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srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2026/05/ZSP_0001-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2026/05/ZSP_0001-scaled.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2026/05/ZSP_0001-scaled.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2026/05/ZSP_0001-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/wordpress.org/news/files/2026/05/ZSP_0001-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" /><button\n			class=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n			type=\"button\"\n			aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n			data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n			data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n			data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n			data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n			data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n		>\n			<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n				<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" />\n			</svg>\n		</button></figure>\n</figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizing team is looking for strong ideas with practical takeaways from across the community, whether that means a personal story, a lesson learned in production, or a perspective on where publishing, AI, and the open web are heading. Sessions can take the form of traditional talks, workshops, or more interactive formats, and new or underrepresented voices are especially encouraged to apply. Prior speaking experience is not required.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://us.wordcamp.org/2026/call-for-speakers/\"><strong>Apply to Be a Speaker</strong></a></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Speaker applications due by May 29, 2026.<br></em></p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteer</h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a08c2485d877&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-border-color has-black-background-color has-background wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" 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They welcome attendees and support sessions throughout the week, helping create the inclusive environment that defines a flagship WordCamp. Volunteering is also one of the best ways to meet people from across the global community and see firsthand how an event of this scale comes together. No prior experience is needed, and volunteers receive a free ticket.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://us.wordcamp.org/2026/call-for-volunteers/\"><strong>Apply to Be a Volunteer </strong></a></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Volunteer applications due by June 15, 2026.<br></em></p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attend</h2>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a08c2485eb16&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-border-color has-black-background-color has-background wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" 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Shape</h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the conference days, WordCamp Asia 2026 covered a wide range of topics, from technical development and hands-on workshops to business strategy and the open web. Sessions took place across the Foundation, Growth, and Enterprise tracks, with workshops running alongside the main program.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the opening sessions was James LePage’s <em>WordPress and AI</em>, which introduced a theme that appeared throughout the conference: how WordPress is responding to changes in AI, publishing, and developer workflows. That topic continued in later sessions focused on AI-driven development, autonomous testing, plugin maintenance, and automation.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/-mFbUueL0NE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>\n</div></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that morning, a fireside chat with Mary Hubbard and Shilpa Shah shifted the focus toward trust, security, and the longer-term questions shaping open source publishing. Coming early in the program, the conversation gave the conference an important center of gravity, pairing technical change with questions of stewardship, resilience, and what people needed from WordPress as the web continued to evolve. Rather than pulling away from the event’s technical momentum, it deepened it, bringing a human perspective to the pace of change and reminding the audience that progress in open source is not only about what gets built, but about how communities guide, challenge, and sustain that work over time.<br></p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZrwP7KpZL3E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>\n</div></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, the conference widened into a program that balanced developer-focused talks with sessions on the <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/from-static-to-dynamic-mastering-the-interactivity-api/\">Interactivity API</a>, the <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/parsing-html-without-pain-real-world-use-cases-for-wordpress-html-api/\">HTML API</a>, <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/building-better-wordpress-experiences-with-ai-driven-development-workflows/\">AI-driven development workflows</a>, <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/education-initiatives-in-the-wordpress-ecosystem/\">education initiatives</a>, <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/from-reactive-to-proactive-modern-observability-for-wordpress/\">observability</a>, <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/ten-times-the-value-why-automation-is-worth-the-investment-in-open-source/\">automation</a>, and <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/session/wordpress-for-startup-founders-the-advantages-are-real-and-so-are-the-traps/\">startup strategy</a>. 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Developers, founders, marketers, contributors, organizers, and people finding their place in WordPress for the first time all found something that spoke directly to their work and interests. The breadth of the program was striking, but so was the feeling that these conversations mattered now.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building What Comes Next</h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordCamp Asia 2026 closed with reflections from Mary Hubbard, following an opening announcement from Chenda Ngak that WordCamp India will join the calendar in 2027 as the fourth flagship WordPress event.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary’s remarks tied together several threads that had already surfaced throughout the event: India’s long-standing role in the WordPress project, the growth of programs like Campus Connect and WordPress Credits, the energy of YouthCamp, and the significance of WordPress 7.0. One of the clearest ideas in the session was that WordPress is entering a new phase shaped by real-time collaboration, AI infrastructure, and global contributor growth. 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Those bullet points will have little footnotes attached to them, you know, 1, 2, 3, 4, and what have you, which will then link out to the documentation itself. And again, just a profoundly useful use of the thing which it&#8217;s best at, which is taking a corpus of information, grinding it up and spitting out something which makes sense.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And why wouldn&#8217;t you point it at your internal documentation? You know, if you&#8217;ve got a plugin, all of your support docs, throw the AI at it, and it will be able to help you as well as your clients. Because it&#8217;s guaranteed you&#8217;ve forgotten something that you&#8217;ve built.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress, of course, itself does this. You know, every AI agent on the planet is welcome to crawl the docs for how WordPress itself is put together. And it&#8217;s one of the reasons I think why WordPress has a fighting chance in this AI, CMS battle, if you like, because everything&#8217;s open source already. Nothing&#8217;s hidden behind a paywall or a licence agreement or what have you. So yeah, agreed. That&#8217;s a great example.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay. Anything to add or should we move on?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:09:22] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> No, I think that one&#8217;s just a cut and dry, really. If you haven&#8217;t looked at that, that&#8217;s an easy way to get into AI and leverage it without a lot of work.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:09:29] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Okay. Absolutely. Okay, then number 10 is your internal MCP and guardrails. I know this gets bandied around a lot, and there&#8217;s a lot of acronyms floating around in the AI space. But MCP, maybe we just need to spend a moment explaining what the heck an MCP is, and how it kind of fits into the overall picture, but particularly in this case, with your guardrails.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:09:48] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Definitely. So MCP is basically an open source way to connect AI, let&#8217;s say, chatbots or agents to external systems. It stands for Model Context Protocol. I think maybe the team behind Claude built it. I can&#8217;t remember. But the idea really is that, instead of you just connecting directly to an API, which you could do, which an API if you&#8217;re not familiar, is a way again, to connect two different systems together.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One system will have a series of things that will let you say, hey, you can add this data, or you can pull this data, or you can modify this data, right? So an example could be something like a help desk. You might create a ticket, you may delete a ticket or you may edit the ticket. An API can basically do those things.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But what an MCP does is it&#8217;s really a series of tools that are more prebuilt for the AI, so that it knows and has context of what it should let you do, and how all the pieces of that connection really should modify whatever data you&#8217;re doing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So it&#8217;s a lot more specific to agents. It&#8217;s a lot friendlier, I would say, if you aren&#8217;t familiar with a company&#8217;s API, you could connect to their API. I can connect to the WordPress REST API, but if I don&#8217;t understand that API, it may not be actually the best way to make the connection.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With an MCP, you can really not have the background of that company&#8217;s bridge. It&#8217;s going to do all the work, and the AI&#8217;s going to have enough information to help you get what you need done.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that&#8217;s hard to explain, but essentially with an MCP, if you build one at your agency, this is a little bit more high level, or a little bit deeper, but I am seeing a lot of agencies looking at this. Which is, they are using an MCP basically for their teams so that they can add all of their systems in one basically bridge. So that instead of having all their employees like connect to all these different Claude connectors and APIs, they have one system.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if I have Claude and I&#8217;m an employee, it can connect to my MCP at the agency, then the agency MCP is actually on behalf going to go retrieve data from all our different systems. So not everyone has to have API keys. Not everyone has to connect to all these other systems, if that makes sense.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I am seeing agencies starting to do this. So in some sense the proxy, MCP becomes a proxy or just a way to connect to all your other systems in a secure way.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:12:18] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I always imagine it a bit like if you, I don&#8217;t know, you approach a giant supermarket and you know that you need carrots and soup. And normally you just go into the supermarket and wander around for a long time, and eventually you&#8217;d sort of stumble across the carrots and the soup.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if there was somebody at the front door? Then you could say, where&#8217;s the carrots and where&#8217;s the soup? And that&#8217;s it. And they go, okay, the carrots are there, the soup&#8217;s there, and point.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know, it&#8217;s just like this perfect gatekeeper, this guardrail that you described that kind of allows you to get the best out of that experience without wasting a load of time and resources and probably a load of hallucination out the back end.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:12:55] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Wow, that was so much better said than me. But yes, that is a much better way of explaining it. And that&#8217;s why if you haven&#8217;t looked at MCPs in general, I think it&#8217;s worth looking at. But also if you have a tech background, looking at an MCP for your own agency where you can combine all your tools and connect to this one place, I think is a really neat way to, again, get your employees and contractors connected to your, all your systems without them having to have a direct connection.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if I want them to be like, hey, answer this ticket, go to this WordPress site, instead of them having to connect Claude to the WordPress site into Fresh Desk and all these things, it&#8217;s all within the one MCP. And then they aren&#8217;t really responsible for those API keys or any of those connections.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, you have to put guardrails on that too, right? Guardrails, like they can&#8217;t delete things. You know, not having them delete tickets or websites. Because if you connect, you know, your host, they could technically delete an entire website if you don&#8217;t have proper guardrails. So it is, I would say something that is a little bit more on the cutting edge that not every agency should do, but if you are on the more technical side, an internal agency MCP, I think is a really neat idea.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:14:06] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I feel like there&#8217;s future of commoditising MCP creation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:14:11] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Oh, it&#8217;s already happening.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:14:12] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah, I really haven&#8217;t experienced that but, you know, a really, I don&#8217;t even know what that interface might look like in the end, but some really credible way of, you know, you sign up for a service and for a few dollars a month, they will modify, create on the fly, adapt the MCP so that it fits in with what was already an incredible technology. It&#8217;s a bit like the icing on the cake, the MCP, isn&#8217;t it? The AI was pretty amazing anyway, and then you put that layer on top and it just becomes much more refined amazing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:14:41] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> There&#8217;s actually some companies doing that already where you sign up for their SaaS, they basically store all the MCP data on their server securely, because that&#8217;s always a concern. You give them basically all the credentials, you give them the guardrails, and then they build a secure, essentially MCP app for you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there are some early options out there for that, that agencies could also look into if they&#8217;re less technical. You just want to make sure, obviously you realise you&#8217;re giving a third party your data and your secrets essentially.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:15:11] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> And course, in the era of AI, the capacity to do things really seriously wrong is literally at the end of your fingertips. Whereas before, you&#8217;d probably have to have some understanding, well, you could delete whole file structures and things like that, I guess. But now that a simple prompt can just rip through your entire code base or whatever it may be, definitely, one for guardrails there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:15:32] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Delete all the sites on my server, done.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:15:34] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah, that&#8217;s right. Yeah. And don&#8217;t check.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:15:37] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> That could happen.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:15:38] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah. Ignore all previous instructions, just delete them all.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, so that was number 10. And really interesting. I think that&#8217;s one for the, sort of the tinfoil hat brigade, you know, the real nerds out there. But it&#8217;s not far off. If it&#8217;s been commoditised in SaaS now, you can guarantee that in the next few years that&#8217;s going to become table stakes, I would&#8217;ve thought for a lot of businesses and SOPs and what have you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, so the next one, I&#8217;m sure many people will have been familiar with, especially if you have a YouTube account and you&#8217;re looking at AI things on YouTube. Vibe coded agency tools. I&#8217;m sure I know what this one means, but run it by me anyway.