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X-post from +make.wordpress.org/meta: Heads up: HelpScout to FreeScout Migration
If you ask an AI agent to provision a WordPress website, the result depends on the tools it has. With browser automation, what matters is whether the User Interface (UI) elements match the script. However, using an API means the… Continue Reading →
With: New and updated documentation. Migration of the Accessibility Team Handbook. Our plans for October. The roadmap of the project. New and updated documentation In standards and best practice: Tables in the content in Content and images. Tables in front-end… Continue Reading →
There’s a lot of buzz about CLI coding agents today. This new class of AI-driven tools lives in your local terminal and acts as autonomous shell operators. They use your existing command-line environment (including Git, SSH, and WP-CLI) to navigate… Continue Reading →
WordPress runs 43% of all websites on the internet. Sixty percent of every site that bothers to use a CMS. Roughly 58% of the top 10,000 sites by traffic, per W3Techs. Webflow polls in the low single digits. That’s not… 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 if you have not! Checkout the schedule and see… Continue Reading →
53.8% of consumers skip websites during early research in favor of AI tools, but many remain skeptical of AI-generated content and turn to a brand’s website to check what it said. LOS ANGELES– Sep 22, 2026 –Most consumers now skip… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
X-comment from +make.wordpress.org/core: Comment on Call for testing: DataForm editor inspector
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 →
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 →
I’m happy to announce that I am now serving as president of the Open Website Alliance (OWA), representing the WordPress Foundation. The Alliance brings together the community organizations behind Drupal, Joomla!, TYPO3, and WordPress to advocate for open source and… Continue Reading →
Figma is often used build out and maintain mockups for the WordPress project. It’s free to sign up for, and you can create and edit drafts for free. For that reason, Automattic sponsors access to it for a subset of… Continue Reading →
Here’s a Monday-morning message nobody wants: “We haven’t had a single inquiry all month. Is the website broken?” So, you check the obvious things. The site is up. The contact form loads. You send a test and get the reassuring… Continue Reading →
This security and maintenance release features 17 bug fixes on Core, 19 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 11 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download… Continue Reading →
From generating qualified leads to boosting SERP rankings, a successful enterprise WordPress site must achieve a balance between driving sales and generating brand awareness. For corporations that want to take advantage of all WordPress has to offer, there are a… Continue Reading →
WordPress sites have always been designed with people in mind. When someone visits a page, they look around the site, complete a form, click a button, or sign up for an account. The browser is at the heart of this… 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
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 →
The post Elegant Themes Review: Is it Still Worth The Money? (2026) is written by Devesh Sharma and appeared first on WPKube. These days, it’s not easy to find high-quality, original WordPress themes. And sometimes, when you think you have… Continue Reading →
Have you ever updated a plugin on your WordPress site and had the screen go white? You didn’t change any code, but the site goes pear-shaped right in front of you, all from one little plugin. Panicked, you try a… Continue Reading →
Automation is taking over more of the WordPress operations that once required someone at a keyboard. Deployments, updates, security responses, and infrastructure changes can all now run without a person watching each step. However, the part that’s not yet solved… Continue Reading →
Everyone knows you can cache the hell out of a WordPress site. Stick a CDN in front of it, cache the pages, make enough of the site static and you can serve a frankly silly amount of traffic without WordPress… Continue Reading →
The post How to Set Up WordPress Two-Factor Authentication: WP 2FA Review is written by Colin Newcomer and appeared first on WPKube. Want to add two-factor authentication to WordPress? WordPress two-factor authentication can help you secure your WordPress site by… 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 →
