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This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover Automattic’s new board following the failed attempt to place Matt Mullenweg on leave, along with the release of WordPress 7.1.2, which addresses a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability. We also discuss WordPress moving toward livestreamed release events, new Core release automation tools, Gutenberg’s migration from Jest to Vitest, and WordPress Playground’s new email inspection tools. On the security front, we look at critical vulnerabilities affecting Elementor and WooCommerce, a stealthy malware campaign using persistence techniques, and Wordfence’s latest report covering 358 vulnerabilities across 243 plugins and 4 themes. We also explore WordCamp Asia 2027’s plans for Contributor Day, the surge in new WordPress plugin submissions, Anne McCarthy’s fundraiser supporting Stimpunks, and several new AI-focused projects, including WP Update Guard, Delta, WPPilot, and Make My Site Agent-Ready. Sponsored by: ProfilePress – Create membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress.HostPapa – Web hosting for growing businesses with 24/7 human support.HireZoot – Create a career page and start recruiting talent in minutes.

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover Matt Mullenweg’s return as Automattic CEO amid a major board shake-up, the release of WordPress 7.1.1 with 11 security fixes, and the roadmap for WordPress 7.2, including the new Ipsum default theme. We also look at WordPress Playground’s new Terminal and Dev Tools, the proposed accessibility-ready approval process, the AI-Powered WordPress course, and WooCommerce’s first official block theme, Purple, now open for testing. On the security front, we cover critical vulnerabilities in Tutor LMS and libheif, along with Wordfence’s latest report covering 260 vulnerabilities across 207 plugins. Plus, we explore new AI-focused projects, Elementor’s MCP beta, Wordfence 9’s free passkeys, Yoast SEO reaching 1 billion downloads, and plenty more from the WordPress community. Sponsored by ProfilePress, HostPapa, and HireZoot.

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover the dramatic leadership shake-up at Automattic, with Matt Mullenweg briefly removed as CEO before returning just days later. We also discuss WordPress.org’s new automated AI-powered security reviews for plugin releases, the WordPress 7.2 release squad, and new developments around AI agents and WordPress Playground. Plus, we dive into the latest WordPress security threats, including an actively exploited WooCommerce vulnerability and a malicious payload detected in a plugin trunk, along with the findings from the 2026 Melapress WordPress Security Survey. We also look at WooCommerce’s proposed PHP 8.1 minimum requirement, WordPress community and education initiatives, plugin businesses, and several new AI-powered projects. Sponsored by: ProfilePress – Create membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress.HostPapa – Web hosting for growing businesses with 24/7 human support.HireZoot – Create a career page and start recruiting talent in minutes.Tune in for the latest WordPress news, security updates, community stories, and product developments.

This week on The WP Week Podcast, we discuss the controversy surrounding WPForms Lite 2.0.0, including claims that its setup wizard introduced backdoor-like functionality and the ongoing debate over administrator consent and WordPress.org guidelines. We also cover the WordPress 7.0.3 security release, which fixes 12 vulnerabilities, a new supply-chain attack affecting several BdThemes plugins, and how plugins can manipulate the WordPress Add New screen. Plus, we look at WooCommerce 11.0, WordPress 7.1 updates, the postponement of WordCamp Switzerland, new AI-powered tools, and other important community developments. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 HireZoot – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of the biggest WordPress news, security alerts, product updates, and community stories.

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 reached customer sites after an old update server was compromised. We also explore the latest WordPress 7.1 developments, WooCommerce 11.0’s delayed release, WP Engine’s new Commerce Connect for BigCommerce, and the growing role of AI in WordPress development, security, and site management. Plus, we highlight new plugins, product launches, and the biggest stories from across the WordPress community. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 HireZoot – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of the biggest WordPress news, security updates, product launches, and community insights.

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 three-month initiative to improve its core plugin, the latest AI and accessibility updates, WordPress Playground’s upcoming redesign, community debates around active install metrics, and a roundup of the newest WordPress projects and ecosystem updates. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 HireZoot (Formally WP Job Openings) – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening across the WordPress ecosystem.

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 just 6 hours. We also dive into the investigation into irregularities in the WordPress.org popular themes list, the latest ecosystem surveys, upcoming improvements in WordPress 7.1, WooCommerce 11.0, new AI-powered tools, security updates, community news, and the most exciting new WordPress projects. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening across the WordPress ecosystem.

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 Meetup.com to GatherPress, new AI initiatives including Community Agents and AI 1.1, WooCommerce’s React-powered Settings UI, and the latest security, product, and ecosystem updates. Plus, we explore why many WordPress product businesses struggle to grow beyond launch, the latest acquisitions, AI-powered tools, new plugins, and the biggest stories shaping the future of WordPress. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening across the WordPress ecosystem.

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 WordPress 7.1, Gutenberg 23.5, and the latest developments across WooCommerce. In community news, Woosa has made its WooCommerce dropshipping and marketplace plugins free for everyone, DLX Plugins has announced it will shut down and open-source most of its premium products, and Gato GraphQL is leaving the WordPress.org plugin repository. Plus, we cover the latest acquisitions, AI-powered WordPress tools, new plugin launches, and the biggest stories shaping the future of the WordPress ecosystem. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress. 💼 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening across the 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 launch of WordPress Studio for Linux, updates from the AI Team, and the redesigned plugin screenshots gallery on WordPress.org.In community news, Wordfence Login Security is being discontinued as its features move into the main Wordfence plugin, Kinsta launches free bot protection, Akismet releases an official PHP SDK, and Beaver Builder enters the AI website builder race with its new AI-powered page generation tools.Plus, we look at growing concerns around WordPress growth, AI-driven search traffic declines, the future of WordCamps, new WordPress projects, security updates, and much more.A big thank you to our sponsors:🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress.⚡ 20i Hosting – Fast, reliable WordPress hosting you'll fall in love with.💼 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and start hiring in minutes.Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening across the WordPress ecosystem.

