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Schedule of WordCamp Asia Birgit’s selected sessions This year's WordCamp Asia just published the first version of its schedule with sessions and workshops. Contributor Day also has a few workshop slots. If you registered for Contributor Day you are looking at three days of learning and discussions. Here is my personal list of talks and workshops, mostly about the block editor, themes or AI in WordPress. I will update the post with the video links after WordCamp Asia once the recordings are uploaded to WordPress TV.

Schedule of WordCamp Asia Birgit’s selected sessions

This year's WordCamp Asia just published the first version of its schedule with sessions and workshops. Contributor Day also has a few workshop slots. If you registered for Contributor Day you are looking at three days of learning and…

Gutenberg Changelog #127 – WordPress 7.0 Beta and Gutenberg 22.6 In Episode 127 of the GT Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jessica Lyschik dive deep into the upcoming release of WordPress 7.0, focusing on the features arriving with beta 2 and their impact on users and developers. They begin by emphasizing the importance of testing betas, especially for plugin and theme creators, highlighting how early testing helps prevent compatibility issues at launch.

Gutenberg Changelog #127 – WordPress 7.0 Beta and Gutenberg 22.6

In Episode 127 of the GT Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Jessica Lyschik dive deep into the upcoming release of WordPress 7.0, focusing on the features arriving with beta 2 and their impact on users and developers. They…

14 ways to add Custom CSS in WordPress Block Editor

With the new Custom CSS on a block and post/page level, I was wondering if I would know where to look if something needs to be changed that was modified by a Custom CSS setting. Turns out there are 14 different ways to skin WordPress. I am a fan…

Ready to Download - WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 Release

WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 is ready for testing. Over 70 fixes since Beta 1, plus a new Connectors UI for managing external AI connections centrally in wp-admin.

Grab it here: wp.me/pZhYe-5cZ

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Interactivity API, WordPress 7.0 Beta and Telex updates — Weekend Edition 358 Read onlineIssue #358 | Feb 21, 2026 Greetings from snow-covered Munich — or at least it was when we left Friday for Salzburg, Austria, with a one-hour delay after our locomotive engineer got caught in the city's snow-induced chaos. Have a fabulous weekend! Yours, 💕Birgit Table of Contents Developing Gutenberg and WordPress Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners…

Interactivity API, WordPress 7.0 Beta and Telex updates — Weekend Edition 358

Read onlineIssue #358 | Feb 21, 2026 Greetings from snow-covered Munich — or at least it was when we left Friday for Salzburg, Austria, with a one-hour delay after our locomotive engineer got caught in the city's…

Gutenberg Changelog #126 – Gutenberg Releases 22.3, 22.4, 22.5 and WordPress 7.0 In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack welcomes Carolina Nymark back to discuss recent Gutenberg releases (22.3, 22.4, 22.5) and preview features coming in WordPress 7.0. Birgit Pauli-Haack shares her recovery journey and emphasizes the value of Carolina Nymark’s expertise. Carolina Nymark introduces herself as a long-time WordPress core committer and theme bundle maintainer, explaining her role in triaging, testing, and updating default themes.

Gutenberg Changelog #126 – Gutenberg Releases 22.3, 22.4, 22.5 and WordPress 7.0

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack welcomes Carolina Nymark back to discuss recent Gutenberg releases (22.3, 22.4, 22.5) and preview features coming in WordPress 7.0. Birgit Pauli-Haack shares her recovery journey…

Block Theme Guide, AI Galore, Icon Block, WordPress 7.0 — Weekend Edition 357 Read onlineIssue #357 | February 14, 2026 Hi there, If you celebrate it, Happy Valentines day! 💖 This week, WordPress developers and co-workers share their experiences exploring AI workflows around development and creation. These are exciting times for sure! It's good to be back behind the mic after an operation that irritated my vocal cord nerve — I'm still a bit hoarse, but that's nothing new for this podcast, and I'm perfectly healthy otherwise.

Block Theme Guide, AI Galore, Icon Block, WordPress 7.0 — Weekend Edition 357

Read onlineIssue #357 | February 14, 2026 Hi there, If you celebrate it, Happy Valentines day! 💖 This week, WordPress developers and co-workers share their experiences exploring AI workflows around development and…

Block Themes, Icon Block and AI –Weekend Edition #356 Read onlineIssue #356 | February 7, 2026 Hi there, AI is on my mind a lot these days. It speeds up my life when I research or analyze content, tools and technology. Even more so when working on workflow automation. This week saw an "explosion of visible AI progress in the WordPress project" as James LePage calls it. And on my travel through the feeds Block Themes and theme.json appeared as an important topic.

