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A weekly podcast covering updates from the WordPress ecosystem that are relevant and helpful for WordPress agencies, developers, and enthusiasts
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E155: Matt Mullenweg Issues Emotional Plea, SiteGround Faces Backlash, WP Market Share Dips
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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E154: WP 7.0 Released, State of WordPress Security 2026, Call for Volunteers
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May 29, 2026 |
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E153: WCUS 2026 Website Sparks Discussion, Branding Concerns Raised, and more
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May 22, 2026 |
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E152: Real Time Collaboration Dropped, Envato Ends Exclusive Model, Hosting Benchmarks
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May 15, 2026 |
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E151: Droip Merged into Kirki, Two More Plugin Backdoors, Open Letter to WooCommerce and Woo Community
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May 08, 2026 |
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E150: 80+ Plugins Temporarily Closed, WPFolks Launched, GoDaddy Domain Transfer Issue
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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E149: Woo Subscriptions Bugs Hit Revenue, Vulnerability Actively Exploited, WP Core Dev Environment Toolkit
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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E148: Backdoor in Plugins, Contact Form 7 Feature Freeze, WC India Announced
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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E146: WP 7.0 Release Delayed, WordPress Market Share Dips, Call for Testing
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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E144: WP Packagist Acquired by WP Engine, WP Composer Launched, Three WP Releases, Join the Plugins Team
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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E143: Featured Plugins Experiment, Contributor Dashboard Pilot, Call for Testers, Black Friday 2025 and WP Agency Surveys
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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E142: FAIR Co-Founders Steps Back, DIVI 5 Launched, New WP-Vanguard, Builderius Sense
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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E141: SudoWP Initiative, WP 7.0 Beta 1, Pressidium Edge Early Access
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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E140: WP Engine Amended Complaint, Bertha.ai Exits Repository, New AI Site Builder, Plugin Collaboration Opportunity
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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E139: Automattic Partners with UIC, WP Engine Newsroom, Plugins for Sale, BackupBliss Relaunched
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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E138: WP AI Guidelines, WC Asia 2026 Scholarships, WP 7.0 Call for Testing, Etch v1.0
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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E137: Elementor One, Content-Creators Slack Channel closed, Hackathon Live, WP 2026 Goals
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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E136: WP-Bench Released, Guildenberg Closure, Divi 5 Release, Web Agency Summit 2026
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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E135: WP.org Tweet Controversy, Promptless WP Launched, Plugin Jam Hackathon
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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E134: Test Team’s Plan for 2026, Community Scholarship for WC Kolhapur 2026
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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E133: Women-centric WP Events for Women’s Day, Reviving Outdated Plugin
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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E132: WP 2026 Release Schedule Proposal, Contributor Dashboard Pilot Project, WP Gives A Hand 2026
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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E131: New Visual Theme Builder, Community Grieves, Cloudflare Global Outage
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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E130: Monitoring Community Concerns, 2026 Global Partner Program, WP 6.9 RC1
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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E129: Gutenberg Phase 3 Updates, FAIR Software Security Assistant Proof of Concept
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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E128: Automattic Issues New Trademark Notice, StellarWP Layoffs, SOTW 2025
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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E127: Automattic Files Counterclaims, Mullenweg Completes Twenty Years at Automattic
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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E126: Matt Mullenweg’s WC Canada 2025 Talk, WP Abilities API
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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E124: WordPress 6.8.3, WordCamp Organizer Banned, Hosting Team Rep Nominations
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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E123: FAIR 1.0 Released, MCP Coming in WooCommerce
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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E122: Core Program Team, WP Credits Call for Mentors, IPV6 Support
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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E120: Content-Creators Slack Channel, WP Hosting Survey, _s Repo Archived By Automattic
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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E118: WordPress 6.9 Release Squad, Vulnerabilities Patched in LifterLMS, Dokan Pro, CF 7
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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E117: Proposal for New Blocks, Test Team Call for Nominations, WooCommerce 10.1 Released
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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E112: WordPress 6.9 Call for Volunteers, Phased Plugin Updates Proposal
