E156: WP.org Adds 24-hour Cooldown for Plugin & Theme Auto-updates, 55k Plugins Benchmarked, WooCommerce Drops Block-based Product Editor
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…