{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The WP Minute ","title":"Plugin Previews, Ollie Theme, and Open Source AI in WordPress","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":356,"description":"WordPress.org briefly introduced 1-click plugin previews this week. If you found yourself looking at the plugin page on the world’s largest directory this week you could enter the official WordPress playground to explore what the plugin had to offer.\nThe first problem? Well, it didn’t work. This sent authors scrambling to understand why their plugins weren’t working or more generally making the case for why this lead to a worse experience overall for the end user.The root of the issue, however, was that none of these changes were communicated to authors. No deadline, no opt-out — nothing.\nThe changes have been reverted, and while I think this is a great idea — I mean, who would’n’t want to try before you buy? — it needs much more thought, planning, and communication next time.\nPlugin authors: we’re really seeing whose playground this really is these days aren’t we?Ollie without onboardingOllie, the theme I covered in last week’s monologue, is now available in the repo but looking a little thinner than when it started.\nThe block theme that made a controversial splash won’t offer its “innovative” onboarding experience for users. That feature will come in a plugin in the near future.\nVote vote voteGet out and vote!The WP Weekly has launched its annual WordPress awards. Vote for all things WordPress, including this podcast. We’re in section 20. If you love our podcast, please vote for us!\nNathan Wrigley is also selling awards. Name yourself your own winner for only $20. All proceeds will be donated to WPCC The WP Builds WordPress Awards 2023\nOpen source and AIMeta is trying to shake up the AI world, specifically OpenAI and Google, with its open source Llama model.\n“Open source drives innovation because it enables many more developers to build with new technology,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.This open source “debate” has spurred, apparently, a lot of debate in the VC world. Here’s a recent episode of the This Week in Startups where in the first 5...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B7hdlYwjqhl9eXRrYH3YmT0lK4oG1XC6kdnjd-ITW0w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZDhl/YzIxN2QwOWRmYjQ1/OTM2ZjMwZWRiYzli/M2ExMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}