WordPress News & Coverage
Kinsta returns to Australia this May to connect with WordPress agencies and digital marketers in Melbourne and Sydney, focusing on hosting performance and infrastructure.
Envato will end its exclusive author program and move all marketplace sellers to a flat 50% revenue share starting July 1, 2026, impacting WordPress theme and plugin developers.
Scaling WordPress sites often happens reactively, causing outages and wasted budget. Operational analytics reveal when to optimize infrastructure versus when to scale capacity.
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.
WordPress 7.0 removes default title attributes from author link functions to simplify markup and improve accessibility, offering developers new parameters and filters for customization.
WordPress 7.0 RC4 is now available, five days before the final release, accompanied by a detailed Field Guide outlining key changes and developer guidance.
WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4 is now available for final testing before its scheduled launch on May 20, 2026. This release candidate focuses on stability and bug fixes.
WordPress AI plugin 0.9.0 launches comment moderation and content resizing experiments, adds WP-CLI alt text generation, and introduces Developer Mode for AI control.
Wordfence Intelligence reports 75 new WordPress vulnerabilities disclosed in plugins and themes during May 4–10, 2026, with critical flaws prompting immediate firewall updates.
WordPress 7.0 delivers major developer enhancements, AI integration with the WP AI Client, a modernized dashboard, and new APIs for interactive block development.
