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It Turns Out WordPress Was Built for the AI Era
From therepository.email Source: Read More Heads up: This is a sponsored post, which means it’s paid content from one of our partners, not a news piece. Sponsored content helps keep…
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How AI is Transforming Ecommerce Automations
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More As eCommerce advances, AI integration into WooCommerce automation enhances flexibility and adaptability, allowing for smarter workflows that respond effectively to customer inputs and streamline operations.…
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Contact Form 7 Creator Reveals Contactable.io Will Launch as RESTful API
From therepository.email Source: Read More The creator of Contact Form 7 has revealed that Contactable.io, the project he announced at WordCamp Asia 2026 as the successor to his long-running WordPress…
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New Contributor Onboarding Project Rallies Make Teams Ahead of WordCamp Europe Launch
From therepository.email Source: Read More A small team of contributors has put out a call for help building a new onboarding initiative for the WordPress project, asking Make teams to…
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Get Involved With WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordCamp US 2026 will take place August 16–19 in Phoenix, Arizona, and applications are now open for sponsors, speakers, and volunteers. WordCamp US is the…
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Fluency Lives in Your Fingers
From therepository.email Source: Read More “All skills, even the more abstract, begin as bodily practices.” — Richard Sennett, The Craftsman On December 30, 1780, Mozart was in Munich composing Idomeneo,…
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WordPress Community Team Opens Applications for WordCamp India 2027 Host City
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Community Team has opened applications for cities interested in hosting WordCamp India 2027, the project’s fourth annual flagship event. Karen Almassi, Automattic’s new…
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Woo Ships WooCommerce Subscriptions Health Check Tool Following Disclosure of Four Renewal Bugs
From therepository.email Source: Read More Woo has shipped a new diagnostic tool in WooCommerce Subscriptions, following through on a commitment made last week after a developer went public with four…
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Austin Ginder Reports Fourth Plugin Backdoor in a Month, Unveils WP Beacon
From therepository.email Source: Read More Anchor Hosting founder Austin Ginder has disclosed his fourth WordPress.org plugin supply chain attack in a month, this time with help from WP Beacon, a…
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WordPress.org Closes Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin After Author Operated Years-Long Backdoor
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Plugins Team has closed the Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin after the plugin’s author planted a backdoor in 2020 that let the plugin update…
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Federal Judge Orders Matt Mullenweg to Explain Missing Messages in WP Engine Dispute
From therepository.email Source: Read More A federal magistrate judge has ordered Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg to provide a sworn declaration explaining why so few messages from WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram…
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Building WooCommerce, Community Lessons from Checkout Summit
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The episode recaps Checkout Summit in Palermo, highlighting insights from WooCommerce creators. Hosts discuss the event’s intimate nature, engaging talks, networking opportunities, and plans for…
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New Presence API Feature Plugin Released as Side Project to Real-Time Collaboration
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress core contributor Joe Fusco has released an experimental plugin that surfaces who else is logged into the WordPress admin and what they’re working on.…
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WordPress Student Clubs Build Momentum
From wordpress.org Source: Read More WordPress Student Clubs are beginning to take shape as a new way to carry the momentum of WordPress Campus Connect beyond one-time workshops. What starts…
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Automattic Engineers Reimagine wp-admin as a Desktop OS — and Nick Hamze’s Already Built an App Store for It
From therepository.email Source: Read More Two Automattic engineers have reimagined as a desktop operating system, with movable windows, wallpaper, a dock, and even a recycle bin. Described as “WILD!” by…
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WordPress AI 0.8.0 Introduces New Refine From Notes Experiment and Dashboard Widgets
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress AI Team has shipped version 0.8.0 of the WordPress AI plugin, rolling out new editorial workflows and integration with the Guidelines feature in…
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Rethinking Plugins With a Single License for an Expanding Library
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, hosts Bob Dunn and Cami McNamara discuss WellPlayedWP, a unique subscription service for WordPress plugins launched by Marcus Burnette. The service focuses…
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WordPress 7.0: Are Any of the New Features Worth Getting Excited About?
