Managing a WooCommerce store can feel like a lot of busy work. I’ve worked with store owners who spent countless hours writing product descriptions, answering the same customer questions, and trying to make sense of sales data, all while packing and shipping orders. It often felt like there wasn’t enough time in the day to …
The writer Aadil Pickle has a great profile of one of my favorite hackers, “Training the Idea Muscle” on Riley Walz. Riley epitomizes the term “high agency,” and I’ve been continually impressed with his ability to rapidly code novel ideas and interfaces on top of public or reverse-engineered data. He’s a hacker, artist, and provocateur. …
Most visitors will leave your website quietly without signing up, purchasing, or even giving it a second thought. Exit-intent popups change that by catching people right before they close the tab and offering a compelling reason to stay. When used well, they can help you recover lost leads, grow your email list, and boost sales. …
Hi there, Welcome to our last edition for the year 2025. I am not ready to reflect on the whole year, however, I am excited for 2026. There will be many new features coming to WordPress with the three major releases and also plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancement towards consistency. The first edition …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.)
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 …
Nashville, TN, 12 Dec 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, The Tennessee Celebration of Human Rights Day was a truly magical evening of reflection, inspiration, and community unity. With more than 90 attendees gathering at the Church of Scientology Community Hall in Nashville, the event affirmed a shared commitment to advancing equality, dignity, and justice for all …
