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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

Out now: The Repository #313 🗞️

🛡️ Wordfence AI catches plugin backdoor in first Protect the Shire win
⚖️ WP Engine accuses Automattic of destroying evidence
🧟‍♂️ Class action survives second motion to dismiss
🛒 WP Engine & BigCommerce launch ecommerce platform

Read it here: https://www.therepository.email/313

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

The workshops started as a one-off in Portland last year. Now they're a four-day track, and attendees will leave with a site, a domain, and a free year of hosting.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/jamie-marsland-among-educators-leading-wordcamp-us-2026-beginner-workshops

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

A supply chain backdoor planted in a plugin with 20,000 active installs was caught by Wordfence and quickly shut down within Protect the Shire's hold window.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/protect-the-shire-scores-first-win-as-wordfence-ai-agent-catches-plugin-backdoor-before-it-reaches-users

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

The first analysis of student feedback since WordPress Credits started shows strong satisfaction scores, with the focus now moving to quality and retention.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/first-student-survey-shows-wordpress-credits-building-skills-and-satisfaction-with-focus-now-on-retention

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

A US college wants to join Credits but needs its students writing code. It's prompted the program to build its first pathway shaped around a field of study.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-credits-calls-for-help-designing-a-developer-track-ahead-of-a-us-college-pilot

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026

WordPress 7.1 Beta 4 gives sites a way to turn off responsive style editing, and drops the inherited styles display after contributors couldn't agree on a design approach.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-1-beta-4-adds-opt-out-for-responsive-styling-punts-inherited-styles-display

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

WP Engine's second vertical platform launch this year targets mid-market merchants doing millions in revenue who've outgrown their existing commerce stack.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wp-engine-partners-with-bigcommerce-parent-commerce-to-launch-ecommerce-platform-for-high-growth-merchants

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

WP Engine claims sworn declarations and deposition testimony contradict months of assurances that Matt Mullenweg's WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram messages had been preserved.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wp-engine-accuses-automattic-of-destroying-evidence-asks-court-to-dismiss-trademark-counterclaims

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 28, 2026

After their proposed class action was dismissed in December, two agency owners have survived a second motion to dismiss thanks to the WordPress Engine Tracker website.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/class-action-against-automattic-to-proceed-after-judge-finds-company-tracked-wp-engine-customers

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 24, 2026

Out now: The Repository #312 🗞️

🛡️ WordPress 7.0.2 patches critical pre-auth RCE found with OpenAI's Sol Ultra
🧪 WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 now available, punts Unicode email support
📊 Matt Mullenweg responds to active install growth data ticket for first time in 4 years

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/312

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 24, 2026

New name, same mission. The WP Open Community Collective says it has rebranded to better reflect its intent to support open source contributors beyond WordPress.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/the-wp-community-collective-rebrands-as-the-wpocc-after-wordpress-foundation-files-trademark-application-for-wpcc

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 23, 2026

Unicode email address support was merged into core six weeks ago after 11 years of development. It's been pulled from 7.1 and will move to a community plugin.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-1-beta-3-now-available-punts-unicode-email-support-over-security-concerns

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 23, 2026

Playground has supported persistent sites since March, but users keep telling the team they don't know that. A new dock-based UI aims to fix the discoverability problem.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-playground-team-calls-for-testers-as-new-dock-based-ui-aims-to-fix-feature-discoverability

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 22, 2026

Four years after WordPress .org pulled the active install growth data for plugins, Matt Mullenweg has responded with a new reason for not bringing them back.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-responds-to-active-install-growth-data-ticket-for-first-time-in-four-years-cites-competing-interests

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026

The full exploit chain abuses six internal WordPress mechanisms to go from anonymous visitor to admin in two HTTP requests.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/security-researcher-used-openais-sol-ultra-to-find-wordpresss-worst-vulnerability-in-years

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026

The WCUS 2026 schedule is now live, with AI dominating the program as organizers look to attract attendees with a beginner track and a small business marketplace in Phoenix next month.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordcamp-us-2026-publishes-schedule-with-expanded-ai-programming-and-new-beginner-track

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Jul 18, 2026

A private Slack channel, 24 hours' notice, and strict information-sharing rules. How the WordPress project coordinated industry-wide defenses before going public with two vulnerabilities.

🔗 https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-2-patches-rare-pre-authentication-rce-as-hosts-cdns-get-24-hour-head-start

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

The WordPress Accessibility Team has overhauled its theme accessibility-ready guidelines for the first time since 2012. Theme authors have until June 30 to comply.

