The WP Week by WP-CONTENT.CO - Weekly News from WordPress Ecosystem

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover a major security incident affecting five Awesome Motive products, including Uncanny Automator, following a supply-chain breach that has sent shockwaves through the WordPress ecosystem. We also discuss WordPress opening testing for long-awaited Unicode email address support, bringing internationalized email addresses to WordPress accounts, along with the l...

This week, we dive into WordPress.org’s new Protect The Shire initiative, introducing a 24-hour cooldown period for plugin and theme auto-updates to improve security and reduce supply-chain risks. We also cover the experimental Gutenberg dashboard, the React 19 rollback, and the call for WordPress 7.0.x release managers. We discuss WooCommerce’s decision to drop the block-based Product Editor , be...

This week, the spotlight is on Matt Mullenweg’s emotional WordPress anniversary post as the WP Engine legal battle intensifies, alongside growing debate after SiteGround automatically installed its AI plugin on customer sites following WordPress 7.0 updates. We also discuss WordPress market share slipping for a sixth consecutive month and what that could mean for the future of the ecosystem. Elsew...

This week, WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” officially lands as the first major release of 2026, bringing AI-powered workflows, a modernized dashboard, new blocks, Connectors, visual revisions, and major developer enhancements. We also discuss why real-time collaboration was ultimately removed from the release and the growing conversation around AI security risks in WordPress. The episode covers the call...

This week, the spotlight is on Liquid Web’s major restructuring of its WordPress software portfolio, retiring several standalone brands including Kadence, SolidWP, Restrict Content Pro, IconicWP, and MemberDash under a consolidated product strategy. The move sparked strong reactions across the community, with voices like Chris Lema and Carl Hancock weighing in on the future of WordPress businesses...

This week, the spotlight is on Envato’s decision to end its exclusive author model, moving all ThemeForest and CodeCanyon authors to a flat 50% revenue share starting July 2026 — one of the biggest shifts in the marketplace’s history. We also cover the surprise removal of real-time collaboration from WordPress 7.0 after Matt Mullenweg decided to pull the feature before release. Across the WordPres...

This week, the spotlight is on Themeum’s decision to merge Droip into Kirki, transforming the popular customizer framework into a broader website builder platform and sparking debate across the WordPress community. We also cover the announcement of WordCamp India joining the flagship WordCamp lineup, a major milestone for the Indian WordPress ecosystem. Across WordPress and beyond, Gutenberg 23.2...

This week’s episode is packed with high-impact developments across the WordPress ecosystem. The big story is the temporary closure of 80+ WPFactory plugins on WordPress.org following a reported security concern, raising fresh questions around plugin trust and supply chain safety. We also cover the updated WordPress 7.0 release timeline , now set for May 2026, with continued focus on real-time coll...

This week’s episode is packed with real impact stories across the WordPress ecosystem. The headline is a serious WooCommerce Subscriptions bug that may have silently cost store owners thousands in lost revenue by switching renewals to manual mode without warning. We also cover the launch of the new WordPress Core Dev Environment Toolkit , making it far easier for contributors to get started, along...

Episode 148 brings you the latest highlights from WP-CONTENT Newsletter #267 , covering a packed week across the WordPress ecosystem. This episode dives into ongoing developments in AI-driven tooling, updates to plugins and developer workflows, and the steady evolution of performance and security practices across WordPress. We also touch on community conversations, new experiments, and emerging to...

Episode 146 brings together the key highlights from WP-CONTENT Newsletter #265 , covering a fast-moving week across WordPress, AI, and the broader tech ecosystem. This episode looks at ongoing developments in WordPress tooling, ecosystem updates, and the growing influence of AI-driven workflows shaping how developers build and manage sites. We also touch on community conversations, product updates...

Episode 144 dives into the biggest highlights from WP-CONTENT Newsletter #263 , including the acquisition of WPackagist by WP Engine , a move that could reshape how developers access and manage WordPress plugins through Composer workflows. We also cover a busy week for WordPress releases, with multiple updates landing in quick succession and ongoing discussions about tooling, infrastructure, and d...

