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Big News: WordPress Initiative Will Secure Plugins And Themes
WordPress announced the Protect The Shire initiative for securing all plugins and themes in its repositories and directories.
WordPress Market Share Declines For Six Months In A Row
WordPress is losing market share for six months in a row as competing platforms hold steady or grow more popular.
Core Web Vitals: WordPress And Astro Versus Everyone Else
WordPress and Astro emerge from the latest performance comparison as a contrast between platform complexity and lightweight publishing.
Security Researcher: WordPress 7.0 Could Trigger Rush To Steal AI API Keys
WordPress 7.0 exposes AI API keys worth thousands of dollars. Security researcher says there “will be an absolute rush by hackers to steal” them.
WordPress 7.0 Is A Winner: Here’s What You Need To Know
WordPress 7.0 may be the most consequential CMS release to date, with changes that extend far beyond the platform’s new AI features.
WordPress 7.0 Launches With Native AI Integration
WordPress 7.0 was expected to focus on real-time collaboration, but native AI integration may define the release and the platform’s future.
More Organic Search Traffic, More Ad Revenue: 4 Publishing Workflow Fixes That Bring Both
Discover how a modern publishing engine can eliminate the issues of legacy CMS and drive sustainable growth for media companies.
Liquid Web WordPress Plugin Rebrand Triggers Backlash
A Liquid Web rebrand of StellarWP plugins triggered backlash after users reported missing pages, login issues, and license confusion.
WordPress 7.0 Will Ship Without Real-Time Collaboration
WordPress delays rollout of real-time collaboration. Co-founder Mullenweg cites WPE lawsuit as a distraction hampering progress.
WordPress Loses Marketshare. Is Astro Eroding Their User Base?
WordPress is losing market share, with over 10% of sites abandoned. Astro is downloaded 2.5 million times a week.
WooCommerce Stores Can Now Sell Products Via YouTube Videos
Google and WooCommerce announced today that the Google for WooCommerce extension now enables merchants to sell products directly through YouTube. The update connects WooCommerce stores...
WordPress’s Troubled Real-Time Collaboration Feature
Will WordPress’s troubled real-time collaboration feature be worth delaying the release of WP 7.0?
Mullenweg To Cloudflare: Keep WordPress Out Of Your Mouth
Matt Mullenweg invokes Will Smith’s Oscars slap in response to Cloudflare’s boat that EmDash is a successor to WordPress.
6 Reasons Why Cloudflare’s EmDash Can’t Compete With WordPress
Cloudflare’s WordPress competitor EmDash may be the future of CMSs, but there are six reasons why it’s not that CMS today.
WordPress Delays Release Of Version 7.0 To Focus On Stability
Delay in release of WordPress 7.0 stems from concerns over the real-time collaboration feature. The focus is on targeting “extreme stability.”
Is Your Website Ready for AI Search? A Practical Audit for CMOs
Is your website ready for the AI-powered search revolution? Discover practical insights on adapting your CMS for modern needs.
Is WordPress Too Complex For Most Sites?
Yoast SEO founder shares that most sites don’t need content management systems like WordPress anymore.
Vibe Coding Plugins? Validate With Official WordPress Plugin Checker
The official WordPress Plugin Checker provides automated code review for security and best practices, perfect for checking vibe coded plugins.
3 CMS Platforms Control 73% Of The Market & Shape Technical SEO Defaults
CMS defaults now influence more of the web’s technical SEO than most consultants ever can, reshaping where optimization work creates real value.
Formidable Forms Flaw Lets Attackers Pay Less For Expensive Purchases
Formidable Forms WordPress vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to pay a small amount and have a larger purchase marked as paid.
WordPress Gutenberg 22.7 Lays Groundwork For AI Publishing
Gutenberg 22.7 adds features that lay the groundwork for a role as an AI publishing platform and improve the editing experience.
WordPress Security Release 6.9.4 Fixes Issues 6.9.2 Failed To Address
WordPress issues second security release 6.9.4 to address vulnerabilities that version 6.9.2 apparently failed to patch.
WordPress Releases Updated AI Experiments Plugin
Official WordPress AI Experiments plugin enables users to get advance access to AI features right now.
WordPress Releases AI Plugins For Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, And OpenAI
WordPress releases three plugins for integrating Claude, Gemini, or OpenAI into websites
Yoast SEO’s New Schema Aggregator Improves Entity Disambiguation
Yoast SEO introduces a feature that consolidates site schema and disambiguates entities like authors, articles, products, and organizations.
Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Affect 60K Sites
A warning was issued about two vulnerabilities affecting up to 60,000 installations of the Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin.
Builderius WordPress Page Builder Integrates Claude AI
Builderius page builder announced an experimental AI integration that enables it to apply changes inside the builder.
WordPress Calendar Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 100k Sites
Up to a hundred thousands websites affected by WordPress calendar plugin vulnerability.
Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress Vulnerability Affects Up To 500k Sites
Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress vulnerability rated 8.8/10 affects up to 500,000 websites.
WordPress User Registration & Membership Plugin Vulnerability
Critical vulnerability in WordPress User Registration & Membership plugin enables unauthenticated attackers to obtain administrator role.