The WP Week by WP-CONTENT.CO - Weekly News from WordPress Ecosystem

E160: WP Engine Challenges Trademarks, Another Plugin Leaves WP.org, DLX Plugins to Close


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This week on The WP Week Podcast, we cover WP Engine’s latest trademark challenge against the WordPress Foundation over the terms “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” in Canada, along with WordPress 7.1’s decision to keep the Classic block after strong community feedback.

We also discuss the upcoming WordPress 7.0.1 release, new AI-focused capabilities coming to WordPress 7.1, Gutenberg 23.5, and the latest developments across WooCommerce. In community news, Woosa has made its WooCommerce dropshipping and marketplace plugins free for everyone, DLX Plugins has announced it will shut down and open-source most of its premium products, and Gato GraphQL is leaving the WordPress.org plugin repository.

Plus, we cover the latest acquisitions, AI-powered WordPress tools, new plugin launches, and the biggest stories shaping the future of the WordPress ecosystem.

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