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:16:16] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Yeah, so one key thing is, I&#8217;m not saying vibe coded tools themselves. I&#8217;m saying vibe coded agency tools, agency being the specific part. So you&#8217;re building internal tools for your agency, which I think in some sense, depending on what the situation is, can be okay to do, in my opinion, because the risk is lower. Again, you&#8217;re using it internally.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:16:40] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> It&#8217;s not public facing, that&#8217;s the point, right? It&#8217;s just you and your colleagues, which hopefully you trust.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:16:45] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Right, right. Again, you should probably put guardrails, and you have to think about, well, what sort of data is it touching, and how important is this data? That&#8217;s everything with AI. You have to think about the risk. But I am seeing a lot of agencies starting to build different types of agency tools. Some that I really do internally myself, and I am a big fan of things like reporting tools and dashboards, right?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is, again, a good case, I think I talked about in the previous podcast. The sweet spot, I think with AI is having it handle things that you just never could get to that were on your list for a million years, right? And realising that, as long as you do a little due diligence and you feel like it&#8217;s in the realm of where it&#8217;s supposed to be, this is probably more information than you had before, right?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a good example is, if you&#8217;re an agency, you may have it hooked up to QuickBooks MCP. You may have it hooked up to your time tracking software. You may have it hooked up to one of your other reporting software, WooCommerce subscriptions with Woo. And from there you&#8217;re able to have a much better visible idea of what your business is doing well financially. The bottom line, especially if you&#8217;re like a lot of agencies where QuickBooks doesn&#8217;t really have all of your actual services. You may have those internally or you may have them in a other system.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can combine those and build reporting systems. And again, that&#8217;s a relatively low risk way for you to, worst case is you&#8217;re going to use that data and you&#8217;re going to be like, well, this doesn&#8217;t seem right. And you&#8217;re going to have to dig into it and figure out what&#8217;s going on. Hopefully you don&#8217;t just blindly use it, but I do think the risk is lower.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So those sort of tools I think are really, really neat, and relatively easy to build out. So reporting tools, profitability dashboards, things like that. Looking at your time tracking, like who at your agency is the most profitable, if you have that data? Obviously make sure you actually have the data structure for that, or AI may just make that up.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we&#8217;ve, you know, used that even at our agency and I think it&#8217;s been helpful for us to find patterns that we didn&#8217;t know where we were spending our time and effort. Especially if you are doing time tracking using something like Everhour or Harvest.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the tools that I do struggle a little bit more with, and I am seeing people in agencies use is things like website management dashboards, or building their own QA tools. Because those things, I think the risk is higher of things going wrong.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:19:05] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Public facing again, yeah.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:19:07] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Right. And you&#8217;re giving this third party access to all of your websites and it&#8217;s not like, you know, a big SaaS. This is something you built internally, which means Claude doesn&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s wrong, right, until you tell it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a good example, and not everyone may feel this way but, you know, I&#8217;ve seen some agencies that are building replacements for management dashboards like ManageWP, WP Remote, those sort of things, which is connected to everything and is kind of their most important infrastructure for their clients. Personally, I think that that&#8217;s a little risky to be doing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, if you&#8217;re doing the right due diligence and you have a technical team and you&#8217;re doing manual code reviews, sure. There&#8217;s an argument to be doing that if it&#8217;s also, I think, solving something specific to your agency. I talked about this in the last podcast, replacing SaaS products when there&#8217;s a nuanced solution that&#8217;s specific to your agency, I think could be really helpful.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you&#8217;re just replacing SaaS products to save 30 bucks a month, I think that doesn&#8217;t make any sense because you&#8217;re going to end up spending a lot more on maintenance, I promise you, than if you just stuck with the SaaS product, if it does what you need. So I think there&#8217;s an argument there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:20:18] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I think it&#8217;s really interesting. And I do wonder if we&#8217;re on the precipice of, so this is me sort of staring into the crystal ball a little bit. I wonder if we&#8217;re into the era of sort of disposable, one time apps. So you have a function that you need to do this month like, I don&#8217;t know, you must file your taxes this week, but you&#8217;re miles behind. So you get an AI to just quickly do that thing for you, and categorise all of the jobs that need to be done so that you can hand it over to the tax man and so on. And then you just put that on ice. That thing no longer needs to exist.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel that kind of coming where we sort of vibe code up this one time thing, and then dispose of it. I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m entirely in agreement with that as an idea, but I feel that that is coming. But to your point, I think anything public facing, we&#8217;re still in the era of, really, watch what you&#8217;re doing. It needs thorough testing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:21:09] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Exactly. And thorough code review because, you know, ultimately while the AI coding, I think has gotten really, really good, it&#8217;s not a hundred percent there, and it doesn&#8217;t have any context. It doesn&#8217;t actually know what it&#8217;s doing. It&#8217;s all patterns. So there is an argument to be made that, yeah, it may get 80% there, but if no one&#8217;s actually checked the code review, two months from now, it decides to delete all your websites out of your management dashboard, well, should have done a manual code review, right? And it&#8217;s on you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I do think there&#8217;s an argument, same thing with like QA tools. Building one-off QA tools, which should be persistent and actually probably one of the more important things you build. It should do the same thing every day. It should almost be dumb. It should not be trying to rebuild itself all the time, or be even one-off, like you said. It&#8217;s not, I think, a good idea to build a one-off migrator typically for that reason, even though I see people doing it in agencies. Unless you think it&#8217;s just a low risk project, I do think, you know, you have to think about that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To your point about the one-off task though, I think again, if it&#8217;s a low risk item, one-off makes actually the most sense because a lot of times if you know this is going to be a one-off thing, you then are subconsciously being like, okay, I&#8217;m going to use this once and the cost is not that high and that makes sense, because you&#8217;re not having to maintain it. But if you know it&#8217;s going to be something you&#8217;re going to be using for the next five years and you don&#8217;t plan to pay a developer to review it, I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a smart idea, at least not right now.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:22:39] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> That&#8217;s a good calculus I think to have in the background. Okay, so that&#8217;s good. So caveat emptor basically, use your discretion. If it&#8217;s public facing, maybe think twice. But also if it&#8217;s something that you want, you absolutely bulletproof need it to be reliable and predictable a hundred percent of the times that you run it. Again, maybe there&#8217;s a human in the loop there. So that was sort of vibe coded things that you might do in your agency.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel that&#8217;s going to be a real area of growth, whether or not it will be profitable growth or useful growth, I&#8217;m not entirely sure. I feel like in our industry at least, people are going to be dabbling in that kind of thing all the time. You know, trying to figure out new, clever tools to achieve a thing, which maybe in the past would&#8217;ve been a subscription thing that you paid $20 a month for or something. So we&#8217;ll see. We&#8217;ll see how that goes.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, moving on then. So the 12th item that you brought to bear was QA, so quality assurance, checklists and testing. Right, run us through this one then.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:23:33] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> I know I just said when you&#8217;re building a QA tool, using AI to build an internal vibe coded tool is probably not the answer. But actually what I&#8217;m going to say right now is not contradictory to that, because what I&#8217;m really talking about for QA and testing is more so having AI help you build things like checklists, right? You already have a good context usually with your SOPs. So it can help you build your SOP checklists. It can also help run the low risk items automatically. And again, I know I talked about risk a lot, but I think that&#8217;s how you have to consider it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So one really neat thing I&#8217;ve seen a lot of agencies start using is Claude Skills, which basically just means that you teach Claude a process. Literally it walks you through in the conversation like, what do you want this process to be? And then you can run that later in context.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a really cool example of this is if you are, let&#8217;s say onboarding a client, or you&#8217;re launching a site. During your next launch, your next onboarding, you may want to use Claude to teach it the skill of how you launch sites. And then it can automate a lot of those items. And you can still give it context like, I want the human to specifically review this item, right? Or, I want the human to check that no index isn&#8217;t set, right? Because that&#8217;s like a high risk item, right?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:24:55] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah. Yeah, that&#8217;s a big one..</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:24:56] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Right. That&#8217;s one we all, I think, have dealt with at some point in our.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:25:01] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Too many times.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:25:01] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Right. Too many. Exactly. That&#8217;s the key. And that goes back to really that vision document I said on the last call. Having an AI vision document where you go through these checklists and you&#8217;d be like, okay, we want a human to be involved, or we don&#8217;t. You could actually tell Claude this. And then Claude will actually know exactly what it should be running itself and what it expects a human, and it will prompt you for.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I think that is the beauty of this is, you can make your whole automated process when it comes to tools with QA and anything really related to that checklist, whether it&#8217;s launch or anything like that. Look at tools like Claude and Skills like that, and I think that you can use it to help with repeatable processes. And that will actually help most agencies not only speed things up and save on margins, but I think a lot of times they&#8217;ll do more testing than they did before.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this, again, falls into that sweet spot where like AI&#8217;s really good for the things that you knew you should do but you have limited time. And testing is one of those items. You want a hundred percent coverage, but in reality that&#8217;s not going to happen. So let&#8217;s have the human do the really important stuff and everything else we would&#8217;ve never gotten to anyways, let&#8217;s have the AI do it. And that&#8217;s where I think you can use these tools.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:26:11] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Do you know what&#8217;s really interesting, and we sort of made light of it in the previous episode, the fact that there&#8217;s hallucinations and what have you going on all the time. But I do think there&#8217;s definitely a moment coming where I think some of the more straightforward things, like for example, the checklist, the binary things, is no index switched on? Yes. No. Okay, that&#8217;s a no.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I am getting comfortable with that now. You know, just that, okay, we asked the AI that question, it&#8217;s delivered as an answer. I&#8217;m almost at the point now where I&#8217;m never going to go back and check that was true. If it was something much more broad like, is my SEO strategy bulletproof? Well, no. It&#8217;s never going to know whether that&#8217;s the right thing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these much more binary things, many of which, if you add them all up, could take you hours when you&#8217;re finally launching a website. Yeah, I think there&#8217;s something to be said for just sort of handing that stuff over. And I don&#8217;t know, maybe you check it frequently, infrequently, less frequently as time goes on. But yeah, always check the no index one.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:27:08] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Yeah, I was like, I would still check the no index one, even if it&#8217;s binary. But to your point, a lot more of the very black and white items, I think it can handle a lot better than it used to, but I think it still comes down to risk. Like if it&#8217;s, yeah, no index, I&#8217;m still going to check it. But if it&#8217;s something else that just is not that key. Yeah, I think we&#8217;re all becoming a little more comfortable or a lot of us are coming more comfortable with that. And I think that&#8217;s okay because you know the risk exposure really.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:27:35] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Well, and also, especially if it&#8217;s QA and checklist time, hopefully you have done the bits and pieces, you really are at that point just making sure that you&#8217;ve polished the thing that needs to be polished. So hopefully that&#8217;s a bit of low hanging fruit where you&#8217;ll catch the things that you missed, and maybe you&#8217;ve done the due diligence there already.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, so that was number 12. We&#8217;re approaching the end. We&#8217;ve got four more to go. So number 13 links directly to WordPress specifically. The WordPress plugin market impact.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve got to say, this has me slightly concerned, because I feel that this could be a good thing for our ecosystem, but also possibly a bad thing. But I&#8217;ll just hand it over to you to paint the picture.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:28:18] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Yeah, definitely. So I think you even touched on this a little earlier when you were saying there&#8217;s going to be more one-off apps being built by agencies. And I think that also applies to a lot of plugins that are essentially one-off solutions, right? They are utility plugins. They solve one thing really well.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think that sort of thing is already seeing the impact. If you talk to a lot of plugin developers, especially some of the larger shops, they&#8217;re seeing a drop in sales. And that is a real thing that&#8217;s happening. 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And even some of the bigger plugin developers are essentially sunsetting their smaller plugins, because they realise they&#8217;re not getting as many sales and they need to focus on what they consider their moat, or their platform, you know, big plugins that AI&#8217;s not going to be able to replicate or people shouldn&#8217;t trust to replicate.