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As part of this year’s WordCamp Canada, WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg hosted a town hall with attendees to answer questions and have an open conversation about the platform’s newest updates and areas of improvement. WordCamp Canada was held at Carleton University from October 15-17, where users and developers gathered for a series of panel discussions… […]

Automattic has again asked the U.S. District Court to throw out WP Engine’s antitrust and extortion-related claims. At the same time, both companies are wrangling over whether the redacted sections of WP Engine’s latest complaint should remain secret and have jointly asked the court for more time to complete discovery. On Friday, Automattic and CEO Matt Mullenweg filed […]

A new ecommerce contender has entered the WordPress space. This week, WPManageNinja officially launched FluentCart, a self-hosted plugin that promises to make selling products and subscriptions with WordPress faster and simpler. The plugin first launched in beta in June, generating early buzz for its speed and clean interface. FluentCart’s admin runs on the WordPress REST API and custom… […]

The WP Minute is stepping into education. The publication best known for its interviews, podcasts, and community commentary has launched courses, a new learning initiative for WordPress professionals, freelancers, and agencies. The first course, WordPress Hosting Decoded, offers a practical framework for choosing hosting based on real-world context — things like traffic, caching… Source

AI-powered site builders are having a moment in WordPress, and 10Web is the latest company to throw its hat into the ring. This week, the company released Vibe for WordPress, an AI tool that promises to generate complete websites from a few lines of text. 10Web describes Vibe as an “AI-native frontend builder” that merges the creative flexibility […]

For as long as Aaron Edwards and Joshua Dailey have known each other, they’ve been building things together. After meeting in fifth grade and all through junior high, it was treehouses — weekends spent nailing planks and figuring out how to make each one sturdier than the last. Thirty years on, they’re still best friends and still building, […]

A U.S. magistrate judge has moved to rein in the escalating discovery battle between WP Engine and Automattic, warning attorneys for both sides to stop “half-baked” filings, describing their conduct as “not normal,” and imposing new limits on how future disputes can reach the court. At a hearing last Thursday in the U.S. District Court, Chief Magistrate Judge […]

Ollie’s “game-changing” Menu Designer plugin is moving toward inclusion in WordPress core. Anne McCarthy says developers at Automattic are available to help shepherd it in, while Ollie co-founder Mike McAlister says he’s “totally open” to contributing it. Yesterday, McAlister posted on a three-and-a-half-year-old GitHub issue, Ability to customize Navigation block ‘mobile’ overlay… Source

WordPress.com has rolled out support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI assistants to connect directly to sites through a secure, standardized interface — “no more dashboard diving,” as James LePage, Automattic’s Director of Engineering AI, described it on X. LePage announced the news on the WordPress.com blog, saying the update makes WordPress.com the first host to […]

Ten hosting providers have been certified under the Secure Hosting Alliance’s new Trust Seal program, marking the first round of companies to complete the independent verification process introduced earlier this year. 20i, Altushost, BigScoots, Blacknight, DreamHost, Green Olive Tree, Hostinger, Raksmart, Sharktech, and SiteGround are the inaugural recipients. Each has met the program’s four… Source