WordPress News Roundup (May 2023)

Each month, Nathan Ingram discusses the latest developments in the WordPress ecosystem. We talk through this month’s WordPress news, including news from core, Gutenberg, plugins, themes, and more.

This month’s WordPress news includes:

-WordPress 6.2.1 released
-WordPress 6.2.2 Addresses Bug and Security Issues
-WordPress 6.2 planning
-Stacks: A Block Theme for Creating Slide Decks
-Proposal to Retire Older WP Default Themes
-Gutenberg 15.6 & 15.7
-WordPress Vulnerability Report – https://ithemes.com/wordpress-vulnerability-report/
-Advanced Custom Fields Vulnerability
-Vulnerability Hits +1 Million Using Header & Footer Plugin
-Patchstack Opens Vulnerability Reporting Program for Plugins
-The Beginning Of The End Of The Password – https://ithemes.com/blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-passwords/
-Google’s New Domains: A Scammer’s Dream?
-KeePass Master Keys Vulnerable to Hackers
-New User Verification Option in iThemes Security Pro – https://ithemes.com/blog/release-note-new-user-verification-option-in-security-pro-7-3-4/
-iThemes Training Events
-Periodic Table of WP Plugins
-WooCommerce 7.7.0 Brings Multichannel Marketing Out of Beta
-WPBuilders Fight Club
-WordPress Explores AI Integration
-OpenAI to Release Open Source Model This Year
-ChatGPT Now Has an iPhone App
-Microsoft Now Rolling Out New Bing Chat Features
-The New Google Search Generative Experience
-Human Made to Host AI for WordPress Event
-Google Will Start Deleting Inactive Accounts After Two Years
-2022 Annual Survey Results & Next Steps
-CertifyWP WordPress Management / Design Credential
-Call For Speakers at WordPress Accessibility Day
-Acquisitions Watch
-How Weak Is Your Password?
-How Kadence AI Will Change the Way We Build with WordPress – https://www.kadencewp.com/wordpress-solutions/kadence-ai/
-Episode 55: Happy Anniversary, WordPress!
-Upcoming US WordCamps