WP Builds This Week in WordPress #365
Feb 10, 2026
Rhys Wynne, a Welsh WordPress developer focused on performance and plugins, and Marc Benzakein, MainWP marketing lead, discuss blogging and owning your content. They cover WordPress education programs, recent updates like 6.9.1 and a Wayback Machine plugin. The conversation also digs into AI in WordPress, meetup formats, and community dynamics.
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Just Publish The Third Word
- Publish drafts quickly and forgive yourself; short posts are valid.
- Nathan suggests hitting publish early rather than waiting for perfection.
Rethink RSS As A Readable River
- RSS readers suffer because they mimic email unread counts and feel non-engaging.
- Rhys and Nathan want an RSS UX that surfaces preferred authors without opaque algorithms.
Automate Fixing Link Rot
- Use the Internet Archive Wayback Machine plugin to automatically archive outbound links.
- It creates snapshots on save and helps prevent link rot across existing posts.