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Stable, Skilled, and Underpaid: 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey Shows Growth Slowing, Optimism Holding
The Admin Bar’s 2025 WordPress Professionals Survey reveals slow growth, modest incomes, and a lifestyle-first mindset, with most respondents cautiously optimistic about WordPress’s future.
WordPress 6.8 “Cecil” Introduces Speculative Loading, bcrypt Security, and Editor Improvements
The only major release of 2025 delivers faster performance, long-awaited security upgrades, refinements to the Editor, and under-the-hood polish.
Newsletter Glue Acquired By PaywallProject Founder Tyler Channell
PaywallProject founder takes over email publishing plugin as Newsletter Glue founders shift focus to new events product.
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WordPress.com Launches AI-Powered Website Builder
WordPress.com has launched a new AI-powered website builder aimed at users who want a fast, intuitiv
WordPress Foundation Secures Trademarks for “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” in the European Union
The WordPress Foundation has secured European Union trademarks for “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted W
DE{CODE} 2025: Why Developers, Agencies, and Marketers Should Tune In
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WordPress Scales Back to One Major Release in 2025
WordPress 6.8, due out next Tuesday, will be the only major release of WordPress in 2025. The decisi
Automattic Cuts 16% of Workforce in Latest Round of Layoffs Amid Legal and Internal Turmoil
Automattic has laid off 16% of its global workforce — around 280 people — in a move that came withou
Grassroots Alt Ctrl Org Event Aims to Give Voice to WordPress Governance Concerns
As tensions continue to simmer in the WordPress ecosystem, a group of independent contributors is or
Why I’m Heading to Arizona for the First-Ever PressConf
The schedule has dropped for PressConf—the first edition of what’s shaping up to be a worthy spiritu
Remkus de Vries Proposes Dual-Track Contributor Day Model Inspired by CloudFest Hackathon
WordPress Contributor Day is great for onboarding—but not for shipping. That’s the argument from Wor
CloudFest Hackathon 2025 Recap: What the Teams Built, How It Went, and What’s Next
While Visua11y took the top prize at this year’s CloudFest Hackathon, it was just one of 10 projects
Post Status Launches Virtual Stage Series to Give WordCamp Talks a Second Chance
Post Status has launched a new weekly webinar series spotlighting talks that didn’t make the cut for
Web Agency Summit, April 7-11, to Tackle Growing Agency Challenges With Focus on AI, Automation, and Scaling Smarter
Agencies are under increasing pressure to deliver more, faster, with fewer resources. This year’s fi
Visua11y Wins CloudFest Hackathon With Breakthrough Accessibility Plugin
Visua11y, a project led by accessibility expert Anne-Mieke Bovelett, has won the top prize at this y
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Joost de Valk Banned From WordCamp Asia as Matt Mullenweg Brands Him “Persona Non Grata”
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has banned Joost de Valk from attending WordCamp Asia 2025, publ
WordPress Contributors and Community Leaders Call for Governance Reform in Rare Open Letter
A group of WordPress contributors, including long-time core committers and community leaders, has is
Core Contributors Voice Concerns Over Mullenweg’s Control and “Culture of Fear” in WordPress Community
Veteran WordPress core committers and contributors have described a “culture of fear” within the pro