Block Themes, Icon Block and AI –Weekend Edition #356

Read onlineIssue #356 | February 7, 2026 Hi there, AI is on my mind a lot these days. It speeds up my life when I research or analyze content, tools and technology. Even more so when working on workflow automation. This week saw an "explosion…

Navigation Overlays, WordPress 7.0, Interactivity API Helper, AI Skills, and #WCAsia — Weekend Edition #355 Read onlineIssue #355 | January 30, 2026 Hi, there 👋 this week, you'll find a great mix of new releases, new tools, new plugins and events. Outside the WordPress sphere I signed up for the FediForum Un-Workshop, an event bringing together people who will discuss obstacles and ideas on growing the Open Social Web. It'll be a three-hour virtual event on March 12, 2026.

Navigation Overlays, WordPress 7.0, Interactivity API Helper, AI Skills, and #WCAsia — Weekend Edition #355

Read onlineIssue #355 | January 30, 2026 Hi, there 👋 this week, you'll find a great mix of new releases, new tools, new plugins and events. Outside the WordPress sphere I signed up for the…

AI Experiments, WordPress 7.0, Gutenberg 22.3 and 22.4, Playground for theme builders — Weekend Edition 354 Read onlineIssue #354 | January 24, 2026 Hi there! Yes, it's been a while. Did you miss me? I hope you and yours had a great start to the new year, and I wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2026. I am infinitely grateful you are a reader on this site and newsletter. Thank you for your ongoing support.

AI Experiments, WordPress 7.0, Gutenberg 22.3 and 22.4, Playground for theme builders — Weekend Edition 354

Read onlineIssue #354 | January 24, 2026 Hi there! Yes, it's been a while. Did you miss me? I hope you and yours had a great start to the new year, and I wish you a healthy, happy and…

Roadmap for WordPress 7.0 and schedule, commands for the Command Palette, Gutenberg 22.3, and more — Weekend Edition 353 Read onlineIssue #353 | December 20, 2025 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. …

Roadmap for WordPress 7.0 and schedule, commands for the Command Palette, Gutenberg 22.3, and more — Weekend Edition 353

Read onlineIssue #353 | December 20, 2025 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.…

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9 “Gene”, Playground Year-Review — Weekend Edition #352 Read onlineIssue #352 | December 6, 2025 Hi there, How did the upgrade to WordPress 6.9 go for you and those around you? Did anything break? Or are you waiting for 6.9.1 to come out? Once in a while I get a question on how I keep up with the fast progress and the vast range of updates in Gutenberg and WordPress Core.

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9 “Gene”, Playground Year-Review — Weekend Edition #352

Read onlineIssue #352 | December 6, 2025 Hi there, How did the upgrade to WordPress 6.9 go for you and those around you? Did anything break? Or are you waiting for 6.9.1 to come out? Once in a while I get a…

Gutenberg Changelog #125 – WordPress 6.9, Gutenberg 22.1 and Gutenberg 22.2 The newest episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, #125, features hosts Birgit Pauli-Haack and JC Palmes discussing a major trio of releases: WordPress 6.9, Gutenberg 22.1, and Gutenberg 22.2. JC highlights several exciting features in WordPress 6.9, focusing on significant developer and editor experience improvements, including the full iframe editor, routing, DataViews, the Interactivity API…

Gutenberg Changelog #125 – WordPress 6.9, Gutenberg 22.1 and Gutenberg 22.2

The newest episode of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, #125, features hosts Birgit Pauli-Haack and JC Palmes discussing a major trio of releases: WordPress 6.9, Gutenberg 22.1, and Gutenberg 22.2. JC highlights several…

Livestreams on WordPress 6.9, WordPress Importer Improved, MCP Adapter and more — Weekend Edition #351 Read onlineIssue #351 | November 29, 2025 Hi there, In case you celebrated it, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, lots of turkey, sweet potatoes, beans, stuffing, gravy and pumpkin pie. Or any kind of pie really 🦃🍁🥧. And lots of love and laughter around your family and friends. I just want to give a huge shoutout to all the WordPress contributors who teamed up to roll out this next big version of WordPress for the hundreds of millions of websites out there and all their users and visitors.

