The founders of Yoast have invested in WPCS, which is a multitenancy, scalable WordPress as a Service or Software as a Service hosting platform. My understanding of how the service works is that your sites share a WordPress files install but each site has a different database.

WPManageNinja has updated Fluent Forms to be more modern, consistent, and usable. They now have a beta of the the new version, Fluent Forms 5, available for testing. Here is the signup form if you would like to try it out and give them feedback.

WooCommerce adds multichannel marketing allowing stores to add sales channels and manage inventory across storefronts.

WordPress Wins Big – The prestigious Webby Awards are awarded annually in recognition of excellence in web design and development. This year a number of the winning sites were built with WordPress.

Wix has been known as the easy solution for users who want an easy site up fast. Now they’ve shifted and launched Wix Headless to enhance developer flexibility and scalability. By aligning itself with modern trends Wix hopes to attract professional web developers and larger businesses.

The maintenance release WordPress 6.2.1 is scheduled for May 16th. It includes a number of fixes to core and Gutenberg. The release candidate is available for testing.

Jamie Marsland has a video comparing 4 AI writers. He looks at how well they integrate with Gutenberg and how flexible and fast they are. It is a nice comparison because the differences are very apparent and it is easy to see what would make each one more useful.

What happens behind the scenes when a WordPress page is loaded? This tutorial on the Learn WordPress site provides an overview of the page request lifecycle, from the query string to which template is used. The tutorial is high level enough for a power user to read, but has information useful for developers.

The WPTavern reports on the discussion about AI and core WordPress. There is a feeling that WordPress doesn’t want to miss the boat and be less competitive if it ignores AI and should at least make sure there are no blockers to adding AI innovation. Some participants noted that projects like the upcoming phase 3 of Gutenberg will help WordPress to be competitive and that the use of AI is still new and evolving.