Open Channels FM: Transforming Website Analytics for WordPress Users with a Privacy-First Approach
In this episode, Adam chats with the creators of Independent Analytics, a WordPress plugin focusing on user-friendly, privacy-oriented website stats. They highlight its benefits over Google Analytics and upcoming features.
5 Best Image Optimization Plugins for WordPress Tested on Real Images
Looking for the best image optimization plugin for WordPress? To help you choose, we went hands-on with five popular options and ran our own tests. See the results of these tests here.
Open Channels FM: From Identica to ActivityPub: How Open Social Protocols Are Shaping the Future of the Web
The Fediverse, shaped by pioneers like Evan Prodromou, evolved from Identica to ActivityPub, fostering decentralization and user control. It contrasts corporate social networks by promoting openness, privacy, and collaborative development for online communities.
The Easy Way to Embed TripAdvisor Reviews in WordPress (No API Required)
If you run a hotel, restaurant, or tour business, you already know how much TripAdvisor reviews can impact your bookings. They build trust, boost visibility, and can be the difference between a casual visitor to your website and a paying customer. When I first tried displaying TripAdvisor reviews on a WordPress website, I realized how […]
Matt: Make No Little Plans
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. […]
Matt: Albumin
Since reading the Four Hour Workweek and Tim Ferriss I’ve been a bit of a bio-hacker, always trying weird and new stuff. Today was a new one! I did therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), also known as plasmapheresis, which supposedly gives you all the benefits of parabiosis without, you know, needing to be a vampire or […]
Gutenberg Times: Abilities API, Block Accessibility Check, Gutenberg Framework, AI creating Blocks and themes—Weekend Edition 345
Hi there, A release party is coming up on Tuesday, October 21, at 15:00 UTC for WordPress 6.9 Beta 1. It’s the first time for this release squad. Good luck! Will you start testing WordPress 6.9 next week? You can use the Beta Tester plugin by Andy Fragen and install it on your test site. […]
Matt: WordCamp Canada
Howdy and bonjour! First, thank you so much, merci beaucoup, for having me at your WordCamp. I love the spirit of local communities gathering and helping each other learn and grow together. I wasn’t planning to speak; I was just going to attend this WordCamp, but since the organizers have given me a bit of […]
I Tried 5 Best WordPress Community Plugins (So You Don’t Have To)
A lot of people try to build online communities in WordPress, but most never gain traction. The problem usually isn’t the idea—it’s the setup. Without the right platform, it’s hard to spark real conversations or keep your members engaged over time. That’s why choosing the right community plugin matters so much. It can turn a […]
Matt: On Money Stuff
There are a few writers who I follow religiously, and one is Matt Levine of Bloomberg’s Money Stuff. For business and finance it’s one of the smartest and funniest things you can read. Yesterday, I think for the first time, he mentioned WordPress! In the context of his quote on this great X thread about […]