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, benchmark results from over 55,000 WordPress plugins challenging the “too many plugins” performance myth, and highlights from WordCamp Europe 2026, including the announcement of Málaga, Spain as the host city for WordCamp Europe 2027. Also in this episode: major security updates, Progress Planner’s acquisition, new hosting benchmarks, the future of Patchstack’s bug bounty program, and a roundup of exciting new WordPress projects and AI-powered tools. A big thank you to our sponsors: 🎯 ProfilePress – Build membership sites and sell subscriptions on WordPress.⚡ 20i Hosting – Fast, reliable WordPress hosting built for performance.💼 WP Job Openings – Create a professional careers page and start hiring in minutes. Tune in for your weekly roundup of everything happening in the WordPress ecosystem. 🚀

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. Elsewhere, WooCommerce 10.8 arrives with performance improvements and a new AI Product Advisor beta, React 19 is on its way to WordPress, and new career-focused features are being tested on WordPress.org. Security remains a major theme, with malware campaigns affecting nearly 2,000 WordPress sites, critical plugin vulnerabilities patched, and fresh insights from the State of the Community survey. Community discussions continue around declining WordCamp attendance, the future of plugin businesses, AI-powered support agents, and the growing role of MCP, AI workflows, and agent-driven development across WordPress. Sponsored by:🔹 ProfilePress – Sell memberships, subscriptions, and digital products directly on WordPress🔹 20i – Fast, reliable managed WordPress hosting built for performance🔹 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and manage applications with ease From WordPress governance and security challenges to AI innovation, ecosystem trends, and new projects pushing the platform forward, Episode 155 captures another eventful week in the world of WordPress.

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 for volunteers for WordPress 7.1, the experimental new Media Editor Modal, expanded Unicode email support, Gutenberg 23.2, and AI Plugin 1.0.0. On the security front, the latest State of WordPress Security 2026 report reveals that over half of analyzed WordPress sites are running vulnerable plugins, highlighting the importance of proactive security practices. Across the ecosystem, WordPress.com launches new AI-powered tools, WooCommerce.com moves to nightly Core builds, Modular DS 3.0 ships with integrated security features, and innovative new projects like Block MCP, Baton, Push MD, Haydi, and DesignSetGo Apps showcase how AI and automation are rapidly reshaping WordPress development. Sponsored by:🔹 ProfilePress – Sell memberships, subscriptions, and digital products directly on WordPress🔹 20i – Fast, reliable managed WordPress hosting built for performance🔹 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and manage hiring with ease From WordPress 7.0’s release and security insights to AI innovation and the future of content creation, Episode 154 explores another landmark week for the WordPress ecosystem.

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 and product ecosystems. We also cover WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 4, now just hours away from launch, along with the controversial removal of real-time collaboration from the release. Leadership changes hit the Core AI Team as Jason Adams steps in, while James LePage exits Automattic to pursue a new venture. Gutenberg, WooCommerce, and the WordPress AI Plugin all continue advancing with new developer-focused features, AI tooling, and workflow improvements. Community discussions this week centered around the WordCamp US 2026 website redesign debate, branding confusion around FluentKit and FluentWiz, and the growing role of AI across WordPress products, workflows, and events. Security also remained a major focus with vulnerabilities affecting Burst Statistics and broader concerns around plugin ecosystem trust and disclosure practices. New projects continue pushing WordPress into AI-first and modern workflow territory, including Unblock, Pressmind, Wapuu Studio, Keystone, and WooCommerce AI integrations, while platforms like ZipWP, Elementor, BuddyBoss, and FluentCRM rolled out major AI-powered updates. Sponsored by:🔹 ProfilePress – Sell memberships, subscriptions, and digital products directly on WordPress🔹 20i – High-performance managed WordPress hosting built for speed and reliability🔹 WP Job Openings – Create career pages and manage hiring effortlessly inside WordPress From AI infrastructure and product consolidation to branding debates and the future of WordPress collaboration, this week’s episode captures another fast-evolving chapter in the WordPress ecosystem.

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 WordPress ecosystem, WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 3 is now available for testing, while Automattic introduced the “Meta Janitors” initiative to accelerate experimentation and improvements on WordPress.org. Gutenberg 23.1 brings new taxonomy management and media editing updates, and Make WordPress Slack is preparing to become multilingual to better connect local communities worldwide. Security remained a major theme this week, with vulnerabilities patched in Slider Revolution, Apache HTTP Server, and several WordPress plugins, alongside phishing attacks targeting GoDaddy ManageWP users and a major npm supply-chain compromise affecting TanStack packages. Community discussions also focused on Hostingstep’s 2026 WordPress Hosting Benchmarks, where WP Engine, Pressable, and Templ led in speed and uptime performance. Meanwhile, new AI-powered tools, MCP integrations, static site workflows, and projects like Cortext, WooCommerce for Claude, and Data Machine continue pushing WordPress deeper into the AI era. Sponsored by:🔹 ProfilePress – Sell memberships, subscriptions, and digital products directly on WordPress🔹 20i – Fast, scalable managed WordPress hosting built for developers and businesses🔹 WP Job Openings – Create professional career pages and manage hiring with ease From AI experimentation and infrastructure innovation to marketplace upheaval and WordPress core changes, this week’s episode captures another major turning point for the open web.