There’s something grounding about owning a pet. Pets serve as a constant reminder for you to live in the moment. I find this to especially be true with dogs. Whether they’re enjoying a treat, experien...

Join me as I reflect on reaching a new milestone in my journey as an Open Source maintainer: 13 years since first contributing to the WordPress project.

Doing a thing I used to do all the time, and having some feelings about it.

Let's reflect on the experience of the WordPress 6.9 release process and use what you learned to improve future releases. This form is for everyone who participates in the WordPress community, not jus...

Planning for WordPress 7.0 is underway with a proposed release date of April 9, 2026. This post outlines the key milestone dates and includes a call for volunteers to help lead the release. Whether…

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect and start thinking about what the major release schedule for the 2026 calendar year will be. This year, the community came together and published two …

Review an individual contributor's history of props to WordPress Core and the credit they received in each release.

This post summarizes key discussions from the Core Committer meeting held on November 25, 2025 with project leadership. As with previous check-ins, the goal is to align on key initiatives, gather f…

This guide outlines major developer features and breaking changes in 6.9 and is published in the Release Candidate phase to help inform WordPress extending developers, Core developers, and others. …

PHP 8.5 was released on November 20th. Contributors to WordPress have been busy in recent months preparing for this version and we’re happy to report that all issues reported against PHP 8.5 …

In WordPress 6.9, a handful of small, developer-focused changes were made that deserve to be called out. Let’s take a look! PHP 8.5 New Function Polyfills The upcoming 8.5 release of PHP includes 2…

Today is my 13,881st day in existence and the first day of being 38. I have a lot to be thankful for, but also a lot to work on. I’ve never written one of these birthday posts before, but I’ve been tr...

The WordPress community can be so strange sometimes. But I mean that in a really good way! The last few days at WordCamp Canada were a great reminder of that. I always walk away from a WordCamp feelin...

Few things are more Canadian than hockey. When I travel, I always try to squeeze in a sporting event to add another stadium to my list. As luck would have it, the Ottawa Senators have a home game on T...

I’ve recently somehow fallen into “EverestTok,” which profiles some of the people braving some of the most extreme conditions on Earth in an attempt to summit Mount Everest. That eventually transition...

I’m so glad Tammie was (partially) inspired to reflect on the beginning of her contribution journey after reading my 12 year first contribution anniversary post. I love reading these stories! They rea...

Every year on July 1, former Major League Baseball player Bobby Bonilla receives a $1.19 million dollar check as a part of his deferred contract. This tradition started in 2011 and will continue until...

Following up on the codified criteria for a repository to live under the WordPress organization on GitHub, a comprehensive audit of all repositories under both the WordPress and bbPress GitHub orga…

The WordPress Security Team will cease providing updates for WordPress versions 4.1 – 4.6 in July 2025. Officially only the latest version of WordPress is supported. The Security Team histori…

One blog I’ve followed for years is that of fellow Core Committer and friend Jeremy Felt. His “Weekly Note” series has always inspired me to publish more consistently. Today, he published a post about...