RSS is such a beautifully boring piece of technology. A site publishes a feed. Your reader checks it. New stuff appears.

Real talk. It's easy to bitch and moan about the number of WordPress security releases we've seen over the past few months. I get it. Updating and checking sites takes time, especially when you're responsible for dozens (100s?) of them. But those releases also mean people are finding vulnerabilities, reporting them, and doing the work to fix them. Researchers and maintainers are taking responsibility for software that millions of people depend on. That's a sign of a healthy community. It doesn't make the vulnerabilities any less serious, or put WordPress above criticism. It does give us a response we can examine and fixes we can apply. And “I'll just build it with AI” doesn't get you out of any of this. Neither does switching CMSs or writing everything yourself. Whatever you build still needs security review and ongoing maintenance. A working website can still be a vulnerable website. Fewer public security reports don't automatically mean fewer security problems. Personally, I want people looking for flaws in the software I use, and people committed to fixing what they find. I'm glad WordPress has that community. If you're building your own alternative, who's doing that work six months after launch?

WooCommerce 11.2.0 will include configurable emails for order withdrawal requests, acknowledging customers and notifying merchants when a request is submitted. Store owners can manage both emails from WooCommerce > Settings > Emails

On September 30th, @DevelopWoo is hosting an online chat all about block themes. We've got @mikemcalister of @BuildWithOllie alongside Woo blocks engineers Lucio Giannotta and Karol Manijak to share their experience and answer questions. Register here: developer.woocommerce.com/20…

interesting reversal happening where typos are now a sign of effort

@VideoPress got a new looking player too jetpack.com/resources/the-vi… We are giving a lot of products love ❤️ in the Jetpack team with @innerwebs at the helm.

In the next version of #woocommerce, you will be able to set the sale price for all variations quickly with new bulk action added in github.com/woocommerce/wooco…

Who dis? 😎

“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

Just got this email from WordPress. Glad to see them selling the idea that you don't need to give your soul to Substack to have a newsletter.

Inspired by @thsottiaux: What’s a feature we should remove from WooCommerce that isn’t useful anymore?

We have a lot of work to do to make the internet better. This is easy to lose sight of on some days, but not on a day when people disparage the integrity of @photomatt and slander his character. Until you have dedicated as much of yourself to making our online world a positive place, kindly stand down. There are times when I am disappointed in myself for letting disagreements interfere with friendships. For years, Matt has been THE inspiration to me for doing the opposite. To run afoul of his generosity and patience would require some lack of humanity. Thanks for the love and friendship @photomatt.

I'm relieved and pleased to see Matt Mullenweg return as CEO of Automattic, the largest financial contributor to the WordPress project. Having WordPress's Co-founder and Project Lead at the helm gives me confidence that their support will remain strong. Matt has my support.

It just wouldn't be @automattic without Matt. Glad to see him back at the helm.

Damn. He right.

Let's find out! Would you like to see @Shpigford add a @WooCommerce integration to knockoff.co/ ? The tool helps merchants protect their products and storefronts from being copied, and assists with getting the copycats taken offline.

We’re looking for a Support Engineer for our #WooCommerce agency clients. Someone who can write emails and code at the same time. Remote or hybrid, our office is located in Zwolle (Netherlands). Interested yourself or know someone who might be? Send me a DM or tag them 👇

Who's going to @Press__Conf EU in Barcelona this October? Had a few people reach out who are on the fence right now - I heard such good things from the last two in the US I thought there is no way I'd miss it - glad its finally in Europe! Also - I lived in Barcelona for around five years and know it fairly well. If you're going and you want somewhere decent to eat, or something to do either side of the conference let me know :) Happy to give non-tourist trap recommendations. Photo: view from the terrace in my old apartment - I do miss that place...

Part of our shift to bring more universal features to @WooCommerce core (aka "More in Core"). Love to see this one.

“Where they play, how they play, if they play.” Jose Mourinho, what a man!