WordPress News & Coverage
Bot-driven bandwidth waste on WordPress sites often targets uncached endpoints like carts and product filters, causing high server load without increasing traffic. This tutorial explains how to identify, analyze, and selectively filter unwanted bot traffic using analytics and infrastructure-level controls, preserving essential bots like Googlebot for SEO and uptime monitoring.
The May 27, 2026 WordPress Dev Chat detailed progress on the recent 7.0 release and upcoming 7.1 development, focusing on accessibility improvements, UI fixes for non-block editor users, and the planned dual-plugin strategy to address publishing screen inconsistencies affecting custom post types.
Patchstack is restructuring its bug bounty program to focus on high-impact vulnerabilities in WordPress, reducing low-value AI-generated reports and duplicates. The changes, effective June 2026, prioritize unauthenticated or low-privilege exploits, helping agencies and site operators better allocate security resources.
WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” introduces native AI integration, a modernized dashboard, new blocks, and developer tools that redefine content creation and site building workflows for agencies, developers, and site operators.
WP Engine’s Campaign Manager Brandi Baggerman leverages her nine years of support experience to improve WordPress hosting communications. Her unique path highlights the operational importance of integrating support insights into marketing campaigns, which benefits WordPress agencies, developers, and site operators.
June 2026 brings WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" and critical Gutenberg updates reshaping media workflows, React compatibility, and collaborative editing. Developers must test plugins, update PHP support, and prepare for client-side image processing.
AI visibility is transforming how WordPress sites are discovered beyond traditional SEO. This guide explains AI visibility, its importance, and practical steps to optimize WordPress sites for AI-driven discovery through structured data, topical authority, and technical best practices.
WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” introduces AI infrastructure and new design tools, WooCommerce 10.8 improves storefront speed and review workflows, and the WP Community Collective launches its State of the Community Survey to capture honest feedback from WordPress users.
A zero-downtime migration protects WordPress sites from outages and data loss during hosting moves. This guide from WP Engine reveals essential steps and pitfalls every developer must know.
Kinsta launches a new Bot Protection feature for WordPress sites, integrated into the MyKinsta dashboard and included free on all plans. This tool offers granular control over AI and automated traffic, protecting dynamic WooCommerce and WordPress endpoints from resource-draining bots without requiring support tickets or extra costs.
