I was surprised to learn how core determines if a theme is a block theme or not. In this article by Ryan Welcher talks about the different checks and the ramifications.

Jamie Marsland is sharing a project he has been working on that is patterned after Canva. It is a free form builder that saves to Gutenberg blocks and uses CSS Grid for the layout. Yes, it was coded with the help of AI. the video is very short. There is a demo link, no login required.

WordPress 7.1 will include browser-based media processing. The features supported are pretty extensive. This looks like it will be a nice feature that will have broad appeal.

Patchstack shares their observations about the wp2shell attacks. Attacks began 90 minutes after 7.0.2 was released. The way the vulnerabilities were exploited changed to by-pass early firewall rules that were rolled out.

One of the issues I often see raised is the problem of design when using AI to create sites. The Novamira team decided to do something about it. It will be interesting to see how this helps.

The free Nexter extension adds SEO Tools to its already impressive set of features. Nexter is the plugin that pairs with the Nexter theme and Nexter Blocks. The developers have been creating an all in one toolkit.

WordPress security is always a sensitive topic. We recently got the WP 7.0.2 release and here’s an article that explains the exploits in more detail.

I think this was pulled from a previous release but maybe back on again for 7.1. The details here for block developers.

WordPress 7.0.2 is starting to roll out. The on-site information says it is a security release, but the release notes and option to manually download are not available yet.