The official WordPress Browser Extension is now available for Chrome and Safari. In our latest Q&A, @jakemgold.bsky.social shares the story behind the project, why he continues to invest in open source, and how AI-assisted development accelerated the build. fueled.com/blog/officia...

The WordPress Browser Extension hides the admin bar while keeping its shortcuts close. It can recognize WordPress sites, open saved sites, and add testing tools in the browser. Available for Chrome, Chromium-based browsers, and Safari on macOS. wp.me/pZhYe-5xg #WordPress

New study suggests rewriting policy may not be enough to stop unwanted AI contributions. Experts weigh in on what to do instead.

Coding agents ignore open source contribution guidelines, researchers find.

New study suggests rewriting policy may not be enough to stop unwanted AI contributions. Experts weigh in on what to do instead.

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OpenAI, AWS, Cursor, GitHub and Microsoft back Vercel's new Agent Plugins standard for packaging AI skills and MCP servers. Here's what it means for developers.

Five AI rivals just backed a shared plugin standard. Here's why it matters for developers.

OpenAI, AWS, Cursor, GitHub and Microsoft back Vercel's new Agent Plugins standard for packaging AI skills and MCP servers. Here's what it means for developers.

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Google Ads for AI chats Almost a year after predicting that AI monetization might resemble Google Ads, ChatGPT is rolling out ads with familiar mechanics like targeting, bidding, and paid placement alongside AI-generated answers. https://jeffpaul.com/2026/08/google-ads-for-ai-chats/

Google Ads for AI chats

Almost a year after predicting that AI monetization might resemble Google Ads, ChatGPT is rolling out ads with familiar mechanics like targeting, bidding, and paid placement alongside AI-generated answers.

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WordPress 7.0.4 is now available with a security fix. Update your sites immediately from Dashboard → Updates. Automatic background updates will begin shortly. wp.me/pZhYe-5yH #WordPress

the fact that a billionaire can randomly throw $100,000,000 into a campaign against taxing the rich seems like the best argument yet they can afford it

Keep laughing. Sometimes that’s all we’ve got.

Must repair SCOTUS. That starts with flipping the House and the Senate in November. Then electing a Democrat in 2028. Then carving out or ending the senate filibuster. Then adding four fair judges not beholden to billionaires to the court. But it starts in November. VOTE.

🦋MOM🦋@momcjl.bsky.social · 4d ago

WE CAN DO THIS. VOTE.

so as usual, it's not transgender women causing problems in women's sports -- it's cis men.

Forbes@forbes.com · 5d ago

WBNA eligibility rules don't use any external measures to say what defines a "woman."

Encouraging to see Fueled’s perspective on applied AI in WordPress gaining traction. Our recent blog post recapping our progress was featured in: 🔗 Loop WP: newsletter.loopwp.com/p/issue-197-... 📨The Repository: www.therepository.email?mailpoet_rou...

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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

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WordPress 7.0.3 is a security release with 12 fixes, including a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue on the login screen. Updating your sites right away is recommended. wp.me/pZhYe-5xZ #WordPress

WordPress 7.1 Release Candidate 1 is ready for testing. The final release is scheduled for August 19, 2026. Install it in a test environment and report what you find. wp.me/pZhYe-5wI #WordPress

Darin Kotter explains how the official WordPress AI plugin is helping test and refine new approaches to AI governance and safety in WordPress. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...

A complex content migration could have put A to Z Sports’ NFL Draft launch window at risk. Fueled’s AI-native workflow reduced hours of manual analysis to minutes, helping the team stay on schedule and preserve budget for higher-value product work. fueled.com/work/a-to-z-...

Rebuilding A to Z Sports for Faster Publishing and Smarter Search · Fueled

How Fueled rebuilt A to Z Sports, improving publishing workflows, search, scalability, and AI-native product delivery.

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We partnered with Woo and Square to strengthen Square for WooCommerce, improving reliability, onboarding, payments, sync, and multi-channel commerce features for merchants selling online and in person. fueled.com/work/woocomm...

Improving Square for WooCommerce · Fueled

Fueled helped evolve Square for WooCommerce through product strategy, UX, payments, onboarding, and ongoing platform modernization.

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Today’s beach read, diving into the feisty and hilarious Earl Weaver #TheLastManager

If you're attending WordCamp US 2026, the Core AI Prompt Bar is worth a visit. The WordPress Core AI Team will be there August 18 and 19 to talk through questions about AI in WordPress, hear feedback, and connect with people building with these tools. You can find details at wp.me/pgSBpQ-1Nv #WCUS

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The Daylight computer is fantastic in bright sunshine…

The Daylight computer is fantastic in bright sunshine at the beach

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Ok fellow Baltimorons, mount up, we were born for this moment!

Michael Love@elkmovie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fun-but-also-depressing fact: blue crabs are an invasive species in Italy, so they’re cheap and enormous and they’re trying to get people to eat more of them

WordPress 7.0.2 is now available. This security release addresses 1 critical and 1 high severity issue, including a REST API vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution. Update your sites now. wp.me/pZhYe-5vp #WordPress

Engineering Director Darin Kotter explains that while he engineered the official WordPress AI plugin for plug-and-play simplicity for a wide audience, our ClassifAI plugin focuses on those needing granular customization and control. fueled.com/blog/open-so...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...

you tell them they can't hang out in the park after dark. you chase them off the basketball courts. the skate parks have all been dismantled. all their third spaces have been ripped from them. i don't know what you expect them to do that doesn't cost money

The Charlotte Observer@charlotteobserver.com · last mo.

Charlotte joins major cities across the U.S. in grappling with the rise in disruptive “teen takeover” activities.

Contributor Day. Real-world WordPress projects. Four conference tracks covering AI, technical skills, business, and the basics. Explore what’s waiting for you at WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix, August 16–19: wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wc... #WCUS #WordPress

When should you use the official WordPress AI plugin, and when does our ClassifAI plugin make more sense? @jeffpaul.com explains: accessible AI features for a broad audience vs. deeper customization, integrations, and control for enterprise. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...

WordPress 7.0.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 31 bugs across the block editor, admin UI, and media. Update from your dashboard today. wp.me/pZhYe-5sN #WordPress

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Statistics like this are genuinely shocking, but so too has been the intensity and duration of this extraordinary heatwave in Europe. As a society, we have greatly underestimated--and therefore underpriced--the cost of highly extreme heat events in a rapidly warming world.