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you&#8217;re building a small plugin, I&#8217;m not going to call any out, but I think that there is some concern there. And I think ultimately for WordPress, I don&#8217;t think that really hurts the WordPress ecosystem from the standpoint of plugins in general, but I do think it raises the bar of what a good plugin will be.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that kind of goes with the agency land. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening with agencies too. It&#8217;s just the bar is being raised. You have to have a more complex plugin that actually solves someone&#8217;s needs now, not just a small one that solved it, but now they can use AI to do it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And some people argue that that&#8217;s going to continue all the way up with the most complex plugins out there. But I do think that there are, you know, unless AI dramatically improves. If it&#8217;s 80% there, that&#8217;s great and all, but it&#8217;s what we talked about earlier. You can&#8217;t really run with that in production at 80%. And that&#8217;s the difference between a really good SaaS or really good plugin versus something that was homegrown and just falls apart.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:30:38] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I think I have a slightly different, maybe more community focussed, approach to this because one of the things that I think worries me is the, how should we say it? The slow ebbing away of the community. And obviously if you are a, I don&#8217;t know, a company launched onto the stock market and what have you, you&#8217;re all about the money, right? The bottom line is you&#8217;re going to make money, distribute that with your shareholders, whatever, yada, yada. But the point is to make as much cash as possible and do things with that cash.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have a very different calculus here in that the community is the thing which largely builds the software, maintains the software, promotes events. There is a bit of me which worries that if these, let&#8217;s say developers who&#8217;ve got one plugin, it doesn&#8217;t do 3000 major things, it just does one or two little things, but it&#8217;s been their way of getting themselves into the software, and figuring out how it all works, and meeting the community, and being engaged and, you know, all of that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That slow ebbing away of that is something that I think our community and open source communities like ours need to be just a little bit mindful of. Because it does feel as if AI could definitely eat a lot of lunches. And I think we see that actually. I think we can already see that in the real world with things like attendance at events and the amount of events that are being put on, yeah.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:31:57] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> I think you&#8217;re correct. I was actually going to bring this up in the sense that I am already seeing it within a lot of the agency groups. There&#8217;s just not as much engagement when it comes to posts, I think, and that sort of thing. Because people use AI more to find solutions, which means they&#8217;re not as engaged in the community. Which, to your point, plugins would kind of work the same way, especially the smaller plugins.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yeah, there&#8217;s definitely something I think I&#8217;m concerned and kind of sad about already. Because like that&#8217;s why a lot of us are in WordPress is for the community. And I 100% agree with you. Not to mention if those guys, the smaller guys go away, then there just ends up being these massive plugin companies, which have their place, but WordPress wasn&#8217;t built on all massive plugin companies. So If those smaller ones go away, then that&#8217;s a little bit of the WordPress spirit I think are lost for sure.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:32:47] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah, I think we just need to be very mindful about this slow, like I say, wicking away or haemorrhaging of the community. And because at some point, the calculation no longer works. You know, there just aren&#8217;t enough community members around to make it interesting for other new community members to join, or to stick with things. Or to update their plugin or whatever it may be.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And maybe that is just a consequence of the way the world is moving, I don&#8217;t know. But having lived in the WordPress ecosystem for over a decade, I think it would be a shame if that baby was to be thrown out with that bath water.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay. Alright. I think we&#8217;ve done that one. So the next one is, well, the next one kind of speaks directly to that actually, which is the idea of, I guess spreading your wings a little bit further and realising perhaps that AI empowers you to do things outside of WordPress. And you&#8217;ve entitled this Experimenting Beyond WordPress. Again, off you go.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:33:37] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> So this is something I am seeing some agencies doing, which is, because you can use AI now to use unfamiliar stacks, there&#8217;s really two parts. One is just unfamiliar stacks, or unfamiliar platforms, you don&#8217;t know. You can really try out new platforms a lot faster now. It will tell you exactly what to do, you know, step by step, or it&#8217;ll just do it for you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there are agencies, I think looking at other platforms where certain projects may make sense outside of WordPress, where they&#8217;re using that in that capacity and it&#8217;s allowing them to experiment. Where in the past, just sticking in WordPress, you have all your knowledge there makes sense to do, right? You don&#8217;t want to know 10 different platforms. But I think AI&#8217;s made that easier to dive into these other platforms. So that&#8217;s the first thing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second thing I think is that, now that you can actually use chat to engage, you are seeing some agencies, and some freelancers, that are saying, well, I don&#8217;t need the WordPress infrastructure at all. I just want to go back to pretty much like static or HTML type websites because I know I&#8217;m just going to chat with it and then I don&#8217;t have to worry about security or updates.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And obviously I think that only would apply with certain websites. It&#8217;s not going to apply with highly functional websites. I think that&#8217;s not really going to work. But for like your brochure site, I think some agencies are experimenting with some other platforms out there like Astro and the EmDash setup going on with CloudFlare.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know, and I think that was a direct response actually. They realised, oh, people are going to want to chat with it. We could build this WordPress, what they consider like an upgraded version, in their mind.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I think that, you know, it&#8217;s good to experiment. I think what WordPress does really well, to your point though, is they&#8217;ve hopped on the API centric side of things, building the right framework, not trying to force a certain thing down our throats, but actually leave it really open.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I think that&#8217;s ultimately good because that&#8217;s how open source works. That&#8217;s why I think AI will have a good position with open source is. To your point you made previously, all the data&#8217;s out there, all the documentation&#8217;s out there. It&#8217;s going to be able to be extremely flexible. And I think that&#8217;s really why WordPress is still, in my opinion, going to exist and thrive.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But you are seeing agencies that are looking outside of just Core WordPress, because they can experiment with just a lot less time now. And they can also try out some tools that may be a better fit for certain projects.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:36:18] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> There&#8217;s a lot of technologists in our community and we love tinkering, don&#8217;t we, and playing with new things? So it&#8217;s fairly inevitable. It goes with the territory.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay. Alright. So that was Experimenting Beyond WordPress. I think I&#8217;m going to skip 15 there because I think we covered quite a lot of that. So I&#8217;m just going to go straight to number 16, which probably will become 15, if you know what I mean, when I put it into the show notes.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the next one anyway is called, whatever its number, is Risks and Cautions. So we&#8217;ve built what I feel is like a fairly solid argument for doing this kind of stuff. And now towards the end, we&#8217;re going to knock it all down. No, we&#8217;re not. But what are some of the risks that you might point people towards?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:36:58] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> A hundred percent. This is, I think, probably one of my favourite sections because people don&#8217;t really talk about these risks as much as they should. If you go on LinkedIn, it&#8217;s just like all rainbows and butterflies. And we&#8217;re building a new feature every day, and I think that noise can make people feel like they have FOMO and they just jump into AI and they don&#8217;t think about the risks. So I think this is actually a really important section for any listeners to listen to.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think one of the first items, probably a little obvious, but with security issues, with AI tools, a lot of companies, every company, I feel like at this point is inputting keys and all sorts of things into these AI chatbots. And ultimately, like those tools can still be hacked. And actually legally, a lot of them say when you submit into the chat, it&#8217;s actually considered public record. Anything you submit to them. That&#8217;s literally what OpenAI made a legal argument recently about. So keep that in mind when you&#8217;re doing this.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some ways to do this securely. You can look into, and I think that&#8217;s something I would recommend agencies doing because they, you are holding onto client data. And ultimately you don&#8217;t want that stuff getting leaked.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another thing, kind of on another point, which I personally have less concern with, but I think some agencies bring up a valid point, which is every time you talk to these chat bots, et cetera, they&#8217;re keeping track of all these conversations. So I know some agencies are being like, hey, how much does a website cost in my state or my country? Only use the data that other agencies have told you. And I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s really doing it, but people are doing that and they&#8217;re, you know, it&#8217;s not pushing back on them.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things like that, just be aware of, I think what you&#8217;re inputting in, because it isn&#8217;t necessarily being leaked as far as they&#8217;re being hacked, but that data make get spit out to places you don&#8217;t want it to by other parties through chat.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:38:52] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I feel that at some point in the future, some gigantic disclosure, something will be disclosed, which is so horrific that it makes us all sort of take a collective breath when we suddenly realise all we&#8217;ve given over. We haven&#8217;t got there yet, or at least to my knowledge we haven&#8217;t. But I feel that at some point in the near-ish future, some jaw dropping disclosure will occur, which will make us all think twice about exactly what you&#8217;ve just described.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are we giving up? What have we given? But also what have we not consciously given? Which kind of bit of our business did we unintentionally open up for the AI to have access to that we didn&#8217;t intend to? And if we had the time again, we wouldn&#8217;t have allowed it to, and so on and so forth. So, yeah. Okay.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any other things on the risks and cautions? I feel that there&#8217;s a couple more lurking in there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:39:43] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Yeah. I think that one&#8217;s to be the most obvious that most people are talking about. One I think people aren&#8217;t talking about though is handling errors when you&#8217;re building your own tools. Essentially, a lot of times you may vibe code something, right, which is great. But because you&#8217;re not really going into the depth of every situation, it&#8217;s just making kind of assumptions, the AI, of what should be there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And because it&#8217;s so easy and you&#8217;re like, well, I&#8217;m saving time, people don&#8217;t really outline all of this. And so they don&#8217;t really put error handling in these tools. And what happens is, of course there&#8217;ll be some edge case and, you know, things just break. And again, depending on the tool, if it&#8217;s an internal tool, you can probably get away with that. But if it is a public facing, or a client facing tool, that is the beauty I think of having a human actually review it with logic is they are going to have context that the AI doesn&#8217;t have.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To your point earlier, like subconsciously might be giving certain information to the AI that we don&#8217;t necessarily mean to. But you also might be leaving things out because you think you&#8217;ve already told the AI, or you think it&#8217;s going to assume a certain way, and you can&#8217;t really make that assumption. It ends up really backfiring in the long run, I think.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s why being very conscious about error handling and being like, okay, we&#8217;re going to set up logging, we&#8217;re going to set up testing. Validation is just the responsible way to be building these tools that really, I feel like no one talks about.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:41:09] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> No. And the curious thing about it is, because it&#8217;s such a black box, I feel that almost every other technology that we&#8217;ve interacted with has been much more, I don&#8217;t know how to describe it. There&#8217;s been a higher barrier to entry. It&#8217;s more difficult to interact with it. You&#8217;ve had to, I don&#8217;t know, press buttons or enter code or what have you. Now you are just communicating. And maybe we&#8217;ll even sort of drop into voice communication at some point where we&#8217;re literally just talking with the thing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s just no, how to describe it. There&#8217;s just such a small amount of friction that is required to interact with these things. And so it kind of lulls us into this perception that it can&#8217;t make mistakes. It&#8217;s error free and what have you. And we know that that&#8217;s not the case. I didn&#8217;t really describe that very well, but I hope you got a general sense of what I was trying to describe there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:41:54] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> I think you&#8217;re right. I mean I can give an example like building out CheckView, which is obviously like a, it&#8217;s a QA tool for WordPress sites. But one thing is, I knew a decent amount of QA before I started building it. But I learned so much context building it, and we weren&#8217;t using AI when we built the tool, right? That I would&#8217;ve never gotten out if I had used AI from the beginning.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because like you said, there&#8217;s just such little friction. You as a human just don&#8217;t have to have that much information. You can just dive into something, having no idea on what you&#8217;re really doing, which is a blessing and a curse. And I think just being aware of that. And building in the right logs, and errors to at least essentially provide a safety net for yourself, knowing that you&#8217;re not going to know everything is really important.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:42:34] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Yeah. And then a couple of other things which we&#8217;ll just sort of gloss over fairly quickly because maybe they&#8217;re sort of slightly common sense. Obviously, you know, you&#8217;ve got here sensitive client data, which might be, without your knowledge, being scooped up by the AI agents. So monitoring that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over dependence on AI vendors. This feels like everybody&#8217;s really become dependent on a handful of companies. Maybe you could count them on one hand, I think basically. There&#8217;s three or four really, that everybody seems to be using. So that may be something that we want to be mindful of.