Hey #WCMontclair: can’t wait to meet you. Talk with me today about:
🤖 AI
📥 Agency life
💰 Funding #WordPress contributors
🙋🏻‍♀️ #FAIRPM
🤝 #OpenSource

Karim Marucchi, Courtney Robertson, and Joost de Valk smiling outside the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Behind them is a large glass facade featuring a colorful “Welcome to OSS” banner with a cartoon penguin wearing a hat and backpack, set against a mountain and forest backdrop. Karim is on the left wearing a light grey shirt, Courtney is in the center wearing a purple top and purple glasses, and Joost is on the right wearing a white shirt, sunglasses, and blue backpack straps.

Story time: 2yrs ago I attended #OSSummit to connect #WordPress to wider #OpenSource community & learn from each other. I never dreamed I’d be watching Joost & Karim announce #FairPM today, having contributor dashboards underway, or the new contribs mentorship shared at OSSummit Japan in that time.

The FAIR Package Manager for WordPress - The WP Minute In this episode of The WP Minute+, I sit down with Carrie Dils and Karim Marucchi to talk through FAIR—short for Federated and Independent Repositories—a new package management project launched under ...

Thank you @thewpminute.com for inviting @marucchi.com and me to talk about #FAIRPM and how we envision a future for #WordPress.

thewpminute.com/the-fair-pac...

FAIR Package Manager Project FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

Did you know WordPress runs 43.3% of all websites on the ENTIRE internet? @linuxfoundation.org is now backing a project to fix its biggest problem: the centralized plugin store. It's called the Fair Package Manager (fair.pm), and it's a big deal for security.
#WordPress #fairpm #Security

Something Has to Change with WordPress. FAIR is a Great Start. Last week in Basel, Switzerland—at the Alt Ctrl Org conference held alongside WordCamp Europe—I stood on stage with my colleagues to introduce the FAIR Package Manager for WordPress. This wasn’t just ...

What is FAIR and why am I involved? I wrote about it here:
carriedils.com/wordpress-fa...

#FAIRPM #WordPress

Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.1 Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier that enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity. A DID refers to any subject (e.g., a person, organization, thing, data model, abstract entity, etc.) as determined by the controller of the DID. In contrast to typical, federated identifiers, DIDs have been designed so that they may be decoupled from centralized registries, identity providers, and certificate authorities. Specifically, while other parties might be used to help enable the discovery of information related to a DID, the design enables the controller of a DID to prove control over it without requiring permission from any other party. DIDs are URIs that associate a DID subject with a DID document allowing trustable interactions associated with that subject.

☕ How do you start your morning? Me: I'm sipping coffee in the pavilion with the pup and wondering - what's DIDs? #FAIRPM

Decentralized Identifiers
www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/

If you couldn’t join us at @altctrl.org in Basel last week, here’s a replay of the #FAIRPM announcement.

This is the next chapter for #WordPress!

The Hiatus is Over – Surgical Diversions

So I haven’t been idling around.

thefragens.com/the-hiatus-i...

#WordPress #FAIRPM

@fairpm.bsky.social #FAIRPM

Proposal for a Node/Aggregator Moderation System · fairpm fair-protocol · Discussion #12 Related to #11 TL;DR - Moderation as Infrastructure The docs (and this post) are long out of necessity. There are a lot of moving parts involved. But to summarize, the goal of moderation is to prov...

I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that, after so long wrangling #WordPress plugins, I have a very opinionated proposal for how #FAIRPM will address things.

Your comments are welcome :)

github.com/fairpm/fair-...

We Should Free All WordPress Plugins and Themes - Half-Elf on Tech What if we democratized everything in WordPress, and not just publishing? What if we freed all themes and plugins? How far could we fly?

Thoughts on #WordPress Plugins, #FAIRPM, and risk.

halfelf.org/2025/we-shou...

Yes! Proud to be a part of this - so much great work has been done to create a better, distributed, FAIR way to distribute open source software. #FAIRPM

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem

Thrilled that we announced the launch of FAIR Package Manager today! This is for everyone in the ecosystem, and I can't wait to see more contributors join. Come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...

Introducing FAIR for #WordPress! I've detailed the journey from concern to action, explaining how this new decentralized distribution layer (definitely not a fork!) aims to enhance security, compliance, and the plugin economy.

marucchi.com/introducing-...

#FAIRPM

So this is a thing!

I'm so proud to be a part of this!

#FAIRPM

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem

We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...