Read onlineIssue #356 | February 7, 2026 Hi there, AI is on my mind a lot these days. It speeds up my life when I research or analyze content, tools and technology. Even more so when working on workflow automation. This week saw an "explosion of visible AI progress in the WordPress project" as James LePage calls it. And on my travel through the feeds Block Themes and theme.json appeared as an important topic.

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack welcomes Carolina Nymark back to discuss recent Gutenberg releases (22.3, 22.4, 22.5) and preview features coming in WordPress 7.0. Birgit Pauli-Haack shares her recovery journey and emphasizes the value of Carolina Nymark’s expertise. Carolina Nymark introduces herself as a long-time WordPress core committer and theme bundle maintainer, explaining her role in triaging, testing, and updating default themes.

Read onlineIssue #357 | February 14, 2026 Hi there, If you celebrate it, Happy Valentines day! 💖 This week, WordPress developers and co-workers share their experiences exploring AI workflows around development and creation. These are exciting times for sure! It's good to be back behind the mic after an operation that irritated my vocal cord nerve — I'm still a bit hoarse, but that's nothing new for this podcast, and I'm perfectly healthy otherwise.

Use Playground and the Create Block Theme plugin to move your Site Editor changes from database to filesystem, enabling proper GitHub workflows for block theme development.

They say you should never look back, but when it comes to the internet, I disagree. I recently decided to play digital archaeologist. I didn’t just look at pict

Use Playground and the Create Block Theme plugin to move your Site Editor changes from database to filesystem, enabling proper GitHub workflows for block theme development.

Hi there! Yes, it’s been a while. Did you miss me? I hope you and yours had a great start to the new year, and I wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2026. I am infinitely grateful you are a reade...

Why I stopped consuming content at 2x speed, and the simple rule that changed how I listen to everything.

The Scroll on Hover Image block allows users to showcase tall images that scroll on hover, with customizable settings.

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This vision simulator allows users to observe how people with colorblindness or low vision may perceive web-based content.

Stay ahead of the curve with the WordPress 7.0 plan and 2026 schedule. Weekend Edition 353 covers Gutenberg 22.3 updates, Command Palette tips, and essential tools for #nocode site builders.

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Extraordinary organizations have this is as their employee handbook. Resilient ones. Human ones that can thrive in the face of automation and AI. Organizations that are built on customer service, hospitality and flexibility. Of course, this means you'll need to treat your team with respect and offer them training and dignity. It means you won't be able to simply write down every single step in the manual, or work as fast as you can to replace people with uncaring software.

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Hi there, In case you celebrated it, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, lots of turkey, sweet potatoes, beans, stuffing, gravy and pumpkin pie. Or any kind of pie really 🦃🍁🥧. And lots of love and laughter around your family and friends. I just want to give a huge shoutout to all the…

Added Support for attributes on anonymous classes (PHP 8.0) and readonly anonymous classes (PHP 8.3) to the WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput sniff. Props @rodrigoprimo. #2559 Support for handling "...

Animated shrinking header, responsive shrinking logo, custom breakpoints and off-canvas navigation – navigation solution for block themes.