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Local Voices for WordCamp Asia, WooCommerce's AI Future, and Tough Lessons Learned | WP More - Issue 29

Read Here → wpmore.substack.com/p/local-voic...
Breaking free from subscription fatigue: Why Nag Me Not switched to pay once
nagmenotwp.com/breaking-fre...
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
WordCamp Canada: Reflections from an Organizer
troychaplin.ca/2025/11/word...
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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WP Weekly 268
- Another Trademark Fight
- Eco Friendly Servers
- New Sponsorship Guidelines

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WP Weekly 268 - Biz - Another Trademark Fight, Eco Friendly Servers, New Sponsorship Guidelines
New trademark fight between Kevin Geary's Automatic CSS and Automattic. InMotion hosting has announced new eco-friendly dedicated servers, WordPress Credits with new sponsorship guidelines, WPRemote ...
thewpweekly.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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This week's Top 3 Links from "Loop WP", Issue 182:

1) Checkout Summit 2026 - checkoutsummit.com/?utm_source=...

2) WordPress 6.9 accordions - developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/10...

3) Building Lando Norris - www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzL6...

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Issue #182 Loop WP
Dynamic Product Accordions. Build smarter WooCommerce product pages using ACF and Elementor accordions. Hide empty rows, streamline templates, and improve UX.
newsletter.loopwp.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The WordPress Bhopal community has wrapped up its WP Build Tour 2025, a four-month initiative that introduced more than 1,700 students across the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to WordPress through hands-on workshops from June to September.

(h/t: @therepositorywp)
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Barn2 CEO Katie Keith has published six years of support data showing that lifetime license customers cost no more to support than annual ones. Analyzing 77,000 Help Scout conversations across 17,000 customers,
wpproducttalk.com/blog/lifetim...

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Do Lifetime Licenses Really Cost More to Support? We Finally Have the Data
Lifetime license customers don’t cost more to support than annual ones. See Barn2’s real data and what it means for pricing lifetime deals.
wpproducttalk.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Experimenting with Google NotebookLM to create podcast for WP More newsletter. Here is the latest one, let me know how it goes →
open.spotify.com/episode/7Dup...
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Matt Mullenweg shared a stealthy revival of the Wayback Machine for WordPress, empowering publishers to capture and store site snapshots on demand via a simple plugin, shielding content from fleeting web threats

NO MORE LINKROT!!
→https://ma.tt/2025/10/wayback/

(h/t: @Within_WP)
Wayback Machine Joint
Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it’s a plugin I’d encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disa…
ma.tt
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer is a WordPress plugin designed to combat link rot—the gradual decay of web links as pages are moved, changed, or taken down.

wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Check out Ian Svoboda's latest article on "Learn WP Theme Dev: Setting Up a Child Theme for Hybrid or Block Themes."This is a great read, especially if you're new to block themes and unsure how a child theme fits in these days.
www.learnwptheme.dev/setting-up-a...

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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Checkout Summit for Woo… Rodolfo Melogli is organizing an in-person Checkout Summit 2026 in Palermo, Italy, on April 23-24, 2026. This promises to be the first independent IRL conference for WooCommerce Makers. Tickets are available now.
→https://checkoutsummit.com/

(h/t: @theWPWeekly 267)
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
WordPress 6.9 Beta Testing, Trademark Drama, and WordCamp Costs | WP More - Issue 30 is out now!
READ HERE → wpmore.substack.com/p/issue-30
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Who’s paying for your WordCamp ticket?
progressplanner.com/who-is-payin...
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
WordPress Campus Connect Cartago COVAO 2025: The event held at the BeeNova HHC Innovation Center in Costa Rica, marked the first-ever Campus Connect event in Latin America.
make.wordpress.org/community/20...

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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
State of the Word 2025: This year’s event will take place on December 2, 2025, in San Francisco, the same day as the official release of WordPress. Attendees can expect live demos, previews of upcoming features, and a Q&A session with Matt Mullenweg
wordpress.org/state-of-the...

h/t:@wpcontent_co
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
PressConf has opened sponsorships for its 2026 event, set for April 8–11 in Tempe, Arizona.
x.com/press__conf/...

(h/t: @therepositorywp)
x.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
WordCamp Islamabad 2025 brought together students, professionals, and WordPress enthusiasts for two days of learning and collaboration
→https://make.wordpress.org/community/2025/10/28/wordcamp-islamabad-2025-a-celebration-of-learning-contribution-and-community/

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WordCamp Islamabad 2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Contribution, and Community
WordCamp Islamabad 2025 was a wonderful celebration of learning, collaboration, and the open-source spirit. Over two exciting days, students, professionals, and WordPress enthusiasts came together …
make.wordpress.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What’s New for WordPress Developers – October 2025: In this month’s roundup, Ryan Welcher (Developer Advocate at Automattic) walks through all the key updates for WordPress developers
→https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bflhPziNMU

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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Automattic, the company behind WordPress .com, has sent a legal notice to Kevin Geary, the creator of Automatic.css, over the use of a name that the company says is “nearly identical” to its own.

wp-content.co/automattic-s...

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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Interactivity API is still heavily underused. But lucky for us, Ryan Welcher streamed how to make use of every single API feature.
x.com/i/broadcasts...

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x.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
SEO consultant Jono Alderson has published a visual map tracing the connections between WordPress's organisations, trademarks, and decision-making structures, arguing that "all roads lead back to Matt."
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonoal...

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WordPress's governance and ownership issues | Jono Alderson posted on the topic | LinkedIn
WordPress powers over 40% of the web. But it operates without any of the kinds of governance, democratic processes, or transparency that you'd expect from such a hugely significant piece of infrastructure....
www.linkedin.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The Core AI team has reached a major milestone with the Abilities API merged into the WordPress 6.9 beta — the first AI-focused feature to land in core.
make.wordpress.org/ai/2025/10/2...

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Core-AI Contributor Check-in – Oct 22nd, 2025
The Core AI team celebrated a major milestone this week: the Abilities API successfully merged into the WordPress 6.9 Beta release. This achievement marks the culmination of intense, last-minute wo…
make.wordpress.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Core Program Team rep Tammie Lister has shared a summary of a Slack discussion on how WordPress contributors are recognized across the project.
make.wordpress.org/program/2025...

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Recognising contributors work: discussion notes and potential opportunities – Core Program – WordPress.org
Core Program
make.wordpress.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Gutenberg 21.9 is now available, marking the final version to be merged into WordPress 6.9.
make.wordpress.org/core/2025/10...

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Gutenberg 21.9 (October 22)
“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a remin…
make.wordpress.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM