Building an online store with WordPress means choosing a theme that can handle the demands of WooCommerce. This is not the same decision as picking a theme for a blog or brochure site. ecommerce themes need to manage product catalogs,… Continue Reading →
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared that an issue related to Modern Image Formats in core had surfaced, pointing to #60480. @westonruter shared the reports covering performance-related tickets for WordPress… Continue Reading →
Divi 5 introduces a system-wide update that changes how layouts are built. Every module now includes Layout controls in the Design tab. This means that modules can now act as their own layout containers using Flexbox and CSS Grid. Elements… Continue Reading →
There’s a persistent belief that being a “premium” agency simply means charging more. In reality, premium positioning has very little to do with price and everything to do with trust. It’s the confidence clients feel when they know you’ll get… Continue Reading →
This post kicks off the formal election process with a call for nominations for the 2026 Core Team Reps. For 2025, Francesca Marano (@francina), Jb Audras (@audrasjb) and Benjamin Zekavica (@benjamin_zekavica) have served as the elected Core Team Reps. The… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various… Continue Reading →
Divi 5 makes it easy to build contact sections that look polished, professional, and ready for real inquiries. In this free pack, you will find 7 Styled Contact Sections, each designed to help visitors reach out quickly using clear layouts,… Continue Reading →
For years, Divi gave you CSS IDs and Classes for elements. That worked fine for styling and scripting, but attributes like ARIA roles or focus attributes, such as tabindex, required third-party plugins or custom code. Not anymore. Divi 5 introduces… Continue Reading →
With the release of Divi 5‘s CSS Grid feature, Divi users are equipped with intuitive tools to build layouts that adapt seamlessly across devices, eliminating the steep learning curve that comes with learning CSS code. At the heart of this… Continue Reading →
Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0, currently scheduled for release in April 2026. The minimum recommended version of PHP will remain at 8.3, but the new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.4.0…. Continue Reading →
At its core, Flexbox is a powerful CSS layout model that gives you precise control over how items flow and align within a container. Divi 5 integrates Flexbox directly into the Visual Builder, turning every element into a flexible container…. Continue Reading →
Planning is underway for WordPress 7.0! This post outlines the proposed schedule along with a call for volunteers to support the release process. Following the typical cadence and accounting for holidays later in the year, the proposed final release date… Continue Reading →
Did you know Wordfence runs a Bug Bounty Program for all WordPress plugin and themes at no cost to vendors? Researchers can earn up to $31,200 per vulnerability, for all in-scope vulnerabilities submitted to our Bug Bounty Program! Find a… Continue Reading →
Websites aren’t built just to publish content, and metadata isn’t fine-tuned for fun; it’s all of these activities that work together so your pages can be discovered more easily. For years, Google Search has been the primary gateway to that visibility, thanks… Continue Reading →
The Divi 5 Public Beta is available today. If you prefer the experience to Divi 4, it’s ready for use. If you use Divi 5, you’ll notice an update notification for Public Beta 6. We release new Divi 5 versions… Continue Reading →
On November 27th, 2025, we received a submission for a Site Reset and Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Demo Importer Plus, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged to trigger a full site reset… Continue Reading →
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica Agenda post. Announcements 6.9 Release RetrospectiveDiscussions PHP Extensions List – filter Announcements 6.9 Release Retrospective The 6.9 release retrospective is open to all contributors, not only release squad members.Broader feedback helps improve future release processes. Discussions PHP Extensions… Continue Reading →
Card layouts show up all over a site, but you often rebuild them from scratch or copy and paste the same stack of modules. Module Groups in Divi 5 allow you to bundle an image, heading, text, button, or any… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, we invited community members who were interested in serving as team representatives to submit nominations. Individuals were welcome to nominate themselves or recommend someone they felt would be a great fit for the role. The post… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various… Continue Reading →
Managing WordPress sites for clients requires hosting that delivers without constant intervention. However, there’s a valid fear of downtime, broken DNS records, or lost data that may create hesitation, preventing you from making a necessary infrastructure change. Kinsta’s migration team… Continue Reading →
A core concept in WordPress is the theme, and it is not possible to run a website without one. That’s why it is often the first decision that a WordPress user needs to make. Getting this decision wrong often means… Continue Reading →
Divi 5 makes it easy to build custom 404 pages that feel intentional, helpful, and on brand. In this free pack, you will get 8 different 404 Section designs in both styled and unstyled JSON files, so you can either… Continue Reading →
If you need to automate content a lot, also need content aggregation, and want to use the latest AI tools to get the job done, look no further! This CyberSEO PRO review has the full details. The post “How to… Continue Reading →
With each update, Divi 5 edges closer to its full release. It’s faster, more stable, and packed with features that set it apart from previous versions. The latest feature of Divi 5 is Divi Canvases, a powerful system for creating… Continue Reading →
Before CSS Grid in Divi 5, complex layouts often meant extra columns, negative margins, and duplicate sections. It wasn’t clean or flexible, especially when layouts needed to adapt across breakpoints. CSS Grid support in Divi 5 introduced a proper two-dimensional… Continue Reading →
I am excited to introduce Semantic Elements & Custom HTML Wrappers for Divi 5. Now, you can change the element type of any module and utilize semantic tags like nav, section, header, and button to give inherent meaning to each…. Continue Reading →
Divi 5 makes it easy to build split screen layouts that feel modern, clear, and professional. In this free pack, you will get 5 Split Screen Sections, each designed to pair content and imagery side by side for immediate visual… Continue Reading →
Surface-level feature lists rarely tell the complete story when you evaluate managed WordPress hosting for development. You need to understand how PHP thread allocation impacts concurrent request handling, how multiple caching layers work together to reduce database load, and whether… Continue Reading →
Clickable areas, such as hotspots on your website, can reveal hidden content, trigger pop-ups, or launch animations, transforming static pages into interactive elements that guide people precisely where you want them to go. Divi 5‘s Interactions handles all of this… Continue Reading →