Livestreams on WordPress 6.9, WordPress Importer Improved, MCP Adapter and more — Weekend Edition #351

Read onlineIssue #351 | November 29, 2025 Hi there, In case you celebrated it, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, lots of turkey, sweet potatoes, beans, stuffing, gravy and pumpkin…

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9, Carousel Block and more — Weekend Edition #350 Read onlineIssue #350 | November 22, 2025 Hi there, Munich got hit with the first snow for this Winter. It started slowly on Friday morning, and by the afternoon the flakes got larger and the white started to cover tree branches, roofs and cars. It might all be gone by tomorrow, though, as the weather forecast shows -7 °C (19.4 °F) with sunshine.❄️ I am still a Floridian Weather whimp, but I like the snow covering the overcast gray of an Autumn day.

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9, Carousel Block and more — Weekend Edition #350

Read onlineIssue #350 | November 22, 2025 Hi there, Munich got hit with the first snow for this Winter. It started slowly on Friday morning, and by the afternoon the flakes got larger and the white started to cover…

It Was Just a Blog Fix… Until It Was WordPress – Iterative Wonders Ah, the early 2000s internet – a glorious land of dial-up tones, flashing banner ads, and the wild dream of having your own personal blog. Content management ba

“No pitch deck. No roadmap. Just one polite blog post from a frustrated blogger and one thoughtful comment from a stranger an ocean away.”

So began the software that now powers 43% of the web.

Great post by @iterativewonders.bsky.social.

iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/i...

WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 6.9! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me at pauli@gutenbergtimes.com. Changelog Important note/guidelines Overview  Important links: Assets  Tags…

WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth

Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 6.9! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me…

WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 6.9! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me at pauli@gutenbergtimes.com. Changelog Important note/guidelines Overview  Important links: Assets  Tags…

WordPress 6.9 Source of Truth

Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 6.9! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have questions, leave a comment or email me…

WordPress 6.9 Dev Notes, WordCamp Canada talks, Interactivity API — Weekend Edition #349 Read onlineIssue #349 | November 15, 2025 Hi there, We are getting close to the WordPress 6.9 release. Below you find links to published Developer notes. You can also wait for the Source of Truth to be published next week to learn about besides developer changes coming to WordPress 6.9. On a personal note, I had great fun facilitating the first WordPress Meetup in München after an 11-month hiatus.

WordPress 6.9 Dev Notes, WordCamp Canada talks, Interactivity API — Weekend Edition #349

Read onlineIssue #349 | November 15, 2025 Hi there, We are getting close to the WordPress 6.9 release. Below you find links to published Developer notes. You can also wait for the Source of Truth to be…

Gutenberg Changelog #124 – Gutenberg 22.0 and WordPress 6.9 In episode 124 of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and guest Ellen Bauer discuss the latest WordPress and Gutenberg updates, including the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release and Gutenberg 22.0. Highlights include insights on AI-powered site building, the importance of collaboration tools like block comments, new blocks such as accordion and stretchy text, and the enhanced plugin security review.  Ellen Bauer shares her experiences from WordCamp Kansai and speaks on the impact of AI in making WordPress site building more accessible.

Gutenberg Changelog #124 – Gutenberg 22.0 and WordPress 6.9

In episode 124 of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and guest Ellen Bauer discuss the latest WordPress and Gutenberg updates, including the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release and Gutenberg 22.0. Highlights include insights…

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9, Forms styling, Interactivity API, and more — Weekend Edition 348 Read onlineIssue #348 | November 8, 2025 Hi there, Next week is Release Candidate 1 week! Subscribe to the Make Core Blog, if you haven't yet, to get all the Dev Notes and the Fieldguide notifications. "String freeze" is this state of the release called until the final release on December 2, 2025. It's also the start of the last four weeks when the wonderful translators of the…

State of the Word, WordPress 6.9, Forms styling, Interactivity API, and more — Weekend Edition 348

Read onlineIssue #348 | November 8, 2025 Hi there, Next week is Release Candidate 1 week! Subscribe to the Make Core Blog, if you haven't yet, to get all the Dev Notes and the Fieldguide…

Gutenberg Changelog #122 - Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9 - Gutenberg Times In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderberg, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The…

Bethink founder @bethsoderberg.bsky.social was featured on the @gutenbergtimes.com Changelog podcast!

Beth talked to @bph.social about block themes, cleaning up legacy code, her favorite experimental #Wordpress features, and more.

