WooCommerce 10.4: a faster mini cart and a lazier REST API
WooCommerce 10.4 makes the Interactivity API mini cart the default, lazy-loads two REST namespaces, and takes HPOS caching out of experimental. Here is what to test before you update.
Tag: APIs
What actually landed in the WordPress 6.9 Abilities API
WordPress 6.9 beta ships the server-side half of the Abilities API. You can register and retrieve abilities in PHP, but the client-side JavaScript moved to the Gutenberg repo, so there is no native AI interface in the editor yet.
How core is fixing WordPress admin performance
WordPress 7.0 pulls View Transitions into core, and ticket #64066 raises preloading eagerness when a proxy cache is detected. Here is what that changes for admin speed, and why blanket prefetching pinned my CPU at 100%.
How I manage multiple client sites without the Friday night panic
A Friday night emergency on a site I had not touched in six months cost me two hours of MAMP wrangling. WordPress Studio blueprints and selective sync are what I use now to keep client environments consistent.
Why WordPress core is starting to treat AI like the database
Nobody checks whether $wpdb exists before running a query. The AI team wants models treated the same way in WordPress, with hosts providing the model and developers registering Abilities instead of wiring up API keys.
The 2026 WordPress major release schedule, and how to prepare
The 2026 proposal moves WordPress back to three majors a year, roughly one every four months, with one to three minors in between. Freezing a client site at 6.7 is what taught me why that cadence is easier to live with.
WooCommerce 10.4.3 fixes a Store API leak and HPOS sync loops
WooCommerce 10.4.3 patches guest order data exposure in the Store API, throttles HPOS sync-on-read during heavy jobs, and restores the cart undo link that 10.4.2 broke.
Is WordPress free? What a WordPress site actually costs
WordPress itself is free to download, but hosting, premium licenses and maintenance are not. Where the money actually goes once a site has to earn its keep.
Three major releases again: the 2026 WordPress release schedule
WordPress may go back to three major releases in 2026, roughly one every four months. What that faster cadence means for staging, testing and custom code.
WordPress MCP integration: what MCP Adapter v0.3.0 changes
Custom REST endpoints leave AI agents guessing. The MCP Adapter v0.3.0 turns registered WordPress abilities into tools an agent can discover, and logs the calls.