#195 – Saumya Majumder on How Cloudflare Outages Impact the Web and WordPress Performance Solutions

> In this episode, Saumya Majumder joins Nathan Wrigley to discuss innovations at BigScoots, focusing on high-performance WordPress hosting and Cloudflare-powered architecture. They unpack the recent global Cloudflare outage, the complexities of internet infrastructure, and Cloudflare’s transparency in response. Saumya explains advanced caching technologies, BigScoots’ direct physical connection with Cloudflare, and their custom cache plugin, highlighting how these developments offer speed, security, and fine-grained control for WordPress users, agencies, and enterprise clients. If you’re curious about how hosting companies manage such advanced caching strategies, and how Cloudflare might fit into the hosting jigsaw, this episode is for you.

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#181 – Bob Dunn on rebranding Do the Woo and growing openchannels.fm

> In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Bob Dunn about his journey from hosting Do the Woo, a WooCommerce-focused podcast, to launching OpenChannels.fm, a broader podcast network covering the open web, open source, and technology makers. Bob discusses the motivations behind the rebrand, his multi-channel and multi-host format, challenges with managing a growing podcast network, the technical side of production, and the evolving sponsorship model. He shares insights on maintaining flexibility, expanding to new topics and voices, and his ongoing commitment to staying engaged while giving others a platform to host and share content. If you’re interested in open source, podcasting, or building community-driven content, this episode is for you.

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Word Switcher: Extending Core Blocks with WordPress Interactivity API

A deep dive into building a production-ready WordPress block that creates smooth word-switching animations by combining the Interactivity API, HTML API, and Format API. The article demonstrates how to extend core blocks with custom behavior while maintaining clean code and great editing experiences for content creators.

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Stop WordPress from Creating Extra Cropped Image Sizes

<p>Whenever you upload an image to your WordPress site through the media library, it automatically creates and stores multiple additional versions of that image. If your site doesn&#8217;t utilize these extra image sizes, they will consume valuable storage space and increase the size of your server backups. In this guide, I&#8217;ll walk you through the [&#8230;]</p>
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Seahawk Media Partners with Patchstack to Strengthen WordPress Security

<p>We’re happy to share that Seahawk Media, a large WordPress agency serving businesses and hosting providers worldwide, has started using Patchstack to secure client websites. Seahawk Media specialises in white-label WordPress services for businesses and hosts, including development, maintenance, and ongoing support. Their maintenance plans are used to manage and protect a large number of [&#8230;]</p>
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WordPress 6.9 assertEqualHTML() Simplifies HTML Testing

WordPress 6.9 introduces assertEqualHTML(), a new PHPUnit assertion method for plugin developers that compares HTML semantically rather than literally. This solves fragile tests caused by attribute ordering, whitespace, and formatting differences that don't affect browser rendering.

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Brian Coords on WooCommerce's Challenges and Innovations

In this Jukebox Podcast episode, WooCommerce developer advocate Brian Coords discusses the platform's evolution, including its recent rebrand and integration with WordPress block-based editing. The conversation covers WooCommerce's competitive landscape against SaaS alternatives, AI investments for store management, and how the ecosystem supports global developers and agencies.

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Access Control in WordPress: Authentication vs Authorization

This article explains how access control protects WordPress sites by combining authentication and authorization to prevent unauthorized data access. It covers three main access control models and emphasizes why consistent permission checks across all endpoints, APIs, and admin panels are critical for WordPress security.

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January 2026 WordPress Plugin Security Vulnerabilities & Patches

Six popular WordPress plugins received security updates in January 2026, addressing broken access control, XSS, and authentication vulnerabilities affecting millions of installations. All vulnerabilities have been virtually patched by Sucuri Firewall, and website owners are advised to update affected plugins including All in One SEO, Essential Addons for Elementor, The Events Calendar, MetForm, and Fluent Forms.