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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E111: WordPress 6.9 Development Cycle Revisions, Block Theme from WooCommerce
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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E110: WP Accessibility Documentation Survey Results, Enqueue 2025, Archiving Updates
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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E109: WCUS 2025 Social Media Stir, Automattic Turns 20, WP to End Support for Old Versions
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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E108: WordPress Accessibility Improvement Project, Automattic Acquires Clay
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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E107: FAIR Initiative, Do the Woo Rebrand, View Transitions Plugin
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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E106: Automattic Resumes WordPress Contributions, WordPress AI Team, Open Horizons Scholarship
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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E105: Mary Hubbard on Restoring Trust and Safety, WordPress and WooCommerce Sites Targeted
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May 27, 2025 |
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E104: Build Tour 2025 by WP Bhopal, Modular DS Secures €615K
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May 20, 2025 |
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E103: Media Corps Closure, WP Campus Connect Now Official
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May 13, 2025 |
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E102: Review of Blocked Community Members, WordPress 6.8.1 Released
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May 06, 2025 |
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E101: WordPress 6.8.1 Release Scheduled for This Week, WooCommerce Phishing Campaign
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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E100: WordPress 6.8 Released, Matt Mullenweg to Lift WordPress.org and X Bans
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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E99: WordPress Foundation Obtains Trademarks in the European Union, AI Site Builder from WordPress.com
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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E98: WP Foundation's Trademark Attempt in EU Progresses, Key Vulnerabilities of 2025 Q1
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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E97: WP Engine and Automattic Trial Scheduled for 2027, Alt Ctrl Org Independent WordPress Event
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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E96: Newfold Digital Scales Back WP Contributions, State of WordPress Security 2025 Report
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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E95: Jetpack Tracking Search Query, WP Foundation Secures Trademarks for Managed & Hosted WordPress in the UK & Australia
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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E94: WP Engine Files New Court Documents, 50K+ Sites Migrate to Other Hosts from WP Engine
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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E92: WordPress Foundation’s Trademark Attempt, WP 6.8 Adopts bcrypt for Password Hashing
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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E91: Joost Removed From WCAsia Speaker Lineup, WordPress.com Domain Given to Matt for Free
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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E90: All WordCamp Sponsors to be Approved by Matt, LoopConf 2025
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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E88: GoDaddy Faces Action From FTC, GTMetrix Acquired by WP Rocket Team
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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E87: Matt Mullenweg Challenges Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi, Automattic Slashes WordPress Contribution Hours
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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E86: Breaking the Status Quo, WP.org Services Reopened, Plugin Check Plugin Phase 2
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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E85: New Pineapple Pizza Checkbox, SOTW 2024, WP Engine got ACF Back
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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E84: Automattic and WPEngine Submits Dueling Proposals, Automattic Acquires WPAI, Vulnerability in WPForms
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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E83: WP Engine v. Automattic Preliminary Injunction Hearing, DreamHost Removed From WordPress.org’s Recommended Hosting Page
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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E82: ACF Pro Nulled by WP.org?, PeepSo Leaves the Repo, WordPress 6.7.1 Released
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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E81: WordPress 6.7 Released, WP Engine Updates Legal Complaint
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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E80: WP Engine Tracker, WordPress 6.7 Released
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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E79: Automattic and Matt Respond to WP Engine, WooCommerce New Logo Unveiled
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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E78: WordPress.org Property of Matt Mullenweg, WordPress 6.7 RC1 Released
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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E77: WP Engine Files Injunction, Multiple Contributors Pause Contribution
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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E76: WordPress.org Users must confirm non-affiliation with WPE, ACF Forked (or Hostile Takeover?)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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E75: 159 Left Automattic Including WP Executive Director, ACF Ban & Security Update
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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E74: WP Engine Banned Again, WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 Released
