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, […]
Judge Reins In Discovery Fight as WP Engine Ordered to Produce Customer Data
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 Menu Designer Flagged for Core, With Automattic Developers Set to Help Shepherd It
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 Rolls Out MCP Support as Automattic Dogfoods MCP Adapter
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 […]
First Ten Hosts Certified Under Secure Hosting Alliance’s Trust Seal Program
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
Chasing the Sun: Inside WP Accessibility Day’s 24-Hour Event & What to Expect in 2025
When WP Accessibility Day kicks off next week, someone, somewhere will always be awake. As one session wraps in San Francisco, another begins in Berlin, then Nairobi, then Manila, then Melbourne — a 24-hour relay of designers, developers, experts, and advocates sharing what they’ve learned about building a web that works for everyone. The global, volunteer-run conference returns […]
Performance Chat Summary: 7 October 2025
The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. WordPress Performance Trac tickets @westonruter mentioned ticket #63636 related to BFCache was punted due to an unresolved Chromium bug around Clear-Site-Data: “cache” headers. @westonruter identified ticket #43258 on output buffering as the current biggest blocker. He explained that while there’s been significant discussion both on the PR #8412 […]
WP Engine Accuses Automattic and Matt Mullenweg of Concealing Control of WordPress.org and the WordPress Trademarks
WP Engine has filed a whopping 175-page revised complaint in its ongoing legal fight with Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, seeking to strengthen its antitrust claims while incorporating new developments since the lawsuit was first filed last year. It also includes what WP Engine describes as “shocking” information uncovered in discovery. Filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court… […]
Woo Outlines AI Plans: MCP Support and Integration With Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Protocol
Woo has shared some early details on what it’s working on in the AI space. In a post published today, Artistic Director/Lead Beau Lebens outlines Model Context Protocol (MCP) support coming in WooCommerce 10.3, alongside work underway to integrate Woo with Stripe and OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). Lebens describes the WooCommerce MCP, expected to land later this […]
Ollie’s Menu Designer Lands on WordPress.org, Praised as “Game Changer”
Ollie’s Menu Designer plugin is now available for download on WordPress.org. Originally launched in August as a premium offering for Ollie subscribers, the free version brings powerful menu creation to the block editor, making it easier for users to design mobile navigation and dropdown menus. And it’s not a stripped-down freemium product — it’s almost identical to what […]
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