Major release
WordPress AI, now generally available
Build and edit entire sites by describing what you want. WordPress AI ships to every plan, alongside the largest platform update we've made this year.
- New
WordPress AI (GA) — generate pages, sections, and layouts from a prompt, with live preview and one-click publish.
- New
Instant staging — spin up a disposable copy of any site in under 10 seconds, then push to production with a click.
- Improved
Edge cache hit-rate raised to 96% on average after retuning the purge heuristics for dynamic WooCommerce pages.
- Security
Managed WAF now ships rules for the latest WordPress 7.0 core APIs out of the box.
Faster deploys & sharper analytics
This release focused on shaving seconds off every deploy and giving you clearer visibility into traffic and Core Web Vitals.
- New
Real-user Core Web Vitals in the dashboard, broken down by page template and device.
- Improved
Git-based deploys are now ~40% faster thanks to parallelized asset builds.
- Improved
wp-cli commands run in an isolated container with a 2× larger memory ceiling.
- Fixed
Resolved an edge case where scheduled posts could publish a minute late on sites in non-UTC timezones.
Backups you can trust
A ground-up rebuild of the backup engine — faster restores, longer retention, and point-in-time recovery on Pro plans and above.
- New
Point-in-time restore — roll any site back to any moment in the last 30 days.
- Improved
Full-site restores complete up to 5× faster on multi-gigabyte WooCommerce stores.
- Security
Backups are now encrypted at rest with per-site keys, rotated automatically every 90 days.
- Fixed
Fixed a rare race condition that could leave a stale lock file after an interrupted backup.
Quality-of-life across the dashboard
Dozens of small refinements based on your feedback, plus a handful of fixes for the gnarlier corners of the platform.
- New
Dark mode for the entire customer dashboard, synced to your system preference.
- Improved
DNS records now propagate to the edge in seconds, with a clearer status indicator.
- Fixed
The cache-purge button no longer double-fires on slow connections.
- Fixed
Corrected a billing display bug that mislabeled annual plan proration.