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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E73: Matt's Spiciest WordCamp Presentation at WordCamp US, WP Engine Sends Cease & Desist Letter to Automattic
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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E72: WordPress 6.7 Roadmap, Mandatory 2FA, SVN Password
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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E71: Tumblr Migration, State of CSS 2024 Survey, New FundWP
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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E70: Jamie Marsland to Head WordPress YouTube, John Blackbourn Receives Record Bounty
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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E69: WordPress 6.7 Release Squad, Twenty Twenty-Five Theme Preview
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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E68: Proposal for WordCamp Advertising Funds, Reactivate Inactive Meetup Groups
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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E67: WordPress.com Partners With Perplexity, Learn WordPress Revamped
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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E66: WordPress 6.6.1 Released, Woo Express Discontinued
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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E65: WordPress 6.6 Released, Webflow Price Hike, CrowdStrike Outage
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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E64: WordPress 6.6 Released, Cwicly is Back
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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E63: WordPress 6.7 Call for Volunteers, Retiring the Faculty Program
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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E62: WordPress.org Supply Chain Attack Aftermath, Force Reset Passwords for Plugin Authors
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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E61: Themes Directory Revamped, Proposal for a Unified Sponsorship Initiative
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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E60: Matt Mullenweg's Keynote and Q&A at WCEU 2024, Contributor Mentorship Program
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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E59: WordPress 6.5.4 Restores Auto-redirect After Plugin Activation, Automattic for Agencies, WCEU 2024
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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E58: WP Tavern is dead?, WordPress 6.5.4 RC1 Now Available, Future of Plugin Review Team
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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E57: WordPress Turns 21, WP.Com Gets A Rare Victory in Turkey
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May 29, 2024 |
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E56: WP 6.6 Release Squad, WCEU Receives Patronage from the European Parliament
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May 21, 2024 |
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E55: WordPress 6.5.3 Released, WordPress 6.6 Early Testing Opportunities
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May 14, 2024 |
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E54: WordPress 6.5.3 Releasing Today, Big Sky AI Website Builder
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May 07, 2024 |
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E53: Plugin Directory Playground Previews Feedback, Studio From WordPress.com
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May 03, 2024 |
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E52: Rollback Autoupdate Merge Proposal, Gender Equality in WordPress Businesses Survey
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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E51: WordPress 6.5.2 Released, Beeper Joins Automattic, Speculative Loading
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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E50: WordPress 6.5 Released, Woo.com Reverting To Woocommerce.com
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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E49: WordPress 6.5 Releasing Today, WordPress 6.6 Call For Volunteers
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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E48: WordPress 6.5 Release Delayed, Media Corps Proposal
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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E47: WordPress 6.5 RC2, Marketing Team Updates Fundraising Policy
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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E46: State Of The Word 2024 From Japan, Synced Pattern Overrides Punted, Font Library Confirmed
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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E45: WordPress 6.5 Beta 3 Released, Automattic Faces Scrutiny, Cwicly Discontinued
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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E44: WordPress 6.5 Beta 2 Released, AVIF Support in WordPress 6.5
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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E43: 2023 Annual Survey Results, Plugin Dependencies Merger, WP Tavern Now Live
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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E42: Guideline Change for Reviews of Commerical/Pro Plugins, WP Tavern Set to Return Soon
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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E41: Matt Takes Sabbatical, WordPress 6.4.3 Crashes MacOS Zip Files, WordPress 6.5 Schedule Out
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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E40: Automattic Reorg, Plugin Vulnerabilities, Scholarships
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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E39: WordPress 6.5 Release Squad, Incident Reports 2023
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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E38: Matt Mullenweg facing Criticism, WordPress 6.5 Early Testing, New Marketing Team Reps
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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E37: Elementor Selected As CMS of The Year, Gutenberg 17.4 Released
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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E36: Call for Major Release Volunteers, New Team Representatives for 2024
