This Week in WordPress #386
Join Nathan Wrigley, Michelle Frechette, Ivana Ćirković, Dave Grey as we chat about the WordPress news from this week. The conversation focused on major WordPress developments, including the introduction of AI (MCP) to WordPress core in 7.3, recent PHP vulnerabilities and their AI-assisted discovery, and concerns around security and regulation. Several points were raised, including usability improvements in the 7.2 beta, advances in accessibility, the expansion of WordPress Credits for students, and new hosting options on Cloudflare. The discussion explored community engagement, the state of contributing to WordPress, plugin and SaaS product news, and ongoing debates about the pace and impact of technological change within the WordPress ecosystem.