In the CloudFest Hackathon, Jan Willem shared his team’s project, SWORD, a self-hosted control panel for WordPress, highlighting collaboration, technical challenges, and team spirit.
How I Built a Customer Feedback Loop With Surveys in WordPress
Many website owners collect user feedback but never act on it, so they keep making the same guesses about what to build, write, or fix next. A customer feedback loop changes that by turning survey responses into a clear list of the improvements that will actually grow your business. It takes the guesswork out of […]
Open Channels FM: WEB Responsibility Scanner
Ekaterina Streltsova introduced the BEP Responsibility Scanner at CloudFest Hackathon, addressing web sustainability, accessibility issues, and legal compliance, emphasizing the need for open-source solutions.
Matt: EmDash Feedback
So, two other Matts at Cloudflare announced EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security. (Is it nominative determinism or a simulation glitch that everyone trying to terraform the web has some variation of “Matthew” in their name? I was in a call set up by Matthew Prince, talking to Matt Taylor […]
Trump removes US Attorney General Pam Bondi
Bondi’s time as top US law enforcement officer was overshadowed by her handling of the Epstein files.
Judge dismisses most of Blake Lively’s claims in harassment lawsuit against Baldoni
The judge left in place three allegations against Baldoni, meaning the civil trial will go ahead next month.
Pharmaceuticals face 100% tariffs in US – unless firms strike a deal
The order does not affect generic medicines, the most commonly used in the US.
Why isn’t Artemis II landing on the Moon?
The US is aiming to be the first country to land humans on the lunar surface again by 2028 – so what’s this mission for?
WordPress.org blog: From AI to Open Source at WordCamp Asia 2026
April 9-11, 2026 | Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India WordCamp Asia 2026 brings the WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9 to 11, with a schedule shaped around artificial intelligence, enterprise WordPress, developer workflows, product strategy, and open source collaboration. For attendees planning their time, the program offers a useful view of the […]
Open Channels FM: FAIR Package Management for TYPO3
Key figures from the FAIR TYPO3 hackathon discuss the platform-agnostic FAIR protocol, its integration with TYPO3, and advancements in digital goods distribution across multiple systems.