April 22nd, 2026
There’s been a lot of chatter across the WordPress ecosystem lately, sales are down, traffic is slower, and no one can point to a single reason. It’s not just one thing. Search habits are changing, attention is shifting, and with all the “vibe-coded” tools out there, buyers are getting pulled toward whatever looks new and shiny. But we’ve seen this before. Many of these shortcuts hit a wall, and people eventually come back to stable, mature products.
As founders, this is not the time to panic. It’s time to expand our marketing, and don’t just promote your own product; promote the WordPress ecosystem, and collaborate more. The stronger WordPress becomes, the stronger all of us become.
~ Team WPfounders
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“Community is essential to connect with other builders and contribute back to the WordPress project that gives us a living.”
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“Making great products! That’s the only way that keeps your business running. Other tactics are just short-term; a great product is long-term and will make your living.”
~ Anh Tran of Meta Box
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"Make a product prototype before you raise capital. This takes out a lot of risk for your potential investors and therefore gives you better
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~ Sebastiaan of WordProof
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"Throughout my professional life, I have always had a motto of “Motion Creates Motion“. The easiest way to explain this is when you are unsure what to do, just do something."
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Read The Latest Updates!
- WordPress.org: A desktop application launched by the WordPress team to speed up the setup of the WordPress development environment and easily allow new contributors to jump on board.
- ACPT: Mauro Cassani announced a new update to ACPT 2.0. that introduces new field types and fixes.
- Checkout Summit: Online event featuring WooCommerce builders is happening on May 7-8 with tickets on sale for $26.
- Twenty Twenty-Seven: Team announced that will develop the new Twenty Twenty-Seven default WordPress theme that is planned to be included with WordPress 7.2.
- WCAsia 2026: The event wrapped up on 11th April with good feedback from the attendees, sponsors, organizers a like.
- PressConf: Yann Ropars from Servebolt wrote a very good summary about key takeaways from the PressConf event this year.
- Pantheon: Elasticsearch is now available in beta on the Pantheon hosting platform and can be used on production websites.
- SEOPress: Benjamin Denis announced a new SEOPress version 9.7 that brings in a new React-based UI, among other updates.
- Kinsta: A new addon introduced by Kinsta called the PHP Performance add-on that increases capacity to handle PHP requests.
- CopyFlight: Todd Jones has launched a Webcopy System that helps generate a better webcopy and content for your brand.
- WCEU: The schedule for WCEU is now available on the website. The event is happening from 4th-6th June in Kraków, Poland.
- WooCommerce: Sybre Waaijer reveals on his X, critical WooCommerce Subscriptions bugs causing over $100,000 estimated loss of revenue.
Podcast
- The WP Minute: Matt and Eric talk to Kim Coleman about managing your vibe coding junk drawer.
- OpenChannels: Derek Hanson talks to Matt Medeiros about “Podcasting 2.0: The Open Source movement reshaping how we create and consume audio.”
- WP Builds: Nathan Wrigley talks to Brian Gardner about why he is betting big on Block themes.
- SDM Show: Rob Cairns talks to Anthony Gaenzle about building business relationships with social media.
- Seriously, Bud?: Bud talks to Joel Olawanle, a guy who is an expert on Jollof Rice and loves his relationship with God.
- WP Tavern: Nathan Wrigley talks to Anne Bovelett on How Web Accessibility Boosts Traffic, SEO, and Revenue.
- WP Legends: Gautam Khorana talks to Alex Borto, Founder of WPMarmite about WordPress Education and AI.
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