WordPress 6.9, scheduled for release on December 2, 2025, is shipping with a new Abilities API that introduces a new system designed to make advanced AI-driven functionality possible for themes and ...

When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website, they have long been greeted by a default, introductory post simply titled "Hello world!" But, now it's time for WordPress to say a farewell.

Organizations running recent versions of WordPress are being asked to patch a newly detailed pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the platform’s built-in REST Batch ...

WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong," released May 20, 2026, arrived without the real-time collaborative editing feature that had been its stated centerpiece for months — and within two days of launch, a ...

After weeks of delay, WordPress 7.0, named Armstrong, is finally released. The centerpiece feature was supposed to be real-time collaboration (RTC) but what is shipping is bigger: Native AI ...

A security flaw in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin has drawn more than 17 million automated exploit attempts since early May 2026 — and every site that ran an unpatched version while those attacks ...

WordPress’ automated security review will now assess every plugin release before it is distributed through the WordPress.org update API. Releases considered a potential security risk will be blocked ...