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Google’s August 2026 Spam Update: What To Actually Do

August 19, 2026• Category: Blog • SEO Guides

The August 2026 spam update is enforcement, not new policy. Here is what it targets, why WordPress and WooCommerce sites trip on it, and where I would spend...

WordPress 7.1 Release Day: What Happens Wednesday

August 18, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 ships Wednesday Aug 19 at 23:10 UTC, live from WordCamp US Phoenix. Here is the actual timeline, the code freeze, and what to do....

WordPress 7.0.4 Patches an Author+ Imagick RCE

August 17, 2026• Category: Blog • Enterprise Solutions • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.0.4 patches CVE-2026-65640, an authenticated Author+ RCE via Imagick + Ghostscript, and backports the fix to every branch since 4.7....

WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.0 Ships as a Desktop App

August 16, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.0 is a desktop app that collapses the Core contribution setup from four hours to forty minutes....

WordPress Ships Its First Official Browser Extension

August 15, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The official WordPress browser extension is here for Chrome and Safari. First party, MIT licensed, no telemetry. Here is what changes and what I would do about...

WordPress 7.1 Ships 88 Accessibility Fixes Before GA

August 14, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 accessibility work lands 88 fixes across Core and the Editor, plus an honest note on the media library regression....

WordPress 7.2 Planning Opens Before 7.1 Even Ships

August 13, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.2 is targeting December 9, 2026. The call for volunteers opened August 12, one week before 7.1 ships. Here is the read....

WordPress 7.1 Adds Standard Filtering to Abilities API

August 12, 2026• Category: Advanced Solutions • Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 gives the Abilities API a standard wp_get_abilities filtering pipeline. Why it matters for AI-agent surfaces and what to do this week....

WooCommerce 11.0.1 Patches Security and Preps for 7.1

August 11, 2026• Category: Blog • Plugins • WordPress Guides

WooCommerce 11.0.1 lands a security patch, WordPress 7.1 compatibility fixes, and Store API cleanup — the boring dot release you want the week before a...

Why WooCommerce Is Building Its Admin on DataViews

August 10, 2026• Category: Advanced Solutions • Blog • WordPress Guides

WooCommerce killed its block product editor and is now committing publicly to DataViews for the admin. Here is what that bet actually looks like....

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