A Routine Update Changed Who Can Touch Your Subscriptions

Category: Advanced Solutions • Blog • Plugins

An update changed permissions on stores selling subscriptions. The real issue is not one release, it is who governs your updates....

Your Commerce Infrastructure Will Ask for a Decision in January 2027

Category: Blog • Plugins

WooCommerce proposes raising its infrastructure requirement in January 2027. A planned maintenance item for some organisations, an emergency for others....

WordPress 7.2 Release Squad: Matt Mullenweg Returns as Lead

Category: Blog

The WordPress 7.2 release squad is unusually small and Matt Mullenweg holds the release-lead pen. Here is what December 8 GA means for you....

WordPress Opens PHPUnit Test Cleanup for the 7.2 Release

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Close Search Window
↑