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Feb 02
My Pick for 7 Best WooCommerce Filter Plugins to Boost UX & Conversions
If shoppers can’t find what they want in your WooCommerce store within a few clicks, they’ll leave. And that’s exactly what happens to many small business owners. As their product catalogs grow, they lose potential customers because they can’t easily filter products. That’s why I decided to look for a solution. I needed a way …
Jan 31
Gutenberg Times: Navigation Overlays, WordPress 7.0, Interactivity API Helper, AI Skills, and #WCAsia — Weekend Edition #355
Hi, there this week, you’ll find a great mix of new releases, new tools, new plugins and events. Outside the WordPress sphere I signed up for the FediForum Un-Workshop, an event bringing together people who will discuss obstacles and ideas on growing the Open Social Web. It’ll be a three-hour virtual event on March 12, …
Jan 30
WordPress.org blog: New AI Agent Skill for WordPress
Faster Way For AI Agents To Test AI code agents are getting better at writing WordPress plugins and themes, but testing can still be the slow part. WordPress contributor Brandon Payton has published wp-playground, a new AI agent skill designed to run WordPress via the Playground CLI, giving agents a fast, repeatable way to run …
Jan 30
Open Channels FM: Take the Time to Listen
We are too busy adding to the conversation vs. just listening.
Jan 30
WPBeginner Spotlight 20: WordPress Storage Cleanup, Smarter Previews, and Automation Updates
Welcome to the January 2026 edition of WPBeginner Spotlight! This month, we’re looking at new tools to help you clean up your WordPress media library, fine-tune cookie consent banners, and preview design changes faster. We’re also covering fresh updates across forms, fundraising, and site management, including new features from WPForms, Charitable, WPCode, and Formidable Forms. …
Jan 29
Open Channels FM: Inside WooCommerce: Competitive Advantages, Community Events, and New Design Directions
In this episode of Do the Woo, guest Beau Lebens and hosts James and Katie chat about key WooCommerce topics, including community concerns, competitive advantages, AI developments, and the future of the WooCommerce ecosystem.
Jan 28
#202 – Charly Leetham on Using WordPress to Enable a Digital Nomad Life
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, using WordPress to enable a digital nomad life. If you’d like to subscribe …
Jan 28
WPTavern: #202 – Charly Leetham on Using WordPress to Enable a Digital Nomad Life
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, using WordPress to enable a digital nomad life. If you’d like to subscribe …
Jan 28
HeroPress: How Art School Led Me To Web Design
Here is Emily reading her own story aloud. There are two, possibly conflicting, values inherent to my work and general enjoyment of life – collaboration and autonomy. My background is in fine art. I studied painting in Chicago and New York in the mid-90s. I very much saw the web as another pliant artistic medium …
Jan 28
How I Setup Recurring Square Payments in WordPress Without WooCommerce
Square makes it easy to accept recurring payments on your WordPress site, even without setting up a full online store. If you’ve ever wanted to add subscriptions, memberships, or donation forms but felt overwhelmed by WooCommerce, then you’re in the right place. In this guide, I’ll show you exactly how I set up recurring Square …