479 – How Clonable automates and personalises multisite translation for WordPress The conversation focused on Niels Arts and his work on Clonable, a SaaS solution for managing multilingual websites. One concept discussed was how Clonable allows site owners to create s wpbuilds.com/2026/08/06/4...

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This Week in WordPress #382 Join Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Cami MacNamara, Alex Standiford. The conversation focused on recent developments in the WordPress ecosystem, including highlights from version 7.1, a new accessibility community initiative, and a mod wpbuilds.com/2026/08/04/t...

478 – Inside WordPress 7.1 – responsive styling, new blocks, media modal and behind-the-scenes changes Birgit Pauli-Haack and Anne McCarthy joined this “At The Core” episode to highlight what's ahead in WordPress 7.1. Anne, as release lead, outlined major features lik wpbuilds.com/2026/07/30/4...

This Week in WordPress #381 Join Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Marc Benzakein, Zach Stepek. The conversation focused on major WordPress developments, including the release of WordPress 7.0.2 and its AI-discovered vulnerability, updates in WordPress 7.1 beta 3, a wpbuilds.com/2026/07/28/t...

477 – Classic themes to Block Editor: lessons from a WordPress plugin business Today were talking about the creation and evolution of the Slidy Panel WordPress plugin, designed to offer customisable slide-in panels for block-based sites. We discussed the challenge of wpbuilds.com/2026/07/23/4...

476 – Amber Hinds on restoring faith in WordPress: hard work, accessibility, and long-term plugin success The conversation focused on Amber Hinds’ personal journey restoring faith in the WordPress community during challenging times. A key theme was how Amber’s Accessi wpbuilds.com/2026/07/16/4...

This Week in WordPress #380 Join Nathan Wrigley, Sé Reed, Marc Benzakein, Alex Standiford. The conversation focused on current trends in the WordPress ecosystem, including the decision to retain the classic block, the release of an open source documentary, and concern wpbuilds.com/2026/07/14/t...

475 – Human creativity still matters in the age of AI Well this is a different episode from the normal things we get into on WP Builds. It's about the intersection of human creativity and AI, sparked by a handmade zine (I did not know what that was) titled "Human Crea wpbuilds.com/2026/07/09/4...

This Week in WordPress #379 The conversation focused on current trends and challenges in the WordPress ecosystem, with a key theme being the pervasive influence of AI, public perceptions across age groups, and ethical considerations. The discussion explored WordPress wpbuilds.com/2026/07/07/t...

474 – Exploring the AI generation gap: why young people seem skeptical about AI The conversation focused on generational attitudes towards AI, with a particular emphasis on skepticism among young people, how younger generations ideologically distrust big tech and perc wpbuilds.com/2026/07/02/4...

This Week in WordPress #378 Join Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Marc Benzakein, Robert Jacobi. The conversation focused on the current state and future of the WordPress community, exploring issues such as the aging user base, challenges in attracting younger cont wpbuilds.com/2026/06/30/t...

473 – Creating visual stories in WordPress using the Shorthand plugin The podcast today is all about the Shorthand plugin, a visual storytelling platform that helps create immersive, interactive content for WordPress. We find out how Shorthand enables news organisatio wpbuilds.com/2026/06/25/4...

This Week in WordPress #377 The conversation focused on the upcoming WordPress 7.1 release, new features, and community developments. A key theme that emerged was the challenge of organising and sustaining local WordPress events, including strategies for attracting sp wpbuilds.com/2026/06/23/t...

472 – Selling Products in YouTube Videos With WooCommerce The conversation focused on the integration between WooCommerce and YouTube, enabling merchants to showcase and sell products directly through their YouTube channels. We discussed how the Google for WooCommerce wpbuilds.com/2026/06/18/4...

This Week in WordPress #376 The conversation focused on WordPress news and broader tech topics. Key themes included grill brush injuries!!!!, the US government’s ban on new AI models, debates around social media harm and age restrictions, and reflections on recent Wor wpbuilds.com/2026/06/16/t...

471 – Miriam Schwab discusses Angie AI and Elementor’s future in WordPress The conversation focused on Angie, Elementor’s AI-driven tool for WordPress, highlighting its integration, ease of use, and ability to generate custom code snippets and widgets without requirin wpbuilds.com/2026/06/11/4...

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This Week in WordPress #375 The conversation focused on WordPress community updates, recent trends in plugin and security landscapes, and user concerns over AI integration and site management practices. A key theme that emerged was the impact of AI on plugin vulnerabi wpbuilds.com/2026/06/09/t...

470 – Alex Standiford on using AI for personal knowledge management and team productivity Today, the podcast is focused on the practical and personal impact of AI in daily workflows and business operations. One theme that emerged was the creation of a custom AI-powere wpbuilds.com/2026/05/28/4...

This Week in WordPress #374 The conversation focused on WordPress 7.0’s release, highlighting major features such as the new WP AI client, a modernised dashboard, improved revision tracking, enhanced gallery blocks with lightbox effects, and refined responsive control wpbuilds.com/2026/05/26/t...

469 – Lovekesh Kumar introduces the WPM Package Manager Nathan Wrigley interviews Lovekesh Kumar, a WordPress engineer at rtCamp, about WPM, a new, secure, Go-based package manager for WordPress plugins and themes. Lovekesh explains the pain points of managing plugins wpbuilds.com/2026/05/21/4...

468 – Marcus Burnette launches utility plugin suite called WellPlayedWP Nathan Wrigley interviews Marcus Burnette, about his new project, wellplayedwp.com, a membership platform offering a growing library of eclectic WordPress, Elementor, and WooCommerce plugins under wpbuilds.com/2026/05/14/4...

This Week in WordPress #373 This episode covers the delay of WordPress 7.0 and the removal of real-time collaborative editing from its release, citing technical and performance challenges. The discussion explores newly emerging features in WordPress, including the rap wpbuilds.com/2026/05/12/t...

467 – Exploring Goose Commerce, a new Elementor based AI eCommerce solution Nathan Wrigley interviews Giles Beckley, creator of WP Goose (Goose Commerce), a new WordPress e-commerce plugin designed natively for Elementor with a unique desktop app and built-in AI funct wpbuilds.com/2026/05/07/4...

This Week in WordPress #372 This episode covers key developments in the WordPress ecosystem, including recent security issues with plugins, upcoming features in WordPress 7, and experiments from Automattic developers such as reimagining WP Admin as a desktop OS. The p wpbuilds.com/2026/05/05/t...

466 – James Welbes on AI, WordPress, and new opportunities Nathan Wrigley interviews James Welbes, about his journey in the WordPress space, his early frustrations and eventual embrace of WordPress, and the transformative impact of AI on web development. They discuss wpbuilds.com/2026/04/30/4...

This Week in WordPress #371 This episode covers the delay of WordPress 7.0 due to performance concerns with collaborative editing, the introduction of a new contributor tool for WordCamp events, insights from the latest State of WordPress Agency report highlighting in wpbuilds.com/2026/04/28/t...

465 – Creating interactive experiences in WordPress with the Tilbuci plugin In this episode, Nathan interviews Lucas Santos Junqueira from Brazil, about his innovative tool and WordPress plugin, Tilbuci (pronounced "Chabousi"). The plugin enables users to create inter wpbuilds.com/2026/04/23/4...

464 – Why Brian Gardner is betting big on Block Themes In this episode, Nathan interviews Brian Gardner about his pioneering work in WordPress theming, the rise and impact of the Genesis Framework, and the shift toward block-based themes. They discuss the promise, cha wpbuilds.com/2026/04/16/4...