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Will The Vibes Be Good? Only Time Will Telex

Stick around ‘til the end to see a bunch of guys having no fun at all. Seriously. Not even a bit.

In today’s edition:

  • Telex turns your rambling ideas into Gutenberg blocks. Sometimes magically, sometimes… not.
  • Open Call for Web Heroes: WP Accessibility Day needs you to save the internet, one alt-text at a time.
  • Who’s WP-Award-worthy, in your opinion? Nominate now or forever hold your peace.

Hot Off The Presses: What’s New?

Funny tweet comparing a pile of clothes to an L1 cache for fast access

“Clutter?” Don’t know what you’re talking about.

I call it “optimized wardrobe management.” Some people just don’t appreciate the efficiency of using a floordrobe, amirite?

Oops, that reminds me of the laundry I forgot about in the washing machine… BRB.

In the meantime, keep reading for what’s new in WordPress.

Help Make The Internet Work for Everyone: WP Accessibility Day Calls for Volunteers

Raise your hand if you believe in keyboard-only navigable menus and alt-text for every cat meme!

WP Accessibility Day 2025 (a totally volunteer-run, non-profit WordPress event) is calling all inclusivity champions to suit up. No prior experience needed, just a willingness to make the web a resource that everyone can use.

The event livestreams for a glorious 24 hours straight, from October 15 at 9:45 AM Central (that’s 3:00 PM UTC) to October 16. The event team need your help before, during, and after the fun unfolds.

Day-of gigs include:

  • Emcees (your game-show-host fantasy, finally realized!): You’ll do a pre-recorded intro, moderate live Q&A, and keep the vibe inclusive. Must speak clearly in English for a global crowd.
  • Session Moderators: Make sure all events go smoothly and direct attendees with queries to the Q&A section.
  • Lobby Moderators/Volunteer Point-of-Contact: Keep volunteers in check and monitor the Lobby Chat to make sure everyone’s sticking to the Code of Conduct.

There’s plenty of help needed post-event too, including:

  • Video Reviewers: Fix captions, sync ASL, and spot any mistakes or typos.
  • Translators: Fluent in English and another language? You can help refine auto-generated transcripts into clarity gold. (This one is paid, and there’s a separate application here.)

No organizing experience required; your only prerequisite is caring about an accessible internet. Ready to roll? Apply now, become part of the a11y army and feel good that you’re part of a team making the web more inclusive.

→ Get your volunteer FAQs answered here.

→ Put your hand up to volunteer here via this form.

Telex What You Want, What You Really Really Want: Vibe Coding Comes for WordPress Blocks

WordPress just dropped Telex, an extremely experimental AI tool that promises to turn your natural-language requests into functional, customizable Gutenberg blocks.

At WordCamp US 2025 in Portland, Matt Mullenweg pitched it like “V0 or Lovable, but specifically for WordPress,” referencing popular “vibe coding” services. The name is certainly a nostalgic throwback. Most of us probably aren’t old enough to remember the original Telex, which was technology that dinosaurs used to send text-based messages to each other during the Cretaceous Period.

Here’s how it’s supposed to work:

  1. You type what you want, like “give me an image gallery,” or “I need a pricing block with 3 tiers.”
  2. Telex spits out a downloadable .zip file you can install as a plugin onto your site or the Playground sandbox.

But, does it actually do what it promises?

Here’s what happened when a few folks in the WordPress world tested it out:

  • Matt Medeiros from WP Minute tested 3 different projects, with very mixed results, but says there are “glimpses of something promising here.”
  • Matt Cromwell used it to make a handy TL;DR button that summarizes blog posts in one click.
  • Paul Charlton from WP Tuts attempted to do some “relatively basic things” and it crashed the browser.