TL;DR: WordPress Contributor Toolkit v1.2.0 has been released providing full Core and Gutenberg contribution workflows for first-time contributors. The WordPress Contributor Toolkit was created to remove the points of friction first-time contributors face before they write a line of code,… Continue Reading →
In June 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1066 vulnerability submissions from our growing community of security researchers working to improve the overall security posture of the WordPress ecosystem. These submissions are reviewed, triaged, and processed by the Wordfence… Continue Reading →
The Loop Filter Modules in Divi 5 let visitors search and refine content directly on your website. Beyond categories and tags, you can connect filters to custom fields for details such as price, bedroom count, and location. In this tutorial,… Continue Reading →
Canva just made a much more serious play for professional designers: Affinity now brings design, photo editing, and layout into one free app, while Canva connects it to motion, AI, and team-friendly publishing tools.
We’re thrilled to share that Kinsta is heading back to Singapore this October! From October 12 to 15, our team will be in town for the Hypergrowth Summit and a series of exclusive networking dinners. Whether you’re looking for hosting… Continue Reading →
Ask your AI assistant about any WordPress.org Trac. Announcing the the WordPress Trac Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, or any other MCP client to read tickets, changesets, and timeline history straight from Trac. Public and… Continue Reading →
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb See the agenda post. Announcements 7.2 Introducing Ipsum, the new default theme Call for testing: DataForm editor inspector Moving to a server-aware approach for collaboration Roadmap to 7.2 Reminder: Announcing the 7.2 Release… Continue Reading →
Last week, there were 358 vulnerabilities disclosed in 243 WordPress Plugins and 4 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 184 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
Switch the canvas to Phone view and the page becomes a narrow column, while the builder panels keep their existing size and position. Depending on your setup, the settings panel can take up as much space as the layout you’re… Continue Reading →
Nobody wants another app cluttering their phone—so why does every website keep begging us to install one? The web already perfected the experience: click, load, done. Maybe it’s time we stopped trying to ruin it.
AI agents don’t just answer questions anymore. They can carry out tasks. On a WordPress site, this could involve setting up a staging environment, updating a plugin, running checks, pushing an approved change live, clearing the cache, and keeping a… Continue Reading →
After a few rounds of doing releases at live events, first at State of the Word 2025 and most recently with WordPress 7.1 at WordCamp US, it’s time to iterate and move towards a live-streamed zoom option. Doing in-person live… Continue Reading →
The core team is working hard on better release automation, including CLI scripts, AI skills, and updated documentation. Why is this work important? A minor WordPress release—including every security patch—can touch 20+ branches, and much of the work is manual… Continue Reading →
A growing website is easier to maintain when repeated styles share a common source. CSS classes support that approach by letting multiple elements use the same style rules. Change a shared rule, and the elements using it can update together…. Continue Reading →
TL;DR Gutenberg’s JavaScript unit and integration tests now use Vitest, bringing better support for modern JavaScript modules and real-browser component testing. Tests explicitly import Vitest APIs. Filenames select Node, jsdom, or Browser Mode according to what each test needs. @wordpress/scripts… Continue Reading →
Plenty of sites still have Google’s old translation dropdown sitting in the footer. Google has now put an end date on it, and GTranslate has a replacement ready that can drop into exactly the same spot. The post “Google’s Translate… Continue Reading →
This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, September 24, 2026 15:00 UTC Announcements WPAD 2026 Event is coming up! Register to attend WPAD 2026 if you have not! Checkout the schedule and see what is coming up!… Continue Reading →
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On September 22, 2026, the WordPress Security Team released WordPress 7.1.2, as well as security backports for every branch back to WordPress 4.7 to address a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-87902 and has a… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 23, 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 →
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter shared the tickets in the next major and minor milestones for reference. He noted that #57548 is still high on his radar. @mukesh27 asked @westonruter… Continue Reading →
Divi AI agents use purpose-built tools to work with your layouts, design settings, and WordPress content. A single request can involve several of them: reading the page structure, locating the right modules, changing their settings, and checking the result. You… Continue Reading →
A wonderfully weird typeface from 1973 has come back to life — and somehow it looks more at home in 2026 than ever. Meet Clippy, the retro font that bends, rocks and wobbles its way into the digital age.
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team identified an interesting malware sample in mid June during a site clean. The malware was installed as a must-use plugin with several self-healing mechanisms in place in order to survive removal. It also makes use… Continue Reading →
This security release features a fix for a critical severity security vulnerability. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 7.1.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click… Continue Reading →
When you discover that a large share of your website traffic comes from bots, blocking them can feel like the obvious next step. In some cases, the numbers do call for an immediate response. PatronView recently documented 3.6 million requests… Continue Reading →
Keeping a WooCommerce catalog current usually means clicking through dozens of screens for what should be a five-minute job. This tutorial shows you how both Claude and Novamira Pro handle building a store, alongside many day-to-day tasks (and even some… Continue Reading →
The Themes Team holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays every month. For this month, this is the second meeting and is set to take place on 22 September. Meeting Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, September 22 2026, 15:00 UTC… Continue Reading →
What consumers actually do after an AI recommendation, according to new Kinsta survey data AI is changing how consumers discover products and brands, but this new landscape hasn’t replaced the need for a trusted website. Kinsta’s survey of 1,008 US… Continue Reading →
A company history, project roadmap, or service process is easier to follow when each milestone has a clear place on the page. This free pack gives you 9 Timeline Module designs for Divi 5, ready to import and customize with… Continue Reading →
