From across Automattic.
Updates from all of Automattic’s business units.
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What Happened at WordCamp Europe 2026
WordCamp Europe 2026 brought the WordPress community to Kraków for three days of contribution and conversation, from CERN going live on WordPress to WordPress 7.0, AI, and a closing fireside chat on where the project goes next. Read the full recap.
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WordPress.com Changelog: WordPress 7.0 and Ways to Repurpose Your Written Content
WordPress 7.0 is here, plus a social-friendly Reader, a distraction-free writing mode, AI podcast & video tools, and permalink settings on every paid plan.
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Radical Speed Month: Built Fast, Built for Agencies
For one month, the Automattic for Agencies team ran an experiment alongside other product teams at Automattic. The question was simple: what happens when you strip away the overhead and let small, paired teams move at full speed entirely focused on one project? We called it Radical Speed Month. People paired up, focused on a…
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Making WooCommerce monorepo builds faster and lighter
The WooCommerce monorepo build pipeline rework dropped cold build time by 60%, watch ready time by 75%, and watch memory usage by 84%. The post Making WooCommerce monorepo builds faster and lighter appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Protect The Shire
tl;dr: Temporary 24-hour cooldown period for plugin/theme releases before auto-updates. AI can give defenders an edge. We want to secure all 78K plugins and themes on WordPress.org. One of the things we’ve always striven to do as the developers of WordPress is to work harder so you don’t have to; we take technology that’s complex…
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Introducing Reader Chat, Powered by Jetpack Search
Reader Chat gives visitors a new way to explore your site. Readers can ask questions, get answers based on your content, and keep following the threads that brought them there.
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WordPress 7.0 Has Arrived: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" is here, with new AI foundations, visual revisions, and responsive design tools.
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Dr. Greg Potter
Dr. Greg Potter, PhD is a scientist and consultant whose work spans science communication, health product development, and helping individuals and teams perform better sustainably. He has spent the years since his PhD translating complex science into practical guidance for athletes, clinicians, and anyone trying to understand what their bodies actually need. He’s also the…
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Introducing the WooCommerce dual API
WooCommerce 10.9 introduces an experimental dual API and GraphQL infrastructure. It consists of a code API using PHP classes, an autogenerated GraphQL API mirroring the code API, and a build script for development. The post Introducing the WooCommerce dual API appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Keeping track of commerce emails
WooCommerce 10.9 introduces transactional email logging to enhance troubleshooting. Merchants can now track sent emails, failures, and statuses, improving diagnostics for email processes in online stores. The post Keeping track of commerce emails appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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How OWUP used Automattic for Agencies tools to cut debugging time from days to minutes
OWUP spent years chasing ghost entries, sync failures, and POS mismatches across 60+ WooCommerce sites for Scandinavian watch and jewelry retailers. Then Pressable MCP cut that debugging work from days to minutes, tripled their performance optimization output, and helped them close new business the same day a prospect called.
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AI Workflows for WordPress and WooCommerce: Live Event
Join us for a live panel discussion on practical AI workflows for WordPress and WooCommerce, including WooCommerce MCP, the WordPress Abilities API, Pressable MCP, and the agency workflows these tools make possible. The post AI Workflows for WordPress and WooCommerce: Live Event appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Introducing color swatches in WooCommerce core
WooCommerce 10.9 introduces a Color/Image product attribute, allowing visual swatches for colors and images. This feature enhances user experience with improved product representation and streamlined attributes management in block themes. The post Introducing color swatches in WooCommerce core appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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The product editor beta is being retired in WooCommerce 11.0
WooCommerce 10.9 starts the final deprecation window for the product editor beta before its removal in WooCommerce 11.0. Stores will continue using the classic product editor, and extension developers should audit integrations that depend on beta editor APIs. The post The product editor beta is being retired in WooCommerce 11.0 appeared first on The WooCommerce…
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When AI Takes the User Test
Most UX feedback comes from one of two places: real user tests, which are slow and expensive, or internal design reviews, which are biased toward the people who built the thing. A lot of small UX problems live in the gap between those two.
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Woo is at WordCamp Europe 2026
Woo is attending WordCamp Europe 2026 in Krakow from June 4-6, hosting a community meetup, and encouraging you to visit our booth for discussions and networking. The post Woo is at WordCamp Europe 2026 appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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How Publishers Can Balance AI Adoption While Continuing To Earn Audience Trust
WordPress VIP’s Media Product Forum gathered execs from People Inc., The New York Post, Yahoo, and more to discuss how they are innovating to grow their businesses.
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Agent-Ready Content Infrastructure: What It Is And How It Will Help AI Adoption
Enterprises need to move beyond ad hoc AI usage to operate at scale. WordPress VIP is ready to assist.
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Meet the Moment: How Enterprise Nonprofits Are Modernizing Digital Platforms
Enterprise nonprofits are under pressure to move faster, scale campaigns, and prove impact. Here’s how leading organizations are rethinking their digital foundation.
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Expanding Abilities across WooCommerce Extensions
WooCommerce has introduced domain abilities for products and orders, expanding to support extensions with read-only capabilities for data inspection and integration consistency across various tools. The post Expanding Abilities across WooCommerce Extensions appeared first on The WooCommerce Developer Blog.
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Automattic Joins the Tech Coalition
We're proud to announce that Automattic has joined the Tech Coalition, a global alliance of technology companies working together to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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