Passing a typed event object to do_action() instead of loose arguments gives you named payloads, collision-free hook names via fully-qualified class names, and filter-like mutation without a return value to forget. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6338
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ALTPull up a chair for this one. 🪑 Where does open source go from here?
Robert Jacobi and WordPress Co-founder Matt Mullenweg will close WordCamp US 2026 with a fireside chat about AI, the evolving web, community, and the future of WordPress, followed by 30 minutes of audience Q&A. https://us.wordcamp.org/2026/pull-up-a-chair-for-the-state-of-open-source/
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ALTWordCamp US 2026 is 10 days away. If you are heading to Phoenix from August 16 to 19, you can now check the daily lunch menus, plan around the closing party on August 19, and stop by the WordPress Mercantile pop-up in the Sponsor Hall. Tickets are still available for $100. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-23V
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WordPress 7.0.3 is out, and it is a security release. It fixes 12 issues, including a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the login screen that can be triggered before anyone signs in, a privilege escalation issue on multisite networks, and a server-side request forgery (SSRF) issue in URL validation. The fixes are being backported to older branches, and WordPress 7.1 RC2 includes them too. Update now. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5xZ
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ALTBo English-Wiczling will keynote WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix on Monday, August 17. She leads Global Developer Relations at PayPal, and she has spent 28 years building developer platforms at companies including Oracle, Amazon, and Best Buy. Her talk looks at what AI means for the daily work of developers. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-228
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The WordPress Developer Blog has a new tutorial that walks through building an AI-powered plugin from scratch. It covers how the Abilities API, the WordPress AI Client, and the MCP Adapter work together in a single project. If you’ve been curious how these Core AI features fit together in practice, this is a good place to start. https://developer.wordpress.org/news/?p=6323
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ALTWordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix includes hands-on WordPress workshops for beginners. The WP 101 sessions run across the first 3 days of the event, and you can attend more than once if you want extra time to build. No prior experience is needed, and everything runs in your browser through WordPress Playground. If you already have a ticket, you’re all set to join. https://wp.me/pgSBpQ-1Zw
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WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate 1 is available for testing. Since Beta 4, it includes 145 updates across Core and the Editor, including a new Icons API, shareable revisions, and email notifications for mentions. The final release is scheduled for August 19, 2026. Testing RCs is one of the most direct ways to contribute. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5wI
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ALTWordPress Campus Connect reached Bulamogi College Gadumire in rural eastern Uganda. The team arrived to find no electricity, so the planned hands-on demos gave way to something different. Over 100 students filled the room, opened their exercise books, and kept the questions coming for hours. The visit happened because a former student named Mariam Nairuba asked the organizers to bring Campus Connect to her old school. https://events.wordpress.org/campusconnect/2026/central-eastern-ug/?p=1242
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ALTThe American Film Institute runs AFI.com on WordPress. The site serves film lovers, creators, and industry professionals with in-depth coverage of films, filmmakers, and cinema history. WordPress handles everything from large archives of film data to multimedia content and interactive features. https://wp.me/pmwwI-3Dv
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