Open Channels FM: 12 Tips for WordPress Businesses Navigating the WordPress Media Landscape
To enhance your business visibility in the WordPress ecosystem, employ strategies like mapping channels, collaborating with influencers, sponsoring newsletters, and tailoring content to different audience needs.
Open Channels FM: How a Global Cake Brand Was Built Using WooCommerce and Open Source Communities
In this episode, nurse-turned-baker Precious shares her journey of launching “Cakes in a Jar” with WordPress and WooCommerce, blending her Zimbabwean roots with a vibrant online brand.
Matt: Telex Remixes
Telex has launched a new design and a gallery of some interesting examples. It’s really cool to see what people are starting to do with Telex, it really gets back at the fun of hacking and coding at the beginning, when a computer does something for you that makes you gasp. My colleague Eduardo Villunendas […]
BuddyPress: BuddyPress 14.4.0, 12.6.0 & 11.5.1 Maintenance and Security Releases
BuddyPress 14.4.0, BuddyPress 12.6.0, and BuddyPress 11.5.1 are all now available. This is a security release. Please update as soon as possible. 14.4.0, 12.6.0 & 11.5.1 fixed one bug and one security issue: The BP REST API signups endpoint could leak signup data, including user email addresses, because of a too-lenient lookup function. Thanks to […]
#186 – Dave Winer on Decentralisation, WordPress and Open Publishing
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 Decentralisation, WordPress and Open Publishing. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, […]
Open Channels FM: Discovering the Future of AI and Customer Success at CloudFest USA
In this episode, Adam talks with Jess Frick and Jeff Paul about their panels at CloudFest USA 2025. They discuss customer success in WordPress hosting, AI integrations, and the event’s highlights, offering fun insights.
Open Channels FM: 5 Real-World Ways to Build Consistent Creation Habits
To build a daily creative habit, just hit record and embrace the chaos. Simplify, connect to routines, and stop chasing perfection!
Open Channels FM: Why Open Source Matters in Podcasting
Podcasters face limitations with closed platforms. But there are those who do advocate for tools to boost data ownership and customization in the industry.
Open Channels FM: Exploring WordPress, Textcasting, and Open Web Standards
In this episode of Fediverse Flows, Matthias Pfefferle chats with Dave Winer about the open web’s evolution, emphasizing interoperability, linking, and decentralized publishing through WordPress, while discussing challenges faced by contemporary platforms.
Matt: Post-Earthquake Tea Grit

The 4.7 earthquake definitely disturbed my sleep last night, so it’s nice to have a Cuzen Matcha shot and some Harney & Sons Paris tea to wake up and get me through the day. Speaking of spilling tea, I had a great conversation with Joubin Mirzadegan of the storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins where we […]