Open Channels News covers a WordPress supply chain attack, user preferences in plugins, and highlights WordCampUS in Phoenix.

Want to hand out course certificates in WordPress? Here’s how to build one for free, with student names, course titles, and dates filled in automatically! The post How to Create Course Certificates in WordPress (Free Method + Templates) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

Beeper has some fun new features where you can merge chats with the same person across multiple networks, polls, labels… Very exciting work happening on that product.

Want a 90+ PageSpeed score in WordPress for free? This guide walks through the free stack: caching, image optimization, theme discipline, with measured before and after results.

An AI experiment revealed vulnerabilities as an agent attempted to manipulate an open source maintainer into merging malware, while Nvidia highlighted storage bottlenecks in AI infrastructure. Efficiency is now paramount.

Learn how to create an online course with AI: outlines, draft lessons, and quizzes, with copy-paste prompts and a free WordPress option inside! The post How to Create an Online Course With AI (Outlines, Quizzes, and Draft Lessons) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.

I started using WordPress because it was a practical tool for client work. One tiny patch turned it into a community, a career, and a lasting lesson about what open source makes possible. The post My WordPress Origin Story: The One-Line Patch That Changed My Career appeared first on Aaron D. Campbell.

Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in shaping OmFest. We’re still working out some details, but we’ve got a Luma registration page for the event up. Please join on September 29, 2026, Om’s 60th birth anniversary, for an eclectic conference curated by his different communities to celebrate the many facets of Om. If you’re

Learn how to generate local SEO landing pages in WordPress from one CSV with MPG: templates, placeholders, free-tier limits, and the thin-content risks to avoid.

Do you need WooCommerce to sell courses, or is your LMS’s built-in checkout enough? Here’s how to decide, plus honest setup steps for both paths! The post How to Sell Courses With WooCommerce (and When You Don’t Need It) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.