Welcome to another exciting edition of the WPBeginner Spotlight! February 2026 has been an incredible month for the WordPress community. WordPress 7.0 Beta is available for testing, with the first major admin redesign in years, along with built-in AI infrastructure and long-awaited collaboration features. There are also AI-driven optimization tools to help site owners improve
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Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case WordPress sustainability, community engagement and release strategies. If you’d like to subscribe to
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SEO in 2026 means optimizing for both traditional search engines and AI discovery tools — and WordPress gives you the plugin ecosystem to handle both. The challenge? Figuring out which SEO plugins actually move the needle versus which ones just clutter your dashboard. We looked at WordPress.com usage data and user ratings, then I tested
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WordPress 7.0 beta 1 is now available for testing. We have been spending time trying it out, and we believe this is one of the most meaningful updates in recent years. The official release is scheduled for April 9, 2026 and will bring features that will genuinely change how we create and manage content. These
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On WordPress.com, you can manage the entire lifecycle of your website — setup, development, launch, day-to-day management, and potential adjustments — on a single platform that grows with you. When I first learned to build WordPress sites, I had to stitch them together from different tools and vendors. Think of connecting your domain registrar to
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