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We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an open letter asking US policymakers to not place early restrictions on open weight AI models. These are artificial intelligence models that anyone can download, inspect, modify, and run on their own infrastructure. The letter was published on July 24, 2026, and more than 270 companies and organizations have added their names. Its argument will be familiar to anyone who works in open source: technology gets better and safer when more people can study it and build on it. That belief is the foundation WordPress is…

Hear about X and Nitter, how AI changes human roles with meat proxies, and the shift toward rapid online degree programs

Want students to finish your course? Learn how to drip feed lessons in WordPress with Masteriyo: unlock by date or days after enrollment, step by step. The post How to Drip Feed Course Content in WordPress With Masteriyo appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case a new way to keep up with WordPress news and updates. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us…

Open Channels News discusses AI’s impact on open source, highlighting the Linux Foundation’s new license, Debian’s debate on AI-generated code, and Bitcoin’s security vulnerabilities.

SCORM explained in plain words: what it is, who actually needs it, and how to import a SCORM course into WordPress, including one option that’s free. The post SCORM in WordPress: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Your Options appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

This news episode reports on challenges posed by AI in cybersecurity, including supply chain risks, vulnerability discovery bottlenecks, job market shifts due to layoffs, and the balance of autonomy and accountability.

AI Overviews are cutting clicks, but cited pages win bigger. Learn what actually helps your WordPress site get quoted by AI search, with real data. The post AI Search Optimization for WordPress: What Actually Works in 2026 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

In this 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack hosts Jessica Lyschik , senior developer at Greyd, to discuss recent Gutenberg and WordPress developments. The conversation centers on the releases of Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, and WordPress 7.1 (“Mary Lou”), highlighting user-facing enhancements and developer-oriented changes. WordPress 7.1 introduced notable features, including new styling tools, updated media flow, notes functionality for collaboration, and improved support for AI-driven workflows. Jessica Lyschik emphasized the impactful addition of pseudo states (hover, focus, active) in buttons and navigation links, though global style options for navigation states are still being developed for 7.2. The…

Howdy, It has been another evenful week for sure! WordCamp US came to an end and WordPress 7.1 was released. Your WordPress profile now has a shortcut w.org/@[yourusername]. If you want to check out mine w.org/@bph (don’t forget the @ sign) . Mullenweg mentioned in his closing fire side chat that this could actually work without the redirect in the future. Now that would be cool, right? Another cool and rather weird thing Mullenweg mentioned are Piplets. One self-contained PHP-file for your notes, no database, no hosting needed, for tinkerers who live in the Terminal window. If that’s you, grab…