Steve Burge
@steveburge.com
Part of a team building WordPress publishing plugins with over 1 million users: PublishPress, Metaslider, TaxoPress, and Logtivity.
I love the new "Auto Insert Blocks" feature in the PublishPress Blocks plugin.
I can save a group of blocks and then just automatically insert it in all the posts with a specific category.
For example, I can quickly add a "Podcast" block to all posts in the "Podcast" category:
I can save a group of blocks and then just automatically insert it in all the posts with a specific category.
For example, I can quickly add a "Podcast" block to all posts in the "Podcast" category:
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I love the new "Auto Insert Blocks" feature in the PublishPress Blocks plugin.
I can save a group of blocks and then just automatically insert it in all the posts with a specific category.
For example, I can quickly add a "Podcast" block to all posts in the "Podcast" category:
I can save a group of blocks and then just automatically insert it in all the posts with a specific category.
For example, I can quickly add a "Podcast" block to all posts in the "Podcast" category:
Has anyone used Weblate as a platform to host translations for their WordPress plugins?
We're considering TranslationsPress also, but their website looks half-abandoned.
Ideally we could find a reliable SaaS service to host and deliver translation strings.
We're considering TranslationsPress also, but their website looks half-abandoned.
Ideally we could find a reliable SaaS service to host and deliver translation strings.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Has anyone used Weblate as a platform to host translations for their WordPress plugins?
We're considering TranslationsPress also, but their website looks half-abandoned.
Ideally we could find a reliable SaaS service to host and deliver translation strings.
We're considering TranslationsPress also, but their website looks half-abandoned.
Ideally we could find a reliable SaaS service to host and deliver translation strings.
We're rolling out a helpful new feature on our site:
- Create a promo for a plugin. For example, "PublishPress Authors"
- Automatically add it as the footer at the bottom of all posts with the "PublishPress Authors" category
All done with Reusable Blocks which I honestly love 😍
- Create a promo for a plugin. For example, "PublishPress Authors"
- Automatically add it as the footer at the bottom of all posts with the "PublishPress Authors" category
All done with Reusable Blocks which I honestly love 😍
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We're rolling out a helpful new feature on our site:
- Create a promo for a plugin. For example, "PublishPress Authors"
- Automatically add it as the footer at the bottom of all posts with the "PublishPress Authors" category
All done with Reusable Blocks which I honestly love 😍
- Create a promo for a plugin. For example, "PublishPress Authors"
- Automatically add it as the footer at the bottom of all posts with the "PublishPress Authors" category
All done with Reusable Blocks which I honestly love 😍
I've been posting updates about Google Docs-style collaborative editing in WordPress for several years now. @raemorey.bsky.social Morey has an excellent overview of where things stand now. We could see this feature in WordPress 7.0 next year: www.therepository.email/real-time-co...
Real-Time Collaboration Flagged for WordPress 7.0 Amid Ongoing Technical Challenges
Contributors target 2026 release for real-time collaboration in WordPress as VIP releases WebSocket solution…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I've been posting updates about Google Docs-style collaborative editing in WordPress for several years now. @raemorey.bsky.social Morey has an excellent overview of where things stand now. We could see this feature in WordPress 7.0 next year: www.therepository.email/real-time-co...
I asked Karim @marucchi.com about the early days of WordPress. He told me that one person was hugely responsible for getting enterprise users to adopt WordPress. Alex King was the founder of the Crowd Favorite agency, and was a pioneer in getting publishers on to WordPress.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I asked Karim @marucchi.com about the early days of WordPress. He told me that one person was hugely responsible for getting enterprise users to adopt WordPress. Alex King was the founder of the Crowd Favorite agency, and was a pioneer in getting publishers on to WordPress.
@marucchi.com came on the PublishPress podcast and we talked about the CRA (Cyber Resilience Act) that's coming to Europe next year.
The goal of the CRA can be summed up with a simple question: "Do you know where your software is coming from?"
The goal of the CRA can be summed up with a simple question: "Do you know where your software is coming from?"
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@marucchi.com came on the PublishPress podcast and we talked about the CRA (Cyber Resilience Act) that's coming to Europe next year.
The goal of the CRA can be summed up with a simple question: "Do you know where your software is coming from?"