In Episode 143, we unpack the biggest highlights from WP-CONTENT Newsletter #262 , covering new experiments around featured plugins, updates to the Contributor Dashboard pilot project, and fresh calls for community testing and feedback. The episode also touches on surveys and insights shaping agencies and the WordPress ecosystem as the community continues refining contributor workflows and explori...

Episode 142 covers the latest developments shaping the WordPress ecosystem this week. The spotlight is on new AI-focused tooling and experimentation across the platform, along with continued updates to developer workflows, plugins, and the broader ecosystem. We also look at community discussions, product releases, and new projects emerging from the WordPress space, highlighting how the platform co...

In this week’s episode, we break down the key highlights from WP-CONTENT.CO Newsletter #260 , including major tooling updates, community initiatives, and trends shaping the WordPress ecosystem. We cover significant advances in developer workflows, expanded AI tooling and benchmarks, new plugin and platform releases, and ongoing conversations around quality, testing, and ecosystem health. Whether y...

This week’s episode dives into the latest developments from WP-CONTENT Newsletter #259 , where legal tensions take center stage as WP Engine files an amended complaint alleging Automattic pressured Stripe and planned action against multiple competitors. We also unpack fresh updates around the WordPress 7.0 release timeline, ongoing AI Experiments progress, and over 120 newly disclosed vulnerabilit...

In Episode 139, we break down the biggest WordPress and ecosystem highlights from WP-CONTENT.CO Newsletter #258 . This week’s roundup covers fresh tooling updates, community milestones, and key trends that matter — from workflow improvements and testing insights to broader conversations about contributor experiences and platform direction. Whether you’re tracking quality, collaboration, or what’s...

Episode 138 rounds up the most important highlights from the WordPress ecosystem this week, drawing from the latest WP-CONTENT.CO newsletter. We cover key project updates, shifts in community conversations, and notable developments shaping how WordPress is being built, maintained, and used today. From evolving tools and workflows to broader discussions around direction and sustainability, this epi...

This week, we’re pulling together the biggest highlights from WP-CONTENT.CO Newsletter #256 , covering key developments in WordPress and the broader ecosystem. The buzz is dominated by the launch of Elementor One , a new unified platform from Elementor that promises a streamlined design experience across tools and workflows. Meanwhile, the Content-Creators Slack channel has been closed after four...

This week’s episode explores how WordPress is evolving alongside AI, performance, and community leadership. The spotlight is on WP-Bench, the new official AI benchmark from the Core AI Team, setting a clear standard for what it means for AI tools to truly understand WordPress. We also cover early moves toward WordPress 7.0, including View Transitions coming to wp-admin, Playground UI improvements,...

This week’s episode dives into one of the most heated community debates in recent memory after an official WordPress.org social post sparked backlash over tone, professionalism, and leadership. We break down the reactions from long-time contributors, what it says about governance, and why it matters for the future of the project. Beyond the controversy, we cover early planning for WordPress 7.0, i...

This week, we cover major updates shaping the WordPress ecosystem, from contributor initiatives and security concerns to hosting innovations and a wave of new releases. The WordPress Test Team has outlined plans to restructure in 2026 with clearer guidelines and a new training program, while the latest Vulnerability Report flags 139 new issues across plugins and themes. Hosting news includes WP Ho...

This week, we cover a wide mix of WordPress community updates, security alerts, and evolving conversations around AI and modern web development. The WordPress Community is bringing back women-focused events for International Women’s Day, complete with a new organizer handbook, while the latest Vulnerability Report highlights 150 new issues across plugins and themes in just one week—another reminde...

This week on The WP Week, we break down the conversations shaping WordPress’s future, starting with a proposed 2026 release schedule that aligns major WordPress versions with flagship community events like WordCamp Asia, WordCamp US, and the State of the Word. We also look at progress on the Contributor Dashboard pilot, the WordPress 6.9 retrospective, and new calls for volunteers supporting Campu...

This week, we’re unpacking one of the biggest internet disruptions of the year — a major Cloudflare outage that rippled across the web, taking down sites and services worldwide after a critical database issue. Meanwhile, WordPress rolls out Release Candidate 2 for version 6.9, the first-ever WordPress AI Client SDK, and a call for mentors for the new Campus Connect program. Security was also in th...