Henri Iamarino
@iamarinoh.bsky.social
Designer at Automattic. I believe in the laws of Gravity and Human decency. Read my blog: https://iamarino.com
The Tempest and the Blank Canvas A month of losses at home and a change of course at work, with a hard deadline in between. Notes on what was within my control and how I crossed it, even if the storm doesn’t look any smaller from this side.
The Tempest and the Blank Canvas
A month of losses at home and a change of course at work, with a hard deadline in between. Notes on what was within my control and how I crossed it, even if the storm doesn’t look any smaller from this side.
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Farewell, Lourdes! My humble homage to an incredible story that recently came to an end.
Farewell, Lourdes!
My humble homage to an incredible story that recently came to an end.
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WordPress.com Changelog: Custom AI Themes and A New Video Player wordpress.com/blog/2026/09...
WordPress, Your Way
Create your site. Share your voice. Earn online.
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Disruptive Until It’s Not / Football visuals from a design perspective 😍 automattic.design/2026/09/14/d...
Disruptive Until It’s Not
I’m Spanish, so football was always present in my life, but I never became a fan. I understood its significance to those around me, as it was more than just a game; it represented tradition, loyalt…
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If you use WordPress and never tried WordPress Studio (especially the beta) you're missing out on its AI features. I just took it for a spin to restyle my blog using a blog theme on a cheap WordPress.com personal plan and it did a great job.
I’m proud to share that WordPress has signed the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter. The future of AI should be shaped by more people, not fewer. Open weights give more builders the freedom to participate, continuing what WordPress has always stood for. wp.me/pZhYe-5yd
Introducing the WordPress Browser Extension wordpress.org/news/2026/08...
Introducing the WordPress Browser Extension – WordPress News
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A Season with Shakespeare: My 2026 Readings I came to Shakespeare late. This year I read six of his plays from a secondhand Italian-English collection, and designed a new AI cover for each to illustrate my reviews.
A Season with Shakespeare: My 2026 Readings
I came to Shakespeare late. This year I read six of his plays from a secondhand Italian-English collection, and designed a new AI cover for each to illustrate my reviews.
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Introducing the WordPress.com Education Program, launched today at #WCUS 🎓 Teachers can give every student a professional WordPress site with plugins, themes, tools, a free domain, and hosting that renews each year they're enrolled. wp.com/edu
The WordPress Browser Extension hides the admin bar while keeping its shortcuts close. It can recognize WordPress sites, open saved sites, and add testing tools in the browser. Available for Chrome, Chromium-based browsers, and Safari on macOS. wp.me/pZhYe-5xg #WordPress
The Odyssey: The Mother of All Hotdog Epics In 1947, Black Narcissus put its leading man in shorts and sandals on a tiny pony and lost nothing for it. In 2026, The Odyssey wraps the Mediterranean in gray and drapery. Somewhere between the two, Hollywood decided sunlight isn’t epic.
The Odyssey: The Mother of All Hotdog Epics
In 1947, Black Narcissus put its leading man in shorts and sandals on a tiny pony and lost nothing for it. In 2026, The Odyssey wraps the Mediterranean in gray and drapery. Somewhere between the two, Hollywood decided sunlight isn’t epic.
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#WordPress plugin developers! 📣 Does your plugin make changes to the Post List table UI? There are some accessibility improvements coming to that table (and any other CPT list table) in WordPress 7.1 you might want to take note of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcu...
Testing WordPress 7 1
WordPress 7.1 is about two weeks out, so I'm spending this stream d...
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For years, SEO meant one thing: Showing up on Google. The game has changed. Our free text-based course, Master SEO & AIO, teaches you how to rank in both traditional search and AI search so you can continue to scale as a @wordpress.org blogger or creator.
WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 7.1! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have any questions, leave a comment or email…
WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth
Welcome to the Source of Truth for WordPress 7.1! Before you dive headfirst into all the big and small changes and pick your favorites, make sure to read these preliminary thoughts about this post and how to use it. If you have any questions, leave a comment or email me at pauli@gutenbergtimes.com. A huge "Thank you" to Anne McCarthy, Justin Tadlock, Isabel Brison, Adam Silverstein, Ramon Dodd, Andrew Serong, Hans-Gerd Gerhards, Marin Atanasov, Krupa Nanda, Isabel Brison, Aaron Robershaw, Ben Dwyer, Brent MacKinnon, Ashar Fuadi, and a lot more.
