Open Channels FM: Sustainability, Authenticity, and Building Habits with Daily Videos
In this “Publishing Flow” episode, Mark Szymanski shares insights on his daily video journey, discussing inspiration, consistency, audience engagement, and the balance between authenticity and value creation.
I Tried 10+ Best AI Social Media Post Generators for WordPress
When I first started blogging, promoting my content on social media was a major time drain. I’d spend hours writing captions and tweaking hashtags to make everything look perfect. Meanwhile, my actual blog content (the thing I really wanted to focus on) kept getting pushed aside. Thankfully, AI social media tools can now handle a […]
What’s the Best Cache Plugin for WordPress? 5 Options Compared for 2025
Your site is slow. People leave. Google shrugs. You tweak your theme, compress your images, scream into the void. Still slow… The problem might be your cache plugin, or rather the cache plugin you’re not using yet.
Open Channels FM: Lessons From Building and Managing Multiple WordPress Plugins
Here are some lessons learned in building a WordPress plugin business, emphasizing experimentation, market understanding, customer support, and community engagement for sustainable growth.
Open Channels FM: The Founders of Podcaster Plus Share Product Development Experiences and Community Insights
In this WP Behind the Builds episode, Mark Westguard discusses the upcoming Podcaster Plus plugin with founders Nathan and Dan, emphasizing its features like customizable audio players and automation for podcasters.
Matt: Assorted Links
A few interesting reads or listens: The Next Thing You Smell Could Ruin Your Life, a deep dive into chemical sensitivity and toxicant-induced loss of tolerance, or TILT, by Lexi Pandell (WordPress!) at Wired. IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu, by Kyle Chayka at New Yorker. Simon Willison’s Lethal Trifecta talk, on […]
My Ultimate Guide to Conversion Rate Optimization in WordPress
You might have plenty of traffic coming to your WordPress site, but is it actually converting? I often talk to business owners who face the same challenge: visitors keep arriving, but sales and sign-ups aren’t growing. I’ve run into that challenge myself and quickly learned that traffic is only half the battle. The real work […]
Matt: Maker Taker
My sister Charleen sent me this meme with the note “Someone needs to draw you in there with your arm up ” It’s a nice ode to the Dries essay on Maker/Taker problems. Well, thanks to the magic of AI, I asked the Nano Banana AI Studio to “make it so on the bottom one […]
Matt: Breaking Ribs
Chris Young, who is otherwise famous for being a co-author of the 2,438-page cookbook Modernist Cuisine or centrifuging steaks and drinking them, is one of the friends who, over the years, has told me I have to watch Breaking Bad, the TV show. When I was in Marrakech for a few weeks earlier this year, and it was a […]
Gutenberg Times: Gutenberg Changelog 120—WordCamp US, Automattic Telex, Gutenberg 21.4 and 21.5, and the need for more blocks
Birgit Pauli-Haack and Sarah Norris discussed WordCamp US, Automattic Telex, Gutenberg 21.4 and 21.5, and the need for more blocks This episode dives into the ongoing evolution of Gutenberg, from AI-driven tools for easier block creation to the expansion of core blocks and enhancements stemming from vibrant community input. There’s a strong focus on practical […]