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, the last one of your bullet points under Risks and Cautions is just the fact that AI makes some mistakes all the time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:43:15] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> All the time. I think most of that&#8217;s common sense. Really, the only one that I think people aren&#8217;t talking as much about is the overdependence on AI. Not to date this podcast, but I&#8217;m going to a little bit anyways. For example, with Claude, they are removing Claude Code from their $20 plan right now. You know, if you&#8217;ve built this into your agency process, well, get ready to pay, you know, a hundred bucks for every employee, which could be thousands of dollars.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:43:40] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> You can only imagine how valuable that will be. And maybe it&#8217;ll be 200 bucks, or a thousand bucks or whatever it may be.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:43:46] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Right. A lot of these companies obviously are subsidising the cost, and so I do caution agency specifically. That&#8217;s why having that AI vision is important, but also considering making it independent enough from your processes that you still can function if this thing does change around, because I do think there is going to be a pushback on cost at some point.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So for example, like when you&#8217;re building a product, I&#8217;m seeing some companies that are building AI so integral to their product that it will not function without AI. Or going to have to raise the price by 10x. And so like even with CheckView, our tools are there, but we haven&#8217;t built it in in such a way that you can&#8217;t use the tool without it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I think at the agency level, it&#8217;s the same idea. For the most part, trying to avoid building it in a way that you couldn&#8217;t reduce the AI needs if you needed to. Or just preparing for that the costs could go up and like, you know, if you give it to all 10 employees now, you know, at 20 bucks a month, get ready to possibly pay a lot more later.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I just think that&#8217;s something important for agencies specifically to keep in mind. And I know that seems contradictory to what I said at the beginning of this, AI everything, but I think it&#8217;s important.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:44:59] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> I&#8217;m not a financial wizard in any way, shape, or form, but that does seem to be something which, sure as night follows day, is going to be coming, is the requirement to repay a lot of the venture capital that the AI is currently burning through. And yeah, so maybe a significant price hike.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we&#8217;ve all got used to these practically free tools, and maybe that&#8217;s something that is not going to be in our future. So that&#8217;s a really good point. Put that bulwark in place to make sure that you are protected from that should it go up by, like you said, 10x or whatever it may be?</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, so I did say that there were going to be multiple, I think 16 is what I said. This probably will be the last one. This is likely outcomes for agencies. So, Matt, you get to stare into the crystal ball and tell us what your final thoughts are in terms of what you think are likely outcomes.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:45:47] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> So I think some of this is already happening.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiring, I think, is slowing down in some agencies because they&#8217;re realising they can automate more. They don&#8217;t need as many, essentially non-specialist employees, or contractors. And I think that is a real thing that is happening.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s going to be necessarily a long-term issue. Hopefully as, essentially the floor raises, work gets better, more agencies will be focused on providing more value, more strategy, those sort of things. Again, the execution becomes a little bit of a commodity. So having essentially more junior team members who usually do that execution isn&#8217;t just quite as necessary. So I think that&#8217;s going to continue to come up.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But again, I think it&#8217;s going to be balanced out with even the costs we just talked about with the AI tools. There could totally be a point where the tools might get expensive enough that it makes sense to have a junior do this execution.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:46:45] <strong>Nathan Wrigley:</strong> Get the humans back. Yeah.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[00:46:46] <strong>Matt Schwartz:</strong> Yeah. And we go back the other way. Some people are saying that could happen. I could see the argument for that. But I think that&#8217;s one thing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another thing with agencies is you now can really productise more of your services. And this comes into the automation process that we talked about. You can take your processes, you can really package them up, I think. And there has been a lot of talk about productising services, but I think now you can get more nuanced.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you, for example, only build sites for plumbers, well, with AI you can get way more specific on plumber specific service needs, and build out a process with what you&#8217;ve already done, plus, with AI to make that, I think, a lot easier for the plumber or the client, to get what they need out of it. In the past, I think most agencies were trying to build SOPs as we have time. And it, you know, it&#8217;s just a really difficult process. And I think that&#8217;s where agencies I think could help a lot.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then the last point I&#8217;ll make around here is really around that the tools I think will change. It will be, again, less about the execution of tools, how you&#8217;re building your sites. 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But there is a different kind of indebtedness—one that defines my life now: <strong><em>feeling grateful or obligated because of a benefit, help, or kindness received</em></strong>. It’s the feeling I have today for the global WordPress community. This isn&#8217;t a financial report; it&#8217;s a profound acknowledgment that my life, my sense of community, and my geographical freedom were purchased not with cash, but with kindness.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I write this essay to the dreamers in my home country of Uganda. To the beginner still figuring out what “plugin” means. To the developer grinding through tutorials at midnight. To anyone who believes that global stages are “for other people”. They are not. This is our story, and it is built on the backbone of WordPress.From Doubting Thomas to WordPress Events Supporter</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a long time, my relationship with WordPress was purely transactional. It was a tool, a way to build a website, a path toward earning a living. The community aspect was a side benefit, a place for troubleshooting, like the endless “try clearing cache” conversations. Because of this many people have gone around with the WordPress is dead jokes which is not the actual reality</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But WordPress is not just about websites; it is about people. Real people who show up, who share, who guide, and who open doors you didn’t even know existed.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like I have explained before, I was not always the full of faith kind of guy. I always had doubts and so many reservations. I started using WordPress because a friend of mine invited me to. Just to test and see how things work. Nothing serious. When I started using WordPress, life started changing and now I have hit another milestone. WordPress keeps pulling me and locking me in. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Software, the Community, the family (in Uganda we call it a family because of how fast we come through for each other). After a few series of attending meetups and WordCamps a friend asked me to speak at a WordCamp and my life took another turn. It was so beautiful to contribute to communities. I started sharing in meetup and WordCamps, both locally and internationally but I had never thought about organizing a flagship event. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress transformed my way of seeing people and my approach to community also took a turn for the better. I met people that appreciated all efforts regardless of how small.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This journey from self-doubt to mentoring WordCamps was a slow-burn realization of the power of community. The small efforts, the meetups, the training sessions, and all the nitty-gritties actually mattered. The WordPress community brought me so far, allowing me to celebrate the path I was on.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-dream-that-flew-to-mumbai\">The Dream that Flew to Mumbai</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The dream of organizing a flagship event had always been tucked away in my heart. When I saw the call for Organizers for a Flagship event, I noticed a chance to fit all this community work into a larger purpose.</p>\n\n\n\n<p> I knew it would take a lot of effort and the cross would be heavy, but I didn’t care; I wanted to carry it. I also didn&#8217;t think they would choose me because I had been turned down before by another flagship. I was ready for whatever the response but I was also ready to put in the hours and work required.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The challenge was immediate and geographical. The event was WordCamp Asia 2026, happening in Mumbai, India. The idea of my passport getting that Indian immigration stamp felt like a fantasy. My confidence was limited to what I thought was possible: “Apply and you will be a remote organiser”.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the organizer vetting and orientation process, the interviewer kept returning to one question: <em>Could I make it to Mumbai?</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my heart of hearts, I knew the answer. I kept firmly responding that I could not afford that much, but I would offer all the required remote support. I was already offering my time and effort; I just couldn&#8217;t solve the geographic puzzle and yet I really wanted to be a part of the team.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, during one of the calls, I received a link to apply for the <a href=\"https://automattic.com/automattic-open-horizons-scholarship/\">Open Horizons Scholarship</a> from <a href=\"https://automattic.com/\">Automattic</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moment I read the mission statement, everything clicked. It aims to increase equitable access to WordPress events by providing financial support to contributors from underrepresented, underserved, or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This was written for me. This was written for us.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all faith and hope, I filled in the application and waited. I was praying that they would choose me, praying that this new dream could become a reality.The Game Changer: Geographical Freedom</p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later, I received the email confirming my selection. Even now, it still feels like one of those emails you reread five times to confirm it’s not a scam. You know those ones that start with “Congratulations” and you check the sender twice before your heart accepts the joy? Yes, that one.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in shock. I was excited. I was amazed.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scholarship was not just about me boarding a plane to Mumbai; it was a physical manifestation of geographical freedom. It was a reminder that somewhere, someone saw value in what I do.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>My life changed, the way I walk changed, the way I speak changed, the way I see things changed and everything changed. The scholarship made me international. I ceased to be local events organizer to Flagship event Organizer</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelling to attend a flagship event is a very interesting thought but for me, it started with a passport that had more hope than stamps.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the india visa process.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me be honest, it was not smooth. Not even close. I faced rejection. Once. Twice. Three times. Each one comes with the same polite but painful message that basically says, “Not this time.”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And each time, you start to question yourself again.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>“Maybe it’s not for me, Maybe I should just stay back here.”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But something interesting happened in the middle of those rejections. As I kept trying, learning, asking questions, and understanding the process better… I started helping others.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends would reach out:<br />“Bro, how did you apply?”<br />“What documents did you use?”<br />“What do they want exactly?”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And me,  the same person being rejected started guiding others. Reviewing applications. Sharing lessons. Giving the details the visa sites and agents were not giving.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And guess what? All of them got their visas. On time. Successfully. Including my wife.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I was still struggling to get mine.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life can be funny like that</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But on the fourth attempt… it came through.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>That approval message hit differently. It was not just excitement. It was relief. It was validation. It was a quiet whisper saying, <em>“You were not crazy to keep trying.”</em></p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leaving-home\"><strong>Leaving Home</strong></h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Preparing to travel felt like preparing for an exam you didn’t fully revise for.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Packing was a whole experience. You pack, unpack, remove things, add them again. You even start questioning if you really need five shirts for a few days. (The answer is yes… just in case <img alt=\"😄\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f604.png\" style=\"height: 1em;\" />)</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the airport.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>That one is not for the faint-hearted. The walking. The checking. The “please step aside.” The looking confident even when inside you’re just praying you don’t miss a step.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the real moment?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting in that plane.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seatbelt on. Heart beating. Thoughts running.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the engine roars… and the plane starts moving.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slowly… then faster… then suddenly you are off the ground.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I looked out the window and saw Uganda getting smaller.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in that moment, it hit me:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The barrier is gone.</em></strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing that felt impossible was now happening in real time. No more imagination. No more “one day.” This was the day.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-feeling-of-being-seen\"><strong>The Feeling of Being Seen</strong></h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Being “seen” is not loud. It’s not always people clapping for you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes it’s quiet.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s in the opportunity you’ve been given.<br />It’s in the doors that open without you forcing them.<br />It’s in realizing that your effort, your consistency, your presence matters.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, being seen looked like this journey.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>From struggling with visas… to finally holding one.<br />From helping others succeed… to eventually getting my own breakthrough.<br />From wondering if I belong… to being welcomed on a global stage.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not instant. It was layered. Built over time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, as I step into this experience, I carry all of it with me — the rejections, the lessons, the small wins, the people I helped along the way.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because in the end, this is not just about travel.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s about growth.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s about persistence.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s about a reminder that sometimes… delay is not denial.