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From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress Lead Developer Dion Hulse announced yesterday that most WordPress.org sites now support Markdown output, something co-founder Matt Mullenweg pushed for last month. Using it…

From therepository.email Source: Read More When a new WordPress vulnerability is made public, attackers are typically exploiting it within five hours. Nearly half of those vulnerabilities have no patch available…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Applications for CloudFest Hackathon 2026 hit a new record this year, and the numbers tell a story Carole Olinger has been working toward for a…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 is now available, arriving on schedule after last week’s delayed Beta 1 and bringing with it the feature that has dominated…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi, the co-founders of the FAIR Package Manager project, announced today that they are stepping away from the initiative after…

From therepository.email Source: Read More PressConf is back. After a debut that left attendees in tears — the good kind — organizer Raquel Manriquez is gearing up for the second…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic, CEO Matt Mullenweg, and now WooCommerce Inc. have asked the U.S. District Court to dismiss large portions of WP Engine’s third amended complaint, renewing…

From therepository.email Source: Read More There’s been a lot of chatter online about WordPress. Apparently, the prophets and pontificators of our time are declaring WordPress in early stages of decline.…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Human Made will host WP:26 on March 12, returning with its annual virtual event focused on the future of WordPress. The conference will be live-streamed…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Accessibility Day, the nonprofit behind the annual 24-hour virtual accessibility conference, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a large, highly visible booth at…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 is now available, 24 hours later than planned. Core unit test failures tied to the REST autosave controller and real-time collaboration…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic and CEO Matt Mullenweg are asking a federal judge to keep parts of WP Engine’s latest complaint under seal, arguing that the filing reveals…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WP Community Collective has expanded its board of directors for the first time since its founding in 2022, formally appointing Jono Alderson and Chris…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress.com has rolled out an AI assistant that works inside the editor, media library, and notes. The assistant, announced yesterday on the WordPress.com blog, lets…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Rodolfo Melogli has been sharing WooCommerce tutorials, courses and code snippets on his site, Business Bloomer, since 2014. For years it was a reliable engine…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Matt Mullenweg has outlined a vision to position WordPress as the preferred platform for AI agents and developers, calling for WordPress.org to provide markdown versions…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Matt Mullenweg says companies that pay for WordPress’s top-tier Global Sponsor package should be allowed to give product-specific talks at WordCamps and meetups — a…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordCamp Asia 2026 is coming to Mumbai from April 9–11, with more than 1,800 tickets already sold and organizers planning for 3,000+ attendees. If projections…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine filed an updated complaint in its lawsuit against Automattic and CEO Matt Mullenweg this week, adding WooCommerce and the WordPress Foundation as defendants…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Katie Adams Farrell has resigned as president of The WP Community Collective’s board of directors, citing differences over how directly the organization should challenge power…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress meetup organizers say plans to revamp meetups to include hands-on contribution sessions will fall short unless long-standing infrastructure and sustainability issues are fixed first.…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress AI Team is inviting the community to test eight new experimental AI features, marking a significant expansion of the AI Experiments plugin as…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress AI Team has formally proposed merging the WordPress AI Client into WordPress 7.0, opening debate about whether the API is ready — and…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress 6.9.1 shipped this week, delivering fixes for 49 bugs across core and the block editor, addressing issues with classic themes, email delivery, and post…

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From therepository.email Source: Read More Automattic has donated to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to launch AI Leaders, a workforce-focused AI literacy program that offers paid participation, a WordPress-backed…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine has launched Newsroom, a publishing platform built on WordPress for mid-to-enterprise news organizations, marking the hosting company’s move into newsroom publishing infrastructure. Newsroom’s…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress AI Team has a new home for its Agent Skills project — an official WordPress GitHub repository — and has published the project’s…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Community Team has outlined plans to revamp the project’s meetup program, with a review now underway and new resources coming to help organizers…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The FAIR project has published its 2026 roadmap and a year-in-review, outlining an ambitious plan to scale its federated WordPress distribution network while reflecting on…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WP Engine has won court approval to add WooCommerce as a defendant in its lawsuit against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, a procedural win that resets…

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From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard has outlined her big picture goals for 2026, setting priorities across core development, AI, education, and meetups as the project…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress’ education initiatives now have a dedicated home on WordPress.org. A new Education landing page at wordpress.org/education brings together WordPress Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress 7.0 release team was announced earlier today, with Gutenberg lead architect Matías Ventura stepping in as release lead. The squad was announced by…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordCamp Europe 2026 is heading to Kraków, Poland, from June 4–6 for the 14th edition of the long-running annual event. After last year’s event in…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress AI Team has released version 0.2.0 of the AI Experiments plugin, adding a new editorial experiment for AI-powered excerpt generation and continuing work…

From therepository.email Source: Read More The WordPress Community Team is encouraging local communities to organise women-centric WordPress events around International Women’s Day, following a successful pilot last year that saw…

From therepository.email Source: Read More WordPress core contributors have locked in a February 3 release date for WordPress 6.9.1, confirming the update will ship as a bug-fix–only maintenance release following…

From therepository.email Source: Read More Matt Mullenweg was the first guest on the relaunched Do the Woo podcast last week, joining hosts James Kemp, Core Product Manager for WooCommerce, and…