See how a WordPress site stack, precompressed WebP files, and Optimole compare for payload, visual quality, delivery speed, and maintenance.
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The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.1 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. WordPress 7.1 RC1…
A few times during the WordCamp US keynote, I asked for a show of hands and got mostly blank stares back, especially on the AI questions. That’s not a criticism — it’s a reading list. If the future is going to be built on this stuff, the WordPress community should be fluent in it. Here’s…
Open Channels News discusses OpenWALDO’s launch, promoting true AI openness through transparent data sourcing, and AT&T’s shift to open models for cost savings and AI sovereignty.
I started using WordPress because it was a practical tool for client work. One tiny patch turned it into a community, a career, and a lasting lesson about what open source makes possible. The post My WordPress Origin Story: The One-Line Patch That Changed My Career appeared first on Aaron D. Campbell.
Hi there! What a week! WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 (and Beta 2) arrived with a huge array of updates. We’ll unpack them together over the next four weeks, right up to the final release on August 19, 2026. One thing shouldn’t wait, though: the security release WordPress 7.0.2. Go update your production sites now —…
WordPress 7.0.1 is now available. As the first maintenance release of the 7.0 cycle, it’s strictly a bug-fix release: every included ticket addresses either a regression introduced during 7.0 development or an issue intentionally deferred at the end of the cycle. The release ships fixes for 17 core Trac tickets and 14 Gutenberg PRs. Because…