WordPress Ships Its First Official Browser Extension

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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....

WordPress 7.1 Responsive Block Styles Land in Global Styles

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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....

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

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....

WordPress 7.1 JSON Schema Preparation for AI Clients

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WordPress 7.1 adds a shared JSON Schema preparation layer that makes REST, Abilities API, and AI provider schemas portable by default....

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