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WordPress Opens PHPUnit Test Cleanup for the 7.2 Release

September 9, 2026• Category: Blog

Lance Willett is opening a WordPress PHPUnit test cleanup for the 7.2 release: 31,000 tests, eight tracks of work, one metrics dashboard....

Chrome’s Two-Week Release Cycle Starts With Chrome 153

September 8, 2026• Category: Blog • SEO Guides • WordPress Guides

Chrome 153 kicks off Chrome's two-week release cycle today. Here is what shifts for WordPress and WooCommerce teams....

WordPress PHP compatibility revisited at WCUS 2026

September 7, 2026• Category: Blog

A quiet WordCamp US 2026 talk revisited WordPress PHP compatibility, the 18% PHP 7.4 tail, Gutenberg tooling gaps and what to actually do....

WordPress Starts Replacing Dashicons With SVG Icons

September 6, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress replaces admin bar and sidebar Dashicons with SVG icons via wp_get_icon. What it fixes, and what plugin authors should do about it now....

Runnable Code Examples Land in WordPress Code Reference

September 5, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

WordPress 7.1 quietly wired Playground into the Code Reference. Runnable code examples now execute in the browser, no local PHP required....

WooCommerce Enum Classes Replace the Magic Strings

September 4, 2026• Category: Blog • Plugins • WordPress Guides

WooCommerce introduces enum classes for order statuses, product types and settings, a typed vocabulary that quietly retires the magic strings....

Gutenberg 23.9: Parent Inserter Fixes the Gallery UX

September 3, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

Gutenberg 23.9 adds a parent-selector inserter, a custom-style filter in Global Styles, and axial gap for Group. Here is what actually changes for editors....

WordPress 7.1.1 Release Schedule: Ship Date September 17

September 2, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

The WordPress 7.1.1 release schedule is out: bug scrubs start September 3, RC1 September 10, general release September 17, 2026....

WooCommerce 11.1 Skips Block Registration on Cron and REST

September 1, 2026• Category: Blog • Plugins • WordPress Guides

WooCommerce 11.1 skips block registration on cron, AJAX, and REST requests — 13–18 ms faster Store API reads. Here is what extension developers must know....

WordPress Hosting Team Makes AI Disclosure Official

August 31, 2026• Category: Blog

The WordPress Hosting Team AI policy makes disclosure mandatory for every contribution touched by AI. A one-line label, and it starts now....

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