WP Builds This Week in WordPress #337
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Jun 24, 2025 Steve Burge, the founder of PublishPress and a WordPress expert, joins Jesse Friedman, head of WP Cloud at Automattic, to dive into the exciting world of WordPress. They discuss AI's influence on job security in creative fields and the implications for authenticity. The duo celebrates the milestone of over one million users for popular plugins while introducing a new WordPress-centric cloud solution. They also highlight community initiatives like free websites for underrepresented groups and upcoming events in the WordPress ecosystem.
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Try Speed Networking Sessions
- Participate in speed networking sessions to build business relationships efficiently.
- Use structured short meetings to meet multiple people without extensive time commitments.
AI Disrupts Advertising Industry
- AI-generated advertising videos are drastically reducing production costs while maintaining high quality.
- This shift threatens traditional advertising jobs by replacing expensive agency work with AI solutions.
Ad Industry Sees AI as "Fall of Rome"
- Steve Burge witnessed advertising pros call the AI video festival coverage a "fall of Rome."
- It illustrated a dramatic and sudden disruption felt in the creative advertising sector.