The goal of the CRA can be summed up with a simple question: "Do you know where your software is coming from?"
We've just finished moving all the PublishPress plugin releases to the Github Actions from @10up.com
10/10 would recommend. Our team are delighted 🤩
github.com/10up/action-...
10/10 would recommend. Our team are delighted 🤩
github.com/10up/action-...
GitHub - 10up/action-wordpress-plugin-deploy: Deploy your plugin to the WordPress.org repository using GitHub Actions
Deploy your plugin to the WordPress.org repository using GitHub Actions - 10up/action-wordpress-plugin-deploy
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November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We've just finished moving all the PublishPress plugin releases to the Github Actions from @10up.com
10/10 would recommend. Our team are delighted 🤩
github.com/10up/action-...
10/10 would recommend. Our team are delighted 🤩
github.com/10up/action-...
We just released something really cool for the WordPress block editor.
You can just create your own styles for any block.
For example, I want some blocks with the purple 🟣and yellow🟡 of the PublishPress band. That's super-easy.
You can just create your own styles for any block.
For example, I want some blocks with the purple 🟣and yellow🟡 of the PublishPress band. That's super-easy.
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We just released something really cool for the WordPress block editor.
You can just create your own styles for any block.
For example, I want some blocks with the purple 🟣and yellow🟡 of the PublishPress band. That's super-easy.
You can just create your own styles for any block.
For example, I want some blocks with the purple 🟣and yellow🟡 of the PublishPress band. That's super-easy.
He's worked with some of the biggest agencies and businesses in the world.
How did @marucchi.com get his big break?
By pitching Steve Jobs on a movie website that used 8 HTML pages and some animated GIFs.
How did @marucchi.com get his big break?
By pitching Steve Jobs on a movie website that used 8 HTML pages and some animated GIFs.
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
He's worked with some of the biggest agencies and businesses in the world.
How did @marucchi.com get his big break?
By pitching Steve Jobs on a movie website that used 8 HTML pages and some animated GIFs.
How did @marucchi.com get his big break?
By pitching Steve Jobs on a movie website that used 8 HTML pages and some animated GIFs.
Europeans: "Can you add a few more details to our invoice, please?"
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Europeans: "Can you add a few more details to our invoice, please?"
@marucchi.com is helping the launch the FAIR Project.
Karim's helped some of the largest companies in the world move to WordPress. Those companies love the control and ownership that WordPress provides.
Here's why FAIR is another step forward for us, and them ⬇️
Karim's helped some of the largest companies in the world move to WordPress. Those companies love the control and ownership that WordPress provides.
Here's why FAIR is another step forward for us, and them ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@marucchi.com is helping the launch the FAIR Project.
Karim's helped some of the largest companies in the world move to WordPress. Those companies love the control and ownership that WordPress provides.
Here's why FAIR is another step forward for us, and them ⬇️
Karim's helped some of the largest companies in the world move to WordPress. Those companies love the control and ownership that WordPress provides.
Here's why FAIR is another step forward for us, and them ⬇️
Thanks to my friend @topher1kenobe.bsky.social for making a video about PublishPress Future.
He's starting a new YouTube channel. You should subscribe. Topher's been teaching tech since **** (censored since we're getting old) so you won't regret it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsKB...
He's starting a new YouTube channel. You should subscribe. Topher's been teaching tech since **** (censored since we're getting old) so you won't regret it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsKB...
Schedule WordPress Post Expiration With PublishPress Future
YouTube video by Topher DeRosia
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November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thanks to my friend @topher1kenobe.bsky.social for making a video about PublishPress Future.
He's starting a new YouTube channel. You should subscribe. Topher's been teaching tech since **** (censored since we're getting old) so you won't regret it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsKB...
He's starting a new YouTube channel. You should subscribe. Topher's been teaching tech since **** (censored since we're getting old) so you won't regret it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsKB...
There's a lot more going on in the Fediverse than just micro-blogging.
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse".
He's seeing an explosion of new, open platforms for images, videos, podcasting and more.
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse".
He's seeing an explosion of new, open platforms for images, videos, podcasting and more.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There's a lot more going on in the Fediverse than just micro-blogging.