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The Odyssey: Nolan and the Mother of All Stories There is one thumbs-up for Nolan at the end of this review. First, the thumbs-down: what happens when you retell a three-thousand-year-old poem and leave Homer out of it.
The Odyssey: Nolan and the Mother of All Stories
There is one thumbs-up for Nolan at the end of this review. First, the thumbs-down: what happens when you retell a three-thousand-year-old poem and leave Homer out of it.
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Master SEO & AIO: Get Your Site Found in Search and AI Answers wordpress.com/blog/2026/07...
Master SEO & AIO: A Free Course for the AI Search Era
Search now includes AI answers, not just Google. Our free, beginner-friendly Master SEO & AIO course shows you how to get found either way.
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Long Live Football: Football Won A match where only one side wanted to win. It took patience, effort, and composure to avoid being drawn into the fights the other side started. In the end, they succeeded: a team with no stars was brave enough to save football from near collapse.
Long Live Football: Football Won
A match where only one side wanted to win. It took patience, effort, and composure to avoid being drawn into the fights the other side started. In the end, they succeeded: a team with no stars was brave enough to save football from near collapse.
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Long Live Football: Associate or Die FIFA and sports brands will tell you stars win trophies. Don't believe it—that's the big Football lie.
Long Live Football: Associate or Die
FIFA and sports brands will tell you stars win trophies. Don't believe it—that's the big Football lie.
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WordCamp US 2026 has announced its first round of speakers. Sessions cover AI in WordPress workflows, design systems, privacy compliance, and civic website modernization. The event runs August 16–19 in Phoenix, Arizona. wp.me/pgSBpQ-1w6 #WCUS
Announcing Our First Round of Speakers
We’re excited to announce our first round of speakers who will be presenting at WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix in August! Their sessions look at AI’s growing role in WordPress work: structuring …
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WordCamp US 2026 has announced a second round of speakers. You can expect sessions on block migrations, AI-powered development, multilingual SEO, and agency best practices. The event runs August 16–19 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Tickets available: wp.me/pgSBpQ-1uc #WCUS
Plant a tree for future generations. Build something that outlives you. Code for the People is a reminder that the best parts of the internet have always been built for the next generation. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort
Today, as the documentary is released to the public free of charge, Variety covers key points raised during the panel discussion at last week’s NYC preview screening. #codeforthepeople variety.com/2026/digital...
Automattic’s ‘Code for the People’ Documentary Is a Rallying Cry for Users to Fight for the Open Internet
Variety moderated a conversation in partnership with Automattic Inc. at the New York premiere of 'Code for the People,' directed by Bao Nguyen.
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Take a moment to explore the theme-building sections in the WordPress Editor. It’s a great way to learn and get comfortable with customizing your site! 📹 automattic.design/2026/07/09/b...
Build a WordPress theme without ever opening Figma
Two years ago, building a professional WordPress theme meant bouncing between design tools, code editors, and the browser. But in 2025, we built Crafted—a complete, production-ready theme—almost en…
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Tomorrow. Code for the People is yours. The internet should be, too. The battle for a better, more open web isn’t new. But you’ve never seen it like this before. Are you ready?
Long Live Football: A Red Card Is a Red Card Red cards can be harsh, soft, or even incorrect, and the game accepts them all because the punishment is blind. What happened at the 2026 World Cup is something else: a rule manipulated for power, overturning sixty years of automatic decisions with a…
Long Live Football: A Red Card Is a Red Card
Red cards can be harsh, soft, or even incorrect, and the game accepts them all because the punishment is blind. What happened at the 2026 World Cup is something else: a rule manipulated for power, overturning sixty years of automatic decisions with a single phone call.
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The Human Story of the Open Web zeldman.com/2026/07/02/t...
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - The Human Story of the Open Web - State of the Web
STOP ME if you’ve heard this one: The members of an extended family spend years curating a shared online photo album. Then the website they posted on vanishes, flushing their collective memories away ...
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The team that scores more wins, so the goal is football’s highest unit. The only thing that can exceed it is the wit that produces many—Pelé showed this most clearly in a goal he never scored. iamarino.com/the-goal-he-...
Long Live Football: The Goal He Didn’t Score The team that scores more wins, so the goal is football’s highest unit. The only thing that can exceed it is the wit that produces many—Pelé showed this most clearly in a goal he never scored.
Long Live Football: The Goal He Didn’t Score
The team that scores more wins, so the goal is football’s highest unit. The only thing that can exceed it is the wit that produces many—Pelé showed this most clearly in a goal he never scored.
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