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WordPress 7.1 was supposed to speed up prerendering by itself on well-cached sites. That is not what shipped. What landed instead is a lever only your host can pull, and the caching test behind the deferred idea cannot see most of what makes hosting fast.
Read articleWordPress 6.9 changed cache key generation, breaking every major caching plugin and causing CPU spikes, stale content, and TTFB increases. The bug was patched in 6.9.1. Sites on 6.9.1 or newer no longer see the issue. Workaround steps preserved for the historical record.
Google quietly added then removed an llms.txt file from Search Central while Discover rolled out AI Mode options that summarise your content before readers click through. SE Ranking's 300k-domain study still shows no citation benefit. Here's what actually matters.
PHP 8.5 launched 20 November 2025. Four months on, the 12-14% speed improvements have held up across hundreds of production WordPress sites. Here are the three features driving the gains: pipe operator, improved JIT, and readonly class improvements.
Google Discover was driving massive traffic in late 2025: 50,000+ daily views to optimised WordPress sites. Read alongside our December 2025 update article on the algorithm change that hit publishers hard. The image, hosting-speed, and news-style structural advice still applies.
Four WordPress plugins with critical CVSS 9.0+ vulnerabilities were under active exploitation in December 2025. All required zero authentication to exploit. Here's what to check and how to protect your site.
WordPress 6.9 shipped seven performance changes that cut CSS payloads by 45%, improved TTFB by 19%, and dropped LCP by 17% across our test sites. Here's what each change does and why it matters.
A critical vulnerability in King Addons for Elementor (CVE-2025-8489) lets anyone create an admin account on your WordPress site. Over 48,400 exploit attempts logged since October. Here's how to check if you're compromised and lock it down.
We tested WordPress 6.9 across 12 real websites for 48 hours. TTFB dropped 20-26%, Core Web Vitals pass rates jumped from 61% to 84%, and WooCommerce stores processed 89 orders with zero issues.
WordPress 6.9 broke WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, and Elementor within hours of launch. Here's exactly what went wrong, how to fix each plugin, and the update strategy that prevents this happening next time.
ChatGPT's new image generator does crisp text, remembers your brand style, and costs less than MidJourney. Here's how they compare for WordPress professionals who create content daily.
WordPress 6.9 Beta 1 brought a Command Palette shortcut, instant back-button navigation, block-level comments, the Accordion block, and the AI Abilities API. This is the October 2025 beta preview, preserved for context. WordPress 6.9 launched 2 December 2025, see the live "what's new" coverage for the shipped feature set.
UK registrars advertise .co.uk domains from £0.01 then renew at £12 to £27. 123-Reg is owned by GoDaddy. Names.co.uk jumps from FREE to £27.59. Here's what cheap really costs across eight registrars, verified April 2026.
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