Cloudflare just gave website owners a new weapon against AI crawlers: keep the search traffic, block the AI training. After years of watching bots consume the web’s content, publishers finally have an easier way to tell AI companies where to… Continue Reading →
After 16 years, WordPress just killed one of its most recognizable traditions. The predictable “Twenty Something” default themes are history, and their replacement, Ipsum, signals a surprisingly different vision for what WordPress thinks a modern website should start with.
Search, filters, and sorting help visitors find specific content in a blog, product catalog, or directory. With Divi 5, you can add these controls to a custom post loop using the Post Filter Module. In this tutorial, we’ll connect a… Continue Reading →
Photoshop Elements is getting a serious AI upgrade, with Generative Expand, AI upscaling and a new assistant that helps you edit simply by describing what you want.
Where Can I Watch? started as a way to answer one question: Where can I actually stream the title I want to watch? Over the last few releases it grew into something more: a place to keep a watchlist, track… Continue Reading →
Most private members-only sites on WordPress feel like a login wall in front of a not-very-good forum. PeepSo flips that, giving you a real community first and the gate as a configuration choice. The post “How to Build a Private… Continue Reading →
These is the bi-weekly notes for the Accessibility Team meeting that happens on alternate Thursday in #accessibility. You can read the full transcript here or see the full meeting schedule. Announcements WPAD 2026 Event is coming up! Register to attend WPAD 2026 Checkout the schedule and see what is coming… Continue Reading →
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/core: Introducing Ipsum, the new default theme
Ipsum is the proposal for the next default theme, planned to be bundled in WordPress 7.2. It is an intentionally minimal blog theme that centers on a blank canvas to make your own, with built-in room for creativity. The approach for this… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 16, 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 →
“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 →
Imagine you can sign in with one click. Now imagine all the users on your WooCommerce store or WordPress powered website can sign in with one click. Firstly it makes your life a lot easier. But more importantly, you’ve removed… Continue Reading →
Divi 5 brings the flexibility of CSS Grid into the Visual Builder, making it possible to create structured layouts with precise control over rows, columns, gaps, and alignment. In this free pack, you’ll get 10 CSS Subgrid Layouts for Divi… Continue Reading →
Apple moved key controls to the side of its new foldable iPhone to make them easier to reach — but easier for whom? The decision raises a surprisingly big UX question that every web and interface designer should be thinking… Continue Reading →
If you want your site to appear in AI search, allowing crawlers can seem like the obvious choice. But if automated traffic consumes too many server resources, blocking it seems just as reasonable. The problem is treating those two options… Continue Reading →
Pulling your images and video from a separate server can boost your performance, but no two of the leading options charge for it the same way. In this comparison, we look at six WordPress media offload plugins to help you… Continue Reading →
Maintenance of the GitHub mirror of the WordPress build repository has recently being transferred to the WordPress.org systems team. In future, any syncing issues with the GitHub mirror should be reported to the system team, either on the make/systems blog… Continue Reading →
On February 20th, 2026, a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability was publicly disclosed in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture, a premium WordPress plugin with an estimated 6,000 active installations. This vulnerability can be leveraged by unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary… Continue Reading →
On August 21 and August 22, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, identified two independent critical vulnerability chains in The Events Calendar, a WordPress plugin active on more than 600,000 websites. Both chains begin in the… Continue Reading →
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 →
In May 2026, the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program received 1095 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 →
It’s official; the beta phases have ended, and Divi 5 has arrived. This isn’t the end; it’s a new beginning for Divi, and we are moving forward faster than ever with weekly updates. If you use Divi 5, you’ll see… Continue Reading →
Ask an AI coding agent to fix a WordPress site, and you’ll likely get a solution to copy, paste, and test it yourself. As such, every fix is really just an educated guess dressed up as code. This Novamira review… Continue Reading →
Every typography decision on a website is about relationships: how one text element reads against another, how clearly the hierarchy comes through, and how body text stays readable without competing with the elements around it. Static fonts give you a… Continue Reading →
We’re back with another Divi 5 sneak peek, and this one introduces two upcoming features that will fundamentally improve the way you build reusable designs in Divi: Components and Slots. Components are a complete reimagining of Divi’s existing Global Modules…. Continue Reading →
Perfectly even Grids are useful, but they are not always memorable. Stretch one card, deepen another, or build a diagonal that climbs across the page, and the layout begins to guide the eye with purpose. A few deliberate placement choices… Continue Reading →
After 53 years working with type, Pat Lightizer got the ultimate retirement gift: her own font.
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @amykamala See the agenda post. Announcements 7.1 Everyone is encouraged to give feedback on the 7.1 release cycle. Check out the WordPress 7.1 Release Retrospective. 7.1.1 WordPress 7.1.1 RC1 is planned on September 10…. Continue Reading →
Last week, there were 277 vulnerabilities disclosed in 187 WordPress Plugins and 7 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 153 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those… Continue Reading →
WordPress 7.1.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release: Use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin As this is a minor RC release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies… Continue Reading →
