Nick Roach @ elegantthemes.com • 4 weeks ago
The Divi team seems to be responding to user feedback that there is a learning curve to setting up Divi 5 by offering a free “Design System”. The download includes CSS variables, presets, section and page layouts, templates, and Customizer settings.
Carrie Webster @ smashingmagazine.com • 4 weeks ago
I have avoided adding a dark mode but after reading this think maybe I should consider it. I didn’t realize the possible extent of the difference, though it depends on the user’s display.
Oliver Sild @ patchstack.com • 1 month ago
The Patchstack team has collected and analyzed all the 2025 data about the security of the WordPress ecosystem. Their our annual report shows that attackers are getting more sophisticated, it is getting harder to clean sites, and mention is made of the fact that security procedures may need to change given the rise of AI custom code.
Joost de Valk @ joost.blog • 1 month ago
Joost and Karim are stepping away from the FAIR project following the inability to get hosting companies to contribute to the project.
Giovanni Cintolo @ dynamic.ooo • 1 month ago
Things just got real … The Dynamic.ooo team just released Novamira. It is an MCP server that gives AI agents full access to WordPress, the Database, filesystem, PHP execution, etc. It works with existing plugins and enables the use of AI with WordPress. It is meant for use on development sites, not production sites.
Bernie Reiter @ make.wordpress.org • 1 month ago
The latest version of the Gutenberg plugin, which will be included in 7.0, has a lot of nice features. This is a lining up to be a solid release.
Elijah Mills @ breakdance.com • 1 month ago
Breakdance 2.7 Beta was released today. It includes a number of enhancements across the board.
Sergio Gomes @ automattic.com • 1 month ago
This article by Sergio Gomes argues that JavaScript-heavy approaches like React are difficult to optimize for performance and perhaps are not a good fit for many types of sites. This is a sentiment that I’ve heard a number of times, even here in this group. What is remarkable about this article is that Sergio works for Automattic and it was published on Automattic’s blog …
Elementor Team @ youtube.com • 1 month ago
This is interesting, Elementor has a good video on what Semantic HTML is and its advantages for accessibility. A manifesto against “div soup.” If you don’t know what Semantic HTML is then this is a quick intro.
