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Systeme Review (Hands-on 2026): Launch Your Online Business Using an All-In-One Tool

The post Systeme Review (Hands-on 2026): Launch Your Online Business Using an All-In-One Tool is written by Tom Rankin and appeared first on WPKube. Much like planting a seed, a fledgling business needs to be taken care of in order… Continue Reading →

Automated security review for plugin releases

We’re launching an automated security review for every plugin release. Before a release is distributed through the WordPress.org update API, it is analyzed for security issues and releases that are considered to pose a potential security risk (either intentional or… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: September 10, 2026

This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2026 15:00 UTC Announcements WPAD 2026 Event is coming up! Register to attend WPAD 2026 Checkout the schedule and see what is coming up! WordPress 7.1 Release Retrospective… Continue Reading →

Migrating WordPress? Here’s How to Protect Your Traffic

Switching your WordPress site to a new host or domain doesn’t have to mean losing traffic or stressing out. Think of it like relocating to a new home, you want everything to arrive intact, from your furniture to your favorite… Continue Reading →

Your WordPress site now has a third type of visitor (and it completes purchases)

Bots now generate more web traffic than humans, but what’s more interesting is the type of bot driving these interactions. In addition, studying what those bots do when landing on your site is a worthwhile pursuit. The typical AI traffic… Continue Reading →

Themes Team Meeting Agendas for September 8, 2026

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 8 September. Meeting Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, September 8 2026, 15:00 UTC… Continue Reading →

Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in Bangladesh

In July, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites. In eastern Uganda, a workshop that arrived to find no electricity at the school ran anyway, for more than 100 learners, because a former student had asked for… Continue Reading →

Themes team meeting notes for August 25, 2026

The meeting notes are from the themes team discussion. Date: August 25, 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 Forms: How to Create, Customize, and Optimize Them

A form that loads slowly or asks for more information than necessary can cost you responses. Forms are more than just a way to collect data. When configured well, they can support conversions, engagement, and business growth. Whether you’re running… Continue Reading →

Why expert hosting support still matters in the age of AI

Imagine for a moment an agency that manages more than 30 client websites. Late on a Friday afternoon, one of its WooCommerce stores returns intermittent 503 errors. The site never fully goes down, which makes the issue even harder to… Continue Reading →

WP Offload Media 3.4 Released: WordPress 7.1 Compatible, Preparing For Future Features & Performance Improvements

We’re super excited to bring you a new release of WP Offload Media. Version 3.4.0 delivers full support for WordPress 7.1, performance improvements and bug fixes, along with foundational changes that unlock future features and further performance improvements. WordPress 7.1… Continue Reading →

DEV: Commit to the Bit

Welcome to DEV, your monthly WordPress deep dive. Before you clock off and lie in a rectangle of sunlight, let’s see what’s been happening in WordPress. Stick around to the end to see the hamster who’ll absolutely annihilate your fitness… Continue Reading →

Where consumers go to trust a brand: how AI decides whether to cite you

When someone wants to know whether a brand is trustworthy, searching the brand name up isn’t the first option anymore. They ask an LLM to compare it against alternatives, check Reddit, look at some review aggregators, or even see whether… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Notes: Aug 27, 2026

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 Help shape the Accessibility Lab plugin WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” was released on August 19th as scheduled!… Continue Reading →

From visitor questions to a smarter content plan: An OpenClaw experiment

What if your WordPress site could help visitors find the content they need, and help you figure out what to write about next? The secret to a successful WordPress blog is creating content that’s highly useful and relevant to your… Continue Reading →

WP A11y docs update August 2026

With: new and updated documentation, an explanation of the accessibility-ready program, a complete sitemap for users, our plans for September. New and updated documentation Standards and best practice section: New topic: Disappearing toast notifications in Design patterns to avoid. Proud… Continue Reading →

WordPress Revisions and Autosaves: How to Recover Content Without Slowing Your Site

You’re updating a service page, swapping out a few paragraphs, and you hit Save. Ten minutes later, someone spots that the original copy had an approved legal disclaimer. Suddenly, you need that earlier version back. This is exactly the kind… Continue Reading →

WordPress Signs the Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter

We’re proud to announce that WordPress has signed Open Weights and American AI Leadership, an open letter asking US policymakers to not place early restrictions on open weight AI models. These are artificial intelligence models that anyone can download, inspect,… Continue Reading →

Why your hosting is part of your website’s credibility test

Most credibility advice focuses primarily on your content. This values real experiences, credentialed authors, original research, and relying on humans across anything AI-assisted. All of that is correct and should already be on your checklist. What it misses is that… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: August 27, 2026

This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, August 27, 2026 15:00 UTC Announcements Help shape the Accessibility Lab plugin WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” was released on August 19th as scheduled! A call for volunteers was published for WP 7.2…. Continue Reading →

How to Build WordPress Landing Pages Without Creating Content Debt

It can take a few hours to launch a WordPress landing page and several years for it to completely disappear. It’s easy to miss that imbalance. Whenever there are product launches, promotions, events, or paid campaigns, there is pressure to… Continue Reading →

How to Set a WordPress Homepage for Your Business

When someone types in your main domain, your WordPress homepage is the first thing they see. Depending on how you set it up, WordPress can greet visitors with your latest blog posts or showcase a specific Page you’ve chosen as… Continue Reading →

Every AI-Built Product Looks the Same – Here’s the Opening for WordPress

Open ten Product Hunt launches in a row this week. Same gradient hero. Same rounded card grid. Same badge with the little pulsing dot. Same font. You could swap the logos on half of them and nobody browsing quickly would… Continue Reading →

How AI Is Changing SEO in the WordPress World

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 →

Why Accessibility Testing Belongs Inside WordPress

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 →

Beyond WordPress: How Digital Teams Are Building Hybrid Stacks for Clients Who’ve Outgrown One Platform

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 →

WordPress Migration Tips: How to Move Your Website Without Losing SEO

One of the most important aspects of a WordPress website migration is ensuring that all of the SEO work you’ve implemented on your existing website is successfully transferred to your new one. A properly executed SEO migration helps preserve your… Continue Reading →

Why Website Redesigns Can Hurt Your SEO (and How to Avoid It)

Every website reaches a point where it needs a redesign. Maybe the design looks dated, the site has become difficult to manage, or it simply no longer reflects the business behind it. A fresh website can improve user experience, increase… Continue Reading →

Best Practices for WordPress Updates and Staying on the Latest WordPress Version

If you’ve ever managed a WordPress website, you’ve seen the notifications: “A new version of WordPress is available.” Keeping your site updated is one of the most important maintenance habits for security, speed, and unlocking new features. But what exactly… Continue Reading →

The Definitive Guide to SSL and WordPress

The Importance of SSL in Today’s Web Environment It’s become commonplace for a majority of internet users to share personal information on the internet. With the disregard for protecting personal data becoming second nature, how do we protect ourselves and… Continue Reading →

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