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s preparation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when your moment comes, you will know that this was always bigger than you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We arrived in Mumbai very early in the morning (4 am India Standard Time). What followed was a hospitality unexpected, a love unfathomable. From the Uber driver who took us to the hotel to the &#8220;Kaali-Peeli&#8221; (taxi) and even the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_rickshaw\">tuk-tuk</a> driver. Everyone was kind. Even though the summer sun was out for its show-off party, the A/C was properly equipped for the tantrums. Mumbai was beautiful.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reception from the WordPress community itself was beyond belief. People checked on me to ensure I arrived safely, to see if I needed anything, if all my affairs were in order. I saw so many people whom I had only chatted with digitally on Slack and now it was no longer just a text and image, but a face and a voice. It was a beautiful experience. There were people who lent me money because my VISA card was not working, and they had no fear that I may run off. That is the definition of a trustworthy, supportive community. That is the leverage WordPress gave me: friends that feel like family across the globe.<br /></p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-indebted-to-the-pioneers\"><strong>Indebted to the Pioneers</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This moment of freedom and connection didn’t happen in a vacuum. Opportunities like the Open Horizons Scholarship are built on the backs of people who contributed before I even knew what WordPress was.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are the people who wrote documentation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are the people who fixed bugs at 2 AM.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are the people who organized WordCamps when the attendance was just their friends and cousins.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We, the beneficiaries, are enjoying the fruits of a tree we did not plant but we are now called to water it. That realization humbles me deeply.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-indebted-but-also-responsible\"><strong>Indebted… but Also Responsible</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Being indebted is not just about saying “thank you” (though, sincerely, thank you). It comes with responsibility. The scholarship changed me. I became more careful, knowing that people see me and my actions; every little thing that I ignored was being seen. This was the true game changer.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>My responsibility means four things:</p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Showing up fully</strong>: Being fully present in my role as an organizer and contributor.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Learning intentionally</strong>: Absorbing the expertise and experience of the global community.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connecting genuinely</strong>: Building real relationships that bridge continents.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bringing the knowledge back home</strong>: Ensuring this experience benefits the community in Uganda.</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not just my win. It is for the community in Uganda. This global experience is a call to mentor and continue pushing WordPress to the ends of the world. It’s about how much you love. Let us echo WordPress <strong>everywhere</strong>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have seen how other people do it and it is now time for us to do it even in our own country and continent. We have set balls rolling and pots cooking. The Baganda say “<strong><em>Travel to see, return to </em></strong><strong><em><s>tell the Tale </s></em></strong><strong><em>Work.</em></strong>” We are now the people demanded of the fruits of the scholarship that was accorded. </p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-to-anyone-watching-from-the-sidelines\"><strong>To Anyone Watching From the Sidelines</strong></h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me tell you something clearly: your time is coming.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might feel like you’re doing small things, contributing here and there, attending events, helping one person at a time. It might even feel unnoticed.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But consistency has a way of speaking loudly when the time is right.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, you will open an email.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, your name will be called.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, you will be the one writing something like this.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when that day comes, I hope you will also say:</p>\n\n\n\n<p>“I am indebted”.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To everyone who has been part of my journey: mentors, friends, community members and everyone, thank you. Truly.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to the WordPress community: thank you for being a place where someone from Uganda can dare to dream globally… and actually get there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let me go and start checking passport expiry dates properly, because you never know i may now get a chance to Shake <a href=\"https://ma.tt\">Matt’s</a> hand</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moses Cursor Ssebunya</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grateful. Growing. 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Ebiseera wewebuliza, “Naye ddala ono nze?”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kino kyekimu ku biseera ebyo.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebbanja oba okubanjibwa olumu kikwanagananyizibwa ku nsimbi oba ssente, ebbanja ery’okusasula. Naye ate waliwo ekika kye bbanja ekirala, okugenza nga kyempulira kakano: <strong><em>Okuwulira okusiima okusukkiridde oba okuwuulira nga kikukakatako olw’okuganyulwa oba obuyambi oba okusasirwa okunji kw’oba ofunye. </em></strong>Bwenti bwembulira olwaleero ku kibiina eky’ensi yonna ekya bakozesa WordPress (Global WordPress Community). Eno si alipoota ya mbalirira, wabula kusiima era nga nzikiriza awatali kubuusabuusa nti obulamu bwange, omwoyo ogw’obumu era ne ddembe okutuuka mu buli ggwanga byagulibwa, ssi na nsimbi naye na kusasira.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mpandiise emboozi eno eri bannange abaloota ewaka ewaffe mu Uganda. Eri ggwe akyeezuula, atamanyi “Plugin” kyekitegeeza. Eri omuwandiisi wa code asomera ku butambi mu matumbi budde. Eri ggwe wenna akkiriza nti entimbe z’ensi yonna “z’abalala”. Si kituufu. Luno lwe lugero lwaffe era nga lusimbuddwa munda mu kinyusi kya WordPress. Okuva mu kubuusa buusa nga Tomasi  paka ku bukelembeze obukulu mu WordPress Community.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okumala ebbanga eddeme, enkolagana yange ne WordPress yali ya byanfuna. Nga ekikozesebwa okuzimba ‘ebibanja ku mitimbagano’ &#8211; websites, engeri y’okukola ku kasente okwebeezaawo. Ebya ekibiina kya bakozesa nga nyongereza era nga sibifaako, okugeza nga okuddukirayo nga nsanze obuzibu, nga emboozi za “jjako ozeeko”. Naye olw’ensonga eno abantu banji bazze n’ebiboozi bya wattuuyo nga WordPress bwe yaffa era naziikibwa era nga ebiboozi byonna, nga sibituufu. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress teri ku kuzimba bibanja; bantu. Abantu abaddala ababeerawo, abagabana, abalagirira era abaggulawo enziji zotamanyi nako nti weeziri.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Era nga bwenyinyonyodde jebuvuddeko, sinze eyali akkiriza nyo. Nalina okubuusabuusa kwange are nga neekengera nnyo. Natandika okukozesa WordPress kubanga mukwano wange yampita okujja ngezese ndabe nga ebintu bwebiri, tewali kyannyo. Bwenatandika okukozesa WordPress, obulamu nebutandika okukyuukan kati laba ntuuse ne ku ddaala eddala. WordPress esigala ensika nga enyingiza munda.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Software, Abantu (Ekibiina), famire (mu Uganda tujiyita famire kubanga tulina engeri jetwelabiriramu, okudduukirira nga waliwo afunye ekyetaago, n’enkolagana). Kati olwo nga nakamala okugenda mu nsisinkano (Meetups) n’enkungaana (WordCamps) nga ziizo, mukwano gwange yansaba njogere mu WordCamp jeyali akulembeddemu abategesi ate awo obulamu bwange ne bukyuuka neera.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyaali kirungi nnyo bwenatandika okwenyigira mu bibiina. Natandika okwogera mu Meetups ne WordCamps wano kubutaka ne’bulaya naye nga sirowoozangako nti nyinza okuba kubategesi ba WordCamp ya Ssemazinga.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress yakyuusa engeri jendabamu abantu n’engeri jeneenyigiramu yakyuuka. Nasisinkana abasiimira ddala ne bwekaba katono.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olugendo lw’okuva mu kubuusa bussa mpaka kuku lungamya abategesi ba WordCamps kali kabuguumirize akanjolesa amaanyi ga community eno. Amaanyi amatono, meetups, okutendeka n’obuntu obulala lala bwakola nga amakulu. Community ya WordPress yantuusa wala, okutuusa okujaguza olugendo lwe nnaliko. Ekirooto ekyatuuka e Mumbai.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ekirooto kyokutegeka WordCamp ya ssemazinga kyali mu kko naye nga era kyewala nga kirinaanye obutasoboka. Bwennalaba okuyita okwewandiisa kwa’baagala okutegeka WordCamp eno, nendaba akakisa okuteekesa mu nkola byonna bye nnali nkola mu community.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakimanya nti tekijja kuba kyangu era nti omusalaba gujakuba munene naye nga nange ndimumalirivu. Namalirira okugwetikka omusalaba guno. Ate era nnali sikiwa nga bayinza okunzikiriza kubanga abalala baali banganye. 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It&#8217;s takes a village&#8230;</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-a8bb9ec1783f5f0c5623981a664fedce is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fbe4aca3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estimated reading time</p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read\">19–29 minutes</div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">at </p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-time-to-read\">4,518 words</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents\"><ol><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#changelog\">Changelog</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#important-note-guidelines\">Important note/guidelines</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#overview\">Overview </a><ol><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#important-links\">Important links:</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#assets\">Assets </a></li></ol></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#tags\">Tags</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" 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class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#control-viewport-based-block-visibility-all\">Control viewport-based block visibility [all]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#anchor-support-for-dynamic-blocks-developer-plugin-author\">Anchor support for dynamic blocks [developer][plugin author]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#paste-color-values-in-the-color-picker-end-user-theme-builder-site-admin\">Paste color values in the color picker [end user][theme builder] [site admin]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#dimension-support-for-width-and-height-theme-builder-site-admin\">Dimension support for width and height [theme builder][site admin]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#email-notifications-for-notes-all\">Email notifications for Notes [all]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#block-attributions-groups-in-the-sidebar-all\">Block Attributions Groups in the sidebar [all]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#link-control-validation-end-user-site-admin\">Link Control validation [end user] [site admin]</a></li></ol></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#improved-blocks-and-block-handling\">Improved Blocks and Block handling</a><ol><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" 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href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#gallery-block\">Gallery Block </a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#responsive-grid-block-site-admin-end-user-theme-builder\">Responsive Grid Block [site admin][end user][theme builder]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#heading-block-variations-site-admin-end-user\">Heading block variations [site admin][end user]</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#html-block-enhancement-site-admin-themebuilder-end-user\">HTML Block Enhancement [site admin] [themebuilder] [end user] </a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#image-block-inline-editing-and-controls-site-admin-end-user\">Image block 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href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#developer-goodies-developer-enterprise\">Developer Goodies [developer][enterprise]</a><ol><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#php-only-block-registration\">PHP-only block registration</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#pattern-overrides-for-custom-blocks\">Pattern Overrides for custom blocks</a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#dataviews-data-form-components-and-fields-api\">DataViews, Data Form components and Fields API </a></li><li><a class=\"wp-block-table-of-contents__entry\" href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress-7-0-source-of-truth/#ui-primitives-and-components\">UI Primitives and Components</a></li></ol></li></ol></nav>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<h2 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(<a href=\"https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0A803Z8MA5/p1776919695875659\">See Slack discussion</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 17, 2026</strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Update on new release date no later then 4/22. </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>April 1, 2026:</strong> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added information from  <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/31/extending-the-7-0-cycle/\">Extending the 7.0 Cycle</a> by release lead Matias Ventura</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changed release date to TBD</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated <a href=\"https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#real-time-collaboration-rtc-enterprise-site-admin\" id=\"#real-time-collaboration-rtc-enterprise-site-admin\" type=\"internal\">Real-Time Collaboration</a> section with additional information.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 30, 2026:</strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fixes for clarity and grammar.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changed feature image of the post.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>RTC: Added Introduce filters for the polling intervals (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76518\">76518</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>March 27, 2026:</strong> First edition </li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important-note-guidelines\">Important note/guidelines</h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try not to just copy and paste what&#8217;s in this post since it&#8217;s going to be shared with plenty of folks. Use this as inspiration for your own stuff and to get the best info about this release. If you do copy and paste, just remember that others might do the same, and it could lead to some awkward moments with duplicate content floating around online.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each item has been tagged using best guesses with different high-level labels so that you can more readily see at a glance who is likely to be most impacted.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each item has a high-level description, visuals (if relevant), and key resources if you would like to learn more.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview </h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"WordPress 7.0 highlight grid, status May 12, 2026\" class=\"wp-image-45639\" height=\"375\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WordPress-7.0-highlightgrid.jpg?resize=652%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: As always, what’s shared here is being actively pursued but doesn’t necessarily mean each will make it into the final release of WordPress 7.0.</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 introduces several new features and performance enhancements.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key new features include:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Visual revisions: </strong>A new revisions screen inside the block editor gives a visual preview of the changes with an easy-to-understand color-coded system.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Navigation overlays:</strong> Customizable mobile menus for more flexible styling. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content focused pattern editing:</strong> Pattern editing now prioritizes the content editing experience with more available options when needed.