and relationship-building. He explains how opening two-way conversations with…
