Open Channels FM: LoopConf 2025, the Premier WordPress Developer Conference
We’re excited to share that Open Channels is an official media partner for LoopConf 2025, the leading event for WordPress developers, engineers, and builders. This year’s conference takes place on Thursday, 25 September 2025 at the historic Bishopsgate Institute in London. LoopConf is known for its high-quality, developer-focused sessions covering everything from advanced WordPress development […]
Gutenberg Times: WordCamp US, more blocks, a new book, Gutenberg 21.4, and WordPress 6.9—Weekend Edition 338

Hi there, I am thoroughly giddy for WordCamp US. The schedule looks fantastic. A great collection of Keynote speakers with Amy Sample Ward (NTEN), Danny Sullivan (Google), John Maeda (Microsoft), and Adam Gazzaley (Neuroscape at UCSF). There are in total 44 sessions, covering three overall topics: “Technical WordPress,” “Honing your skills,” and “AI.” Below you’ll […]
RSS Feeds List: 100 Most Popular RSS Feeds
We compiled a list of the most popular RSS feeds for news, tech, business, sports, travel, health, and more. The post RSS Feeds List: 100 Most Popular RSS Feeds appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
I Tested 7 AI Tools for Content Marketing: Here’s What I Found

I have been using AI tools since ChatGPT first launched. And like many content marketers, I wanted to improve my skills for the AI era. This means I frequently test a wide range of AI tools as part of my actual content marketing workflow. This regular testing has helped me move past the noise and […]
Weston Ruter: Web Performance Milestone

A couple months ago, this blog reached a web performance milestone which I shared on LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitter: For the first time ever, I’ve just seen my blog appear in field metrics from CrUX (Chrome UX Report), albeit in desktop only and for the origin not an individual URL. Baby steps. In any case, […]
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Matt: Coyote Card Game
My good friend Tim Ferriss has launched a new card game with the Exploding Kittens folks, I just ordered it and you should do so too. It’s a lovely way to share an evening with a few friends.
Aaron Jorbin: A WordPress Book Club
At a previous job, we had an engineering book club. Once a week we would meet and discuss a chapter of a book. It was a good opportunity to hear multiple perspectives on an author’s work, to see who agreed with the author and where people thought the author was off-base. I would like to […]
#182 – Michelle Frechette and Jonathan Desrosiers on the history of .com and .org
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 the long complex story of how WordPress came to have a.com and.org variety. […]
How to Add WordPress Search to Blog Archives Page (The Easy Way)

I’ve been running WordPress blogs for years, and one thing that always frustrated me was seeing my visitors get stuck on archive pages. They’d land on a category or date archive, scroll for a bit, and then leave without finding what they needed. I realized the real issue wasn’t the archives themselves, but how visitors […]