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WordPress News21 Oct 2026

Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departures

TechCrunch

Automattic −80 Matt Mullenweg −70 WordPress VIP −60 WooCommerce −20

WordPress News21 Oct 2026

Critical PHP Security Release

WordPress.org News

PHP −60 WordPress security −40 WordPress core 0

WordPress News21 Oct 2026

Critical PHP Core Security Flaws Affect Websites, Including WordPress

Search Engine Journal

PHP −70 WordPress security −70 Cloudflare +10 SEO −40

WordPress News21 Oct 2026

Dev Chat Agenda – October 21, 2026

Make WP Core

WordPress 7.2 +30 WordPress core +10 Gutenberg +10 WordPress 7.1 +10 GitHub 0

WordPress News20 Oct 2026

Performance Chat Summary: 20 October 2026

Make WP Core

WordPress Performance +70 WordPress core +50 WordPress 7.2 +60

WordPress News20 Oct 2026

WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing!

WordPress.org News

WordPress Release +60 WordPress core +60 Gutenberg +50 WordPress Performance +60 WordPress 7.2 +70

WordPress News20 Oct 2026

What makes a WordPress agency worth buying?

The WP Minute

WordPress agencies +20 AI +30

WordPress News19 Oct 2026

Stolen UpdraftCentral keys are backdooring WordPress sites

Wordfence · Patchstack

UpdraftCentral −90 WordPress security −70 Wordfence +20 Patchstack +30 WordPress Plugins −60

WordPress News19 Oct 2026

WordPress 7.1 retrospective feedback is in

Make WP Core

WordPress Release +40 WordPress core +30 WordPress community +40 WordPress 7.1 +40 WordPress Events −20

WordPress News19 Oct 2026

AI built the plugin. Now what?

The WP Minute

AI +30 WordPress Plugins +40 Anthropic +40 WordPress community +60 Cloudflare +30

WordPress News12 Oct 2026

All In One SEO plugin hit by two security flaws

Search Engine Journal

WordPress security −50 WordPress Plugins −30

WordPress News12 Oct 2026

Presence API team weighs what's left before a core proposal

Make WP Core

WordPress core +40

WordPress News12 Oct 2026

Toolbar's W and site name get a call for feedback

Make WP Core

WordPress core +20 Gutenberg +10

WordPress News10 Oct 2026

Unified notifications project stirs after a long quiet spell

Make WP Core

WordPress core +50 WordPress Release +30

WordPress News9 Oct 2026

WordPress 7.2 turns off another SQL mode by default

Make WP Core

WordPress core +40 WordPress Release +30

WordPress News9 Oct 2026

Wordfence publishes its weekly WordPress vulnerability report

Wordfence

Wordfence +30 WordPress security −10

WordPress News9 Oct 2026

Automattic's interim CFO quits weeks after boardroom shakeup

TechCrunch

Automattic −70

WordPress News9 Oct 2026

Jetpack adds three new blocks and tidier settings

Search Engine Journal

WordPress Plugins +60 Automattic +50

WordPress News8 Oct 2026

WP Engine pitches Newsroom for enterprise WordPress publishers

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WordPress News7 Oct 2026

WordPress core takes stock of its HTML sanitizer

Make WP Core

WordPress security +60

WordPress News7 Oct 2026

Core proposes CSS standards tweaks to make room for Stylelint

Make WP Core

WordPress core +40

WordPress News7 Oct 2026

WordPress ships a canonical MCP Adapter plugin

Search Engine Journal

MCP Adapter +90 AI +60 WordPress core +60

WordPress News7 Oct 2026

Dev Chat to discuss upcoming WordPress releases

Make WP Core

WordPress Release +10

WordPress News6 Oct 2026

WordPress 7.1.3 ships seven security fixes

WordPress.org News · Patchstack · Search Engine Journal

WordPress security +40 Patchstack +50 WordPress Release +50 WordPress core +30