The WordPress AI Team has wasted no time finding its feet, publishing its first technical roadmap this week with four projects aimed at supporting AI development and integration across the WordPress ecosystem. “I am so excited to share our roadmap and approach for AI + the @WordPress Project,” posted Automattic’s James LePage on X yesterday. “The team published […]
A New Trust Seal Backed by WordPress Hosts Aims to Set the Standard for Ethical Hosting
A new certification aimed at improving trust, transparency, and abuse prevention in the hosting industry is preparing to roll out, with support from some of the biggest players in the WordPress space. The Secure Hosting Alliance, a coalition of 24 companies — including GoDaddy, Automattic, SiteGround, Hostinger, DreamHost, Newfold Digital, 20i and BigScoots — launched in February and […]
Weglot’s New AI Feature Translates Your Site in Your Own Voice
Heads up: This is a sponsored article, which means it’s paid content from one of our sponsors. Sponsored content helps keep The Repository running. Sponsors and advertisers agree to our Advertising Policy. For anyone managing a multilingual website, the struggle is real: you want fast, high-quality translations — but not at the cost of losing your brand voice. […]
DHH Reignites Criticism of Matt Mullenweg: “He failed to realize what he was destroying.”
David Heinemeier Hansson has renewed his criticism of Matt Mullenweg’s handling of the WP Engine dispute, accusing the WordPress co-founder of betraying open source values and “destroying trust” in the ecosystem. Appearing on the Lex Fridman Podcast over the weekend, the Ruby on Rails creator and CTO of 37signals said Mullenweg “got so wrapped up in what he […]
WordPress Plugin Review Team Renames Itself the “Plugins Team”
The WordPress Plugin Review Team has a new name to match its evolving remit. Over the weekend, team co-rep David Perez announced the team will now be known as the “Plugins Team,” reflecting its growing responsibilities beyond reviewing new plugin submissions to the WordPress.org directory. “We’ve come to feel that the name ‘Plugin Review Team’ no longer reflects […]
WordPress Credits Program Launches With University of Pisa Students
Dozens of Italian university students will soon begin contributing to WordPress project as part of a new internship program launched by the WordPress Foundation. WordPress Credits offers university students a structured pathway into the open source project, combining training with mentored, hands-on contributions to WordPress Make teams. The pilot, developed in partnership with the University of Pisa, will […]
WordPress 6.9 Confirmed for Late 2025 With Roadmap on the Way
WordPress is getting another major release this year after all. Plans to ship WordPress 6.9 in late 2025 were a key focus of Tuesday’s quarterly core committers meeting with project leadership — a shift from April, when Executive Director Mary Hubbard announced there wouldn’t be another major release until 2026. At the time, she attributed the decision to […]
New Proposal Aims to Bring Phased Updates to WordPress.org Plugins
A new proposal to introduce phased plugin rollouts to the WordPress.org plugin directory has sparked active technical discussion on Trac. The feature, proposed by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, would allow plugin authors to gradually release updates to a subset of users before rolling them out to everyone, mirroring practices used in Apple’s App Store and Google Play. “This […]
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine fight came after “a lot of community feedback”
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says the decision to take action against WP Engine last September was based on “a lot of community feedback,” pushing back against the idea that it was a “Matt decision,” in a new episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast. Automattic and WP Engine have been locked in a tense legal battle since last October […]
WordCamp Asia 2026 Handover Sparks Tensions Between Organizers and WordCamp Central
WordCamp Asia is set to return in 2026 — but not without behind-the-scenes tension. Organizers of the 2025 event say they were sidelined in choosing the next host city, shut out before a proper handover was complete, and “flushed out.” WordCamp Central, meanwhile, says it stepped in to keep the flagship event from losing momentum after the 2025 […]
