In this week’s episode of The WP Week, we cover a wide spectrum of updates from across the WordPress ecosystem.

From critical security patches affecting popular plugins like Eventin, UiPress Lite, and the Motors theme, to promising performance enhancements in WooCommerce 9.9 — it’s been a week of both caution and progress.

We also celebrate the success of the Women in WordPress initiative, the return of WP Coupons, and major funding announcements from Modular DS. Plus, Microsoft open-sources WSL, Copilot Chat goes MIT-licensed, and AI search fairness remains a hot-button issue with Google.

Community highlights include Post Status acquiring WP Speakers, WP Bhopal’s new tour, and the launch of projects like Plugin Pal and the WP-CLI Commands Explorer. And in accessibility news, Equalize Digital brings us a thoughtful plugin to pause animated GIFs for better UX.

This episode is sponsored by Omnisend, Kinsta, and WP Job Openings.

• Omnisend makes eCommerce marketing seamless with email and SMS tools that boost sales.
• Kinsta provides world-class managed WordPress hosting with enterprise-grade security.
• WP Job Openings helps you launch a career page and start hiring — all in minutes.

Tune in for all the essential updates you need to stay sharp, secure, and in sync with WordPress.