On September 17th, 2026, we received a submission for a Second-Order SQL Injection vulnerability in Backuply, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to store… Continue Reading →
“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with… Continue Reading →
The native WordPress comment system gets you started, but it won’t build a community or keep spam in check on its own. Here’s how the leading commenting platforms compare on moderation, page speed, pricing and who really owns your comments…. Continue Reading →
This week I Talk About Six Months Into My Unplanned Sabbatical [powerpress]
This week I Talk About When Past Clients Come Calling [powerpress]
This week I Talk About How WordPress Is More Than A Website [powerpress]
This week I Share My Interview with Elijah Mills [powerpress]
Figma is turning a wild idea into reality: instead of searching for the perfect plugin, you can just ask AI to build it. If this catches on, designers may stop choosing the tools in their software—and start inventing them on… Continue Reading →
The Accessibility Lab plugin was announced on August 21st, and now that WordPress 7.1 is wrapped up, it’s time to start scoping out the first features to target for release. For an initial discussion, we’ll meet on Thursday, September 17,… Continue Reading →
We’re launching an automated security review for every plugin release. Before a release is distributed through the WordPress.org update API, it is analyzed for security issues and releases that are considered to pose a potential security risk (either intentional or… Continue Reading →
This week I Talk About The Next WordPress Job Titles [powerpress]
This week I Talk About Accessibility After Launch [powerpress]
This week I Share My Recap From WordCampUS 2026 [powerpress]
Introducing the Accessibility Lab plugin! The plugin aims to offer a combination of Core related experiments and practical tools that solve shared problems for all to benefit from. The goal is not to move accessibility fixes out of Core and… Continue Reading →
This week I Talk About If Your WordPress Site AI-Ready? [powerpress]
This week I Share My 650th Episode Retrospective [powerpress]
This week I Talk About The 2026 WordPress Website Redesign [powerpress]
This week I Share An Update: Three Months After the Layoff [powerpress]
This week I Talk About Optimizing the Wrong Things! [powerpress]
This week I Convince You To Prepare For Black Friday in June! [powerpress]
This week I Talk About The 2026 Mid-Year Business Checkup [powerpress]
A truly successful WordPress stack comes down to balance. You need robust hosting, clean code, and plugins that are lightweight and built for a specific purpose. The strongest sites don’t use plugins as a crutch for weak infrastructure. Instead, they… Continue Reading →
This week I Talk About The Summer Slow Down Myth [powerpress]
This week I Talk About The Business Around WordPress [powerpress]
