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Nick Hamze’s Featured Plugins Experiment Delivers 26,000 Installs in First Two Weeks therepository.email/nick-hamzes-fe…

Roots Launches WP Composer as Open Source Alternative to WPackagist therepository.email/roots-launches…

WordPress Plugins Team Calls for New Reviewers as Submissions Surpass 500 per Week therepository.email/wordpress-plug…

Volunteers Sought to Help Build Twenty Twenty-Seven, WordPress’s Next Default Theme therepository.email/volunteers-sou…

WordPress 7.0’s Real-Time Collaboration Heads Into RC1 With Key Questions Still Open therepository.email/wordpress-7-0s…

AI Experiments Plugin Gets Two Updates in a Week, With WordPress 7.0 Now the Focus therepository.email/ai-experiments…

Ollie Moves Into Ecommerce With Full WooCommerce Support therepository.email/ollie-moves-in…

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Out now: The Repository #295 🗞️ 🧩 WP Engine acquires WPackagist. WordPress X account calls it a "parasite" 🧪 WordPress launches Playground-powered workspace 🚨 WordPress ships 3 releases in one week Read: therepository.email/295

WP Engine Acquires WPackagist. WordPress Calls It a “Parasite.” therepository.email/wp-engine-acqu…

Multi-Collab is plugin territory. And Core's got bigger fish to fry. I wrote this piece for @therepositorywp but it was informed by chats with a lot of folks in the WordPress space, even within Automattic. If you agree, add your comment to the blog. therepository.email/wordpress-coll…

We’re Building Google Docs Inside WordPress While the AI Opportunity Slips Away therepository.email/wordpress-coll…

WordPress Community Raises ₹3,50,000 to Honor Zeel Thakkar With Memorial Scholarship therepository.email/wordpress-comm…

WordPress Launches Playground-Powered Personal Workspace, but Reception Is Mixed therepository.email/wordpress-laun…

WordPress VIP Launches Advanced Professional WordPress Developer Certification therepository.email/wordpress-vip-…

WordPress 6.9.4 Arrives as Security Team Discovers Incomplete Fixes From Tuesday’s Releases therepository.email/wordpress-6-9-…

WordPress Ships Two Releases in One Day as 6.9.2 Security Update Triggers Blank Screen Bug therepository.email/wordpress-ship…

From Experimental Tool to AI Infrastructure: Adam Zieliński’s Vision for WordPress Playground in 2026 therepository.email/from-experimen…

How CloudFest Is Becoming the Most Important WordPress Business Event Nobody’s Talking About therepository.email/how-cloudfest-…

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Out now: The Repository #294 🗞️ 🧩 Features tab rotates "hidden gem" plugins 💡 CloudFest Hackathon's record year for projects 🧠 Yoast launches AI-ready schema map with Microsoft 🧪 Contributor dashboard pilot goes live Read it here: therepository.email/294