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#WPLDN – November 2025
#WPLDN is a meetup for WordPress enthusiasts where attendees enjoy pizza and drinks while learning from experts. Recent speakers Graham Armfield and Rhys Wynne discussed HTML accessibility advancements and Rhys' freelancing experiences. We're seeking 2026 sponsors and invite you all to a festive special on December 11, 2025, featuring an AI contest.
447 – Simplifying WordPress event calendars and ticketing with Jonathan Jernigan of Pie Calendar
In this episode, Nathan Wrigley chats with Jonathan Jernigan about Pie Calendar, a simple-yet-powerful WordPress event calendar plugin. They discuss the plugin’s evolution, including major new features like Eventbrite and ICS calendar integration for easy ticketing and syncing with external calendars. Jonathan also shares insights into his WordPress-focused community and Yo
https://wpbuilds.com/2025/11/27/447-simplifying-wordpress-event-calendars-and-ticketing-with-jonathan-jernigan-of-pie-calendar/
Black Friday savings
On the verge of Black Friday 2025, discover how I plan to save big by buying nothing! Ingenious.
@jonathanbossenger I LOVE this image!!!!
This Week in WordPress #356
In this episode, I'm joined by Taco Verdonschot, Jonathan Bossenger, Birgit Pauli-Haack to discuss WordPress 6.9, including new blocks, performance improvements, accessibility updates, and upcoming live events to help users prepare for the release. The panel pays tribute to WordPress contributor Zeel Thakkar, and covers news about a new leader at Jetpack, Black Friday deals, and community appreciation initiatives. They also highlight develop
https://wpbuilds.com/2025/11/25/this-week-in-wordpress-356/
Join us LIVE for the 'This Week in #WordPress' show. It's fun, and we'd love your comments! Starts at 2pm UK time.
https://wpbuilds.com/live
Join Nathan Wrigley, Taco Verdonschot, Birgit Pauli-Haack, Jonathan Bossenger. @tacoverdo @bph @jonathanbossenger
@cdevroe Thank you so much!
I have a few spots available for upcoming WP Tavern podcast episodes if anyone would like to come on. It's not a chance to promote a product, but a chat about some aspect of #WordPress - blocks, plugins, community, themes, anything really. DMs open. Thank you.
Snow
The UK in winter is not the cold place it was when I was a child. I have memories of frequent snow in the winter. Every year there was some. Many years there was a lot. These days, many years go by in which there is none. Children only see snow on the TV, or on Christmas cards. Last night I went to bed, and woke up to a blanket of snow.
https://nathanwrigley.com/2025/11/20/snow/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
446 – Inside Checkout Summit: Reviving Human Connections in the WooCommerce and WordPress Community
In this episode, Nathan Wrigley chats with Rodolfo Melogli about the growing isolation in the WooCommerce and WordPress communities due to remote work and AI, and his mission to “bring humans back” through in-person interaction. Rodolfo shares his journey as a WooCommerce expert, the challenges of working remotely, and the inspiration for organising Checkout Summit, a pe
https://wpbuilds.com/2025/11/20/446-inside-checkout-summit-reviving-human-connections-in-the-woocommerce-and-wordpress-community/
First time launching a product, and it's a #WordPress plugin called PodcasterPlus Blocks. Still some work to do on the site, but the product is pretty cool! https://www.podcasterplus.com If you don't get what it does, please reach out, more vids coming soon! Excited! With @danmaby
Recycled churches
In the UK, church attendance has been in decline for decades, possibly a century. Almost nobody I know, including myself, go to church for it's intended purpose. Our villages, towns and cities are peppered with thousands of churches. Many of them are very old, expensive to maintain and trying to find a place in a world in which their old role has been all but washed away.
Right back to the Romans it would appear!
I think we could've all done with a bit more of this in 2025...
Japanese experimental music group Open Reel Ensemble plays vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders as musical instruments. At times, it’s like a reel-to-reel version of DJing with turntables. Brilliant. https://kottke.org/25/11/magnetikpunk-playing-vintage-reel-to-reel-tapes-as-musical-instruments
The ubiquity of walking
I'm lucky enough to live in, what we call in the UK, the countryside. There is very little of the UK which does not have the stamp of humanity upon it. Our countryside is composed of farmland, stone walls, managed forest and the like. In other parts of the world you have the chance to visit places where there's no evidence of humans anywhere.
@mattmedeiros AAARRrrggghhh - even the grass where I live is routed through Cloudflare!!!! 😜
This Week in WordPress #355
In "This Week in WordPress #355," Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, and Rhys Wynne discuss the Kagi search engine, Michelle's job search, and WordPress updates including 6.9’s new features like collaborative editing and abilities API. The episode covers the challenges faced by open source projects like FFmpeg, security concerns with AI-powered tools such as Telex, the Global Partner Program for WordPress event sponsorships, and development
https://wpbuilds.com/2025/11/18/this-week-in-wordpress-355/
