6rsh, a WhatsApp for WooCommerce plugin, now offers free abandoned cart recovery on all plans, including the Free tier, targeting GCC e-commerce stores in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the wider Gulf. Th…
WordPress has signed the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter, published on July 24, 2026, which asks US policymakers to avoid early restrictions on open weight AI models. The letter, backed…
WordCamp US 2026 concluded after four days at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, drawing over 1,100 registered attendees and thousands more online. The event featured Contributor Day w…
WordCamp US 2026 will take place August 16-19 in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring four tracks including AI, Honing Your Skills, Technical WordPress, and Beginner WordPress. The event begins with Contributo…
The first cohort of 40 students from the University of Illinois Chicago, Louisiana Tech University, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette received the AI Leaders Micro-Credential, a workforce-f…
WordCamp Europe 2026 drew 2,458 attendees from 81 countries to Kraków, Poland, from June 4-6, filling the ICE Kraków Congress Centre with 49 talks, eight workshops, and a Contributor Day. CERN's web t…
WordPress.org is implementing a temporary 24-hour cooldown period for new plugin and theme releases before they are distributed via auto-updates, aiming to prevent supply chain attacks amid rapidly ad…
SiteGround automatically installed and activated its AI Agent plugin on over one million WordPress sites without obtaining user consent, sparking widespread backlash from customers who reported the ch…
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong," named after jazz legend Louis Armstrong, has been released with artificial intelligence integrated directly into the core platform. The update introduces a modernized dashbo…