We talk with people interested in WordPress publishing. You’ll hears interview with publishers who happen to be using WordPress, and also people in the WordPress space.
Yes, vibe-coding is useful. But the most powerful way to use AI may be deep research. Ross Morsali is the developer of the Search and Filter plugin. He uses deep research to find entirely new solutions to complex WordPress problems. For example, WordPress search is normally slow for large sites. If you have over 10,000…
February 2026 was absolutely revolutionary for WordPress security. Austin Ginder runs a hosting company and he was suddenly overwhelmed by new hacking attempts. Austin’s response was creative, constructive, and inspiring. In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Austin about how AI is transforming WordPress security. Austin started as a skeptic but has…
Robbie Adair has run her agency for over 20 years and has navigated many technology shifts. In this episode, Robbie says that we’re in the middle of a major shift in the WordPress business. AI means that products are less valuable, but services are more valuable than ever. Customers need experts to help them navigate…
Amber Hines from Equalize Digital has spent years helping publishers to make their websites more accessible and user-friendly for everyone, including those with disabilities. I ask Amber questions I’ve heard from publishers. For example, is it helpful to have an audio version of my articles? Should we offer a text-only version of the site? Can…
We have a lot of guests on the PublishPress podcast who are building paywalls for publishers. Chris Ward from the Publisher Desk believes we should take a different direction. He argues that paywalls only make sense when you combine them with a strong commitment to advertising. Some users will just never pay for content, but…
Brian Coords is a Developer Advocate for WooCommerce. I invited Brian on the podcast after seeing that AI is now listed as an official contributor to WooCommerce. We talk about what comes next for WooCommerce and other open source projects? Is AI going to be building new plugin features? Writing the documentation? Fixing long-standing bugs…
Malcolm Peralty has been writing with WordPress since before version 1.0! In this episode we discuss how writing has powered his career, even now in the AI area. Malcolm thinks that storytelling is an essential skill, even for people in technical roles. We talk about how AI can be an excellent writing companion. Malcolm has…
Google Analytics 4 is not a good platform. It’s hard to use. It’s not privacy-friendly. You can do better. Derek Ashauer runs Conversion Bridge which can connect your WordPress site to over 20 different platforms including Plausible, Fathom, User Maven, Pirsch, Microsoft Clarity and others. In this episode, we consider many of these alternatives to…
In this episode of the PublishPress podcast we welcome Birgit Pauli-Haack, a developer advocate for Automattic. She also publishes the Gutenberg Times which is the best place to keep up with everything that’s happening with the block editor. We discuss the recent release of WordPress 6.9, its new features, and the future of WordPress development…
Alex Denning has been in the WordPress and SEO communities for years. But for the last few years, he’s been seeing those topics through on AI lens. Alex now runs the Ellipsis agency and helps his clients to get recommended by AI chats. Alex’s life was changed when GPT-3 launched, because it radically changed the…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Rodolfo Melogli shares his journey from the early days of WooCommerce to the creation of his new Checkout Summit conference. This new WooCommerce conference will be in Sicily in April 2026. If you work with WooCommerce, you should be there. This is a conference we’ve been missing in…
Akshat Choudhary is the founder of WP Remote, which is an awesome and successful backup service for WordPress sites. But you won’t hear him boasting about that. Akshat doesn’t talk much. He’s a self-professed shy guy. He’s not someone you’ll always be hearing from on YouTube, social media, podcasts. Instead, Akshat is an engineer who…
Our guest is Karim Marucchi from the Crowd Favorite agency and the FAIR project. With Karim’s help, we’re going to try and tell two stories in this episode. The first story is Karim’s life working with some of the biggest agencies in the world, and selling projects to some of the largest companies in the…
Evan Prodromou is often called “The father of the Fediverse”. It’s amazing how much overlap there is between the aims of WordPress and Fediverse. These two communities should work together more! The Fediverse consists of independent social networking platforms including Mastodon (micro-blogging), PeerTube (videos), Pixelfed (images) and more. Just like WordPress, most of the Fediverse…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Raquel joins Dan and Steve to chat about bringing PressConf to life. PressConf is the spiritual successor to Pressnomics, a business-focused WordPress conference. Raquel tells the PressConf story and shares her lessons for other event organizers, including Dan who was part of the WordCamp Canada team. Raquel talks…
