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Rodolfo Melogli on whether “WooCommerce Days” could give local meetups a new format →https://www.businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-days-could-reignite-local-meetups/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)
The first-ever State of PHP 2026 survey is now open: The PHP Foundation and PhpStorm have launched the survey to understand how PHP is used today →https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/06/09/help-shape-the-future-of-php/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)
GravityKit’s 2026 analysis shows WooCommerce leads while Shopify dominates the top 1 million sites →https://www.gravitykit.com/ecommerce-platform-market-share-2026/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)
What's happening in @wordpress.org this week (26 July)? Check out my new issue of WP More! Read Here → wpmore.net/wordpress-ma... #WordPress
I was browsing the WordCamp US speakers page to check out their sessions and wanted to follow them on social media, only to find their profiles aren't listed in their bios. Feels like a huge missed opportunity!
Rodolfo Melogli on why he is moving away from lifetime deals: After nearly 15 years of advocating for lifetime pricing, Rodolfo explains how shifts in the market →https://www.businessbloomer.com/i-no-longer-believe-in-woocommerce-lifetime-deals/ (h/t:@wpcontent_co)
Delaware Court Blocks CloudLinux From Launching AutopilotWP After Seahawk Alleges Competing Tool Was Built Using Its Trade Secrets → www.therepository.email/delaware-cou... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WordCamp US 2026 Plays Catch-Up for Second Year Running as Ticket Sales Lag and Community Waits for Schedule → www.therepository.email/wordcamp-us-... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Emilia Capital's Joost de Valk argues that "stewarded open source," the framework Drupal creator Dries Buytaert proposed this week, misses the question that matters most → joost.blog/who-can-cut-... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Om Malik, One of WordPress’s Earliest Adopters and the Connector Behind Automattic, Has Died at 59 → www.therepository.email/om-malik-one... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WordPress 7.1 Set to Hide Classic Block From the Inserter as Contributors Begin Phasing It Out → www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WordPress AI Team Proposes Adding Knowledge Post Type and Guidelines to Core → www.therepository.email/wordpress-ai... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Plugin Developers and Site Maintainers Push Back on WordPress.org’s 24-Hour Update Delay �� https://www.therepository.email/plugin-developers-and-site-maintainers-push-back-on-wordpress-orgs-24-hour-update-delelay/ (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Automattic Wins Privilege Fight Over Pre-Lawsuit Trademark Strategy Slack Messages, Court Set to Rule on Motions to Dismiss → www.therepository.email/automattic-w... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WordCamp Europe 2026 Recap: Kraków Showed WordPress Still Knows How to Gather thewp.world/wordcamp-eur...
What's happening in WordPress this week (21 June), Checkout my new issue of WP More! Read Here → wpmore.net/cern-goes-wo... #WordPress
GravityKit has followed up with its own analysis using HTTP Archive data, which puts WordPress at 33.21%, down from a 35.76% peak in July 2022. → www.gravitykit.com/wordpress-ma... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Review Signal Publishes 2026 Hosting Benchmarks After Three-Year Gap, Powered by Its Own Open Source Load Testing Platform → www.therepository.email/review-signa... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Gutenberg 23.3 Ships Experimental Customizable WordPress Dashboard → www.therepository.email/gutenberg-23... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WordPress .org Overhauls 20-Year-Old Jobs Board, Adds Career Features to Profiles → www.therepository.email/wordpress-or... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WP Mayor's Mark Zahra has called out SiteGround's decision to auto-install its AI plugin on more than a million sites, arguing the rollout exposed a trust problem no technical explanation can fix. → wpmayor.com/siteground-a... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Early bird tickets are on sale for ColorCode: Buffalo, a one-day design, marketing, and development conference on July 25. → colorcode.events/buffalo/#tic... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WooCommerce is hosting a free live panel on June 30 covering practical AI workflows for WordPress and WooCommerce, including MCP and the Abilities API. → developer.woocommerce.com/2026/06/03/a... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WooCommerce is removing the block-based product editor beta from core in WooCommerce 11.0, scheduled for July 28. → developer.woocommerce.com/2026/06/02/p... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
WooCommerce is rolling out read-only "abilities" across more than 20 extensions, giving AI tools and automation systems a consistent way to inspect data from subscriptions, payments, shipping, gift cards, and more. → developer.woocommerce.com/2026/06/01/e... (h/t: @therepositorywp)
Arundhati Kane receives the Yoast Care fund for her contribution to the WordPress community yoast.com/community/ca...