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WordPress 7.0 Beta 2

26 February 2026 @ 4:32 pm

WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 is now ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should evaluate Beta 2 on a test server and site. You can test WordPress 7.0 Beta 2 in […]

WordPress 7.0 Beta 1

20 February 2026 @ 3:39 pm

WordPress 7.0 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to explore the new features. How to Test WordPress 7.0 Beta […]

Piloting the AI Leaders Micro-Credential

4 February 2026 @ 7:03 pm

Today, we are happy to announce our first WordPress-focused micro-credential, designed to help students build practical AI skills, earn a recognized credential, and connect more directly to job opportunities. The program, AI Leaders, is a workforce-oriented credential rooted in WordPress and open source contributions. Students are paid for their time, work on real WordPress projects, […]

WordPress 6.9.1 Maintenance Release

3 February 2026 @ 6:07 pm

WordPress 6.9.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 49 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, mail, and classic themes. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement. WordPress 6.9.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. […]

New AI Agent Skill for WordPress

30 January 2026 @ 5:13 pm

Faster Way For AI Agents To Test AI code agents are getting better at writing WordPress plugins and themes, but testing can still be the slow part. WordPress contributor Brandon Payton has published wp-playground, a new AI agent skill designed to run WordPress via the Playground CLI, giving agents a fast, repeatable way to run […]

Be Part of WordCamp Asia 2026

21 January 2026 @ 12:07 pm

WordCamp Asia is back in 2026, this time in Mumbai, India, and it’s building on a year that showed just how ambitious and connected the WordPress community has become. Now is the time to get involved. Get your ticket, explore sponsorship opportunities, and help spread the word. In 2025, more than 1,400 attendees from 71 […]

A New Home for WordPress Education Programs

20 January 2026 @ 5:14 pm

Over the past few weeks, a new space has taken shape on WordPress.org for students who want to learn, build, and contribute. WordPress Education programs bring together initiatives that help students enter the WordPress ecosystem through clear, accessible entry points that lead to real-world practice. With hands-on initiatives and supportive communities, participants can grow new […]

WordPress Playground Brings Speed, Stability, and Momentum

15 January 2026 @ 4:53 pm

WordPress Playground had a busy year in 2025, with updates that make it more capable for day-to-day development, plugin previews, and learning environments. The project’s latest year-in-review highlights progress across performance, compatibility, database support, and tooling, expanding what can be done in a WordPress environment that runs in the browser and through the command line. […]

2026 Global Partner Program Announcement

10 December 2025 @ 5:16 pm

Become a driving force behind WordPress innovation by joining the Global Community Sponsorship Program: a comprehensive initiative that supports the events and people powering our open source mission. As a Global Sponsor, your organization gains meaningful visibility across the international WordPress ecosystem while helping to fund events that foster growth, collaboration, and community. Why Choose […]

State of the Word 2025: Innovation Shaped by Community

3 December 2025 @ 6:26 pm

State of the Word 2025 brought the WordPress community together for an afternoon that felt both reflective and forward-moving, blending stories of global growth with technical milestones and glimpses of the future. This year also marked the twentieth State of the Word since the first address in 2006, a milestone noted in the WordPress history […]

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I Set Up My Own Web Server and Here's What I Learned About Nginx

27 February 2026 @ 6:37 pm

I Set Up My Own Web Server and Here's What I Learned About Nginx Learn how to set up Nginx on a VPS from scratch. This beginner-friendly guide covers installation, config files, SSL, gzip compression, file upload limits, and everything you need before going live. Continue reading I Set Up My Own Web Server and Here's What I Learned About Nginx on

MCP (Model Context Protocol): The USB-C for AI Applications Explained

27 February 2026 @ 5:50 pm

MCP (Model Context Protocol): The USB-C for AI Applications Explained Comprehensive guide covering MCP (Model Context Protocol): The USB-C for AI Applications Explained with practical implementation details. Continue reading MCP (Model Context Protocol): The USB-C for AI Applications Explained on SitePoint.

Testing AI-Generated Code: Strategies That Actually Work

27 February 2026 @ 5:48 pm

Testing AI-Generated Code: Strategies That Actually Work Comprehensive guide covering Testing AI-Generated Code: Strategies That Actually Work with practical implementation details. Continue reading Testing AI-Generated Code: Strategies That Actually Work on SitePoint.