Source: WPShout WordPress 7.0 is shaping up to be one of the most significant releases in recent years, or simply the most ambitious rebranding of what WordPress thinks it is.…
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Embracing Protocols Over Products: How Open Standards Shape the Social Web
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The social web’s success stems from standards and protocols like WebFinger and OAuth, which foster ownership, interoperability, and innovation, surpassing the temporary impact of individual…
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WordPress 7.0 Gets a New May 20 Release Date
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress 7.0 has a new release date of May 20, with a call for hosting providers to help test real-time collaboration expected to follow today.…
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Live at CloudFest: Ecommerce With New Caching for Better Conversions
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Site speed is crucial for e-commerce success; delays lead to cart abandonment, especially on mobile. Experts discuss caching solutions and user experience improvements to enhance…
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The Philosophy Behind Sustaining Independent Voices
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More The “Keep It Open” initiative emphasizes sustainability and independence in the open web community, inviting contributors to support honest conversations without focusing on rewards or…
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Pressable Launches MCP Integration, Letting Customers Manage WordPress Hosting From Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
From therepository.email Source: Read More Pressable has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration that allows customers to manage their hosting infrastructure directly using popular AI tools. The Automattic-owned managed…
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Brian Solis, Liza Adams to Headline an AI-Heavy DE{CODE} 2026
From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine has unveiled the full speaker lineup and agenda for DE{CODE} 2026, its seventh annual virtual conference, with sessions across three tracks built around…
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Woo Ships Google for WooCommerce 3.6, Making YouTube Shopping a Direct Sales Channel
From therepository.email Source: Read More Woo has released Google for WooCommerce 3.6, making YouTube Shopping available as a direct sales channel for the first time and adding AI-generated ad creative…
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Scaling WooCommerce Operations with Automation
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, co-hosts discuss WooCommerce automation with expert James Collins, emphasizing how tools like Zapier streamline tasks, reduce errors, and enhance efficiency through practical…
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Woo to Notify WooCommerce Subscriptions Customers After Four Bugs Silently Broke Renewals
From therepository.email Source: Read More Woo has confirmed four bugs in WooCommerce Subscriptions silently disabled automatic payment processing for some stores, and plans to notify customers and ship a diagnostic…
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Can’t Make It to Palermo? Checkout Summit Is Going Online in May
From therepository.email Source: Read More Checkout Summit kicks off tomorrow in Palermo, Italy, and for those who can’t make the trip, organizer Rodolfo Melogli has announced a live online companion…
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Better, Faster, and Yes, Cheaper – Or Be Left Behind
From therepository.email Source: Read More In my last keynote as the independent owner-operator of 10up, delivered at a company meetup in Iceland almost exactly 3 years ago (only months before…
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WordCamp Europe 2026 Schedule Now Live, With New Extended Workshop Format
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordCamp Europe 2026 has released its full schedule, with a new extended workshop format and a dedicated education track two of the changes to this…
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WordPress.org Closes 31 Plugins After Backdoor Planted Across Flippa Portfolio
From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Plugins Team has permanently closed 31 plugins and is exploring new AI-assisted defenses after a buyer who acquired the portfolio on Flippa planted…
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Matt Mullenweg Calls for Rethink on WordPress Contributions, Says Five for the Future Data Is “Worse Than Useless”
From therepository.email Source: Read More When agency owner Dinesh Jain asked WordCamp Asia’s Q&A panel how companies could best contribute to WordPress, core committers Peter Wilson and Sergey Biryukov gave…
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Matt Mullenweg Overrules Core Committers to Put Akismet on WordPress 7.0’s Connectors Screen
From therepository.email Source: Read More Matt Mullenweg has directed core committers to proceed with registering Automattic’s Akismet spam plugin on the new Connectors screen that’s shipping in WordPress 7.0, overruling…
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PressConf 2026 Recap: The Clarity That Comes From Challenge and Discomfort
From therepository.email Source: Read More I arrived in Tempe a couple of days before PressConf kicked off to shake off the jetlag, but the moment I finally checked into the…
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Podcasting 2.0: The Open Source Movement Reshaping How We Create and Consume Audio
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More This episode explores Podcasting 2.0, highlighting community-driven enhancements to RSS, the balance of distribution platforms, and evolving podcast formats. From openchannels.fm Source: Read More
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WordCamp Asia 2026 Wraps Up in Mumbai With Record Attendance and a Fourth Flagship Announced
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordCamp Asia 2026 wrapped up on Saturday at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, bringing together 2,281 attendees for three days of contributor work,…
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The Imperative of Layered Security in Modern Web Hosting
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More Cybersecurity within web hosting has never been more complex or urgent than it is now. The frequency and variety of attacks have increased dramatically, as…
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Open Channels FM and Keep It Open
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, Bob introduces “Keep It Open,” a new initiative dedicated to supporting independent, honest conversations around the open web. He shares the importance…
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Matt Mullenweg Says “The Wheels Have Fallen Off” in Wide-Ranging WordPress Critique
From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has delivered a wide-ranging critique of the WordPress project, saying it has spent years doing damage to itself and calling out…
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Lessons from Two Decades of Open Source and the Social Internet
From openchannels.fm Source: Read More In this episode, host Matthias Pfefferle chats with software engineer Will Norris, discussing his extensive contributions to open standards, federated identity, and open source, particularly…