Season 10

Season 10 kicks off with coverage of WordCamp US and is scheduled to go through the release of WordPress 6.9. We’ll have 12 regular episodes, generally one per week, as well as 6 “Perspective” episodes with surprise guests both from inside and outside the community.

This season is brought to you by BigScoots, EventKoi, and Independent Analytics.

Teleportation

Luke and Jonathan are back for Season 10 of Crossword. They open with a recap of WordCamp US and Matt’s “State of the Word” address. They discuss their approach to guests for the upcoming season, introduce this season’s sponsors, and look ahead to the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release.

Yorker

Jonathan and Luke discuss their nervousness going in to their recording with Matt Mullenweg. They share the preparation process, the questions they wrestled with, the approach they decided to take, and how the experience went.

Perspectives with Matt Mullenweg

Jonathan and Luke speak with Matt. Yep, that Matt. They talk about jazz, blogging, photography, and the infuriating, heartbreaking, grey-hair-making drama that’s engulfed the WordPress community over the last year.

Dodgy Themes

FAIR 1.0 has been released! Jonathan and Luke discuss the implications of the project, modifying the WordPress admin’s “featured plugins”, and the impact of a federated ecosystem. Luke thinks Jonathan failed the challenge.

Epiphany

Luke and Jonathan discuss WooCommerce and the opportunities (and challenges) for newcomers like FluentCart. Luke shares the four things he thinks an ecommerce product needs and Jonathan enjoys Luke’s unexpected breakthrough.

Attribution

Jonathan and Luke discuss the copying of plugins and the history of doing so in the WordPress ecosystem. Jonathan realizes what’s been bothering him about it all and Luke points out the difference between stated and practiced values. They also start to talk AI browsers.