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Why Your WordPress Site Is Slow: Root Causes and Fixes

WordPress performance issues often stem from multiple layered problems rather than a single culprit. This article breaks down the four root causes of slow WordPress sites, starting with hosting, and explains why site speed matters for SEO rankings and conversion rates, with Google's Core Web Vitals as a key ranking factor.

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WordPress Plugins Team Seeks Contributors to Handle Record Submissions

The WordPress Plugins Team is actively recruiting volunteers to review the surging number of plugin submissions, which have quadrupled since 2024 and now exceed 500 per week. Interested contributors need technical WordPress knowledge, strong communication skills, and consistent time commitment, with a two-month training period provided.

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WordPress Powers 42.6% of All Websites in March 2026

WordPress maintains its dominant position in the CMS market with 42.6% global market share as of March 2026, powering between 37.5 million and 605 million websites depending on how sites are counted. The platform continues to lead with 59.9% CMS market share, vastly outpacing competitors like Shopify (5.1%) and Wix (4.2%), while the ecosystem includes over 30,000 themes, 61,000+ free plugins, and WooCommerce's 33.43% eCommerce market share.

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xCloud Blocks 53K+ Threats Using Patchstack Security Integration

xCloud managed WordPress hosting provider integrated Patchstack to protect 320+ customer sites, blocking over 53,000 threats in 90 days. The solution provides centralized, proactive vulnerability protection without performance impact or complex per-site configuration, scaling seamlessly across their managed hosting environment.

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WordPress GitHub Spring Cleaning: 20 Repositories Archived

WordPress.org conducted a comprehensive audit of repositories under the WordPress and bbPress GitHub organizations, resulting in 20 repositories being archived for no longer meeting active maintenance criteria. Archived repos include legacy feature plugins, short-term experimental projects, and outdated communication repositories, while remaining publicly accessible for reference.

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WordPress Vulnerability Report — March 4, 2026

281 vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed with 56 patches now available and 225 remaining unpatched. Critical issues affect popular plugins like W3 Total Cache and Widget Options, with Solid Security Pro offering firewall protection for unpatched vulnerabilities. WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 is available for testing ahead of the April 9 release.

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174 WordPress Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Weekly Report

Wordfence Intelligence reported 174 new vulnerabilities affecting 139 WordPress plugins and 28 themes during February 9-15, 2026. With contributions from 64 security researchers, WordPress site owners should review the report to identify and address any vulnerabilities on their installations.

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WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 Ready for Testing

WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing with over 70 bug fixes and improvements across the Editor and Core since Beta 1. The release introduces a new Connectors UI dashboard for intuitive AI provider management, allowing users to centrally manage external AI connections in wp-admin. The final release is scheduled for April 9, 2026.

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WordPress 7.0-7.2 & Jetpack Release Schedule 2026-2027

WordPress VIP has published its major platform release roadmap covering WordPress Core versions 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 scheduled for April, August, and December 2026 respectively, alongside concurrent Jetpack releases from 15.5 through 16.6. PHP 8.6 is also planned for November 2025, with all dates subject to testing and review before finalization.

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Themes Team Meeting - August 26, 2025

The WordPress Themes Team will hold its second monthly meeting on August 26, 2025 at 15:00 UTC in the #themes Slack channel. The meeting will cover weekly updates with an open floor session for community questions and theme-related discussions.

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WordPress 2026: Full Site Editing Standard, Performance Leaps, AI Integration

WordPress in 2026 establishes Full Site Editing as the production-ready standard with enhanced block management and design controls in WordPress 6.8. The platform delivers significant performance gains including native AVIF support, Speculation Rules API integration, and Interactivity API v2, alongside practical AI-driven development tools that have matured beyond novelty status.

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WordPress Plugins Team Reviews 12,713 Plugins in 2025 with AI Integration

The WordPress Plugins Team reviewed a record 12,713 plugins in 2025, marking a 40.6% increase from 2024, with weekly submissions doubling to around 330. The team renamed itself to better reflect its expanded responsibilities beyond reviews, incorporating AI-assisted analysis and improved tools like the Plugin Check Plugin to maintain review efficiency despite the surge in submissions.

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