WordPress Adds Automated Plugin Reviews to Block High-Risk Updates Before Distribution

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WordPress Adds Automated Plugin Reviews to Block High-Risk Updates Before Distribution

WordPress has announced it's launching an automated security review for every release of a plugin before it's distributed through the WordPress.org update API so as to analyze it for potential security issues and ensure there are no risks involved. "New plugins are reviewed before they enter the directory, but updates ship continuously after that," David Perez, WordPress Official Plugin

The Hacker News · September 14, 2026

From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction

The strongest visual concepts don’t start in Figma. They start with the right questions. Explore the pre-concept phase of brand identity design, where teams research brand context, uncover hidden assumptions with stakeholders, and turn shared direction into a visual foundation before a single concept is created.

Marketing & SEO Jul 09, 2026

Growth experimentation: A guide for growing marketing teams

Growth experimentation is a structured approach to testing ideas across the full customer journey to discover what drives measurable business growth. Experiments improve channel-by-channel optimization as marketing teams push for measurable, repeatable growth under tight budgets.

Learning Jul 09, 2026

Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion

Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive strain, fostering trust, and providing a sense of refuge. Kat Homan introduces an evaluation framework that helps designers assess whether trendy visual and interaction patterns support or undermine the unique goals of mental health experiences.

Marketing & SEO Jul 09, 2026

Instagram Plus Stories Features, User-Controlled Algorithms, and Episodic Reels: What Marketers Need to Know

Do you know which new Instagram features change how your content gets discovered and who it reaches? Wondering how Reels could do more for your business? In this article, you’ll discover four new Instagram features that could reshape your marketing. #1: Instagram Plus Subscription and Stories Features Instagram has launched Instagram Plus, a $3.99/month optional […]

Marketing & SEO Jul 07, 2026

Building Agentic Workflows with Manus

Are you tired of manually copying and pasting data between AI tools? Looking for an agentic AI tool that will pass off multi-step processes to other tools without constant input from you? In this article, you'll discover how to get started using Manus to build agentic workflows that delegate complex tasks to other tools with […]

Learning Jul 07, 2026

Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas

We have been building websites inside boxes for years on WordPress. Let’s take a closer look at [Kirki](https://kirki.com/), the first freeform visual builder with an infinite canvas, and explore how it redefines the experience with cleaner performance, full design freedom, and zero plugin dependency.

AI Jul 07, 2026

Expanding Managed Agents in Gemini API: background tasks, remote MCP and more

We’re announcing new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready agents.

Learning Jul 03, 2026

Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations

A closer look at why users don’t need more tools in their daily lives. What they need are seamless integrations of useful features to match already existing, established mental models. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

Learning Jul 02, 2026

Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface

We’ve fallen into conversational tunnel vision, defaulting every AI capability into a chat-based interface simply because LLMs are trained on dialogue data. But great UX is about matching modality to users’ context, intent, and cognitive load, so the interface adapts to the user, not the other way around.

Marketing & SEO Jul 02, 2026

How to Grow and Monetize a YouTube Channel (Even If You’re Starting Late)

Are you convinced it's too late to build a YouTube presence that actually moves the needle for your business? Have you wondered what separates creators who stall out in obscurity from those who grow a sustainable following in just a year or two? In this article, you'll discover how to launch and grow a YouTube […]