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WordPress Translation Gets Harder Because of AI

2026/10/20

Getting good translations of the WordPress interface is harder than ever, and AI is to blame.

MCP Adapter is now a plugin

2026/10/13

Connecting remotely to WordPress from your artificial intelligence tool can now be done natively with the MCP Adapter plugin.

First Name and Last Name, Last Name and First Name

2026/10/06

A historic problem in WordPress is back: the users list can always be sorted by first name, but not by last name.

MCP Server for the WordPress Trac

2026/09/29

If you want to contribute to WordPress using AI, you can now connect to the Trac MCP server to find tickets, changesets, and everything you need to dig through the backlog of pending work.

The Road to WordPress 7.2

2026/09/22

We now know the roadmap for WordPress 7.2 — what's being planned for this release, and what shouldn't make it in.

WebMCP in Playground

2026/09/15

While WebMCP is still a proposed Internet standard, it's already been integrated into WordPress Playground for use with the ChatGPT desktop app, which supports it.

Goodbye, Dashicons

2026/09/08

The icons that have displayed WordPress since version 3.8 appear set to disappear in WordPress 7.2, where they'll be replaced with vector graphics.

The Secrets API

2026/09/01

WordPress is working on an encryption system for credentials stored in the system, both for connector APIs and those used by other plugins and tools.

Accessibility Lab Plugin

2026/08/25

Accessibility Lab Plugin

Accessible Themes-For What?

2026/08/18

Accessible Themes-For What?

WordPress 7.0.3: Second Round of Security Patches in a Month

2026/08/11

Following the emergency release of WordPress 7.0.2 for wp2shell, now comes WordPress 7.0.3 as a security maintenance release with 12 security patches heavily affecting the login screen.

WordPress 7.1: Complete Rundown Before Release Candidate

2026/08/04

WordPress 7.1 is about to enter release candidate phase, and the calendar still points to August 19 for the final version. With most updates confirmed, it's time for a complete rundown of this feature-packed release.

Playlist and Tabs Blocks

2026/07/28

WordPress 7.1 will include two new blocks: Playlist, an expansion of a media list, and Tabs, which after several iterations achieves enough maturity to be released.

Urgent Update for 6.8, 6.9, and 7.0

2026/07/21

A security release has been published for versions 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, and 7.1-beta that fixes 2 critical security issues in WordPress core.

GatherPress Will Become a Reality

2026/07/14

The event creation plugin, designed specifically for the WordPress community, has been approved to begin its rollout on WordPress.org and replace Meetup.com.