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Plugin Security, Divi to Gutenberg, Internet Archive, — Weekend Edition 347 Read onlineIssue #347 | November 1, 2025 Hi there, On All Saints Day, November 1st, we honor dear people who passed. I wanted to take the occasion and point you to the WordPress Remembers page where accomplished contributors who passed have a permanent home. Their work lives on in every new story, every new website, and every new idea made possible by WordPress…

Plugin Security, Divi to Gutenberg, Internet Archive, — Weekend Edition 347

Read onlineIssue #347 | November 1, 2025 Hi there, On All Saints Day, November 1st, we honor dear people who passed. I wanted to take the occasion and point you to the WordPress Remembers page where accomplished…

Gutenberg Changelog #123 – WordPress 6.9 and Gutenberg 21.9 In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Isabel Brison dive into WordPress 6.9 and Gutenberg 21.9. They discuss major updates such as collaborative block-level comments (notes), expanded template management, the new command palette, and foundational block visibility features. New blocks like the accordion, math, and terms query block are highlighted, alongside enhancements in typography and time-to-read. They explore improvements aimed at editorial teams, workflow flexibility, and agency needs, while also touching on ongoing experiments like PHP-only blocks and global styles APIs.

Gutenberg Changelog #123 – WordPress 6.9 and Gutenberg 21.9

In this episode, Birgit Pauli-Haack and Isabel Brison dive into WordPress 6.9 and Gutenberg 21.9. They discuss major updates such as collaborative block-level comments (notes), expanded template management, the new command palette, and…

WordPress 6.9 Beta, Weekend Edition 346 Read onlineIssue #346 | October 25, 2025 Hi there, I am genuinely giddy about WordPress 6.9 and its delightful updates. Major kudos to all contributors, who push it over the first hurdle of this release cycle. The Beta 1 release happened earlier this week. The final release is scheduled for December 2nd, 2025. There are lots of different update for the full range of WordPress users.

WordPress 6.9 Beta, Weekend Edition 346

Read onlineIssue #346 | October 25, 2025 Hi there, I am genuinely giddy about WordPress 6.9 and its delightful updates. Major kudos to all contributors, who push it over the first hurdle of this release cycle. The Beta 1 release happened earlier this week.…

WP Builds LIVE - Watch us live! Watch us LIVE over at WP Builds. Something WordPress related coming your way!

Today 🎉Join us Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Tim Nash and me
@nathanwrigley.com @michellefrechette.bsky.social @bsky.app/profile/tna.sh #TWiW #WordPress at 15:00 CEST (13:00 UTC) wpbuilds.com/live

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• Help testing new features for WordPress 6.9 • mega menus • switching to the full site editor from a page-builder • more…!

Abilities API, Block Accessibility Check, Gutenberg Framework, AI creating Blocks and themes—Weekend Edition 345 Read onlineIssue #345 | October 18, 2025 Hi there, A release party is coming up on Tuesday, October 21, at 15:00 UTC for WordPress 6.9 Beta 1. It's the first time for this release squad. Good luck! Will you start testing WordPress 6.9 next week? You can use the Beta Tester plugin by Andy Fragen and install it on your test site.

Abilities API, Block Accessibility Check, Gutenberg Framework, AI creating Blocks and themes—Weekend Edition 345

Read onlineIssue #345 | October 18, 2025 Hi there, A release party is coming up on Tuesday, October 21, at 15:00 UTC for WordPress 6.9 Beta 1. It's the first time for this release…

Gutenberg Changelog #122 – Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9 In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderbergh, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversation kicks off with reminiscing about past WordCamp experiences and transitions into a deep dive on block themes, evolving design tools, and the challenges of adopting new workflows. Beth shares practical insights from her agency work, highlighting the benefits of section and block styles, synced patterns, and strategies for cleaning up legacy code as Gutenberg advances.

Gutenberg Changelog #122 – Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9

In episode 122 of the GT Changelog podcast, host Birgit Pauli-Haack is joined by Beth Soderbergh, CEO of bethink Studio, to discuss the latest updates in Gutenberg 21.8 and WordPress 6.9. The conversation kicks off with reminiscing about…

Mega Menus in core, WordPress 6.9 calls for testing, going from Elementor to Site Editor — Weekend Edition 344 Read onlineIssue #344 | October 11, 2025 Howdy, After meeting so many people at WordCamp Gdynia, on the plane and then on the train, I caught a nasty cold and struggled all week. I call this stage mushbrain, and everything becomes much harder, especially reading comprehension suffers. I am over it now, though. It also wasn't the first time that I sounded horsey on a podcast episode.

Mega Menus in core, WordPress 6.9 calls for testing, going from Elementor to Site Editor — Weekend Edition 344

Read onlineIssue #344 | October 11, 2025 Howdy, After meeting so many people at WordCamp Gdynia, on the plane and then on the train, I caught a nasty cold and struggled all week. I call…