The WordPress community has created the Zeel Thakkar Memorial Scholarship to help women from India and Nepal attend WordCamp Asia.

I had the chance to see Zeel contributing during WordPress 6.7 and 6.8 release parties and was saddened by her passing. I’ve made a donation and hope others will consider supporting this effort.

https://jeffpaul.com/2026/03/honoring-zeel-thakkar-supporting-the-wordcamp-asia-memorial-scholarship/

Heading into the weekend with a little polish on the @WordPress AI Experiments plugin where you can now Live Demo via WordPress Playground; while we're only on version 0.1.1, feel free to give it a test and share your ideas for what experiments you'd like to see!

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai/

I’m heading to WordCamp Canada 2025 next month to talk about:
“Shipping WordPress Without Shipping Code: How Project Managers Can Lead Releases.”

This session is all about the non-coding side of open source: how PMs can guide releases, organize contributions, and help keep WordPress moving forward.

Details: https://canada.wordcamp.org/2025/session/shipping-wordpress-without-shipping-code-how-project-managers-can-lead-releases/
#WordPress #WordCampCanada #WCEH #FOSS #ProjectManagement

What happens when you combine WordPress’s Wapuu with POP MART’s Labubu? You get... Wabubu! 🐾

I explored the idea with ChatGPT and ended up with a full character sheet, plush prototypes, Studio Ghibli scenes, and more: https://jeffpaul.com/2025/08/wapuu-plus-labubu-equals-wabubu/

#WordPress #OpenSource #Wapuu #Labubu #Wabubu #AIArt #GenerativeDesign

ClassifAI 3.4.0 is live!
* WooCommerce product title/excerpt auto‑creations
* Generate draft posts from summaries
* Smart Recommended Content block with global settings
* Manual control of gpt‑image‑1 image generation
* New GPT‑4o mini/Transcribe audio workflows + default TTS
* Upgraded to Gemini 2.5 Flash, WP 6.7+ required

Power up your content, images, and audio across WordPress; grab the update now. >> https://github.com/10up/classifai/releases/tag/3.4.0

Join me, James LePage, Felix Arntz, and Pascal Birchler next week for a panel discussion on the intersection of #WordPress and #AI as part of #TheAgencyAdvantage virtual conference from #Cloudways.

Learn more: https://www.cloudways.com/en/agency-advantage.php
June 24th at 12pm ET