The Complete Developer's Guide to Vibe Coding: From Skeptic to 10x Engineer

27 February 2026 @ 5:48 pm

The Complete Developer's Guide to Vibe Coding: From Skeptic to 10x Engineer Comprehensive guide covering The Complete Developer's Guide to Vibe Coding: From Skeptic to 10x Engineer with practical implementation details. Continue reading The Complete Developer's Guide to Vibe Coding: From Skeptic to 10x Engineer on SitePoint.

Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI IDE Wins for Real Development Work?

27 February 2026 @ 5:48 pm

Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI IDE Wins for Real Development Work? Comprehensive guide covering Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI IDE Wins for Real Development Work? with practical implementation details. Continue reading Claude Code vs Cursor: Which AI IDE Wins for Real Development Work? on SitePoint.

The Developer's Guide to Google's Nano Banana 2: AI Image Generation for Apps

27 February 2026 @ 5:42 pm

The Developer's Guide to Google's Nano Banana 2: AI Image Generation for Apps Comprehensive guide covering The Developer's Guide to Google's Nano Banana 2: AI Image Generation for Apps with practical implementation details. Continue reading The Developer's Guide to Google's Nano Banana 2: AI Image Generation for Apps on SitePoint.

What Claude Code Actually Chooses: Research Reveals AI Tool Preferences

27 February 2026 @ 5:42 pm

What Claude Code Actually Chooses: Research Reveals AI Tool Preferences Comprehensive guide covering What Claude Code Actually Chooses: Research Reveals AI Tool Preferences with practical implementation details. Continue reading What Claude Code Actually Chooses: Research Reveals AI Tool Preferences on SitePoint.

The Era of Autonomous Coding Agents: Beyond Autocomplete

27 February 2026 @ 5:42 pm

The Era of Autonomous Coding Agents: Beyond Autocomplete A comprehensive guide to the shift from 'Copilots' (autocomplete) to 'Agents' (Claude Code, Stripe Minions) that execute end-to-end tasks. Covers architecture, sandboxing, and the new role of the AI Engineer. Continue reading The Era of Autonomous Coding Agents: Beyond Autocomplete on SitePoint.

CLI-First Agency: Why Claude Code Lives in Your Terminal

27 February 2026 @ 5:42 pm

CLI-First Agency: Why Claude Code Lives in Your Terminal GUI-based AI tools are slow. This article explores why 'Claude Code' moves directly into the terminal, enabling pipe-able workflows, git integration, and faster feedback loops. Continue reading CLI-First Agency: Why Claude Code Lives in Your Terminal on SitePoint.

Deconstructing Stripe's 'Minions': One-Shot Agents at Scale

27 February 2026 @ 5:42 pm

Deconstructing Stripe's 'Minions': One-Shot Agents at Scale Technical deep dive into Stripe's 'Minions' paper/blog. How they handle context, task definition, and why 'one-shot' agents often outperform complex conversational loops for specific tasks. Continue reading Deconstructing Stripe's 'Minions': One-Shot Agents at Scale on SitePoint.

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Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna

15 October 2025 @ 3:35 pm

Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a fight. Today it seems that people want to quarrel; I have seen flame wars among birders.   These tensions are often at odds with a site’s goals. If we are providing support and advice to customers, we don’t want those customers to wrangle with each other. If we offer news about the latest research, we want readers to feel at ease; if we promote upcoming marches, we want our core supporters to feel comfortable and we want curious newcomers to feel welcome.  In a study for a conference on the History of the Web, I looked to the origins of Computer Science in

Design Dialects: Breaking the Rules, Not the System

26 September 2025 @ 4:48 pm

"Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a totally coherent system bound to context and behavior." — Kenneth L. Pike The web has accents. So should our design systems. Design Systems as Living Languages Design systems aren't component libraries—they’re living languages. Tokens are phonemes, components are words, patterns are phrases,

An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership

23 July 2025 @ 2:10 pm

Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has the right skills to tackle it. The other is diving deep into whether the solution actually solves the user’s problem. Same room, same problem, completely different lenses. This is the beautiful, sometimes messy reality of having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team. And if you’re wondering how to make this work without creating confusion, overlap, or the dreaded “too many cooks” scenario, you’re asking the right question. The traditional answer has been to draw clean lines on an org chart. The Design Manager handles people, the Lead Designer handles craft. Problem solved, right? Except clean org charts are fantasy. In reality, bo

From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick.