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse".
He's seeing an explosion of new, open platforms for images, videos, podcasting and more.
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse".
He's seeing an explosion of new, open platforms for images, videos, podcasting and more.
Demanding 😬. A user sent in over 34 support tickets to a product, and still left a 2-star review with lots of hair-splitting details: wordpress.org/support/topi...
For Us, Major Disappointments
For Us, Major Disappointments sagency (@sdagency) 1 month, 2 weeks ago As in my other reviews, if you are coming in from working with Gutenberg you will likely LOVE Kadence’s Pro Blocks. If y…
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October 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Demanding 😬. A user sent in over 34 support tickets to a product, and still left a 2-star review with lots of hair-splitting details: wordpress.org/support/topi...
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse". He's spent years building open platforms.
Why does he enjoy working on open platforms? Because he loves seeing what creative people can do when they're not locked into siloed, limited platforms.
Why does he enjoy working on open platforms? Because he loves seeing what creative people can do when they're not locked into siloed, limited platforms.
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Evan Prodromou is often called the "Father of the Fediverse". He's spent years building open platforms.
Why does he enjoy working on open platforms? Because he loves seeing what creative people can do when they're not locked into siloed, limited platforms.
Why does he enjoy working on open platforms? Because he loves seeing what creative people can do when they're not locked into siloed, limited platforms.
Good on @nerdpress.net for this move.
They support a ton of creators who produce great work. And it is work that could be incredibly valuable for AI tools.
But to get that value, the publishers need to get leverage, and this is the best bet right now:
www.nerdpress.net/blocking-ai-...
They support a ton of creators who produce great work. And it is work that could be incredibly valuable for AI tools.
But to get that value, the publishers need to get leverage, and this is the best bet right now:
www.nerdpress.net/blocking-ai-...
Blocking AI Bots with Cloudflare Enterprise
Because creators should be compensated fairly for their work.
www.nerdpress.net
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Good on @nerdpress.net for this move.
They support a ton of creators who produce great work. And it is work that could be incredibly valuable for AI tools.
But to get that value, the publishers need to get leverage, and this is the best bet right now:
www.nerdpress.net/blocking-ai-...
They support a ton of creators who produce great work. And it is work that could be incredibly valuable for AI tools.
But to get that value, the publishers need to get leverage, and this is the best bet right now:
www.nerdpress.net/blocking-ai-...
We had Rodolfi Melogi on the PublishPress podcast today, talking about his Checkout Summit event in Palermo in April.
Wish him luck: the call for speakers and sponsors ends this week🤞
Check out the conference details at checkoutsummit.com
Wish him luck: the call for speakers and sponsors ends this week🤞
Check out the conference details at checkoutsummit.com
Checkout Summit – The Global Conference for WooCommerce Experts
Hang Out with the WooCommerce Movers We’ve built WooCommerce plugins, optimized themes, complex flows, and entire businesses on WooCommerce — but we’ve rarely h
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We had Rodolfi Melogi on the PublishPress podcast today, talking about his Checkout Summit event in Palermo in April.
Wish him luck: the call for speakers and sponsors ends this week🤞
Check out the conference details at checkoutsummit.com
Wish him luck: the call for speakers and sponsors ends this week🤞
Check out the conference details at checkoutsummit.com
It's that time of the year in the WordPress world.
The Halloween spam is out-and-about in your WordPress dashboard 🎃☠️🤦♀️
The Halloween spam is out-and-about in your WordPress dashboard 🎃☠️🤦♀️
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's that time of the year in the WordPress world.
The Halloween spam is out-and-about in your WordPress dashboard 🎃☠️🤦♀️
The Halloween spam is out-and-about in your WordPress dashboard 🎃☠️🤦♀️
Evan Prodromou is often called "The father of the Fediverse". It's amazing how much overlap there is between the aims of WordPress and Fediverse. These two communities should work together more!
WordPress people should be using the Fediverse more, and Evan explains why:
WordPress people should be using the Fediverse more, and Evan explains why:
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Evan Prodromou is often called "The father of the Fediverse". It's amazing how much overlap there is between the aims of WordPress and Fediverse. These two communities should work together more!
