April 10th, 2026
A few months into the year, it’s a good time to ask yourself a simple question, are you actually making progress, or just staying busy? As founders, it’s easy to fill our days with tasks, meetings, and ideas, but real growth comes from focusing on what truly moves the needle. Q2 is the perfect checkpoint. Double down on what’s working, cut what isn’t, and bring clarity back to your goals. Being busy feels productive, but being focused is what gets results.
~ Team WPfounders
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Read The Latest Updates!
- BricksBuilder: Bricks 2.3 is now available, with major updates such as HTML & CSS to Bricks converter within the builder.
- HostWP.io: New high-frequency managed VPS servers introduced with five datacenter locations by HostWP.
- WP SecurityNinja: Support for the new WordPress 7.0 AI connector flow has been added in the WP SecurityNinja plugin and is available for users to test on WordPress 7 beta.
- Elementor: Angie Agentic AI for WordPress is now available and works with WordPress core and Elementor Editor.
- CloudFest 2026: The event is currently happening in Germany, with many notable WordPressers attending the event.
- Joost de Valk: Moves his site from WordPress to a static site built with Astro.
- WordPress 7.0: The Beta versions of WordPress 7.0 are currently being pushed out before the final release in April 2026.
- WordPress.com: AI agents can now create, edit, and manage content on WordPress.com websites.
- WordPress.org: Plugin teams ask for more reviewers as plugin contributions increase dramatically in 2026.
- Roots.io: WP Composer was launched by Roots as an alternative to WPackagist, which was acquired by WP Engine.
- 20i: 2026 web designer survey results are out now, with some interesting and predictable results.
- WP Engine: Registration is open for DE{CODE} 2026, the free, virtual event will be held on May 6.
Podcast
- The WP Minute: Eric Karkovack talks to Ronnie Burt from Automattic about WordPress.com’s New AI Integration.
- OpenChannels: Adam Weeks talks to guests Andrew Killen, Karim Marucchi and Lasse Hall to talk about a new partnership between an innovative hosting company and a pioneering agency.
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Jonathan Jernigan, about how Cloudflare boosts WordPress security and performance.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks to Bridget Willard about Why AI Pricing Feels Like 2005 Cell Phone Plans.
- Seriously, Bud?: Bud talks to Pam Aungst Cronin, a Jersey girl who glamps, then sends people to web pages.
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks to Elliott Richmond on WordPress Content Creation, Education, and Pizza Plugins.
- WP Legends: Gautam Khorana talks to Quintin Russ, Co-founder of Webslice about serverless PHP, Hosting and more.
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