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WordPress 7.0.4 is now available WordPress 7.0.4 is now available which features a security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.4 by downloading it from… Continue Reading →
WordPress 7.1 is scheduled for release on August 19th and promises to be an exciting update for developers, professionals, agencies, and bloggers across the ecosystem. This second major release of the year introduces a wide range of updates covering nearly… Continue Reading →
Most websites aren’t broken—they’re just abandoned. That forgotten, outdated site sitting on page two of Google could be a $1,500 opportunity hiding in plain sight. Welcome to the Ghost Site Resurrector strategy—where neglected businesses become your fastest path to cash.
This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, August 13, 2026 15:00 UTC Announcements 7.1 RC3 is scheduled to be released on Wed Aug 12th (today) 7.1 RC1 was released Wed August 5th. WordPress 7.1 Field Guide is published…. Continue Reading →
Type almost any question into Google today and there’s a good chance you’ll get your answer before you ever see a blue link. An AI-generated summary sits at the top of the page, pulling from a handful of sources, and… Continue Reading →
Most WordPress teams can fix things. Fixing things and running things reliably are not the same skill, and the gap between them gets more expensive with every site you add. At a certain scale, the informal systems that keep operations… Continue Reading →
The Themes Team holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays every month. For this month, this is the first meeting and is set to take place on 11 August. Meeting Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, August 11 2026, 15:00 UTC… Continue Reading →
TL;DR: How I set up my 2026 MacBook Pro, along with the software I installed and the method I used for each (either Mac App Store via the mas CLI, Homebrew, or direct download). It’s been a few years since… Continue Reading →
Every WordPress site I have worked on in the last decade shares the same accessibility gap, and it is rarely the one people expect. The people involved care about accessibility. The problem is where their tool lives: a separate platform,… Continue Reading →
WordPress 7.0.3 is now available WordPress 7.0.3 is now available which features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can update to WordPress 7.0.3 by downloading it from… Continue Reading →
At WordCamp Europe Torino ’24, Joe Dolson asked Rian Rietveld to review the documentation about accessibility on the WordPress.org website. What she found was that the information was hard to find, scattered all around the place, with duplicated and incomplete… Continue Reading →
In 2025, bots accounted for 53% of all web traffic, the first time automated traffic had outpaced humans in a calendar year. By June 2026, Cloudflare Radar put that figure at 57.5%, a crossover that Cloudflare’s own CEO said arrived… Continue Reading →
The Plugins Team is aware of an issue currently affecting plugin releases and is actively investigating it. At this time, newly released plugin ZIP files are not being generated as expected. We are also aware that some users are experiencing… Continue Reading →
The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites…. Continue Reading →
Kinsta analyzed more than 10 billion HTTP requests across its hosting infrastructure and found that bots hit add-to-cart URLs on WordPress sites 7.67 million times in a single 24-hour period. One crawler alone generated 550 million requests over 30 days… Continue Reading →
In 2026, a “pretty” website is no longer enough—if it doesn’t feel instant, it’s invisible. This guide reveals how the world’s top developers are using predictive AI and “Edge” architecture to kill the loading bar for good.
For years, I’ve had a Raspberry Pi sitting in my office serving both Homebridge and Plex. Though I’d wanted to set up Pi-Hole for sometime, I’d not taken the time do so until recently. For those unfamiliar, Pi-Hole effectively lets… Continue Reading →
A couple of months ago I was trying, really hard, to play with this new and exciting AI Agent tool called OpenClaw, but I just couldn’t manage it. My problem was that installing it on my Mac was a nightmare…. Continue Reading →
When a WordPress site breaks on a Friday afternoon, the clock starts on two separate problems: fixing the site and agreeing on who caused it. The second problem almost always takes longer. A developer points at the campaign that just… Continue Reading →
The meeting notes are from the themes team discussion. Date: July 28, 2025 Time: 15:00 UTC Location: #themes channel Agenda: Themes team meeting agenda Agenda Prepared by: @bijayyadav Meeting facilitator – @bijayyadav Full transcript – #themes channel Attendees: Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting. @bijayyadav… Continue Reading →
WordPress 7.1 Beta 4 is ready for download and testing! This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test… Continue Reading →
Two people asked us the same question during our bot traffic reality check live event, and we never got to either one live: does an llms.txt file actually stop AI from hammering your site? We’ve sat with that question because… Continue Reading →
This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, July 30, 2026 15:00 UTC Announcements WordPress 7.0.2 Release is now available. WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 is out is ready for download and testing! WordPress 7.1 Beta1 4 Release is… Continue Reading →
There’s a conversation we have regularly with growing businesses. It usually starts with a client request that WordPress can’t quite handle cleanly. Maybe it’s a complex procurement workflow that needs to talk to an ERP. Maybe it’s a high-volume API… Continue Reading →
The Abilities API, introduced in WordPress 6.9, establishes a shared language, allowing all WordPress components—both core and plugins—to expose their functionality in a unified, understandable way for humans and machines alike. This makes your WordPress site ready for integration with… Continue Reading →
Welcome to DEV, your monthly WordPress deep dive. Is it really almost August already? Or are Julying to me?! Well, let’s not waste any more time and get right into it. Stick around to the end to see a toddler… Continue Reading →
Why are the world’s most powerful websites still stuck in the early 2000s? While boutique brands chase “sleek” designs that only end up frustrating users, giants like Amazon and Google have realized that “ugly” is actually a superpower for trust… Continue Reading →
The Themes Team holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month. As the second Tuesday meeting this month was cancelled, this will be the first meeting of the month and will take place on 28 July. Meeting… Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I shared Remove Empty Shortcodes 1.1.0, which improved the plugin to do the one thing it exists for again: strip out the inactive shortcodes a deactivated plugin or page builder leaves behind. It worked. It… Continue Reading →
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