Automattic Acquires AI Company ‘WPAI’
Automattic has announced that it has acquired WPAI, a company specializing in AI-powered tools for WordPress. Founded two years ago, WPAI has developed innovative products like CodeWP (an AI IDE fo… Source
WPForms Plugin Patches Vulnerability Affecting Stripe Payments and Subscriptions
Awesome Motive’s WP Forms plugin has patched a Missing Authorization to Payment Refund and Subscription Cancellation vulnerability. This issue allowed authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level … Source
WordPress Core Team Proposes Adding WP Consent API to WordPress
The WordPress Core team is gathering consensus around integrating the WP Consent API into Core. The WP Consent API feature plugin was originally introduced in early 2020 to standardize the communic… Source
Jessica Lyschik Wins the WordPress Speed Build Challenge Against Matt
Jessica Lyschik, a WordPress Developer at GREYD, has won the highly anticipated WordPress Speed Build Challenge, defeating WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. Jessica announced that she would dona… Source
State of the Word 2024 To Be Livestreamed From Tokyo
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg will deliver his annual State of the Word (SOTW) address on December 16 at 18:00 JST / 09:00 UTC, live from Tokyo Node Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This marks only the… Source
Gravatar Introduces Free Domains and Bluesky Integration
Gravatar, or “Globally Recognized Avatar,” now offers its users more free domain options and Bluesky integration for a limited time. These domains, featuring extensions like .bio, .link… Source
WordCamp Asia 2025 Unveils Official Wapuu Mascot Tahopuu
WordCamp Asia has unveiled its official Wapuu mascot for the 2025 edition: Tahopuu. Designed by Andrew dela Serna, a talented graphic designer from the Philippines, the mascot was chosen from 10 su… Source
BuddyPress Lead Developer Mathieu Viet Leaves WordPress Ecosystem
BuddyPress Lead Developer Mathieu Viet has announced his departure from the WordPress community, marking the end of a long-standing association that began with BuddyPress 2.0. In a statement shared… Source
#148 – Stephen Dumba on Empowering Uganda With WordPress Education
So on the podcast today we have Stephen Dumba, a Ugandan teacher and WordPress community leader. We discuss Uganda’s ICT curriculum, which now makes computer education compulsory for 17-18 ye… Source
ClikIT Acquires UglyRobot’s Infinite Uploads and Big File Uploads Plugins
ClikIT has announced its acquisition of the Infinite Uploads and Big File Uploads plugins from UglyRobot, LLC, owned by Aaron Edwards, the former CTO of WPMU DEV. The financial details of the deal … Source