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"Behind the scenes we're saying goodbye to our old brand, our old way of thinking, and we're excited to look ahead to our new way of work," founder Matt Medeiros wrote in his weekly newsletter

The WP Minute has rebranded, unveiling a new logo and visual identity after more than a year of work.
→ thewpminute.com

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Developer Nick Diego has left Automattic after nearly three years, saying an intense five-days stretch of building with AI tools made it clear it was "lean back into entrepreneurship and get building."
→ nickdiego.com/the-right-time

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9 years. $461k. now $38.50/month. i finally quit wordpress. the "pay once expect everything forever" culture killed my business

Thoughts?

PHP_CodeSniffer maintainer Juliette Reinders Folmer has warned that critical PHP infrastructure is increasingly at risk as maintainer workloads grow and funding lags behind real-world reliance.
→ openchannels.fm/how-an-overl...

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WP More Issue 36 is out now → wpmore.substack.com/p/issue-36

5 WordPress updates: new dev tools, 6.9.1 release, AI infrastructure plans, community goals, and FAIR's roadmap.

its a hobby project,

I am planning to move it here - wpmore.net eventually!

Developer Nik McLaughlin has launched Plugin Jam, a new independently run online event series inviting WordPress builders to collaborate on short, themed plugin and block "jams."
→ pluginjam.com

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"Rejected talks need alternate formats that respect the effort put in and still serve the community," Melogli says, suggesting they could be reused as flash talks, online follow-ups, or backup speaker slots, an approach he is testing at Checkout Summit

How We Waste Great Talks at WordCamps (And How to Fix This) We have only 12 speakers at Checkout Summit , which gives us plenty of time for breakout sessions, proper meals, chats and why not—walks on the beach! The chall

Checkout Summit organizer Rodolfo Melogli argues WordCamps are wasting significant speaker effort by rejecting talks without feedback or alternate paths to share the work.
→ checkoutsummit.com/waste-great-...

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Perspectives with Jeff Paul Luke and Jonathan catch up with Jeff Paul, VP of Open Source Solutions at Fueled and an active contributor to the WordPress project for the past decade. They discuss Jeff’s contribution journey,…

Jeffrey Paul started contributing to WordPress in 2016, without a technical background, On the Crossword podcast, the Fueled-sponsored core and AI contributor shares his origin story,
→ crossword.fm/s10/e14/

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At WordCamp Netherlands, Dave Loodts introduced the “National Championships,” a hands-on performance challenge where participants optimized identical, intentionally slow WordPress sites
→https://make.wordpress.org/community/2026/02/02/new-concept-national-championships-at-wordcamps/

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WooCommerce is calling for developer testing of an experimental REST API caching feature planned for WooCommerce 10.5.
→ developer.woocommerce.com/2026/01/23/c...

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Proposal: Monthly Office Hour Meeting for Make WordPress Training Status: Draft for team discussionType: New meeting format proposalProposed by: @rfluethi, @sumitsingh, @saif2002 @sibokulDate: 3 February 2026 TL;DR We propose introducing a monthly “Office H…

New proposal for the monthly Office Hour Meeting for Make WordPress Training
→https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/02/03/proposal-monthly-office-hour-meeting-for-make-wordpress-training/

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Wordfence received 759 vulnerability submissions in December 2025 through its WordPress bug bounty program, a 1.7% increase month over month. The company awarded $12,402 in bounties and flagged 25 high-threat issues
→ www.wordfence.com/blog/2026/01...

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WordPress .com has released WordPress Studio 1.7.0, introducing a new Studio CLI that expands terminal-based control over local sites, preview environments, and WP-CLI workflows
→ wordpress.com/blog/2026/01...

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What’s new in Gutenberg 22.4? (20 January) “What’s new in Gutenberg…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a remin…

Gutenberg Update 22.4v update enables The Font Library and Global Styles to work with classic themes, custom blocks can now use pattern overrides, and more
→https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/01/22/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-4-20-january/

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WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule Since WordPress 6.9 was released, contributors have kept a close eye on incoming reports to the WordPress.org Support Forums, Trac, and the Gutenberg repository o…

The schedule for WordPress 6.9.1 release. WordPress 6.9.1 RC1 is scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2026, and WordPress 6.9.1 General Release is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
→https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/01/20/wordpress-6-9-1-release-schedule/

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AI Guidelines AI tools are now part of how many people write code, tests, and documentation. This guide explains how to use them responsibly when contributing to the WordPress project, so that your contributions…

WordPress AI Guidelines are here → make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/...

Is There a WordPress Replacement in 2026? I Went Looking | Jean Galea After spending over two decades in the WordPress ecosystem — building sites and plugins, running WP Mayor, and watching the platform evolve — I recently found myself asking a question I never thought…

Is There a WordPress Replacement in 2026? I Went Looking
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BuddyPress Is Fading: Why We Must Act Now to Save It
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The Future of The Web
What does the Open Web look like in an AI future? How will websites change?
→ j.cv/series/the-f...

Closing the door (for now) on Content Creators slack channel
→ nomad.blog/2026/01/21/c...

WordPress .org Launches New Education Hub Highlighting Campus Connect, Credits, and Student Clubs
→ www.therepository.email/wordpress-or...

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WordCamp organizers can now request a short recorded video message from Matt Mullenweg, with a new process prioritising milestone events such as first-time WordCamps, anniversaries, and significant milestones
→ make.wordpress.org/community/20...

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Written by State of Digital Publishing founder Vahe Arabian, the data also shows page builders are now used on roughly 60% of WordPress sites, but their share is fragmenting as older tools lose ground to block-native and more performance-focused approaches (Web Almanac)

The CMS chapter in the HTTP Archive's 2025 Web Almanac documents WordPress' slowing growth, a shift the data frames as market saturation rather than displacement, with no single rival absorbing its share.
→ almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms

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Automattic Backs University of Illinois Chicago Program Set to Pay Students for WordPress-Based AI Training The workforce-focused AI literacy course will launch in March, pairing paid participation and job placement support with a new WordPress micro-credential.

Automattic Backs University of Illinois Chicago Program Set to Pay Students for WordPress-Based AI Training

Rodolfo Melogli says Checkout Summit aims to bring the WooCommerce community back together in person for the first time since WooConf, with a developer-focused conference planned for Sicily in April.
→ webmasters.fm/checkout-sum...

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How Marketing and Engagement Impact The WP Awards
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