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We’re excited to share that WordPress Campus Connect at Presidency University, Dhaka, has successfully concluded! Held on 25–26 October 2026, this two-day initiative brought students closer to WordPress, practical website development, career opportunities, and the growing role of open-source education. Want to see more photos from WordPress Campus Connect at Presidency University? Explore all the event photos here: Official Event Photos Day 1: From Ideas to Websites On 25 October, we hosted a hands-on workshop where students explored WordPress by building their own websites. Together, we created 50 websites and WordPress.org profiles, giving students a starting point to continue learning,…

This week’s Open Channels News highlights tensions over AI in open source, new tools like GridCraft, corporate shifts towards open infrastructure, and the need for sustainable, user-driven technology.

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This security release features fixes for multiple issues. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.4 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.WordPress 7.1.4 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 7.2, currently planned for December 8th. For more information, please visit the WordPress 7.1.4 HelpHub site. Security updates included in this release The security team would like to thank the following…

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 how Scanfully 2.0 is making WordPress security and performance monitoring simpler. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us…

Advances in AI have opened an entirely new chapter in how we interact with technology. We are moving rapidly from asking questions of digital assistants to handing them the authority to take actions in the real world. This shift brings efficiency and convenience but also introduces a new kind of risk: errors that cost more […]