WordPress News & Coverage
Learn how to build a WordPress plugin using the new AI Client to generate images directly in the Media Library. This tutorial covers prompt building, REST API integration, and media uploads.
GravityKit has become the first commercial WordPress plugin company to implement cryptographic signing, enhancing security across nearly 30 plugins on 60,000+ sites.
Matt Schwartz discusses how WordPress agencies can integrate AI securely and effectively, emphasizing knowledge sharing, Model Context Protocol, QA automation, and ecosystem impacts.
WordPress 7.0 RC3 removes the real-time collaboration feature from core after technical challenges delayed its launch. The feature will continue as a plugin while the core release focuses on stability.
Gutenberg 23.1 introduces an experimental UI for managing custom post types and taxonomies in WordPress admin, generating mixed reactions about its timing and readiness.
The WordPress Themes Team update for May 5, 2026, highlights an efficient review queue, accelerating block theme approvals, and active plugin development supporting the evolving theme ecosystem.
The WordPress Plugins Team reports a backlog of 4,790 plugin submissions with 254 approvals and 470 rejections in April 2026, highlighting ongoing review challenges.
@wordpress/build introduces faster, convention-driven tooling for WordPress plugins, replacing webpack and Babel with esbuild.
WordPress 7.0's release has been delayed to refine its real-time collaboration features, ensuring stability and long-term scalability.
WordPress.org launches the Featured Plugins experiment to spotlight newer, high-quality plugins with fewer than 10,000 installs. Eight plugins are selected biweekly.
