The latest issue of the WP Perspectives Newsletter is out. Pronounced obsolete and dead, WordPress page builders are experiencing a resurgence. In this issue I discuss the perfect storm that has lead to their ascendancy.

In this episode of Do the Woo Philip Levine tells how he, as a solo agency owner, manages a large number of WordPress sites.

This is info for plugin and theme developers: There were some changes in the 6.8 release to how core caches and uses WP_Query. The core team is suggesting developers check their code to see if they need to make any changes.

Speculative loading is now enabled in WordPress 6.8 by default, but this may require some tweaks such as using full-page HTML caching to avoid additional server load. Rob Marlbrough shares what it means for SEO and your site performance, and how to set it up on your site easily.

GenerateBlocks 2.1 alpha was released. It includes a number of refinements such as a styles indicator system, new device visibility options, accessibility improvements, and other updates.

Awesome Motive has purchased aThemes. aThemes has the popular Sydney classic theme and the newer Bogita theme.

A very good compilation of WP_Query related tips with an eye to performance.

WordPress 6.8 is rolling out. I updated a dozen sites without issue. Also, I don’t see any 6.8 problem chatter on WP org. Here is the release post.

Congratulations to the SureCart team for hitting the 100,000+ active installs milestone.