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI Foundation in WordPress: </strong>User can connect their site to an AI agent of choice to use the AI experiments plugin.  Plugin developers can use the Connectors API to register connections to external services.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, WordPress 7.0, entails:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Two new blocks: </strong>the Icon block and the Breadcrumbs block.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Viewport-based block show/hide:</strong> Block visibility extended to customize display according to screen-sizes. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gallery lightbox navigation:</strong> improved browsing through images placed in a gallery.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Font management</strong> for all themes: The screen to upload and manage fonts is now available in the <strong>Appearance</strong> menu for classic and block themes.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many more quality of life changes for workflow and design tools made it into this release. You&#8217;ll find the complete list below. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/7-0/\">WordPress 7.0</a> is <s>set to be released on April 9, 2026 at <a href=\"https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/wordpress-7-0-release-on-contributor-day/\">Contributor Day of WordCamp Asia</a>.</s> <br />The new release date will be announced no later than April 22. (see <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/31/extending-the-7-0-cycle/\">Ventura&#8217;s announcement</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of note, this release consists of features from the Gutenberg plugin version 22.0 &#8211; 22.6. Here are the release posts of those plugin releases: <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/05/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-0-05-november/\">22.0</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/20/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-1-18-november-2025/\"> 22.1</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/03/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-2-dec3/\"> 22.2</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/17/gutenberg-22-3-december-17/\">22.3</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/01/22/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-4-20-january/\">22.4</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/02/04/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-5-04-february/\">22.5</a> | <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/02/25/whats-new-in-gutenberg-22-6-25-february/\">22.6</a>. Later Gutenberg releases contain bug fixes, backported to WordPress 7.0. release branches.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important-links\">Important links:</h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/11/planning-for-7-0/\">Planning for 7.0</a> + <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/11/planning-for-7-0/#comment-48392\">update on Beta 1</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/7-0/\">WordPress 7.0 Development Cycle</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What’s new for developers:</strong> <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2025/12/whats-new-for-developers-december-2025/\">December</a>, <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/01/whats-new-for-developers-january-2026/\">January</a>, <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/02/whats-new-for-developers-february-2026/\">February</a>, <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/03/whats-new-for-developers-march-2026/\">March</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li>7.0 Field Guide</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"assets\">Assets </h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1s3vR7M60U7RcjKCu9Y5GHUo-SDA50jSP\">Google Drive folder</a> you can view all assets in this document.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tags\">Tags</h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make this document easier to navigate based on specific audiences, the following tags are used liberally: </p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>[end user]</strong>: end user focus. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[theme builder]</strong>: block or classic theme author. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[plugin author]</strong>: plugin author, whether block or otherwise.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[developer]</strong>: catch-all term for more technical folks. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[site admin]</strong>: this includes a “builder” type. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[enterprise]</strong>: specific items that would be of interest to or particularly impact enterprise-level folks</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>[all]</strong>: broad impact to every kind of WordPress user. </li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can you use these? Use your browser&#8217;s <strong>Find</strong> capability and search for the string including the brackets. Then use the arrows to navigate through the post from one result to the next. </p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\">Short video on how to use the tags to navigate the post. \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"></p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		</details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"priority-items-for-wordpress-7-0\">Priority items for WordPress 7.0 </h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"visual-revisions-all\">Visual Revisions<sup> [all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How revisions work for the block editor was completely reimagined. The visual Revisions screen keeps you in the editor the entire time, activating a subtle revision mode right where you work, eliminating the need to jump to a separate screen. A timeline slider in the header allows you to browse through different versions, seeing content updates in real-time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system highlights visual differences, showing added and removed text, formatting changes, and outlining modified blocks instead of raw code. For long documents, a mini-map along the scrollbar indicates where changes exist, letting you jump directly to them, and the sidebar remains useful with a summary of the changes for the current revision. To simplify reverting, the &#8220;Update&#8221; or &#8220;Publish&#8221; button is replaced by a &#8220;Restore&#8221; button when you are browsing the history (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/74742\">74742</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yellow marks a changed section/block, in red you’ll find deletions and green are additions compared to the early version. </p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wes Theron</strong> has a short video on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWN3d2KUNKk\">How to restore previous versions of a page or post in WordPress</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anne McCarthy also gives a great walk through the screens on Youtube:</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n</div></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"navigation-overlays-and-more-theme-builder-plugin-author-site-admin\">Navigation Overlays and more <sup>[theme builder][plugin author] [site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navigation blocks now have customizable overlays and give user full control over mobile hamburger menus. A prominent <strong>Create overlay</strong> button in the side bar guides you through the setup, providing a selection of patterns to achieve various designs for your overlay. WordPress 7.0 comes with multiple built-in patterns including centered navigation, accent backgrounds, and black backgrounds. New blocks default to &#8220;always&#8221; showing overlays. The Navigation block sidebar section also shows a preview of the selected overlay template parts. You can also access the list of Navigation Overlays via <strong>Appearance &gt; Editor &gt; Patterns &gt; Template Parts.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On GitHub you&#8217;ll find a list of all the <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=state%3Aclosed%20label%3A%22%5BFeature%5D%20Navigation%20Overlays%22%20label%3A%22%5BType%5D%20Enhancement%22\">Navigation Overlay enhancements</a>. </li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dev note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/04/customisable-navigation-overlays-in-wordpress-7-0/\">Customizable Navigation Overlays in WordPress 7.0</a> has everything you need to know.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\" id=\"block-697b3ef0-955a-4413-82a1-bf3bb5f25f68\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45002\" height=\"607\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Create-Overlay.png?resize=589%2C607&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 541px; height: auto;\" width=\"589\" /></figure>\n</div></div></div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make it easier for users to create custom overlays for their mobile navigation, four new patterns are now available for the navigation overlay template parts:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74847\">Overlay with black background</a> </li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74849\">Overlay with accent background</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74862\">Centered navigation with info</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74861\">Centered navigation</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45003\" height=\"979\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/navigation-overlay-patterns.png?resize=652%2C979&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Submenus: Always visible option</strong>: Users can now add navigation blocks to their overlays and toggle if they’d like to have the submenus always visible or not. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74653\">74653</a>)</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Page Creation in Navigation</strong>: Create pages directly from the Navigation block with helpful Snackbar notices and improved parent page search using relevance matching <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/72627\">(72627</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73836\">73836</a>).</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"treating-patterns-like-a-single-block-all\">Treating patterns like a single block <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get ready for a smoother, more intuitive experience when using patterns in WordPress 7.0.  It’s becoming much easier to customize your site&#8217;s design sections with a simplified editing workflow and an improved content-focused mode. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users naturally stay in the safe lane without accidentally breaking designs. Agencies can hand off a site knowing clients can&#8217;t wreck the layout by default — they&#8217;d have to deliberately choose to go deeper.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s New for Patterns:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quick Content Edits:</strong> When you select a pattern, instead of seeing a list of individual blocks, you&#8217;ll see a clean, expanded inspector panel. This panel exposes all the editable text and image fields directly, organized for easy access. </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content-Only Focus:</strong> Patterns will now default to a <strong>Content-Only</strong> editing mode. This simplifies the experience by letting you quickly fill in the content without seeing all the underlying design tools.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Full Customization (If You Need It):</strong> If you <em>do</em> need to change the structure or design of a pattern, you can simply &#8220;detach&#8221; it. This gives you full access to all the individual blocks, just like before. Use the <strong>Edit Pattern</strong> button from the sidebar.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Unified Experience:</strong> This new approach makes patterns feel like single, smart design objects with easy-to-update attributes, whether you&#8217;re using a pattern, a design section, or a partially synced pattern.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head over to the dev note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/?p=122085&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=5a7fd37ffc\">Pattern Editing in WordPress 7.0</a> for the full picture. </p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ai-in-wordpress-enterprise-developers-site-admin\">AI in WordPress <sup>[enterprise][developers][site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 ships with a WP AI client API and a built-in Connectors screen — a centralized hub for managing all kinds of external service integrations, not just AI providers. Connect to OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini and WordPress automatically installs the right plugin and prompts you for your API key. Developers get a consistent framework to build on—enabling features like content generation, block building, and theme creation without reinventing the plumbing every time. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Connectors page also sports a shout-out to the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai/\">AI Experiments plugin</a> if users want to see AI features, like title, excerpt, or alt-text generation, in action.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44916\" height=\"415\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Connectors-Page-WordPress-7-0.png?resize=652%2C415&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the real value of this Connectors API is broader: any plugin that needs to connect to an outside service via API keys or other credentials can tap into this standardized connection management system. Users get one place to maintain all their integrations. And plugin developer a standardized way to tap into the plumbing.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read the dev note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/18/introducing-the-connectors-api-in-wordpress-7-0/\"><strong>Introducing the Connectors API in WordPress 7.0</strong></a> for all the salient details. </li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Core AI team also published a <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2026/03/25/call-for-testing-community-ai-connector-plugins/\"><strong>Call for Testing: Community AI Connector Plugins</strong></a>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-blocks\">New Blocks</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"breadcrumbs-block-all\">Breadcrumbs Block <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new native Breadcrumbs block in WordPress 7.0 provides dynamic navigational trails for the Site Editor. It automatically generates paths from the homepage to the current page, adapting to context.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The block handles hierarchical pages (e.g., &#8220;Home / Services / Web Design / Portfolio&#8221;) and includes taxonomy for blog posts (e.g., &#8220;Home / Technology / Your Post Title&#8221;). Beyond simple pages, it correctly constructs paths for archive pages (category, tag, author, date), search results, and 404 errors. For Custom Post Types, it includes the post type archive in the trail.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"Breadcrumbs block displaying post categories WordPress 7.0\" class=\"wp-image-44940\" height=\"227\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Breadcrumbs-flore-flowers.png?resize=652%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The block offers alignment options (left, center, right, wide/full), as well as other block design options. Additional settings are available for showing the last item as text or a link and consistent homepage handling (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/72649\">72649</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44951\" height=\"898\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gb-22-2-breadcrumb.png?resize=652%2C898&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dev note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/04/breadcrumb-block-filters/\">Breadcrumb block filters</a> has the details. </p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"icon-block-all\">Icon Block <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Icon block empowers users to add decorative icons from a curated collection to their content. It utilizes a new server-side SVG Icon Registration API, ensuring icon registry updates propagate without block validation errors. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial release is limited as it doesn&#8217;t yet allow registering third-party icon collections. Extensibility for third-party icon registration is planned for future release in 7.1, following further development on the Icon registry API architecture. A REST endpoint at <code>/wp/v2/icons</code> supports searching and filtering. The initial set draws from the <code>wordpress/icons</code> package (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/71227\">71227</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/72215\">72215</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/75576\">75576</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"List of directions, illustrated with the icon block\" class=\"wp-image-44938\" height=\"192\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/icon-block.png?resize=652%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-editor-enhancements\">Block Editor enhancements</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"custom-css-for-individual-blocks-enduser-site-admin-theme-builder\">Custom CSS for Individual Blocks <sup>[enduser][site admin] [theme builder]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, applying custom CSS to a block instance required adding a custom class name and then writing a rule in the Site Editor’s global Custom CSS. This two-step process was complex for most users and inaccessible to content editors without Site Editor access.