WPMU DEV

06/02/2026

🎶 What a Wonderful WordPress - Louis Armstrong finally gets to toot his own horn, latest Woo goodies are ready for checkout, and how is the WP community really feeling?

Here's what's in this edition of DEV:
🤖 Will AI be the death of sites like Stack Overflow?
🎺 WordPress 7.0 is finally here - laying the AI foundation and raising some important questions.
🫵 The State of the Community Survey - The WP Community Collective wants to know how you really are.
🛒 WooCommerce 10.8 - WP 7.0 compatibility and a cartload of fresh tidbits to tickle your developer tastebuds.
📊 Stats & stuff: there are still sites running 4.7 (eek!), 100 ways to center a div, and piñatas for Woo milestones.
🥳 Plus: Finland & Canada are looking for WP volunteers & speakers, make your own wapuus, some truly artful sites, and happy happy people!

Go ahead, get your Satchmo on!
https://f.mtr.cool/tqrnbgksms

05/27/2026

⭐ Wonderful form plugin — and that's coming from someone who just got started.

💬 "We are amazed at how much functionality is included in the free version!"

We're delighted that Forminator is making a strong first impression on your client sites. A well-designed plugin and responsive support — that's exactly what we set out to provide.

👉 Try Forminator for free
https://f.mtr.cool/wvflgvqhdn

05/20/2026

💬 "Optimizing a site is much smoother when you have full control over the images along with server configuration, and cache settings. Smush has helped me immensely in this regard."

For developers inheriting messy projects or building large-scale e-commerce stores from scratch, unoptimized images can quietly kill performance. We're glad Smush can take that particular headache off the table.

✅ Bulk image optimization built for scale
✅ Full control over compression settings
✅ Plays well with Hummingbird for even better speed results

💬 "It's an awesome tool for any developer's kit."

Fast sites, happy developers — and we'll keep smushing! 😄

👉 Try Smush for free
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smush*t/

05/13/2026

So… we’ve gone and added EmDash to Unlimited Hosting

Yep. You can now spin up one-click managed EmDash sites right alongside your WordPress sites inside The Hub.

SSO login.
Domains.
Backups.
Security.
SSH/SFTP.
Analytics.
The lot.

If you haven’t come across EmDash yet, it’s Cloudflare’s new open source CMS project built for modern web infrastructure.

And honestly? We thought it was too interesting not to support.

The best part is you don’t need to learn a whole new hosting platform or glue together random infrastructure just to try it out.

If you already use WPMU DEV hosting, you already know how this works.

Click button.
Launch site.
Start building.

It’s included with every Unlimited Hosting server at no extra cost for Premium members.

Go have a play

https://wpmudev.com/emdash-hosting/

Everything you need for WordPress! Super-powered Hosting, 24/7 Live Support, Site Management tools, and Premium Plugins.

05/08/2026

Thank you Manoj for taking the time to leave a review and to Wajed and the rest of our support superheroes for making it possible. 🙏

💬 "I highly appreciate WPMUDEV's hosting quality and their dedicated support team."

We're happy to provide our members with everything that keeps their sites running smoothly — from advanced security and monitoring to a support team that's always in their corner.

👉 Join the WPMU DEV community
https://wpmudev.com/

05/06/2026

🦇 Holy Hosting, Batman!
🎉 We’re bubbling over with uncontained glee about the newest evolution of our hosting… Unlimited

Here’s what’s inside:
💪 Why Unlimited ain’t no shared hosting… it’s a totally different beast.
🔢 How many sites can you REALLY fit on a $15 server? We did the math.
🌐 What our co-founder James is using Unlimited for… and why.
📊 Stats & reads - plugin superheroes, a very busy Gutenberg, easy image mapping, and finding hidden revenue.
✨ Plus - ChatGPT reviews an album (really), nerdy rabbit holes, angels, and lots & lots of sparkles!

Never mind Gotham - visit here instead:
https://wpmudev.com/blog/dev-holy-hosting-batman/

04/27/2026

Big. Massive. Huge news.

We’ve launched a brand new hosting product that will change how you host and manage WordPress sites.

✨ Introducing: WPMU DEV Unlimited.✨
• Launch new sites without thinking about hosting costs
• With all the WPMU DEV bells and whistles (seriously)
• Run and manage everything from one dashboard

We are not kidding, you can run 50+ pro (including staging, SSH and all the other goodies) WP sites for just $15/m.

Read the announcement post:
https://wpmudev.com/blog/introducing-unlimited

or see what's included:
https://wpmudev.com/unlimited-hosting/

Everything you need for WordPress! Super-powered Hosting, 24/7 Live Support, Site Management tools, and Premium Plugins.

04/22/2026

⭐ Flexible, reliable, and incredibly useful for real-world websites.

That's not marketing copy — that's a long-term user describing what Forminator actually does for their site.

💬 "It makes it easy to build professional forms without unnecessary complexity, while still giving enough control to handle real website needs properly."

The balance between ease of use and real control is exactly what builders need — whether you're just starting out or gradually taking on more complex projects.

👉 Try Forminator for free
https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/

04/21/2026

🚢 Ship Happens — databases, backdoors, and a WordCamp schedule worth rearranging your calendar for.

Here's what's inside:
⏸️ WordPress 7.0 delayed — a database rethink pushed it back to beta. Boring headline, important decision.
🗡️ 30+ plugins, one backdoor — a supply chain story with a horror movie timeline.
🥟 WCEU schedule is live — packed with sessions on AI, performance, and accessibility (plus pierogi).
📊 Stats & reads — WC Asia breaks records, accessibility pays, and Gutenberg 22.9 lands with 131 PRs.
✈️ Plus: penguin relationship drama, a guy head over heels for his girlfriend, and some genuinely useful advice if you fall out of a plane.

Don't open Slack at 4:59pm — open this instead.
https://wpmudev.com/blog/dev-ship-happens/

04/16/2026

🇮🇳 WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai was a fantastic celebration of community, contribution, and connection.

Prathamesh Palve co-led the Support contributor table — welcoming people brand new to WordPress, walking them through the basics, troubleshooting, and helping them make their very first replies in the support forums.

Suman Basuli took the stage to talk about crafting a Content Security Policy without breaking your site — mic hiccup in the first minute and all! On contributors' day, he also opened up as a resource on accessibility, security, and speed, and helped a few newcomers take their first steps with WordPress.

It was great to have more of our team there too, connecting with the WordPress community.

Thanks to everyone who made WordCamp Asia 2026 so memorable. See you in Penang, Malaysia in 2027! 💙