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After 7.0's six-week delay, the project is already eyeing its next flagship-event release date — and looking for the team to get it there. therepository.email/wordpress-7-1-…

The AI plugin's tenth release includes request logging and connector-level permissions as the project crosses from experimental sandbox to mature canonical plugin. therepository.email/wordpress-ai-p…

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Out now: The Repository #303 🗞️ 🚀 WordPress 7.0 ships with AI infrastructure and new design tools 👋 LePage and Arntz step down as AI Team co-reps, LePage leaves Automattic ⚡ Radical Speed Month wraps up with 400+ projects Read it here: therepository.email/303

Jake Goldman's WP Detective side project is now an official WordPress browser extension, and together with core committer Fabian Kägy, he's calling for testers. therepository.email/wordpress-gets…

From podcasting on WordPress.com to WooCommerce payments in 13 new countries and a Wapuu generator, Automattic's month-long hackathon produced an impressive range of shipped products and experiments. therepository.email/automattics-ra…

WordPress 7.0 is here, bringing new AI infrastructure to core, a modernized dashboard, new blocks and design tools, and an expanded developer toolbox. therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-…

After a year that took the WordPress AI Team from zero to core, both founding co-reps are moving on — one to a new AI venture, the other after 12 months of volunteering. therepository.email/james-lepage-a…

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Out now: The Repository #302 🗞️ 🔥 Liquid Web dumps StellarWP in botched rollout 💸 Envato moves all sellers to flat 50% revenue share ⚛️ CERN engineers to keynote WordCamp Europe 2026 🚀 WordPress 7.0 on track for release next week therepository.email/302

Envato has scrapped its exclusive author program and will move all ThemeForest and CodeCanyon sellers to a flat 50% cut from July 1. therepository.email/envato-ends-ex…

WordPress 7.0 RC4 is out alongside the Field Guide, with the final release on track for May 20. therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-…

WPMU DEV has added one-click managed hosting for Cloudflare's EmDash CMS to its Unlimited Hosting plans, becoming the first managed host in the WordPress space to support the new CMS. therepository.email/wpmu-dev-adds-…

£2,000/month saved. Physical servers gone. 700 sites migrating to @Pressable. "It's freeing. I can sleep at night. I'm not worrying that at 2am I'm going to get emails saying all the sites are down." Black Nova's infrastructure story: buff.ly/pA8pdQA #sponsored

The latest release adds two new experiments and a WP-CLI command for bulk alt text generation as the plugin approaches its 1.0 milestone. therepository.email/wordpress-ai-p…

Liquid Web has closed its StellarWP brand and consolidated its WordPress product line-up behind Kadence, LearnDash, The Events Calendar, and Give. But a botched migration, rounds of layoffs, and a backlash from customers have overshadowed the relaunch. therepository.email/liquid-web-ret…

GravityKit has become the first commercial plugin company in the WordPress space to release cryptographic package signing, verifying every update before it reaches a customer's site. therepository.email/gravitykit-rel…

Automattic wants a federal court to force Silver Lake to produce financial documents it says are central to its defense against WP Engine. therepository.email/automattic-and…

The birthplace of the web is moving 1,000+ websites to WordPress, and two of its engineers will tell the story behind the migration at next month's WordCamp Europe in Kraków, Poland. therepository.email/cern-engineers…

@TheCre8tiveDiva We're working on a story, just waiting on comments.

Waiting to see if @therepositorywp is going to get a story out on what's happening with Kadence.