From across Automattic.
Updates from all of Automattic’s business units.
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What's new for developers? (September 2026)
Gutenberg 23.8 and 23.9 bring declarable block keyboard shortcuts, theme.json schema fixes for responsive states, and a batch of new deprecations.
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Our new MCP brings Automattic for Agencies into your AI workflow
Your Automattic for Agencies account now connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI tools through our new read-only MCP. We deliver your account and program standing straight into your preferred AI tool, ready to answer a question on demand, deliver a recurring report on your schedule, or power a living artifact your team works…
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What is a good customer experience?
At Automattic, we’re defining customer experience by placing the customer at the center of our approach. We aim for effortless support, turning questions into opportunities for product improvement. Our commitment ensures that customers not only resolve their issues but also leave more empowered and confident. Trust is our foundation, creating lasting connections.
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How to choose a B2B ecommerce platform
Choosing the best B2B ecommerce platform can be confusing. See the top considerations and real-world examples to find the best solution at the best price.
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Recreating CircleCI Configuration Using GitHub Actions
Updating your CI/CD workflow to align with WordPress VIP platform changes.
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8 Ways to Grow Website Traffic When Google Sends Less of It
When Google sends fewer clicks, growing traffic takes more than a bigger content calendar. Here are eight practical ways to earn visits through useful content, email, partnerships, and a site people can trust.
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Day One Labs Is Back in Silver
Today, Day One Labs is available to Silver subscribers again. It’s where we test ideas before they’re finished, and it works best when the people testing them are the ones who journal every day. You’re the first to notice when a feature helps and when it gets in the way. In Labs, what you tell…
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WooCommerce Subscriptions 9.2.0: settings updates and dev changes
Dev Advisory: WooCommerce Subscriptions 9.2.0 has some notable updates and behavior changes. If you utilize the extension, please check out our latest post to see what ground we've covered! The post WooCommerce Subscriptions 9.2.0: settings updates and dev changes appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Proposed change: Requiring PHP 8.1 or newer for WooCommerce 11.5 and beyond
WooCommerce plans to raise the minimum PHP requirement to 8.1 for the January 2027 release. Share your feedback and concerns as we finalize the timeline. The post Proposed change: Requiring PHP 8.1 or newer for WooCommerce 11.5 and beyond appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Building Happiness in public
At Automattic we believe in open source. Most people know that from our work on WordPress, but the sharing doesn’t stop at code. We try to be just as open about how we work. That’s why we’ve revamped this site. HappinessEngineer.blog used to be the place to get to know our team. We’ll keep writing…
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Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in Bangladesh
In July, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites. In eastern Uganda, a workshop that arrived to find no electricity at the school ran anyway, for more than 100 learners, because a former student had asked for it. In Costa Rica, three university students taught a three-session WordPress class to 40 high…
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August, 2026
Please be aware of common scams! If someone contacts you with a scam, please report and block them. Outside of our support email and official [tumblr] accounts ONLY on [tumblr] (when in doubt, look for the same Staff Member badge that you see on this blog), Staff will never message you or reply to your…
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Tumblr messages are here
Beeper🤝 Tumblr Beeper now supports Tumblr messages. Connect Tumblr to bring conversations from your primary and secondary blogs into the same inbox as your other chats. One less inbox to check. More time for your mutuals. G and the Beeper team
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WooCommerce 11.1.0: Release Notes
WooCommerce 11.1 is here! Variation galleries now on for every store, product collection grids alignment improvements, virtual orders drop shipping address in admin and Store API and REST requests are 30–42% faster The post WooCommerce 11.1.0: Release Notes appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Thank you to everyone who gave this a spin! It’s now available to everyone on desktop. Happy…
engineering:Now in Labs: Full-screen messaging on webMessages on web live in small popovers: both the list of messages, and the message window itself. That’s fine for a quick reply, but it gets cramped when you’re keeping up with a lot of conversations, so we built a full-screen version.Full-screen messaging gives your DMs more space: your…
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Smart Bookmarks: save the words, not the timestamp
You heard something worth keeping. You reached for the bookmark button. Pocket Casts saved 13:28. A week later, 13:28 is a number. You know you saved it for a reason. Finding out what that reason was means listening to it again. That’s the last thing a bookmark should ask of you. Smart Bookmarks are on…
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Retiring the magic strings: enum classes in WooCommerce core
WooCommerce now ships named, documented constants for order statuses, product types, stock states, settings values, and more. The post Retiring the magic strings: enum classes in WooCommerce core appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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The One Prompt to Run Before Your Next WooCommerce Sale
If you run a WooCommerce store, prepping for a sale usually means checking a handful of things one at a time: is the cache on, is the PHP version current, did last night’s backup actually […] The post The One Prompt to Run Before Your Next WooCommerce Sale appeared first on Pressable.
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Where Enterprise AI Breaks Down, and How Agencies Can Scope the Fix
Americaneagle.com and WordPress VIP just published a framework for enterprise marketing leaders caught between the AI tools they bought and the operation they need to run them. It's written for clients, but every problem it names is a project an agency is about to get hired for.
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AI Content Disclosure Practices That Will Help, Not Hurt Your Brand Reputation
As audiences grow more skeptical of AI-generated content, how you disclose AI use is becoming a brand-trust decision, not a compliance footnote.
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Additional Variation Images included in WooCommerce 11.1
WooCommerce 11.1 fully integrates variation galleries, replacing the Additional Variation Images extension, with automatic migration of existing data and recommended developer actions. The post Additional Variation Images included in WooCommerce 11.1 appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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WooCommerce 11.1 release is delayed
WooCommerce 11.1 release, originally set for September 1, 2026, is tentatively postponed to September 2, 2026. The post WooCommerce 11.1 release is delayed appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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August Product Update: A New Activity Hub, Smarter Portfolio Management, and Safer Site Setup
August brought five updates to MyPressable: a new Activity Hub for tracking jobs and account activity in one place, expanded MCP collaborator management across entire portfolios, Pressable DDEV tools integrated directly into MyPressable, more flexible […] The post August Product Update: A New Activity Hub, Smarter Portfolio Management, and Safer Site Setup appeared first on…
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