23 April 2025 @ 6:04 pm

As a product builder over too many years to mention, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen promising ideas go from zero to hero in a few weeks, only to fizzle out within months. Financial products, which is the field I work in, are no exception. With people’s real hard-earned money on the line, user expectations running high, and a crowded market, it's tempting to throw as many features at the wall as possible and hope something sticks. But this approach is a recipe for disaster. Here's why: The pitfalls of feature-first development When you start building a financial product from the ground up, or are migrating existing customer journeys from paper or telephony channels onto online banking or mobile apps, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of creating new fea

User Research Is Storytelling

30 May 2024 @ 6:04 pm

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX). Now, I realize that there’s an element of theater to UX—I hadn’t really considered it before, but user research is storytelling. And to get the most out of user research, you need to tell a good story where you bring stakeholders—the product team and decision makers—along and get them interested in learning more. Think of your favorite movie. More than likely it follows a three-act structure that’s commonly s

To Ignite a Personalization Practice, Run this Prepersonalization Workshop

16 April 2024 @ 7:51 pm

Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either way, you’re designing with data. Now what? When it comes to designing for personalization, there are many cautionary tales, no overnight successes, and few guides for the perplexed.  Between the fantasy of getting it right and the fear of it going wrong—like when we encounter “persofails” in the vein of a company repeatedly imploring everyday consumers to buy additional toilet seats—the personalizat

The Wax and the Wane of the Web

29 February 2024 @ 2:45 pm

I offer a single bit of advice to friends and family when they become new parents: When you start to think that you’ve got everything figured out, everything will change. Just as you start to get the hang of feedings, diapers, and regular naps, it’s time for solid food, potty training, and overnight sleeping. When you figure those out, it’s time for preschool and rare naps. The cycle goes on and on. The same applies for those of us working in design and development these days. Having worked on the web for almost three decades at this point, I’ve seen the regular wax and wane of ideas, techniques, and technologies. Each time that we as developers and designers get into a regular rhythm, some new idea or technology comes along to shake things up and remake our world. How we got here

Opportunities for AI in Accessibility

7 February 2024 @ 2:00 pm

In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it. In fact, I’m very skeptical of AI myself, despite my role at Microsoft as an accessibility innovation strategist who helps run the AI for Accessibility grant program. As with any tool, AI can be used in very constructive, inclusive, and accessible ways; and it can also be used in destructive, exclusive, and harmful ones. And there are a ton of uses somewhere in the mediocre middle as well. I’d like you to consider this a “yes… and” piece to complement Joe’s post. I’m not trying to refute any of what he’s saying but rather provide some visibility to projects and opportunities where AI can make meaning

I am a creative.

29 January 2024 @ 3:53 pm

I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all see themselves this way. Some creative people see science in what they do. That is their truth, and I respect it. Maybe I even envy them, a little. But my process is different—my being is different. Apologizing and qualifying in advance is a distraction. That’s what my brain does to sabotage me. I set it aside for now. I can come back later to apologize and qualify. After I’ve said what I came to say. Which is hard enough.  Except when it is easy and flows like a river of wine. Sometimes it does come that way. Sometimes what I need to create comes in a

Humility: An Essential Value

22 June 2023 @ 1:00 pm

Humility, a designer’s essential value—that has a nice ring to it. What about humility, an office manager’s essential value? Or a dentist’s? Or a librarian’s? They all sound great. When humility is our guiding light, the path is always open for fulfillment, evolution, connection, and engagement. In this chapter, we’re going to talk about why. That said, this is a book for designers, and to that end, I’d like to start with a story—well, a journey, really. It’s a personal one, and I’m going to make myself a bit vulnerable along the way. I call it: The Tale of Justin’s Preposterous Pate When I was coming out of art school, a long-haired, goateed neophyte, print was a known quantity to me; design on the web, however, was rife with complexities to n