The conversation focused on the rapidly evolving landscape of WordPress security, emphasising the impact of AI on both attack complexity and defence strategies. We talked about the accelerating pace at which vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited, prompting the need for…
Yesterday we released a new version of Jetpack, 16.1.3. This release contains a critical security update. While we have no evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited, please update your Jetpack version as soon as possible to keep your site secure. To help you through…
If you run a WooCommerce store, prepping for a sale usually means checking a handful of things one at a time: is the cache on, is the PHP version current, did last night’s backup actually […]
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack. Dev chat is back on Wednesdays again! The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section. The various curated agenda sections below…
WordPress SEO has long revolved around focus keywords and meta descriptions. Those elements still matter, but they don't automatically make a site easy for AI engines to interpret and cite. This ByTheWeb AI review looks at a free GEO plugin and its optional AI assistant to see…
Image optimization has always been the one piece of the media stack that refused to come inside. Infinite Uploads has just pulled it in, and it happens at the CDN edge without touching a single original file. The post "WordPress Image Optimization No Longer Needs a Second…
Since WordPress 7.1 was released, contributors have kept a close eye on incoming reports to the WordPress.org Support Forums, Trac, and the Gutenberg repository on GitHub. The volume and severity of tickets mean that the maintenance release should be prepared habitually. This…
Divi 5 makes it easy to introduce the people behind your brand with team sections that feel intentional, polished, and visually distinctive. In this free pack, you’ll get 9 Creative Team Sections for Divi 5 that are perfect for agencies, startups, creative studios, company…
Launching an online course? This checklist covers validation, presales, a beta cohort, launch week, and the post-launch flywheel that keeps sales rolling.
Content teams are often tangled in a web of software, switching between isolated AI writers, SEO optimization tools, and unvetted browser extensions. These point tools enable rapid drafting, but they often lead to chaotic copy-pasting, version control errors, and unverified…
August brought five updates to MyPressable: a new Activity Hub for tracking jobs and account activity in one place, expanded MCP collaborator management across entire portfolios, Pressable DDEV tools integrated directly into MyPressable, more flexible […]
In print publishing, if you don’t have a defined, multi-stage review process, things go off the rails fast and expensively. When skipping a single step might mean tens of thousands of dollars in ruined stock sitting on a pallet, you just don’t skip steps. I learned that the hard…
August was a big month for WordPress. WordPress 7.1 arrived on schedule, and WordCamp US brought four days of AI-focused talks to Phoenix. WPVibe doubled its install base in a single month. There is also a brand-new screen recording tool that we think you will… Read More » The…
A dynamic blog grid needs two things to work well together: content that can change and a layout that can keep up with it. New posts get published, categories grow, and the number of items returned by a query changes over time. The goal is to build the card and the surrounding…
Hostinger Ecommerce offers a fast, easy way to build an online store. I recently used it to create a mockup shop called Apex Warrior Training, and the whole process took me about two hours. Compared to more established options like Shopify and WooCommerce, I found Hostinger…