May 6th, 2026
WordPress has given many of us careers, businesses, friendships, and opportunities we could not have imagined years ago. But ecosystems do not grow on autopilot. If we want to attract new founders, developers, creators, and businesses, we need to keep innovating, collaborating, and making WordPress a more exciting ecosystem to be part of. This is not just about preserving what we have built, but improving it for the next generation. The future of WordPress depends on all of us playing our part.
~ Team WPfounders
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“Our job isn't just to build great tools for developers; it's to make WordPress approachable enough that new people don't just arrive, but also stay.”
~ Tommy Nguyen of YayCommerce
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“Never start something for the sake of money, and do not get into the rabbit race. Know your inner potential and passion. Do something you enjoy most.”
~ Nazim Ansari of iPage Solution
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"By being the cheapest, you exclude an entire market of people who are willing to pay more for better service and quality."
~ Adrian Tobey of Groundhogg
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"If you start your own business in WordPress, you should focus more on customer service as the market is quite saturated."
~ Jarrett Gucci of WP Fixt It
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Read The Latest Updates!
- WooCommerce: Woo 10.7 was released on 15th April with a lot of improvements.
- WP Engine: WP Engine AI agency trends report finds the rise of the intelligent web is accelerating digital agency investment in AI.
- Cloudflare: GoDaddy and Cloudflare are teaming up to enable Open Agentic Web.
- WP Accessibility Day: Call for sponsors for WP Accessibility Day is now open.
- CMS Conf: This year’s CMS Conference 2026 will happen from 12-14 November 2026 in Gdynia, Poland.
- cPanel: The hosting world faced a critical zero-day vulnerability discovered in cPanel. The patch has been released by WebPros.
- HostPapa: HostWinds has been acquired by HostPapa, expanding its share in web hosting.
- SiteSkite: New website and new features released by SiteSkite that come with an intelligence layer and MCP support.
- Web Agency Summit: Atarim’s Web Agency Summit 2026 happened from April 27 – 30, 2026.
- Studio Code: Pablo Postigo talked about an AI coding agent called Studio Code to build WP sites locally.
- WPFactory: Over 80 WPFactory plugins have been closed on WordPress.org after a vulnerability was reported in their plugins.
- WPfolks: Ankit and Sia Panchal launched WPFolks, a community to connect individuals and companies from all corners of the globe.
- Rapyd Cloud: Redesigned website announced by Rapyd Cloud, which gives it a much cleaner look.
- WooCommerce: WooCommerce subscriptions health check released after it was widely reported by Sybre Waaijer weeks ago.
- WooCommerce: YouTube Shopping is live for WooCommerce stores, now we can tag products directly in your YouTube videos, Shorts, live streams, and channel page
- Modular DS: New feature has been added in Modular DS that allows users to migrate, clone, and create WordPress staging sites.
- WellPlayed WP: Marcus Burnette launched WellPlayed WP, which comes with membership plans that give access to bundled plugins.
Podcast
- The WP Minute: Matt Medeiros talks to Matt Telfer, marketing director at 20i, about AI’s place in web hosting.
- OpenChannels: Hosts Bob Dunn and Cami MacNamara talk to Marcus Burnette about rethinking plugins with a single license for an expanding library.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Lucas Santos Junqueira about creating interactive experiences in WordPress.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks to Ryan Waterbury about security for agencies.
- Seriously, Bud?: Bud talks to James Welbes, a world traveller who knows a good cigar when he smokes one.
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks to Robby McCullough on Beaver Builder, AI Hype and evolving WordPress workflows.
- WP Legends: Gautam Khorana talks to Tony Baird, CEO of Hawk Host about independent hosting, WordPress security and customer trust.
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Let’s build the future together.
