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MainWP v6, Black Friday, and MORE! It's a week for action. MainWP v6 is right around the corner. We have over 125 Black Friday Deals up, the time to vote for MainWP is running out, and we'd really love it if you'd take this week's quick (as in REALLY quick) survey. Let's get to it! v6 is Getting Close – And We Need YOU! The MainWP 5.5 Early Release has been live for a bit now, giving you a first Continue reading the post...

Vote Today! We’re keeping it short and sweet this week. The holiday season has officially kicked off, and we know that means things only get busier. In this issue, it’s all about exercising your right to vote (and doing us a HUGE favor). Let’s take a look! It’s Crunch Time – Vote Today! Voting might be behind us in the United States, but there’s still one election that every WordPress user around the world can take part in. The 2025 Continue reading the post...

A Few Treats Somehow, Halloween always shows up before we’re ready for it. Kind of like those updates that pop up when you were just about to call it a day. Luckily, the only surprises we’ve got for you this week are the fun kind. We’d like to introduce you to AreaWP, a new service aimed at making agency life easier, some treats in the Early Release, and a little Monster voting is still going on. Plenty is happening in Continue reading the post...

Early Release Spotlight This week, as we get closer to our next significant release, we’re putting out a call for help. Marc was on another episode of This Week in WordPress, plus a new poll and poll results. Check it all out below! You Can Help Us Build Surprises (The Good Kind) Have you ever updated a product to the latest version only to find bugs, annoyances, or changes that you weren’t ready for? If so, you’re exactly the person Continue reading the post...

Fresh Updates, Your Voice in Early Release, and Awards Season It’s another busy week at MainWP. We’ve released new updates for both the Dashboard and Child plugins, we’re still leaning on your feedback in the Early Release Program to shape what’s next, and awards season is in full swing with TemplateMonster’s voting underway (We’re still Number 1!). We’ve also added a couple of new Knowledgebase articles to help you work smarter, and of course we’ve got a fresh poll to Continue reading the post...

EU Data Rules, a Faster Dashboard, and Your Say on MainWP’s Future This week’s newsletter has a little of everything: a major new EU law that could affect your business, the latest MainWP Early Release packed with fixes and improvements, a community poll to help shape what comes next, and a breaking announcement for developers. We’ve also got voting news and last week’s survey results to share. The EU Data Act is Now in Effect As of September 14, the Continue reading the post...

Updates, Interviews, and a Big Question for You This week brings a mix of polish and personality. We’ve got a fresh maintenance release in the changelog, Marc making the rounds in interviews (including one with Seahawk Media), another stop at the WP Round Table coming up, and of course it wouldn’t be awards season without asking for your vote. And because we like to keep things interesting, we’re closing with one big question about why you chose MainWP in the Continue reading the post...

Over the last couple of years I’ve spent way too much time trying and removing different search solutions for MainWP’s websites. Years. For search. We run multiple properties: the MainWP website, a discourse community forum, blog, knowledgebase, API specific docs and the MainWP Developer website. Each one critical for our users. Each one generating support tickets when people couldn’t find what they needed. And somehow, in 2025, making search actually work across all of them, at a price that made Continue reading the post...

Earlier this year, in our weekly newsletters (if you haven’t subscribed, why not do it now?), we’ve been asking our MainWP Community a series of questions designed to help shape the future of MainWP. These surveys, designed to be answered in just a few seconds, have given us insight into the things you need and want as well as helped to enhance our knowledge of our customer base so we can better serve their needs.With a few under our belt, Continue reading the post...

We’re really excited to announce the release of MainWP v5.2. This significant release includes several fixes, updates, and additions. These include the new Kinsta integration, ignored updates for specific plugin or theme versions, and an option to schedule automatic updates at a specific time. However, what we all feel is the most exciting addition is our new MainWP REST API v2 update! This new API version is part of the Core MainWP Dashboard plugin and will allow you to connect Continue reading the post...