In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Birgit Pauli-Haack of Automattic and the Gutenberg Times about the new features in WordPress 6.9. She also looks ahead to what’s coming for WordPress and the block editor in 2026.…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Alex Denning of the Ellipsis agency, who now helps clients get recommended by AI chat tools. He explains how GPT-3 changed his SEO work and what site owners can do…
I joined Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Marcus Burnette for episode 357 of This Week in WordPress on WP Builds, nicknamed “Eat the Banana.” We covered the release of WordPress 6.9 RC3, the return of WordPress to three major releases…
I sat down with Gautam Khorana of Seahawk Media for episode 68 of the WP Legends podcast. We talked about the story behind PublishPress — how it grew out of my background in teaching open-source technologies — and the suite…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Rodolfo Melogli, who traces his path from the early days of WooCommerce to launching Checkout Summit, a new WooCommerce conference in Sicily in April 2026. He explains why the WordPress…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Akshat Choudhary, who founded the WordPress backup service WP Remote, but you rarely hear him promoting himself. This self-described shy engineer shares how focusing on product quality, rather than publicity,…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Karim Marucchi of Crowd Favorite, who shares stories from selling WordPress to some of the world’s largest companies. He also explains the FAIR project and why open source is exactly…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Raquel Manriquez about the story behind PressConf, the business-focused successor to Pressnomics. She shares hard-won lessons for event organizers, comparing notes with co-host Dan, who helped run WordCamp Canada. People…
I was on episode 352 of This Week in WordPress with Nathan Wrigley and the WP Builds panel, subtitled “Fully Embrace the Wapuu.” We discussed the latest WordPress news, upcoming WordCamp events, and the continuing evolution of the block editor.
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, I talk with Than Taintor of Human Made and Zeshan Ahmed of Green Street News about rebuilding the site of a major UK real estate publisher. They cover how WordPress supports its expansion…