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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E35: State of Enterprise WordPress 2023 Report, Matrix Migration Paused
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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E34: State of the Word 2023, WordPress 6.5 Roadmap, Plugin Previews Now Available
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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E33: Join the Plugin Review Team, Phishing Scam, Bug Bounty Rewards
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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EP32: Plugin Preview Button Revisited, Call for Themes Team Reps
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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EP31: MakeWP Sustainability Team Representatives, Zero Sales for the 100-Year Plan, Sarah Gooding Leaving WP Tavern
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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EP30: WordPress 6.4 Crashing Sites, New Bug Bounty Program
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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EP29: WordPress 6.4 Releasing Today, 2024 Major Release Timings
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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EP28: WordPress 6.4 RC2 Released, Texts Joines Automattic, WooCommerce.com Becomes Woo.com
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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EP27: State of the Word 2023 From Madrid, Showcase Redesigned
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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EP26: WordPress 6.4 Beta 4 Released, Photo Directory Milestone, iThemes rebranded to SolidWP
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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EP25: WordPress 6.4 Beta 2 Released, Font Library Moved to WP 6.5, Live Preview in Plugins Repository
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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EP24: WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 Released, Twenty Twenty-Four Theme Preview, Roadblock for Ollie Theme
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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EP23: Sé Reed Files WP Code of Conduct Violation Report, Plugin Review Team Onboards New Members & Releases Plugin Check Plugin
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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EP22: WP.org & WP.com Conflict, Call for Sustainability Team Representatives, Openverse Wins OEG Open Infrastructure Award
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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EP21: Font Library Open For Testing, Media Temple Retired, New Learning Hub
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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EP20: WordPress 6.4 Roadmap, New Default Theme, 100 Year Plan
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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EP19: Interactivity API Updates, Call For Test Team Reps Nominations, WCUS on Thursday
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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EP18: WordPress 6.3 Released, Admin Design Kickoff, Plugin Review Team Addresses Backlog
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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EP17: WordPress 6.3 Expected Later Today, Concerns over the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act, WP.Com Offers Free Domain Transfer from Google Domains
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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E16: WordPress 6.3 RC2 Released, Slack-Matrix Bridge, Phishing Campaign
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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E15: WordPress 6.3 RC1 Released, WordPress 6.4 Wishlist, Volunteers Needed for End-user Documentation
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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E14: WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 Released, Contributor Mentorship Program is Live, New Development Mode
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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E13: Real-time Collaboration, WordPress 6.3 Live Product Demo, Multiple WordCamps Canceled
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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E12: WordPress 6.3 Beta 3 Released, A New Command Palette, Plugin Review Team Update
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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E11: Mentorship Pilot Program, Discussion to Rename Command Center, Make Team Dashboards
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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E10: Squarespace Acquires Google Domains, Next Generation WordCamps, We're Great Place to Work® Certified🥇
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Matt Mullenweg on Linking to Supporting Orgs, One Equity Partners Acquires Liquid Web, Speaker Profile Block Proposal
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Gutenberg 15.9 Released, Jetpack Vulnerability Patched, RankMath Acquired by Group.one
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of WordPress, Audrey Scholars Program, Vulnerability in Elementor Patched
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May 30, 2023 |
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WordPress 6.3 Roadmap Published, Proposal to Retire Older Default Themes, Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus and Download Manager Patched
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May 23, 2023 |
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Proposal to Update WordCamp Format, Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship, Vulnerability in Essential Addons for Elementor Patched
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May 16, 2023 |
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WordPress 6.2.1 Planning, Vulnerability in ACF Patched, Caseproof Acquires WishList Member
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May 09, 2023 |
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WP Feature Notifications Project Progressing, Kirki Plugin up for Sale
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May 02, 2023 |
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WooCommerce Launches Woo Express, SQLite Project is Progressing
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Apr 25, 2023 |