WordPress people should be using the Fediverse more, and Evan explains why:
WordPress people should be using the Fediverse more, and Evan explains why:
There's a surprising number of niche WordPress events at the moment
- PressConf in Arizona
- LoopConf in London
- Enqueue in Sydney
- SomeConf in Minnesotta
- Checkout Summit in Palermo
I feel like I'm probably missing some more?
- PressConf in Arizona
- LoopConf in London
- Enqueue in Sydney
- SomeConf in Minnesotta
- Checkout Summit in Palermo
I feel like I'm probably missing some more?
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There's a surprising number of niche WordPress events at the moment
- PressConf in Arizona
- LoopConf in London
- Enqueue in Sydney
- SomeConf in Minnesotta
- Checkout Summit in Palermo
I feel like I'm probably missing some more?
- PressConf in Arizona
- LoopConf in London
- Enqueue in Sydney
- SomeConf in Minnesotta
- Checkout Summit in Palermo
I feel like I'm probably missing some more?
PressConf 2025 was a big success. @raquelkarina.bsky.social has ideas for what could come next ...
Tickets are already available for PressConf 2026 ✅.
But what about Europe? Asia? Expanding beyond WordPress? 🤔
Tickets are already available for PressConf 2026 ✅.
But what about Europe? Asia? Expanding beyond WordPress? 🤔
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
PressConf 2025 was a big success. @raquelkarina.bsky.social has ideas for what could come next ...
Tickets are already available for PressConf 2026 ✅.
But what about Europe? Asia? Expanding beyond WordPress? 🤔
Tickets are already available for PressConf 2026 ✅.
But what about Europe? Asia? Expanding beyond WordPress? 🤔
We welcomed @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the PublishPress podcast and she explained how the finances work for an event like Press Conf. Where does the revenue come from? What are the costs? And where to plants fit into all of this? 🪴😲
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We welcomed @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the PublishPress podcast and she explained how the finances work for an event like Press Conf. Where does the revenue come from? What are the costs? And where to plants fit into all of this? 🪴😲
We were lucky to have @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the PublishPress podcast, telling the PressConf story.
PressConf is the best WordPress business conference but the talks are never recorded. Raquel explains why 👇
PressConf is the best WordPress business conference but the talks are never recorded. Raquel explains why 👇
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We were lucky to have @raquelkarina.bsky.social on the PublishPress podcast, telling the PressConf story.
PressConf is the best WordPress business conference but the talks are never recorded. Raquel explains why 👇
PressConf is the best WordPress business conference but the talks are never recorded. Raquel explains why 👇
I'm noodling with this idea: a much better version of the Reusable Blocks screen.
Reusable Blocks could be such a 💯🚀 feature in WordPress, but they're hidden right now (they're not even normally called Reusable Blocks)
Reusable Blocks could be such a 💯🚀 feature in WordPress, but they're hidden right now (they're not even normally called Reusable Blocks)
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm noodling with this idea: a much better version of the Reusable Blocks screen.
Reusable Blocks could be such a 💯🚀 feature in WordPress, but they're hidden right now (they're not even normally called Reusable Blocks)
Reusable Blocks could be such a 💯🚀 feature in WordPress, but they're hidden right now (they're not even normally called Reusable Blocks)
So here's an update on real-time collaboration in WordPress.
I posted yesterday about the new plugin and technical approach coming from a team at WordPress VIP.
Jacob Smith from VIP posted a very helpful reply to my post on Linkedin.
I posted yesterday about the new plugin and technical approach coming from a team at WordPress VIP.
Jacob Smith from VIP posted a very helpful reply to my post on Linkedin.
Sync Engine and Real-Time Collaboration · Issue #52593 · WordPress/gutenberg
This is the overview issue for the collaborative editing project as defined on this post. The goals are multiple here: Allow multiple users connected to the same WP-Admin to collaborate together on...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So here's an update on real-time collaboration in WordPress.
I posted yesterday about the new plugin and technical approach coming from a team at WordPress VIP.
Jacob Smith from VIP posted a very helpful reply to my post on Linkedin.
I posted yesterday about the new plugin and technical approach coming from a team at WordPress VIP.
Jacob Smith from VIP posted a very helpful reply to my post on Linkedin.