Autor: David Baumwald

This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 You can test WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 in any of the following ways: WordPress Beta Tester Plugin Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a WordPress install. Select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream. Direct Download Download the Beta 1 version (zip) and install it on a WordPress website. Command Line…

A commentary on building meaningful online communities that prioritize value and listening over constant activity.

OpenStation is a free WordPress plugin that turns wp-admin into a desktop. Every admin screen opens in its own window that you can move, resize and keep open next to the others. You can try it in your browser right now, with nothing to install. Can’t see the video? Watch it on YouTube. Why we built it Most of us spend the day jumping between screens in wp-admin. You open a post, go back to the list, check the media library, then go back again. With OpenStation, those screens stay open side by side, so you don’t lose your place.…

AI tools have simplified app creation, enabling rapid prototyping. However, the challenge now lies in discerning which ideas are genuinely valuable to users. As anyone can create apps quickly, the focus should shift from mere production to understanding user needs and ensuring the apps solve real problems to avoid mediocrity.

I made a WordPress plugin for my holidays. It’s called Travel Steps, and it turns a trip into a page with a map down one side and the story of each day down the other. Every photo I take ends up in Immich, on my own server. My phone sends where I’ve been to Dawarich, on the same server. So after a trip I have all the photos and the whole route, sitting in two apps on my private server. The travel apps that make nice trip pages want your photos and your location on their servers. I’d rather keep…

The Truly Meaning moment in this event Campus Connect Event Successfully Completed! We are pleased to share that the Campus Connect event, held on Thursday, October 1st, was successfully completed with the participation of students from Ahmad’s Education. Ahmad’s Education has already collaborated with WordPress and successfully completed two batches. This event was another valuable opportunity to strengthen our collaboration, share knowledge, and inspire students to explore new learning opportunities. A heartfelt thanks to the WordPress team, the organizers, and all the students who contributed to making this event successful.Looking forward to more collaborations and learning opportunities together!

In tech, speed can make all the difference. One topic that doesn’t get enough attention is just how much faster AI inference is changing the way developers work. Training AI models still grabs the headlines with all the talk about big clusters and huge data sets, but the real impact for most developers happens when […]

In mid-April 2026 my employer started a project called “Radical Speed Month” to step away from our existing structures and processes, make space for people to dive more deeply into AI tooling, and try to build new or sleeping ideas. My participation in this experiment ran until late September and I stacked up a lot of explorations without having written about them or about the process. In this post I’d like to highlight some of the results of this time and share some learnings. Selected lessons Massive agentic deployment demands heavy storage and generic compute capacity — inference is not…

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A straightforward look at what the open web is, how it started, and why it matters for digital communities.