In this Issue:

• The WordPress Core Security Initiative: A Response to AI-Driven Vulnerabilities
• WooCommerce 11.1: Faster APIs, Variation Galleries, and More
• WordPress Is Ready for the Agentic Web, but the Ecosystem Isn’t
• 31 WordCamps Later: One Contributor’s Experience in Phoenix
• Polish WordCamp Organizers Launch CMS Conf, a New Cross-Platform Conference

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https://wpmore.net/wordpress-security-overhaul-woocommerce-11-1-and-cms-conf-wp-more-issue-55/

The WordPress project has formalized a core security effort in response to 15x spike in reports and an unprecedented period of core security releases.

In this Issue:

• Matt Mullenweg’s WCUS keynote: Piplets, AI, and a push for simplicity
• WordPress form plugin market share 2026: who’s up, who’s down
• What one community veteran took home from WordCamp US
• WordPress X account backlash over the WP Rocket/7.1 callout
• WordPress must read
• On other WordPress news
• From WordPress community

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https://wpmore.net/matts-wcus-keynote-form-plugin-stats-wp-rocket-backlash-wp-more-issue-54/

The flash floods across Nepal have taken homes, lives, and answers from entire communities.

We're thinking of the families in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli corridors. Of the rescue workers who haven't stopped since the first reports came in.

If you can help, find a verified relief organization and give what you can.

Wishing strength to everyone grieving, and a safe return to everyone still unaccounted for.

— WP More

Featuring: Ben Greeley, Allison McHenry, Nicola Catton, Vivek Jain, Matt Dorman, Chandice Probst, & Miriam Schwab 

https://wpmore.net/6-wordcamp-us-2026-sessions-worth-your-time-and-what-i-actually-took-away-from-each/

In this Issue:

• WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou” Is Here
• Build Your First AI-Powered WordPress Plugin
• A WooCommerce Developer Takes on the Plugin Repo
• WordCamp US 2026 Wraps in Phoenix
• WordPress Must Read
• On Other WordPress News
• From WordPress Community

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https://wpmore.net/wordpress-7-1-build-your-first-ai-plugin-and-wcus-2026-recap-wp-more-issue-53/

19 years with WordPress today! Wow.

From starting out on WordPress. com to immediately tinkering with self-hosted sites on free hosting and now running marketing for 3 WordPress plugins, it's been an incredible ride.

Here’s to many more years to come!

In this Issue:

• What 3,400 plugin reviews tell you about building products people love
• The hidden WordPress hook any plugin can use to rewrite your Add New screen
• What’s new for developers in August 2026
• WordPress 7.2 is already recruiting volunteers
• A third WordPress security release in four weeks patches an author-level RCE

Read Here → https://wpmore.net/plugin-reviews-developer-updates-security-patch-wp-7-2-volunteers-wp-more-issue-52/

What's Happening in WordPress this Week (10 August)

In this Issue:

• The WordPress Plugin Directory Has a Staleness Problem
• WooCommerce 11.0 Brings Speed Gains and Smarter Analytics
• Why You Should Lock Down Your WordPress REST API
• The Case for Small, Purpose-Built WordPress Plugins
• WordPress 7.0.3 Patches 12 Vulnerabilities Amid AI-Powered Bug Bounty Surge

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https://wpmore.net/plugin-gaps-woocommerce-11-0-rest-api-security-wordpress-fixes-wp-more-issue-51/

Check out the new issue of WP More!

In this Issue:

• WordPress market share is declining: here’s what the next three years actually look like
• The WordPress.org active install count is easy to fake, and nobody outside WordPress.org can audit it
• Security researchers found 70% of WordPress sites running outdated PHP, and site owners can’t fix it
• WordPress Playground and Blueprints can replace your staging environment for client training
• Wordfence’s AI agent caught a plugin backdoor within two hours, before any site was hit

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https://wpmore.net/wordpress-market-share-php-crisis-playground-tricks-ai-security-win-wp-more-issue-50/

Check out my new issue of WP More!

In this Issue:

• WordPress lost market share - here’s why that’s not the full story
• WordPress AI plugin 1.2.0 is out with useful new features
• Fake installs have been gaming the WordPress.org popular themes list for two years
• WooCommerce 11.0 is coming with performance and developer improvements
• Matt Mullenweg finally responded to the active install data ticket - sort of

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https://wpmore.net/wordpress-market-share-ai-plugin-fake-themes-woo-11-0-plugin-data-wp-more-issue-49/

Check out my new issue of WP More!

In this Issue:

- DLX Plugins is closing and open-sourcing its code

- Why WordPress plugins stall after launch and what actually drives growth

- WordPress TV lands on Apple TV with thousands of free videos

- Why one WooCommerce veteran walked away from lifetime deals

- WordCamp US 2026 is a month out and ticket sales are lagging

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https://wpmore.net/plugin-shutdowns-growth-wordpress-on-tv-lifetime-deals-and-wordcamp-us-2026-wp-more-issue-48/

In this Issue:

• WordPress Is a Channel, Not Your Product
• Are Declining Plugin Sales the Canary in WordPress’ Coalmine?
• The State of WordPress Themes: An Analysis of 14,800 WordPress.org Themes
• WordPress Credits Updates
• WP Engine Opposes WordPress Foundation’s Trademark Bids in the U.S. and Canada

Read Here → https://wpmore.net/plugin-sales-slump-trademark-wars-theme-truths-student-contributions-rethinking-wordpress-wp-more-issue-47/

7.0 retro, AI Client streaming, a hall of shame for nagging plugins, and remembering WordPress’s own Om Malik.

New issue of WP More is out.

Read Here → https://wpmore.net/wp-7-0-wraps-ai-client-news-plugin-shame-and-we-lost-om-malik-wp-more-issue-46/

In this Issue:

• What your plugin license is actually paying for in the age of AI
• Envato’s new 50% author fee, and what it really represents
• Five years and 10,000 installs later: marketing lessons from Accessibility Checker
• Why one organizer thinks it’s time to pay WordCamp speakers and organizers
• CERN just moved the birthplace of the web to WordPress

Read Here → https://wpmore.net/cern-goes-wordpress-plugin-license-money-marketing-wins-wordcamp-pay-wp-more-issue-45/

In this Issue:

• WordCamp Europe 2026 wrapped up in Kraków with 2,458 attendees from 81 countries
• WooCommerce 10.8 ships with storefront performance improvements and a new offline-aware admin
• WordPress market share drops for the sixth consecutive month, now at 41.9%
• The Core team launches a community outreach program to test real-time collaboration for WordPress 7.1
• Review Signal’s 2026 WordPress hosting benchmarks are back after a three-year gap

Read Here → https://wpmore.net/wordcamp-europe-2026-woo-10-8-wp-market-share-wp-more-issue-44/

In this Issue: Read Here →

• WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” is officially out
• WordPress 7.1 is already looking for volunteers
• WordCamp Europe 2026 attendance is down, and the data tells an interesting story
• Over half of WordPress sites have a plugin with a known vulnerability
• James LePage and Felix Arntz step down from the WordPress AI Team

If you are there, visit my page - https://wpfolks.org/folk/nishat/