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-accessibility-team-overhauls-theme-guidelines-for-the-first-time-in-14-years

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · May 07, 2026

Matt Mullenweg has given a handpicked group of people sandbox access and authority to overhaul WordPress.org.

https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-assembles-trusted-group-to-overhaul-wordpress-org-and-five-for-the-future

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Apr 22, 2026

Woo has confirmed four bugs in WooCommerce Subscriptions silently disabled automatic payments for some stores, with one developer saying affected store owners have potentially lost tens of thousands in revenue.

https://www.therepository.email/woo-to-notify-woocommerce-subscriptions-customers-after-four-bugs-silently-broke-renewals

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Mullenweg spent several hours posting in WordPress Slack about a release culture producing "boring or mediocre crap," called for an end to attacks on Automattic, and said the project had spent years damaging itself.

https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-says-the-wheels-have-fallen-off-in-wide-ranging-wordpress-critique

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 31, 2026

SWORD took the overall prize at CloudFest Hackathon 2026, with Universal Access Browser Extension placing second and Frugal AI third. This year’s event saw 101 attendees from 20 countries hack 10 projects.

https://www.therepository.email/sword-wins-cloudfest-hackathon-2026

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 31, 2026

WordPress 7.0 won't ship during Contributor Day at WordCamp Asia next week after Matt Mullenweg called for a delay to get real-time collaboration's database architecture right.

https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-calls-for-wordpress-7-0-delay-to-introduce-database-table-for-real-time-collaboration

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 30, 2026

AI isn't killing WordPress work. It's redistributing it.

Implementation is getting cheaper while systems thinking is getting more valuable.

Matthew Telfer from 20i maps out what that shift means for designers, developers, and agencies in this #sponsoredpost.

https://www.therepository.email/76-of-designers-fear-ai-what-does-that-mean-for-the-wordpress-economy

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 27, 2026

Out now: The Repository #297 🗞️

🚧 WordPress 7.0 RC1 ships despite core committer concerns
📉 Market share dips below 43% as AI reshapes site building
🔌 WordPress.com adds "write" access for AI agents
🧠 Elementor launches Angie

Read it here: https://therepository.email/297

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 27, 2026

AI can spin up a WordPress site in minutes. Keeping it fast, secure, and profitable? Well, that's a different story.

In this #sponsoredpost, Matthew Telfer from 20i looks at how AI is reshaping the WordPress economy, and why architecture is where the real value is moving.

https://www.therepository.email/76-of-designers-fear-ai-what-does-that-mean-for-the-wordpress-economy

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 27, 2026

WordPress AI Connectors Lack Plugin-Level Controls — and the AI Team Is Already Working on It

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-ai-connectors-lack-plugin-level-controls-and-the-ai-team-is-already-working-on-it

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 27, 2026

WordPress Security Team’s 6.9.2 Retrospective Details Checklist Gap Behind 6.9.4 and Backporting Tensions

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-security-teams-6-9-2-retrospective-details-checklist-gap-behind-6-9-4-and-backporting-tensions

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2026

Elementor Launches Angie, a Free AI Plugin for Building Custom WordPress Functionality

https://www.therepository.email/elementor-launches-angie-a-free-ai-plugin-for-building-custom-wordpress-functionality

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2026

The WP Community Collective Publishes Open Source Contributor Pay Standard

https://www.therepository.email/the-wp-community-collective-publishes-open-source-contributor-pay-standard

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2026

WordPress 7.0 RC1 Ships Despite Core Committer Concerns Over Release Readiness

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-rc1-ships-despite-core-committer-concerns-over-release-readiness

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 25, 2026

WordPress Is Colliding With AI — and Nobody Had ‘None’ on Their Bingo Card

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-is-colliding-with-ai-and-nobody-had-none-on-their-bingo-card

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

Gutenberg 22.7 Ships New Guidelines Feature for Site-Wide Standards

https://www.therepository.email/gutenberg-22-7-ships-new-guidelines-feature-for-site-wide-standards

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

WordPress.com Gives AI Agents Access to Create, Edit and Manage Content via MCP

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-com-gives-ai-agents-access-to-create-edit-and-manage-content-via-mcp

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2026

76% of web designers say AI is their biggest concern right now. But inside the WordPress ecosystem, the picture isn't so simple.

Matthew Telfer from 20i breaks down where AI is actually hitting hardest, and where value is shifting next.

#WordPress #AI #sponsoredpost

https://www.therepository.email/76-of-designers-fear-ai-what-does-that-mean-for-the-wordpress-economy

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 20, 2026

Out now: The Repository #296 🗞️

🚧 WP 7.0 RC1 delayed to March 24
🌱 Roots launches WP Packages alternative to WPackagist
🧑‍⚖️ Plugins Team seeks reviewers as submissions top 500/week
🚀 Featured plugins experiment drives 26k installs

Read it here: https://therepository.email/296

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 20, 2026

WordPress 7.0 RC1 Delayed to March 24 Over Real-Time Collaboration, Client-Side Media, and Package Size Concerns

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-rc1-delayed-to-march-24-over-real-time-collaboration-client-side-media-and-package-size-concerns

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 19, 2026

Nick Hamze’s Featured Plugins Experiment Delivers 26,000 Installs in First Two Weeks

https://www.therepository.email/nick-hamzes-featured-plugins-experiment-delivers-26000-installs-in-first-two-weeks

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The Repository @therepository@mastodon.social · Mar 19, 2026

Roots Launches WP Composer as Open Source Alternative to WPackagist

https://www.therepository.email/roots-launches-wp-composer-as-open-source-alternative-to-wpackagist

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