Chris Reynolds shared that he was invited back as a guest on Talking Drupal Episode 509.
Kim Coleman announced the release candidate for Paid Memberships Pro v3.5, which includes major updates like replacing wp-cron with Action Scheduler, a redesigned Membership Dashboard, and early prep for version 4.0. Feedback is encouraged before final release in July.
Prashant Baldha provided a detailed recap of his June 2025 WordPress contributions, including multiple core tickets, Gutenberg PRs, core testing, and local meetup leadership.
Ronni K. Gothard Christiansen revealed that over 70% of Danish business websites are violating GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, based on scans from AesirX Privacy Scanner + AI Advisor.
Bob Dunn shared a podcast episode on alternative WordPress community gatherings.
Robert Abela invited the community to participate in Melapress’ annual WordPress security survey, which will inform a public report in late summer.
Nathan Wrigley teased an upcoming podcasting plugin for WordPress and invited beta testers. Request access via DM.
Kim Coleman announced PMPro’s new 5-part event series, Built on Values, starting July 10, focused on human-first product development and company culture.
Derek Ashauer released Conversion Bridge 1.8, now supporting Microsoft and Reddit ads, totaling 16 analytics and 8 ad platforms.
Taco Verdonschot reflected on improving WordCamp speaker support and wrote about the value of actionable feedback.
Kevin Batdorf built a TypeScript-based compiler for a scripting language called Pinky that outputs WebAssembly and includes a live browser playground. See the code and try it out.
Topher DeRosia highlighted this week’s HeroPress essay: “From Gaza to WCEU 2025 Basel” by Abdalsalaam Halawa.
Leonardo Losoviz announced support for translating Bricks content with Gato AI Translations for Polylang, supporting multiple AI providers and full Bricks compatibility.
Chris Reynolds appeared on a new episode of the Community + Code podcast discussing WPCC and open source contribution.
Peter Wilson wrote about creating tests for WordPress plugin headers to avoid documentation confusion.
David McCan introduced a developer tool called WP Debug Toolkit from Elias Lista of Soflyy. Watch the video or visit the plugin site.
Vedanshu Jain launched Starshop.dev, a WooCommerce-focused hosting platform in private beta with AI-powered staging and Shopify-style horizontal scaling.
Casey Burridge shared a post on how WordPress is positioned within the evolving AI-powered web, with reflections on opportunities and challenges.
Bob Dunn spotlighted Podcaster Plus, a new podcasting tool for WordPress.
Deborah Butler added her experimental project, The Waiting Room, to the Bolt Gallery’s entertainment category.
Brian Henry updated his PHP re-namespacing tool Strauss and introduced a donation licensing model to support a new nonprofit GAA sports club.
Tammie Lister wrote a reflection piece on pausing default themes in WordPress and later shared follow-up redesign notes.
Rohan Sadanandan released IP Logger for WP Job Manager, a plugin that logs the IP of users submitting job listings.
