Autor: Bob Dunn

In this episode, Adam and Nate discuss WordPress’s evolution amidst AI’s rise, emphasizing challenges like security and the need for developer intent and standards.

SCORM explained in plain words: what it is, who actually needs it, and how to import a SCORM course into WordPress, including one option that’s free. The post SCORM in WordPress: What It Is, Who Needs It, and Your Options appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

This news episode reports on challenges posed by AI in cybersecurity, including supply chain risks, vulnerability discovery bottlenecks, job market shifts due to layoffs, and the balance of autonomy and accountability.

AI Overviews are cutting clicks, but cited pages win bigger. Learn what actually helps your WordPress site get quoted by AI search, with real data. The post AI Search Optimization for WordPress: What Actually Works in 2026 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

In this 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack hosts Jessica Lyschik , senior developer at Greyd, to discuss recent Gutenberg and WordPress developments. The conversation centers on the releases of Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, and WordPress 7.1 (“Mary Lou”), highlighting user-facing enhancements and developer-oriented changes. WordPress 7.1 introduced notable features, including new styling tools, updated media flow, notes functionality for collaboration, and improved support for AI-driven workflows. Jessica Lyschik emphasized the impactful addition of pseudo states (hover, focus, active) in buttons and navigation links, though global style options for navigation states are still being developed for 7.2. The…

Howdy, It has been another evenful week for sure! WordCamp US came to an end and WordPress 7.1 was released. Your WordPress profile now has a shortcut w.org/@[yourusername]. If you want to check out mine w.org/@bph (don’t forget the @ sign) . Mullenweg mentioned in his closing fire side chat that this could actually work without the redirect in the future. Now that would be cool, right? Another cool and rather weird thing Mullenweg mentioned are Piplets. One self-contained PHP-file for your notes, no database, no hosting needed, for tinkerers who live in the Terminal window. If that’s you, grab…

A focus on guiding new contributors in open source, discussing AI’s impact, and adding insightful commentary.

Learn what MCP is in plain English, then connect Claude or ChatGPT to your WordPress site step by step, with the safety settings that keep you in control. The post How to Connect Claude or ChatGPT to WordPress With MCP (Step by Step) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

A few times during the WordCamp US keynote, I asked for a show of hands and got mostly blank stares back, especially on the AI questions. That’s not a criticism — it’s a reading list. If the future is going to be built on this stuff, the WordPress community should be fluent in it. Here’s the homework. How models are actually trained When I asked who knew about the reinforcement learning models go through, Robert looked out and said “I see no yeses.” Base models are trained to predict the next word across huge amounts of text; the friendly, helpful…

An update on Open Channels News, new fall series (including “AI for the Rest of Us”), and a preview of the Open Channels FM 5.0 release coming in September.