This week I Answer Listener Questions

Upcoming Events

• Campus Connect Event - Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang - July 25

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 7.0.2 is now available
• WordPress 7.1 Beta 1

Segment 2: Q/A

Question 1: What is Loop Engineering? — Anonymous

Question 2: Is There Any Reason Not to Remove Jetpack? -Doug

Question 3: VPS, Bare Metal, and Managed Hosting. What Is the Difference? -Jacqueline

Question 4: What Is WP-Cron, and Is It a Real Cron Job? -Jennifer

Question 5: Would love to hear How are you using AI recently.. anything cool to share? -Anne

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Website -> SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE

This week I Talk Share An Update: Three Months After the Layoff

Upcoming Events

• WordPress Campus Connect Central and Eastern Uganda Schools - 19 July, 2026

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release
• Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 200k Sites

Segment 2: Three Months After the Layoff

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://pixabay.com/

This week I Talk About Optimizing the Wrong Things!

Upcoming Events

• No WordCamps

Segment 1: In the News

• Elementor cuts 100 jobs, 30% of workforce, as AI reshapes website building
• The WP Community Collective - Survey - July 17, 2026

Segment 2: Optimizing the Wrong Things

Segment 3: Tip/Tool of the Week

• Website - Museum of Failure

This week I Interview Howard Spaeth

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Mannheim 2026 3 July–4 July, 2026
• WordCamp Rajshahi 2026 2 July–3 July, 2026
• WordCamp Masaka 2026 4 July, 2026
• WordPress Day for AI Valencia 2026 4 July, 2026

Segment 1: In the News

• The "Classic Block" Deprecation
• Browse the New Mercantile Swag Store

Segment 2: Interview with Howard Spaeth

Howards Tools:

• Freshdesk
• Clickup > Slack
• WPRemote

Segment 3: Tip/Tool of the Week

• YouTube Documentary: The Database The Should be Dead but Runs the Internet

This week I Convince You To Prepare For Black Friday in June!

Upcoming Events

• None

Segment 1: In the News

• ShapedPlugin malware
• OptinMonster exploit

Segment 2: Preparing For Black Friday in June!

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://leadwebia.com/

This week I Talk About The Mid-Year Business Checkup For 2026

Upcoming Events

• None

Segment 1: In the News

• What Happened at WordCamp Europe 2026 By Nicholas Garofalo

Segment 2: The 2026 Mid-Year Business Checkup

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• TUFT : https://github.com/georgestephanis/tuft

This week I Share How Pivoting Isn't Failing

Upcoming Events

• None

Segment 1: In the News

• Protect The Shire

Segment 2: Pivoting Isn't Failing

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• Meld Studio

This week I Talk About The Summer Slow Down Myth

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Europe 2026 - 4 June–6 June, 2026

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress Turns 23 years old

Segment 2: The Summer Slow Down Myth

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://novamira.ai/

This week I answer Listener Questions

Upcoming Events

• None

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong". Released

Segment 2: Listener Q/A

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• https://cmux.com/

This week I Talk About The Business Around WordPress

Upcoming Events

• WordCamp Kampala - May 23-24, 2026

Segment 1: In the News

• WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4
• A New Chapter for Relevanssi

Segment 2: The Business Around WordPress

Segment 3: Tool of the Week

• ProfileSwitch Lite (David Parker)