This Week in WordPress #388
Join Nathan Wrigley, Cami MacNamara, Lesley Sim, Robert Jacobi. The conversation focused on recent WordPress updates, including the controversial new random post feature in 7.2, the upcoming move to SVG icons in the admin, and the exploration of a centralised notifications panel. A key theme that emerged was a pushback against feature bloat and confusion around plugin bundle pricing changes from Nexcess. The discussion explored community topics such as the debate over swag at WordCamp events, new event models, and AI’s impact in WordPress, both in core and content creation. Several upcoming events and new tools for the WordPress ecosystem were also highlighted.
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The most interesting image I’ve ever seen
This images show just about all the most important aspects of world history. Not really the events, just the who was doing what, and where. It's brilliant.
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I'm not too sure that I want music from an AI, and this appears to be about the worst example of that. Spotify will allow (for a fee) users to remix tracks with AI. https://t.co/YPhKigJQl7 Artists can opt-out, shouldn't that be opt-in?
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I'm starting a new podcast for https://t.co/uFjQLo3D61 - @ShowDotFM. Given that the platform is there to help podcasters, this podcast is going to be that too - helpful. The idea is for guests to share ONE SINGLE TIP they think will help others craft their podcast. If you'd like to join me: https://t.co/ABL3oJ99Rc
I've managed well over 1,500 guests on my podcasts. I've thought about this a LOT, and https://t.co/zEFvwQtzif is all that thought, distilled into an app for #podcasters.
Recording your podcast with multiple guests? Let each guest book the same slot on your calendar from one booking link. Once you confirm their booking, they share one episode, one calendar invite and one set of show notes.
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Podcasting, made easier.
488 – WPVibe and the AI-powered future of WordPress sites
The conversation focused on WPVibe, an AI-driven WordPress plugin enabling users to interact with and manage their sites through natural language. John Turner and I discussed was how WPVibe simplifies website creation and maintenance, making advanced tasks accessible even to non-technical users. We talked about the product’s rapid growth, approaching 100,000 installs, and its safety features, such as approval layers for destructive actions. Towards the end we explored use cases ranging from site building to bulk plugin updates and highlighted opportunities and challenges facing web professionals as AI reshapes workflows in WordPress.
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How do you make your podcast guests are treated like royalty? If your podcast guests feel valued and happy about their appearance, then that's a win! Your prep doc (show notes) are a good place to make that happen. What do you do?
As I explained at WordCamp US, one of the challenges with session hijacking is that it's difficult to detect. Someone could be using your #WordPress website account without you knowing.
That's why we've added a new option in Melapress Login Security to alert users of simultaneous sessions. With the latest update of the plugin users now receive email alerts when their account has simultaneous sessions, with an option to terminate all other sessions.
Simple notifications like these give users more visibility and control over their accounts, thus increasing the chances of detecting hijacked sessions.
@FriendlyWebGuy@therepositorywp With regret, the answer would be no. My email client does a pretty good job, and I've no idea how this one ever got through!
I hereby award this as the best worst email I've received in 2026. I'm so glad that they told me that it's not a cold pitch. I'm honoured that they found me through my podcast '{video/article}', and they're right the recent episode '{piece_title}' was really good!
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