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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 major....

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....

Gutenberg 23.7 Ships Its Last Fixes Before 7.1 RC1

August 9, 2026• Category: Blog • WordPress Guides

Gutenberg 23.7 landed on August 5 alongside WordPress 7.1 RC1 with the Gallery Detach rename, RTC fixes, and the last round of editor polish....

WooPayments Reconciliation Reports Land in 10.9 Beta

August 8, 2026• Category: Blog • Integrations • Plugins

WooPayments 10.9 ships a reconciliation reports beta: Balance and Fees views under Payments and Reports, aligned to Stripe in UTC. Here is what changes....

WooCommerce Security Updates: Subscriptions and Stripe Patched

August 7, 2026• Category: Blog • Integrations • Plugins

Two WooCommerce security updates in 24 hours: Subscriptions 9.1.0 patches a site-takeover flaw; Stripe 10.8.5 patches an availability issue....

WordPress 7.1 Responsive Block Styles Land in Global Styles

August 6, 2026• Category: Blog

WordPress 7.1 adds responsive block styles and configurable viewports to Global Styles and theme.json. Here is what shipped and how I would migrate....

WooCommerce 11.0 Ships With Guest Checkout Account Claim

August 5, 2026• Category: Blog

WooCommerce 11.0 shipped August 4 with guest checkout claim, product object caching by default, and the Product Editor beta finally retired....

Defensive Data Design: WordPress’s Safety Rules for AI Agents

August 4, 2026• Category: Blog • Enterprise Solutions • WordPress Guides

Matt Mullenweg's defensive data design principles show what safe AI-agent defaults should look like inside WordPress before 7.1 GA....

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