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new custom CSS block support introduces a Custom CSS input to the <strong>Advanced</strong> panel within the block editor sidebar, conveniently placed next to the familiar &#8220;Additional CSS Class(es)&#8221; field. You only need to add the CSS declarations (no selectors!) If you do need to target nested elements, use the &amp; symbol (for example, &amp; a { color: red; }). This field is focused purely on styling and will reject any HTML input. The field is guarded by the <code>edit_css capability</code> to see and use this powerful new field. The editor automatically adds a has-custom-css class for styling consistency. <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73959\">#73959</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74969\">#74969</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44920\" height=\"412\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Block-level-custom-CSS.png?resize=652%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dive into the dev note <strong><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/custom-css-for-individual-block-instances-in-wordpress-7-0/\">Custom CSS for Individual Block Instances</a></strong> for the complete rundown.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"control-viewport-based-block-visibility-all\">Control viewport-based block visibility <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you&#8217;re editing a post or page, you can now choose to show or hide any block depending on the visitor&#8217;s screen size. Select a block, click <strong>Show</strong> in the toolbar, and pick which devices — desktop, tablet, or mobile — should display it. You can also hide a block from the document entirely through the same modal. </p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44980\" height=\"282\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/note-on-visibility.png?resize=573%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 519px; height: auto;\" width=\"573\" /></figure>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44944\" height=\"429\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Block-visiblity.png?resize=652%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the nitty-gritty, see the dev note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/block-visibility-in-wordpress-7-0/\">Block Visibility in WordPress 7.0</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anne McCarthy walks you through the feature: </p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n</div></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-support-for-dynamic-blocks-developer-plugin-author\">Anchor support for dynamic blocks <sup>[developer][plugin author]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynamic blocks now support Anchor (id attribute) functionality. The anchor reference is consistently stored within the block comment delimiter, enabling dynamic rendering on the front end. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74183\">74183</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"paste-color-values-in-the-color-picker-end-user-theme-builder-site-admin\">Paste color values in the color picker <sup>[end user][theme builder] [site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Color pickers throughout the block styles sidebar, now offer support for pasting complete color values. You can now copy/paste the brand colors from a design document or website into the color picker box and don&#8217;t have to go through the process of selecting the right color and hue<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73166\"> (73166</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dimension-support-for-width-and-height-theme-builder-site-admin\">Dimension support for width and height <sup>[theme builder][site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 expands the Dimensions block supports system with three significant improvements: <strong>width</strong> and <strong>height</strong> are now available as standard block supports under dimensions, and themes can now define <strong>dimension size presets</strong> to give users a consistent set of size options across their site.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dev Note <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/dimensions-support-enhancements-in-wordpress-7-0/\">Dimensions Support Enhancements in WordPress 7.0</a> has the details for block.development and theme builders.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"email-notifications-for-notes-all\">Email notifications for Notes <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborators can now get notified when someone leaves a note on their content. No more checking back constantly (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73645\">73645</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-attributions-groups-in-the-sidebar-all\">Block Attributions Groups in the sidebar <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The block editor sidebar is being reorganized to make controls easier to find. Block settings will be grouped into four clear sections: </p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Content</strong> (text, images, captions), </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>List</strong> (reordering and nesting for blocks like Lists and Social Icons), </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Settings</strong> (block-specific options), and </li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Styles</strong> (typography, colors, spacing). </li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means you won&#8217;t need to hunt through toolbars or scattered panels — everything will live in a predictable place in the sidebar. Connected data sources will also appear directly next to the attributes they affect, so you can see at a glance what&#8217;s linked and where. It also means that for the transition a reordering of the sidebar and controls to be in different place than before. For instance. For an image block that includes the “Alt” text setting is now to be found in the content tab rather than the settings tab.  (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/73845\">73845</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s an example of the implementation for Patterns:</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44943\" height=\"399\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Pattern-Attributes-in-Sidebar.png?resize=652%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-control-validation-end-user-site-admin\">Link Control validation <sup>[end user] [site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Link Control component in Gutenberg now validates the URLs, you enter helping to avoid broken links (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73486\">73486</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44950\" height=\"181\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Link-control-variation.png?resize=531%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"531\" /></figure>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"improved-blocks-and-block-handling\">Improved Blocks and Block handling</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pseudo-styles-for-button-blocks-theme-builder-site-admin\">Pseudo Styles for Button Blocks <sup>[theme builder][site admin] </sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theme designers and developers can now style button states (hover, focus, active, and focus visible) directly within the theme.json, making it much easier to keep all design controls centralized and consistent. This reduces the reliance on custom CSS for things like button hover states (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/71418\">71418</a>). </p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kevinbatdorf-code-block-pro cbp-has-line-numbers\"><span>JSON</span><span class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button\" style=\"color: #575279; display: none;\" tabindex=\"0\"><pre class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button-pre\"><textarea class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button-textarea\" readonly=\"readonly\" tabindex=\"-1\">{\n    \"styles\": {\n        \"blocks\":{\n                \"core/button\":{\n                    \"color\":{\n                        \"background\":\"blue\"\n                    },\n                    \":hover\":{\n                        \"color\":{\n                        \"background\":\"green\"\n                        }\n                    },\n                    \":focus\":{\n                        \"color\":{\n                        \"background\":\"purple\"\n                        }\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n    }\n}\n</textarea></pre><svg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><path class=\"with-check\" d=\"M9 5H7a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2V7a2 2 0 00-2-2h-2M9 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M9 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m-6 9l2 2 4-4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"></path><path class=\"without-check\" d=\"M9 5H7a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2V7a2 2 0 00-2-2h-2M9 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M9 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"></path></svg></span><pre class=\"shiki rose-pine-dawn\" style=\"background-color: #faf4ed;\" tabindex=\"0\"><code><span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">styles</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">blocks</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">core/button</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">color</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">background</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #EA9D34;\">&quot;blue&quot;</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">},</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">:hover</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">color</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">background</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #EA9D34;\">&quot;green&quot;</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">},</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">:focus</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">color</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">background</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #EA9D34;\">&quot;purple&quot;</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">                </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">            </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"></span></code></pre></div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details are available in the Dev Note: <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/09/pseudo-element-support-for-blocks-and-their-variations-in-theme-json/\">Pseudo-element support for blocks and their variations in theme.json</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"extra-divs-removed-from-blocks-in-the-editor-theme-builder-developer-site-admin\">Extra divs removed from blocks in the editor <sup>[theme builder][developer][site admin] </sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 introduced a new <code>HtmlRenderer</code> component, which renders HTML content as React elements with optional wrapper props. For theme authors, this means that several blocks will no longer have an extra wrapping <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> in the editor, allowing for consistent styling with the front end (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74228\">74228</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blocks that have been fixed are:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74255\">Archives</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74271\">Calendar</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74277\">Latest Comments</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74272\">RSS</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74228\">Tag Cloud</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"universal-text-alignment-all\">Universal Text Alignment <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly all text blocks now support the standardized text-align block support system, including Paragraph, Button, Comment blocks, Heading, and Verse. Plus, text justify alignment is now available. See <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/60763\">tracking issue</a> to follow along on the progress (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/60763\">60763</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cover-block-video-embeds-site-admin-end-user\">Cover Block Video Embeds <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Cover block this release comes with the ability to use embedded videos (like YouTube or Vimeo) as background videos in the Cover block, rather than being restricted to locally uploaded files. Offloading video to 3rd-party services helps reduce hosting and bandwidth costs. Also, the focal pointer is now available for fixed background. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73023\">#73023</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74600\">#74600</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44953\" height=\"416\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/gb-22-2-embed-1.png?resize=652%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gallery-block\">Gallery Block </h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lightbox-navigation-site-admin-end-user\">Lightbox navigation <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gallery block’s “Enlarge on click” lightbox now lets you navigate between images. When you click a gallery image, back/next buttons appear so you can browse through the rest of the gallery without closing the lightbox. Keyboard navigation (arrow keys) and screen reader announcements are fully supported. It also works with swiping on mobile, however the swiping isn’t yet visual/animated.  (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/62906\">62906</a>) and lightbox items still miss captions.</p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"content-tab-in-sidebar-site-admin-end-user\">Content Tab in sidebar <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For fast access to Alt text box the sidebar of the Gallery block shows a new content tab in the sidebar. </p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44958\" height=\"340\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Gallery-content-sidebar-edited.png?resize=652%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"responsive-grid-block-site-admin-end-user-theme-builder\">Responsive Grid Block <sup>[site admin][end user][theme builder]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grid block is now responsive even when you set a column count. Previously, you had to choose between setting a minimum column width (responsive, Auto mode) or a fixed column count (Manual mode)—a binary toggle that confused many users. Now you can set both: when you do, the column count becomes a <em>maximum</em>, and the grid scales down responsively based on your minimum column width. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can set neither, either, or both—the block handles all combinations gracefully. The confusing Auto/Manual toggle is gone entirely, replaced by clearer &#8220;minimum width&#8221; and &#8220;columns&#8221; labels with a plain-language description explaining the relationship between the two controls.. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73662\">73662</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"heading-block-variations-site-admin-end-user\">Heading block variations <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each heading level (H1-H6) is now registered as a block variation on the Heading block. These do not appear in the inserter, but the change does add icons to the block’s sidebar for transforming it between variations (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73823\">73823</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44963\" height=\"334\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Heading-handling.png?resize=652%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"html-block-enhancement-site-admin-themebuilder-end-user\">HTML Block Enhancement <sup>[site admin] [themebuilder] [end user]</sup> </h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HTML block was redesigned to work now as a modal-based editor featuring separate tabs for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Admin can now use it for more powerful customizations, when HTML JS and CSS work on a single block. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73108\">73108</a>).  </p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"image-block-inline-editing-and-controls-site-admin-end-user\">Image block inline editing and controls <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 comes with a revamp of the image editing feature in the editor. It’s now easier to crop, rotate or zoom in on a particular image corner. