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WordPress security in 2026: AI, wp2shell and the race to patch
WordPress patched 14 Core vulnerabilities in three weeks. We look at wp2shell, AI-assisted security research and what it means for WordPress in 2026.
What the WordPress legal dispute means for your website
Events of the past year exposed something many website owners had probably never thought about before. WordPress is open source in licensing terms, but some of the infrastructure millions of websites depend on is controlled by a much smaller group of people than many assume.
WordPress market share is slipping, and the data is worth a look
According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers 41.5% of all websites as of June 2026, down from 43.2% in December 2025. That is still an enormous share of the web, larger than any other content management system by a wide margin. But the direction has changed, and it has been consistent enough to take seriously.
fetchpriority: Load your LCP image faster
Improve your performance with fetchpriority. Load your Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) sooner, by adding this HTML attribute.
console.log("Let's build together. Book a call");
What is a headless website? A practical guide for teams who’ve outgrown their CMS.