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A roundup of links I've collected over the last week or so. Fundamental architecture and system design, energy efficiency and performance.

https://wpyeg.org/2025/08/04/good-ideas-and-new-things-in-wordpress/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Contribute to the WordPress project as you learn, and get course credits in return! Learn how working on open source projects can launch and accelerate your career path.

https://wpyeg.org/2025/08/04/contribute-to-wordpress-and-earn-course-credits/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Custom Block Themes: Learn from Anders Norén’s Workflow Anders Norén has been designing some of the best and most beautiful WordPress themes for a very long time — over a decade if you look at his archive. His modern block themes are stunning. Back in May, he walked through his theme development process for the Gutenberg Times. This is a great place to start learning theme development.

Custom Block Themes: Learn from Anders Norén’s Workflow

Anders Norén has been designing some of the best and most beautiful WordPress themes for a very long time — over a decade if you look at his archive. His modern block themes are stunning. Back in May, he walked through his theme development…

Top Insights on WordPress Security Practices Oliver Sild and Mario Peshev had a great conversation about the real causes behind security failures with WordPress sites — and how to think like an adversary. There is not a lot of great writing and insight (as opposed to marketing content) about security topics in the WordPress space, so this is really exceptional. More recently, Oliver was on…

Top Insights on WordPress Security Practices

Oliver Sild and Mario Peshev had a great conversation about the real causes behind security failures with WordPress sites — and how to think like an adversary. There is not a lot of great writing and insight (as opposed to marketing content) about…

July Meetup: Unlocking the Power of Federated Networks with WordPress Do you know what the "Fediverse" is? Are you in it? Using the ActivityPub plugin (GitHub), any WordPress site (or user) can be federated and act as a client or server in relation to other ActivityPub users and platforms, like mstdn.ca (a Mastodon instance) and edmontonian.social (a Misskey instance) because they all implement the ActivityPub standard for a decentralized social web.

July Meetup: Unlocking the Power of Federated Networks with WordPress

Do you know what the "Fediverse" is? Are you in it? Using the ActivityPub plugin (GitHub), any WordPress site (or user) can be federated and act as a client or server in relation to other ActivityPub users and platforms,…

Decentralize Your WordPress: Getting Started with ActivityPub, Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup **About this Event** Curious about the fediverse and how WordPress fits into it? Join **Django Doucet** for a hands-on workshop introducing the **ActivityPub plugin for Wor

Decentralize Your #WordPress: Getting Started with #ActivityPub - This Wednesday night at Edmonton Unlimited with @mediaformat@indieweb.social www.meetup.com/edmonton-wor...

After a couple weeks of planning and preparing I'm excited to see this announcement. I'm excited to be part of a lineup that includes amazing folks like @jeffpaul.com, @ryanwelcher.com, @briancoords.com, @jonathandesrosiers.com, and many more who I'm looking forward to hearing from, and meeting!

Top July Updates for WordPress Developers Some of the most interesting new developments in the WordPress ecosystem this summer.

Top July Updates for WordPress Developers

Some of the most interesting new developments in the WordPress ecosystem this summer.

My favorite use-case for AI is writing logs One of my favorite AI dev products today is Full Line Code Completion in PyCharm (bundled with the IDE since late 2023). It’s extremely well-thought out,...

LLMs are awesome for reading logs, too. newsletter.vickiboykis.com/archive/my-f...

Event calendars can be simple and pretty in #WordPress. eventkoi.com

Curiosity, Collaboration, and Connection at WordCamp Imagine coming back to a campus buzzing with energy: late-night debates, hallway inspiration, creative risk-taking. That’s the WordCamp Canada vibe.

What's new on the #WCEH blog:

🍁 @jamesgiroux.ca canada.wordcamp.org/2025/its-not...

My self-introduction post on the WordCamp Canada blog. canada.wordcamp.org

I’m keynoting WordCamp Canada in October.

Really looking forward to it for a lot of reasons.

I’ll be demoing wordland.social and talking about a new way to build on WordPress as a platform.

Will write more soon. 😀

Book your stay in Ottawa for WordCamp Canada Coming to WordCamp Canada? Here are some limited-time offers for discounted rates at several hotels near the conference venue.

🎟️ Get your #WCEH tickets early and lock into a discount rate at Ottawa hotels near our venue. 🏨

canada.wordcamp.org/2025/confere...

Why WordCamp Canada is Perfect for WordPress Beginners Back in May 2009, I went to my very first camp, WordCamp Toronto.

Tell us the story of your first time at a Canadian #WordCamp 🍁 Here's @troychaplin.bsky.social on WordCamp Toronto: canada.wordcamp.org/2025/you-nev... #WCEH

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I'm publishing this post on WordCamp Canada site and the Edmonton WordPress Meetup site via WordLand (wordland.social). WPYEG.ca is federated with…

https://wpyeg.org/2025/06/21/the-connections-we-must-build-right-here-at-the-edmonton-wordpress-meetup/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

WCEH Keynote: Dave Winer It’s our great pleasure to introduce Dave Winer as a keynote speaker for WordCamp Canada.

We're excited to make our first speaker announcement for #WordCamp #Canada: @scripting.com #wceh canada.wordcamp.org/2025/wceh-ke...

WordCamp Canada Tickets are on Sale Now WordCamp Canada Ticket Sales are Open NowIt's the moment you’ve been waiting for… 🎟️ Tickets for WordCamp Canada 2025 are now up for grabs! 🎉

#WCEH tickets are on sale! canada.wordcamp.org/2025/ticket-... #WordCamp #Canada

Réservez votre place à WordCamp Canada 2025 Billets pour WordCamp Canada 2025.

Réservez votre place à #WordCamp #Canada 2025 — Procurez-vous votre billet dès aujourd’hui ! #wceh canada.wordcamp.org/2025-fr/bill...

Masha Gessen nailed it years ago.

That's all you, Joe. ☺️

Kinsta is one of the few hosting providers for WordPress I would give immense praise for based on experience — how they perform, their people (actual relationships), their wonderful and seldom-used support people too, and have you noticed they are silently supporting lots of community contributors.👀

You have until midnight, more or less.

This is going to be a blast. :-)

Thank you Joe for your dedication and all you are doing. <3

Our 2025 Roadmap: Building the Future of WordPress Federation We’re excited to share this roadmap — there’s a lot happening with the ActivityPub plugin, and we can’t wait to show you what’s coming next. We often refer to this roadmap in GitHub issues and disc…

Our 2025 Roadmap: Building the Future of WordPress Federation activitypub.blog/2025/06/11/o...

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Last Night at the May Meetup

Last night at our May meetup even, Jaymie, Niña, and Leanne shared their capstone project for the DMIT program at NAIT. Next month we'll be hearing from another…

https://wpyeg.org/2025/05/29/last-night-at-the-may-meetup/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Update on the GatherPress project – May 2025

We were invited to give regular updates about GatherPress. Here are the advancements made by GatherPress since our initial proposal from January 2024… Update on the GatherPress project – May 2025

Seven Tasks to a Custom Block Theme: Anders Norén’s Weekend Workflow - Gutenberg Times Have you ever wondered how a modern WordPress block theme comes together – from first sketches to a polished, production-ready design? Over a single weekend, Anders Norén built Pulitzer, a new block t...

Like this beauty in the latest newsletter! gutenbergtimes.com/seven-steps-...