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  • Create Block Themes with Miles, Ollie <3 Woo, WP Sudo, and much more!

    That was an interesting week, wasn’t it? Three WordPress updates in the span of 24 hours. I don’t think we’ve ever seen this before. Now, it’s easy to be negative about this, but let’s consider the hard work that’s going into these releases. Security fixes need top priority. It’s just then very unfortunate it introduces…

  • Abilities Scout, wp-devdocs-mcp, PHP-based Blocks, and much more!

    Last week I announced my ​change of course for Truer than North,​ and the response has been absolutely wonderful. TL;DR: ​Helping your company build, position, and grow inside the WordPress ecosystem​. And I wasn’t the only one being busy last week. The WordPress Core team was as well, as we saw not only Beta 1…

  • WP MCP is here, MD rendering, Merging WP API Client, and more!

    You are about to read a Within WordPress newsletter that is HEAVY on AI. Because there’s a lot happening right now in an attempt to make the WordPress 7.0 release be THE AI RELEASE. Sorry for shouting, but it is that big. Lots to cover; hope you enjoy it! Scanfully helps you catch what quietly…

  • Agent Skills, WP-Bench, Broken Media Scanner & The Future of Web

    Today I finalized most of my travel until April, and looks like I’ll be having an awesome father-and-son roadtrip season ahead of me with Roan. I’ll be going to ​CloudFest​, PressConf and ​CheckoutSummit​. And I’ll be vlogging all of it as much as I can, including the roadtrip in the US from NYC to Phoenix.…

  • Let There Be Performance Gains, Responsive Controls in WordPress Core, and Much More

    As this year comes to a close, I’ve got one final Within WP newsletter for you to close off the year. There’s a lot here, so checking out every single link _should_ last you to the next edition. Probably the second week of January 2026, but we’ll see. Hope you enjoy it! The planning for…

  • Magic Mike Strikes Again, Roadmap to 6.9, Ramblings Reintroduced

    This is a long newsletter. There were so many interesting things to share, and I felt like sharing them! Feels like everyone’s pumping out stuff right before their summer breaks, or something. I did as well, btw, as I wrote about ​Custom Database Tables in WordPress, and when to use them​. And, with well over…

  • Free Block Theme Course, Woo Blueprints + View Transitions plugin

    So… my biggest goal for this newsletter today is to not have typos, missing links, and leftover newsletter template sections 😅. I’m half kidding, as it’s pretty much all about sharing useful information, but I acknowledge those things can be annoying. So I’m doing my best to avoid them while accepting I am also accepting…

  • WP.org AI Team, Huge Etch Update, Greyd Collab & Performance Tips

    It’s been a big week, hasn’t it? One of the most pivotal things that could be introduced for WordPress has been introduced. You can read all about it below, but there was more happening this week. I ​announced me partnering up with my friends from Greyd​ out of München, Germany. Read my blog post about…

  • The Future of AI for WordPress.org with James LePage

    In this episode of ‘Within WordPress,’ the focus is on AI’s evolving role within the WordPress ecosystem. Host engages in a detailed conversation with James LePage, AI Lead at Automatic and co-team lead for WordPress.org’s AI team. They discuss the recent announcement of the formation of the AI make team coinciding with WordPress’s 22nd anniversary.…