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WordPress Development

Three panels: meta boxes now sit in a resizable pane with no setting to turn it off, the move to a sidebar panel with registered meta, and running every upgrade step in order for users who skip versions

Oct 8, 202616 min

Meta Boxes in the WordPress 7 Editor, and Safe Upgrades When Users Skip Versions

Classic meta boxes now sit in a resizable pane in the always-iframed editor. How to test them, move key fields to a sidebar panel, and migrate safely.

Block Development Gutenberg

Click2Shell: How a jQuery Selector Became a Remote Shell in WordPress 7.1
September 19, 2026
PHP-Only Blocks Can See the Current Post Now. What Still Needs React
September 17, 2026
Your Plugin Release Now Waits Six Hours. Plan Around It.
September 17, 2026

CMS Platforms

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A list of EmDash issues, one marked fixed and five still open

Varun Dubey

Oct 5, 202616 min

What EmDash Still Needs to Fix: Notes From Running Five Sites on It

What EmDash still needs before a WordPress owner can move without a developer, from running five live sites on it. Each upstream issue re-checked on 5 October 2026, with the fixes credited.

Astro CMS Comparison

Trends & News

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A job card for AI with limits such as editor role and staging first, and prices, users, payments and settings out of scope

Varun Dubey

Oct 5, 202614 min

Give AI a Job, Not the Keys: How to Scope AI on Your WordPress Site

A five-step way to scope what AI can do on your WordPress site: one written job, a limited user, plan before action, staging first, and an undo. Includes what WooCommerce and common plugins allow today.

Abilities API AI Agents

How Much Traffic Do You Actually Get From AI?

Meta Boxes in the WordPress 7 Editor, and Safe Upgrades When Users Skip Versions

Click2Shell: How a jQuery Selector Became a Remote Shell in WordPress 7.1

PHP-Only Blocks Can See the Current Post Now. What Still Needs React

Your Plugin Release Now Waits Six Hours. Plan Around It.

What EmDash Still Needs to Fix: Notes From Running Five Sites on It

Give AI a Job, Not the Keys: How to Scope AI on Your WordPress Site