WooCommerce 11.0 defers order item database deletion to save(), shifting the execution timing of woocommerce_removed_order_items. Discover how this impacts your plugins and how to refactor your callbacks.
WordPress 7.1 updates jQuery UI to version 1.14.2. Learn about dropped IE and Edge Legacy browser support, removed helper functions, and how jQuery.uiBackCompat preserves legacy code.
To resolve Continuous Integration bottlenecks across WordPress core repositories, contributors implemented boundary testing, asset caching, and Docker retry logic. Here is how these infrastructure improvements reduced PHPUnit job-minutes by 54% ahead of WordPress 7.1.
Discover how the Make WordPress Hosting team plans to advance distributed testing, test runner multi-environment reporting, and handbook documentation during WordCamp US 2026 Contributor Day.
The WordPress Abilities API turns WordPress into a distributed execution engine. Learn how to inspect core abilities, register custom contracts, and execute callbacks securely.
The WP Credits initiative is expanding with a developer-focused track requested by a US college pilot. WordPress developers and educators are invited to help structure a multi-tiered path by late August.
WordPress 7.1 enhances the Abilities API with four execution lifecycle filters: wp_pre_execute_ability, wp_ability_normalize_input, wp_ability_permission_result, and wp_ability_execute_result.
Debugging privacy-preserving protocols like Oblivious HTTP requires navigating binary HTTP encodings, multi-party key exchanges, and multi-hop routing. Cloudflare’s open-source pvcli streamlines OHTTP, MASQUE, and privacy workflow testing into a single curl-like interface.
Standard AI interfaces rely heavily on transactional textboxes. By exploring character design, targeted animation states, and strategic visual cues, MacPaw’s Eney demonstrates how designers can build empathetic, proactive AI companions.
Track the latest technical decisions in the WordPress 7.1 release cycle, covering new Dev Notes for client-side media processing, global style block supports, React 19 roadmap changes, and milestone triage before RC1.
