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This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover a major WordPress supply chain security scare, where Wordfence’s AI-powered PRISM detected a backdoored plugin update within just two hours, preventing thousands of websites from being compromised thanks to the Protect the Shire cooldown period. We also discuss the WPManageNinja security incident, where tampered updates briefly…

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover Matt Mullenweg breaking his four-year silence on the WordPress.org active installs growth chart discussion, major features coming in WordPress 7.1, and why the React 19 upgrade has been postponed. We also discuss the WP Community Collective’s rebrand to the WP Open Community Collective (WPOCC), WooCommerce’s new…

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover the emergency release of WordPress 7.0.2, which patches two critical vulnerabilities, including a rare pre-authentication remote code execution flaw. We also discuss the coordinated industry response, the forced security updates, and why WordPress.org has reduced the Protect the Shire auto-update cooldown period from 24 hours to…

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover the WordPress Foundation’s 2025 financial report, WordPress 7.0.1, and the community’s decision to reverse the planned phase-out of the Classic block following widespread feedback. We also discuss the low ticket sales for WordCamp US 2026 and the conversations they’ve sparked across the community, WordPress’s move from…

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover WP Engine’s latest trademark challenge against the WordPress Foundation over the terms “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” in Canada, along with WordPress 7.1’s decision to keep the Classic block after strong community feedback. We also discuss the upcoming WordPress 7.0.1 release, new AI-focused capabilities coming to…

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 launch…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…