All known PHP 8.5 incompatibilities in WordPress Core have been fixed for the @wordpress.org 6.9 release scheduled for December 2. This release will have "beta support" for PHP 8.5, which is just the label applied to PHP versions with less than 10% adoptions across all WP sites.

Just boarded my train to NYC for the #EvolveDigital Summit this Thursday & Friday. I'm looking forward to talking to attendees to hear what everyone is working on! Who will I see there?

Version 6.9 of @wordpress.org is due out on December 2nd. There is a handful of developer-focused changes that are worth sharing, so here they are! make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11...

On November 20-21 2025, I'll be speaking at the EvolveDigital Summit in NYC. Too often, security is treated as an afterthought or a one-time task to check off a list. But that approach often leaves sites vulnerable and owners frustrated.

Happy Sports Equinox! The "sports equinox" is when all four major North American sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) play on the same day. While initially rare, they have become more and more common in recent years. Today is the first and only scheduled equinox for 2025.

Today is my birthday! I decided to write my first birthday blog post to set a few goals for myself over the course of the next 365 days.

As I was waiting to head to the @wordcampcanada.bsky.social after party to meet more people and have more conversations, I wrote up some reflections on the event. jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/10/revi...

WordPress competitors are out in force for @wordcampcanada.bsky.social 👀

If you're at @wordcampcanada.bsky.social (or otherwise in the Ottawa area next week), then join me and @jonathandesrosiers.com at the @senators.bsky.social ice hockey game on Thursday night! #WordPress #WordCamp #WCEH #Hockey #Sportsball #SorryFelixItsNotSoccer

If you’ll be in Ottawa for @wordcampcanada.bsky.social, there’s a @senators.bsky.social game on Thursday night and I’ll be there with a few other community members. If you’re free and want to join, let me know! I shared more details on my site.

I'm really looking forward to attending @wordcampcanada.bsky.social next week! It will be my first time attending, and also my first time visiting mainland Canada. I'm looking forward to speaking twice at the event in addition to meeting customers and other attendees at the Bluehost booth!

I’ve been following a hiker who was attempting to hike the Continental Divide and Great Divide trails combined. Yesterday marked the end of her journey!

Is there a patron saint of containerization? Asking for a friend.

A New WordPress Dashboard, Remote Data Blocks & Migrating Legacy WP and much more in the 166th newsletter. Mentioning @weston.ruter.net @jono.id @jonathandesrosiers.com and more! withinwp.com/newsletter/a...

I'm looking forward to being in Ottawa to speak at @wordcampcanada.bsky.social! My talk, "Keeping Humans in the Loop: Tactful AI in a Collaborative Community," will explore how to carefully integrate AI tools into our Own Source communities without being too disruptive or inhuman.

AI is changing how we build and collaborate in Open Source. When integrating AI into our contributor workflows, we must take great care to preserve the foundations of our communities: humanity, creativity, and collaboration.

I guess I’m playing inspiration tag with @karmatosed.art! After reading her post this morning, I had some additional thoughts about community and finding our own path. They came to mind while hiking Mount Willard this morning and I wanted to share. jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/07/the-...

Today marks the 12 year anniversary of my first credited contribution to the @wordpress.org project. To celebrate, I'm excited to finally share my involvement in a project that began during Maintainers Month in May to celebrate maintainers in Open Source.

Once something is committed and released in @wordpress.org Core, it comes with an implicit promise of backward compatibility for the foreseeable future. But it’s not clear what to do when a feature becomes outdated, unused, or deprioritized.

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

The @wordpress.org community has done such a great job educating site owners about keeping PHP up to date. But historically, the same has not been true when it comes to the database software every WordPress site relies on.

While at @wceurope.bsky.social in Basel, I was invited to sit down with @nathanwrigley.com and @joedolson.bsky.social to discuss the suggestion that accessibility features should be built and maintained within a canonical plugin.

As a follow up to the criteria for a repository to live under the WordPress organization on GitHub published 2 weeks ago, an audit of repositories, Slack channels, and WordPress Core team plugins was performed. Here are all of the actions that were taken at the conclusion of this audit.

The @wordpress.org Security Team will be discontinuing updates to the WP 4.1-4.6 branches in July. As a reminder: only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported. Currently, this is 6.8. Please update your sites today!

Death to the weekly note - a reply to @jeremyfelt.com

Ever been to a WordCamp and thought, “I could totally do that”? Here’s your chance! 🇨🇦 WordCamp Canada is this October in Ottawa and we’re looking for speakers. Got a story, a hack, or a WordPress lesson learned the hard way? Toss your toque in the ring. Apply by June 15 → canada.wordcamp.org/2025

The impact of Open Source software often goes unseen, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. WordPress is designed to be predictable, accessible, and open. And with that people create experiences that are anything but ordinary.

The impact of Open Source software often goes unseen, but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. WordPress is designed to be predictable, accessible, and open. And with that people create experiences that are anything but ordinary.

I've summarized everything from my talk at @wceurope.bsky.social on my site. The live stream replay, slide deck, and also some links for additional some additional reading are all included. If you're involved with open source, I encourage you to read the essays linked.

Taking the Track 2 stage in 10 minutes at @wceurope.bsky.social to give my talk “How a WordPress Core Committer Thinks: Making Decisions for Millions”

I haven’t been doing a great job blogging regularly so far this year. I’m hoping to make up for that during the remaining 60% of the year. To get started, I wrote about a few few topics that have been on my mind over the course of the last week. Read about them in my grab bag post.

Criteria for Creating or Migrating Repositories under the WordPress GitHub Organization

What is the most obscure way you have seen @wordpress.org used? I'm talking "I run it on my fridge" or "use it to manage my home theater system" type strange.

I'm not sure what @github.com changed, but workflows with complex strategies spawning many jobs in Actions are screaming fast now. 😍 Did I miss something?

Update your @wordpress.org sites today!

WordPress Core Committer Check In Notes

The @wceurope.bsky.social schedule has officially been released, so I can finally announce that I'll be speaking in Basel, Switzerland in June! Will I see you there?

I tackled a few home projects last weekend: a dishwasher installation and building some raised garden beds. I'm pretty happy with how both came out (though can't speak for whether my vegetables will actually be productive yet). I wrote about everything on my blog!

@adarowski.bsky.social I was looking at a previous grid today and clicked the second link labeled “Today’s Results” expecting to see the stats for the grid released today. But it shows results for the grid you’re viewing. “Grid results” or something else when viewing archives?

Times Square New York - 1000 Piece

Time for #michelleandme WordCamp Asia 2025 edition 🎉 @michellefrechette.bsky.social

WordCamp Asia 2025 Core Committer Meeting Notes

Today I’m speaking at @WordCampAsia in Room 1 at 11:00 PHST. If you’re unable to join in person, don’t worry! It will be live streamed.

Now more than ever it's important for organizations that want to see WordPress continue to succeed to step up. I continue to be in search of more sponsors for the work I do on WordPress core. github.com/sponsors/aar...

Last week I sat down with Roger Williams to chat about my upcoming talk at WordCamp Asia. It’s always a pleasure getting to chat with Roger.

If you’ll be at WordCamp Asia and want to chat, make sure to grab an open office hour time slot! calendly.com/desrosj/wcas...

Hard to believe WordCamp Asia is just over a week away! I'm looking forward to the event where I'll be speaking and representing Bluehost. I'm also trying something different this flagship event: I've blocked off chunks of my schedule as open office hours. jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/02/open...

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Autumn King - 500 Pieces jonathandesrosiers.com/2025/02/autu...