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Your Sites Are Protected Against the PHP2Shell Vulnerabilities
Today, the PHP project released security updates for two critical vulnerabilities in PHP itself, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and nicknamed “PHP2Shell.” Both are rated 9.2 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), the industry-standard scale for how severe a security flaw is. Anything from 9.0 up is classed as Critical, the…
Deflection is Not a Support Strategy
“As long as a company’s AI deflection rate remains a primary metric for success, that company will end up with frustrated customers.”
Do That Which Makes Your Life Easy
Elijah Potter, a software engineer who founded and maintains Harper, explores quality of life as a critical decision-making factor.
WRONG AGAIN
WP Engine’s motion is a desperate attempt to get sanctions and other extreme remedies because Matt used ephemeral messaging in personal communications with romantic partners having nothing to do with this case. Here’s what really happened, as the brief we filed tonight shows: We preserved and collected. A litigation hold was issued to our employees, including Matt.…
Newspack Helps Hong Kong Free Press Protect Its Stories
The site has developed a greater variety of member benefits, from feature previews and exclusive columns to ad-free browsing, and increased donations by 33 percent.
Brickomattic: A Celebration of What We Have Built
How (and why) Automattician Zach Spears designed a collection of Automattic-specific LEGO® kits.
Women at Work: A Podcast for Creatives on a Platform for Creatives
For Hey Studio founder Verònica Fuerte, there was only one choice for their popular podcast’s new home.
Lights, Camera, ‘Code for the People’
The new documentary short serves as a rallying cry to reclaim the spirit of open source.
Recent Announcements
Automattic Celebrates Graduates of University of Illinois Chicago’s AI Leaders Program
On June 23, around 40 students from Illinois and Louisiana will wrap up the year at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) as the first graduating cohort of AI Leaders—the nation’s first workforce-focused AI literacy course tied to a recognized credential. These students built real WordPress projects. They applied generative AI to real work. For example,…
Where Automattic Meets Up
Every week, Automattic teams are meeting in person across the globe. Let our research be your gain.
Behind the Fiber-Optic Rope: Engineering WordCamp
Networking engineer Tyler Leeds explains how Automattic delivered rock-solid livestreaming from WordCamp Asia—and what’s on tap for WordCamp EU in June.
How WordPress Sent a Dog (and a Pop Culture Brand) to the Moon
The Pop Culture Monday site—and newsletter, and podcast—is a fun and irreverent testament to WordPress’s flexibility.
WordPress: The Operating System of the Agentic Web
The very things that made WordPress successful as a human platform make it even more powerful as an agentic one.
The One Thing That Changed How I Work
Paolo Belcastro, Artistic Director for Automattic’s Domains Maison, pens a thoughtful piece about what he learned from coaching.
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