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Automattic’s headcount dropped 28 in under four weeks, plus AI plugin security, an agent-fixed bug, Multisite marketing and WordPress built for agents. Read Here → wpmore.net/ai-plugin-se...

wpmore.netAI Plugin Security, Agent-Ready WordPress & Automattic’s Layoffs: What’s Next? | WP More – Issue 62 – WP MoreAutomattic’s headcount dropped 28 in under four weeks, plus AI plugin security, an agent-fixed bug, Multisite marketing and WordPress built for agents.
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Matt Mullenweg has floated a new WordPress history book after the project's two existing books, Milestones and Building Blocks, moved to GitHub so merged fixes go live on WordPress .org within the hour → make.wordpress.org/meta/2026/10... (h/t: @therepositorywp)

make.wordpress.orgThe WordPress books now update from GitHubThe two books on wordpress.org/book, Milestones: The Story of WordPress and Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress, now come straight from WordPress/library on GitHub. Merge a change there and…
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WordPress Credits will pilot paid sponsorship tiers in 2027, from $5,000 a year up to $30,000-plus for companies that want to fund an entire named program. → make.wordpress.org/community/20... (h/t: @therepositorywp

make.wordpress.orgWordPress Credits is opening sponsorship tiersWordPress Credits is a program of the WordPress Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and it connects students at partner institutions with real contribution work on the WordPress project. We began wi…
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The mission this year was to close the digital gender gap and convert local businesses into international brands. 52 girls and adolescents (46.0% of the total) participated in the workshops.

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WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” retrospective: Benjamin Zekavica has published the feedback received from the WordPress 7.1 retrospective. →https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10/19/recap-wordpress-7-1-mary-lou-retrospective/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

make.wordpress.orgRecap: WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” RetrospectiveThis post summarizes the feedback received from the WordPress 7.1 retrospective. Thank you to those who contributed their feedback via the retrospective survey and comments on the post! For ease of…
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WordCamp Asia is looking for Contributor Stories: They are looking for contribution experiences that contain something useful, interesting that could help someone start their way in WordPress contribution. →https://asia.wordcamp.org/2027/call-for-contributor-stories/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

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arguing that newly retained counsel needed time to review the case’s extensive factual and expert records. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín denied the motion. The defendants had argued that the extension would not unduly prejudice WP Engine and would leave the October 19, 2027, trial date unchanged.

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Corporate WordPress Security Benchmark 2026: The report draws on the 2026 WordPress Security Survey and examines responses from 141 people working on corporate or brand websites →https://melapress.com/corporate-wordpress-security-benchmark-2026/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

melapress.comCorporate WordPress Security Benchmark 2026: Data from 141 Corporate/Brand Site RespondentsExplore the 2026 Corporate WordPress Security Benchmark, based on 141 respondents. Discover security practices, incident trends, and recovery gaps.
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Rodolfo Melogli opens speaker call for Checkout Summit 2027: Melogli is looking for speakers who can share practical marketing lessons based on real products and clients →https://checkoutsummit.com/who-i-want-on-stage-to-show-what-works-in-marketing-today/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

checkoutsummit.comWho I Want on Stage to Show What Works in Marketing Today – Checkout SummitMost people in the WooCommerce world can build almost anything. Where we struggle is selling it: pricing, launches, positioning, getting found, keeping customer
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Sunil Kumar Sharma receives the Yoast Care fund for his contributions to the WordPress community: He is a WordPress developer and technical architect who runs WPSimplified →https://yoast.com/community/care-fund/recipients/sunil-kumar-sharma/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

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Roddie Ouijital criticizes Automattic’s application for the .php top-level domain, arguing that it could give the company influence over the PHP community. He also raises the possibility of the PHP Foundation objecting to the application. →https://pub.roddie.digital/3mxpsg24mbk22 h/t:@wpcontent_co

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Hesham Saad outlines the security risks of WordPress AI plugins and shares a seven-step checklist for protecting websites when adding AI features. →https://heshamsaad.com/en/wordpress-ai-plugin-security/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

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Automattic’s Happiness team benchmarked its AI support assistant Odie and found strong overall performance, but the headline scores hid weaknesses—especially on WooCommerce. →https://happinessengineer.blog/2026/10/14/benchmarking-our-own-ai-assistant/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)

happinessengineer.blogBenchmarking our own AI assistantLast month, we introduced Odie, our AI assistant. We recently tested Odie against a public benchmark, and wanted to share our findings. Gorgias, an ecommerce support software company, published a b…
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Gutenberg 24.2 has shipped with notes that sit in a margin beside the content, a single search for adding pages, posts, categories, and tags to navigation menus, and sorting and duotone support for the Gallery block. → make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10... (h/t: @therepositorywp)

make.wordpress.orgWhat’s new in Gutenberg 24.2? (14 October)“What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a remin…
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Yjs creator Kevin Jahns has told contributors working on real-time collaboration that they're overcomplicating it, warning that pushing every keystroke through PHP could leave Gutenberg with a resource-hungry feature that still isn't truly real-time. (h/t: @therepositorywp)

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Clicking the WordPress logo in the admin toolbar could take users to the dashboard instead of the About page under a new proposal for WordPress 7.2 → make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10... (h/t: @therepositorywp)

make.wordpress.orgCall for feedback: the W and the site name in the ToolbarSince WordPress 7.1 the Toolbar is also displayed in the Post Editor and the Site Editor (#65091, dev note). That change made an old problem more visible: the first two items of the Toolbar, the W …
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Bluehost-sponsored core committer Jonathan Desrosiers has used AI to create roughly 500 pull requests to repair broken automated testing on Gutenberg's older release branches, and he's calling for help reviewing them → make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10... (h/t: @therepositorywp)

make.wordpress.orgCall for Code Review Help: Repairing Gutenberg GitHub Actions Workflows for wp/x.y BranchesWhile the only actively supported version of WordPress is the most recent one, security updates are backported to older branches as a courtesy. All versions >=4.7 are in a security-only support …