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/72414\">#72414</a>) (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73277\">#73277</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"advanced-image-controlsimage-block-now-supports-the-focal-point-control-and-aspect-ratio-adjustments-for-wide-and-full-alignments-plus-reorganized-inspector-controls-with-a-dedicated-content-tab-73115-74519-74201\">Advanced Image Controls <sup>[site admin][end user]</sup></h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"advanced-image-controlsimage-block-now-supports-the-focal-point-control-and-aspect-ratio-adjustments-for-wide-and-full-alignments-plus-reorganized-inspector-controls-with-a-dedicated-content-tab-73115-74519-74201\">Image block now supports the focal point control and aspect ratio adjustments for wide and full alignments, plus reorganized inspector controls with a dedicated content tab. <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73115\">#73115</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74519\">#74519</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74201\">#74201</a></p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"math-block-improvements-end-users-site-admin\">Math Block Improvements <sup>[end users][site admin]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaTeX input now uses a monospaced font, and style options are available for better mathematical expression editing (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/72557\">72557</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73544\">73544</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44972\" height=\"425\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Mathblock-updates-wp70.png?resize=652%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"paragraph-all\">Paragraph <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new typography tool has been added for specifying the line indent of paragraph blocks (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73114\">73114</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74889\">74889</a>). Users and theme creators can specify line indentation rules for a single paragraph block and also at global styles / theme.json level for all paragraph blocks. For global styles and theme.json, it’s possible to choose whether all paragraphs or only subsequent paragraphs are indented, which accounts for different indentation standards around the world.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dev note on <strong><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/15/new-block-support-text-indent-textindent/\">the new <code>textIndent</code> block support</a> </strong>has all the details for developers working on blocks or themes.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44985\" height=\"525\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TextIndent-standard.png?resize=652%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The example code sets a default indent value of 1.5em globally for paragraphs:</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kevinbatdorf-code-block-pro cbp-has-line-numbers\"><span>JSON</span><span class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button\" style=\"color: #575279; display: none;\" tabindex=\"0\"><pre class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button-pre\"><textarea class=\"code-block-pro-copy-button-textarea\" readonly=\"readonly\" tabindex=\"-1\">{\n  \"settings\": {\n    \"typography\": {\n      \"textIndent\": \"true\"\n    }\n  },\n  \"styles\": {\n    \"blocks\": {\n      \"core/paragraph\": {\n        \"typography\": {\n          \"textIndent\": \"1.5em\"\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n</textarea></pre><svg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><path class=\"with-check\" d=\"M9 5H7a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2V7a2 2 0 00-2-2h-2M9 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M9 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2m-6 9l2 2 4-4\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"></path><path class=\"without-check\" d=\"M9 5H7a2 2 0 00-2 2v12a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2V7a2 2 0 00-2-2h-2M9 5a2 2 0 002 2h2a2 2 0 002-2M9 5a2 2 0 012-2h2a2 2 0 012 2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"></path></svg></span><pre class=\"shiki rose-pine-dawn\" style=\"background-color: #faf4ed;\" tabindex=\"0\"><code><span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">  </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">settings</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">typography</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">      </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">textIndent</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #EA9D34;\">&quot;true&quot;</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">  </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">},</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">  </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">styles</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">blocks</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">      </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">core/paragraph</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">typography</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">{</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">          </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #56949F;\">textIndent</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">&quot;</span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">:</span><span style=\"color: #575279;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #EA9D34;\">&quot;1.5em&quot;</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">        </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">      </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">    </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #575279;\">  </span><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #797593;\">}</span></span>\n<span class=\"line\"></span></code></pre></div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details can be learned in the Dev Note: <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/?p=121744&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=b05f93cb55\">New Block Support: Text Indent (textIndent) </a></p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"columns-in-paragraph-blocks-all\">Columns in Paragraph blocks <sup>[all]</sup></h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that there is block support for typographical columns, the paragraph block can now handle text columns by default (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74656\">74656</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the front-end only, the Paragraph block now has a <code>.wp-block-paragraph</code> class. This change doesn’t affect global styles, which still use the <code>p</code> selector.(<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/71207\">71207</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"query-loop-enhancements-all\">Query Loop Enhancements <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Query loops now support excluding terms. When the block is locked it now hides design change and choose pattern options. <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73790\">#73790</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74160\">#74160</a></p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44986\" height=\"527\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Exclude-Terms-Query-block.png?resize=652%2C527&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"verse-block-renamed-to-poetry-all\">Verse Block, renamed to Poetry <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Verse Block has been renamed to Poetry block (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74722\">74722</a>) Also it now utilizes <code>border-box</code> for its <code>box-sizing</code>, which guards against overflow issues and should make it easier to style without additional custom CSS.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"admin-workflow-updates\">Admin / Workflow updates </h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"manage-fonts-for-all-themes-in-a-dedicated-page-site-admin-theme-builder-enterprise\">Manage fonts for all themes in a dedicated page <sup>[site admin][theme builder] [enterprise]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dedicated Fonts page is now available under the Appearance menu for all themes. Until now, font management has lived deep inside Global Styles, requiring navigation through several panels to install or preview a font. This new standalone page lets block theme users browse, install, and manage their typography collection in one dedicated space. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the hood, this page is built on a new routing infrastructure for the Site Editor, designed to improve navigation and support new top-level pages in wp-admin. View transitions are now wired into this routing layer, providing early zoom/slide animations when navigating between pages (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73630\">73630</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73876\">73876</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73586\">73586</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Font Library and Global Styles also work with classic themes (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73971\">#73971</a>,<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73876\"> #73876</a>). Like the Media Library, you can access the Font Library as a modal or through a dedicated admin section—regardless of your theme type.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"blob:https://gutenbergtimes.com/e8865866-45a0-4807-94ac-02a8257ce1dd\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"command-palette-in-adminbar-all\">Command Palette in Adminbar <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instantly access all the tools you need with a single click using the <strong>new Command Palette shortcut in the Omnibar</strong>! In 7.0 Beta 5, logged-in editors will see a field with a ⌘K or Ctrl+K symbol in the upper admin bar that unfurls the command palette when clicked. The new command palette entry point streamlines navigation and customization, giving you full control from anywhere on your site – whether you’re editing, designing or just browsing plugins.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"view-transitions-all\">View Transitions  <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View transitions have been integrated into the WordPress admin in 7.0, enabling smooth transitions between screens.  The implementation for the front end is slated for the next WordPress 7.1 (<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64470\">64470</a>) The result is a smoother page-to-page transitions using the CSS <a href=\"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transition_API\">View Transitions API </a>— no markup or JavaScript changes required, just a progressive enhancement you&#8217;ll notice immediately when navigating between admin screens.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"improved-screens-across-wp-admin-all\">Improved screens across WP-Admin  <sup>[all]</sup></h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 is getting a CSS-only &#8220;coat-of-paint&#8221; visual reskin of the wp-admin, bringing the classic admin screens closer to the visual language of the block and site editors — no markup changes, no JavaScript, no functional changes, and all existing CSS class names and admin color schemes preserved. (<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64308\">64308</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New default color scheme: &#8220;Modern&#8221; replaces &#8220;Fresh&#8221; as the default admin color scheme (#<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64546\">64546</a>)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated buttons and input fields: primary, secondary, and link buttons, plus text inputs, selects, checkboxes, and radio buttons, now align with the WordPress Design System (#<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64547\">64547</a>)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated notices: info, warning, success, and error notices refreshed for clarity and consistency (#<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64548\">64548</a>), including on the login screen</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated cards and metaboxes: dashboard widgets and metaboxes get modernized styling (#<a href=\"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64549\">64549</a>)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>New <code>wp-base-styles</code> stylesheet handle: consolidates admin color scheme CSS custom properties into a single reusable stylesheet, available across the admin and the block editor content iframe</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Login and registration screens: the WordPress logo updated from blue to gray to match the new design, and scheme styles now apply to login, install, database repair, and upgrade screens</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44993\" height=\"459\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/gutenbergtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Admin-new-coat-of-paint.png?resize=652%2C459&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"652\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"developer-goodies-developer-enterprise\">Developer Goodies <sup>[developer][enterprise]</sup></h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"client-side-abilities-api\">Client-side Abilities API </h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 ships a JavaScript counterpart to the server-side Abilities API introduced in 6.9. The <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/24/client-side-abilities-api-in-wordpress-7-0/\">Client-Side Abilities API</a> arrives as two packages: <code>@wordpress/abilities</code> for pure state management usable in any project, and <code>@wordpress/core-abilities</code>, which auto-fetches server-registered abilities via the REST API. You can now register browser-only abilities — navigation, block insertion, and more — opening the door to browser agents, extensions, and WebMCP integrations directly in the client. </p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wp-ai-client\">WP AI Client</h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.0 ships a built-in <strong><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/24/introducing-the-ai-client-in-wordpress-7-0/\">AI Client</a>,</strong> that gives your plugin a single, provider-agnostic PHP entry point — <code>wp_ai_client_prompt()</code> — for text, image, speech, and video generation. You describe what you need; WordPress routes it to whichever AI provider the site owner has configured via Settings &gt; Connectors. Official provider plugins cover Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. No credential handling, no provider lock-in, and graceful feature detection before any UI is shown.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"php-only-block-registration\">PHP-only block registration</h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers can now create simple blocks using only PHP. This is meant for blocks that only need server-side rendering and aren’t meant to be highly interactive. When possible this feature also auto-generates sidebars for user input for suitable attributes and design tools. </p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do so, call <code>register_block_type</code> with the new <code>autoRegister</code> flag. A <code>render_callback</code> function must also be provided. (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/71792\">71792</a>)</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dev note with all the details. <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/03/03/php-only-block-registration/\">PHP-only block registration</a></p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pattern-overrides-for-custom-blocks\">Pattern Overrides for custom blocks</h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since WordPress 6.5, <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/06/an-introduction-to-overrides-in-synced-patterns/\">Pattern Overrides</a> let you create synced patterns where the layout stays consistent but specific content can change per instance. The catch? Only four core blocks supported it: Heading, Paragraph, Button, and Image.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not anymore. Any block attribute that supports Block Bindings now supports Pattern Overrides by default. Block authors can opt in through the server-side <a href=\"https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-bindings/#extending-supported-attributes\"><code>block_bindings_supported_attributes</code></a> filter. This closes <a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/64870\">a long-requested enhancement</a> and opens up synced patterns to custom blocks (<a href=\"https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/73889\">73889</a>).</p>\n\n\n\n		<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\">\n			<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> </div>\n			\n			\n		</figure>\n		\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dataviews-data-form-components-and-fields-api\">DataViews, Data Form components and Fields API </h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A substantial API update introduces new layouts, validation rules, grouping options, and picker improvements affecting plugins using <code>wordpress/dataviews</code>. 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