Claudio Slamovits
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Jan 02
Matt: Happy New Year
I rang in the new year with an unexpected trip to St. Barts with friends. I resolved in 2025 to watch more films. It’s an art form I have many friends in, and when we have hung out, I’ve realized how shallow my understanding of the film canon is. I have a lot of catch-up …
Dec 31
Open Channels FM: Building Successful Collaboration Through Communication in WordPress Release Teams
In the world of open source, communication stands out as a key factor for successful collaboration. WordPress release teams unite contributors from all around the globe, bringing together a remarkable diversity of experiences, cultures, and time zones. While technical prowess is important, it is the way team members connect and exchange information that truly shapes …
Dec 31
Best of Best WordPress Tutorials of 2025 on WPBeginner
As the year comes to an end, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of the best tutorials we’ve published on WPBeginner in 2025. While 2025 brought us plenty of exciting WordPress updates and new features, one topic naturally stood out this year: Artificial Intelligence. Our goal wasn’t for you to simply watch …
Dec 30
Open Channels FM: Do the Woo / Open Channels FM 2025 Pathway
For Open Channels FM 2025 has been a windy pathway that has led to a sweet spot for us in 2026.
Dec 19
How I Get More Customer Reviews (12 Easy Tips You Can Try Too)
Getting customers to leave reviews isn’t always easy, even when they’re happy with your product or service. Without enough positive reviews, your business can look less trustworthy and may even struggle to rank in local search results. The good news is that you don’t need to be pushy or tech-savvy to get great feedback from …
Dec 19
Matt: Wolfram Automattica
It’s exciting to announce that Stephen Wolfram has joined as a special advisor to Automattic. I promise this is not just because he is such an incredible blogger, using WordPress, natch. If you don’t know about Stephen Wolfram, his about page is not a bad place to start, but far more interesting is his 2019 …
Dec 18
Open Channels FM: Delivering Customer Value Through Collaborative Ecosystem Partnerships
In this podcast, Jonathan chats with Sandra from Greyd and Tim from BigScoots about forming strong partnerships in WordPress. They share tips on success, collaboration, and maintaining relationships.
Dec 18
Matt: The Thinking Game
If you haven’t seen it, The Thinking Game documentary is excellent, and available for free on YouTube. You have to buy it, but the Kanye documentary In Whose Name is also pretty fascinating. (I first blogged about Kanye in 2007, discussing PHP’s botched version 4 to 5 upgrade.)
Dec 17
WPTavern: #198 – Muntasir Sakib on Bridging the Gap Between WordPress Plugin Development and Marketing Success
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, build it and they might come, bridging the gap between WordPress plugin development …
Dec 17
#198 – Muntasir Sakib on Bridging the Gap Between WordPress Plugin Development and Marketing Success
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, build it and they might come, bridging the gap between WordPress plugin development …