Automattic Pushes Back On WP Engine’s Sanctions Over Allegedly Missing Messages
Automattic has asked the court to reject WP Engine’s motion for sanctions, arguing that WP[…]
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Gutenberg is huge for a reason. That does not mean every editor has to be.
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A simplified Site Editor in WordPress
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WP Engine Brings BigCommerce to WordPress in New WooCommerce Challenge
WP Engine has announced a strategic partnership with Commerce, the AI-driven commerce company formerly known[…]
I Built a Canva-Like Page Builder for WordPress with Fable
Over the weekend, Fable and I built a working MVP of a new WordPress page[…]
What does it take to market a WordPress plugin?
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The WP Community Collective Rebrands as The WPOCC After WordPress Foundation Files Trademark Application for ‘WPCC’
The WP Community Collective has rebranded as The WP Open Community Collective after CEO Sé[…]
Automattic quietly acquires WebHosting.com from AT&T for WordPress push
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Moving Forward: The Closure of DLX Plugins (and why I’m Open-Sourcing the Code)
The DLX Plugins shop is closing on October 1, 2026. As a result, most of[…]
Delaware Court Blocks CloudLinux From Launching AutopilotWP After Seahawk Alleges Competing Tool Was Built Using Its Trade Secrets
A Delaware court has temporarily blocked CloudLinux from bringing its AutopilotWP WordPress maintenance product to[…]
WordPress Drops to 41.5% Market Share, but Three Datasets Tell Different Stories About What’s Going On
According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers 41.5% of the web, down from a peak of[…]
Announcing a Trusted WordPress Service Provider Directory: Apply Now!
We’re inviting WordPress development agencies to join our future MotoPress service provider directory! We call[…]
LedgerPort Is Joining the Awesome Motive Family
LedgerPort joins Awesome Motive. The story behind our Shopify & WooCommerce → QuickBooks sync tool,[…]
How we built wp-rankings.com: 60,000 listings and 16 million rows on GeoDirectory
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Migrating ACF Flexible Content to WordPress Blocks: A 400+ Property Case Study
How I rebuilt a 400+ property holiday cottage website from Advanced Custom Fields flexible content[…]
Meta Just Quietly Undid the Change That Broke Instagram Embeds in WordPress
Meta has reversed its 2020 decision and made oEmbed tokenless again. Here’s what it means[…]
The hall of shame for WordPress admin notices
I have wanted a public database of WordPress admin notices for years. Every WordPress professional[…]
The triage role in a major WordPress release
For WordPress 7.0, I co-led the Triage squad with Jean-Baptiste Audras (@audrasjb). It was my[…]
“WordPress Is Slow” Usually Means You Stopped Looking Too Early
That is not a controversial statement if you understand performance. It is simply how performance[…]
