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OpenStation Blog: A better way to use WordPress

I have been using WordPress for a long time, and I still love it. But wp-admin has basically worked in the same way for years. OpenStation is our attempt to change that. It’s a simple idea: instead of moving from one admin page to another, you have a desktop where you can open different parts

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Open Channels FM: OCN Week in Review #4

This week Robert Jacobi shared about the evolving landscape of open source and tech. Highlights include AI’s growing role in security, WordPress and Apache fortifying their processes, LibreOffice redefining productivity with privacy, LoopConf rethinking event funding, and Switzerland’s bold move toward digital sovereignty. Explore how accountability, control, and sustainability are shaping the future of open

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Open Channels FM: Drawing the Line Between Openness and Noise in Digital World

Is sharing everything always good? Bob Dunn reflects on transparency and the noise in online spaces.

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WordPress.org blog: WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release

This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes on Core, 19 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 11 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update

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WordPress Autoloaded Options: Find and Fix wp_options Bloat

Every page load makes WordPress reread all autoloaded wp_options rows, even junk from deleted plugins. Check yours with one safe SQL query and clean it up. The post WordPress Autoloaded Options: Find and Fix wp_options Bloat appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

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Open Channels FM: Open Source Economics, LibreOffice, and Swiss Digital Sovereignty

Shifting budgets and tech priorities drive change for open source events software and government infrastructure.

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Matt: OmFest: A Celebration of Curiosity, Connection, and the Future

OmFest is coming together quite nicely! The new website is beautiful and highlights some of the experiences available throughout the day. I think Om would be very impressed by the attendee list. We’re doing it at the Swedish American Hall, the same venue as the first WordCamp, where Om, of course, spoke about Blogs and

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Matt: Mirene

It’s official in SF Standard: Stewart Brand sells his seaworthy Sausalito houseboat to tech CEO. Ahoy!

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WordPress Speculative Loading: What It Does and How to Configure It

Your WordPress site can load pages before visitors even click. Learn how speculative loading works, what WordPress 6.8 turned on, and how to tune it! The post WordPress Speculative Loading: What It Does and How to Configure It appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

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What WordPress AI Really Builds: 9 Prompts, 9 Unedited Results, and What the Good Ones Have in Common

For this post, I decided to use the Section Generator in the free Otter Blocks plugin. I built nine sections of a WordPress site with it, but instead of endlessly prompting until I got it “just right,” I relied on a single prompt. Then I took a screenshot of what that prompt produced so I

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