The Admin Bar's 2026 survey of 622 agency owners reveals growth at its slowest in years, with modest incomes and a clear ceiling for those relying on passive referrals.

https://www.therepository.email/the-admin-bars-2026-agency-survey-shows-growth-slowing-and-passive-marketing-at-its-limit

Jonathan Desrosiers has outlined how WordPress 7.0's unprecedented delay will be managed, resolving the versioning question and setting a deadline for a new schedule.

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-pre-releases-paused-through-april-17-new-schedule-due-by-april-22

Cloudflare has launched EmDash, a new CMS it's calling the "spiritual successor to WordPress," drawing swift pushback from co-founder Matt Mullenweg and much of the community.

https://www.therepository.email/cloudflare-launches-emdash-wordpress-community-rejects-spiritual-successor-claim

Our newsletter is taking a short break this week and next. To those celebrating Easter, wishing you a lovely break with the people you love 🐣

We’ll be back in inboxes on April 17. In the meantime, we’re still publishing stories as usual (just not this weekend, we’ll have a story on EmDash next week).

The WordPress 7.0 release team is working to finalize a new database table design for real-time collaboration before a new release date is set, with versioning still unresolved heading into the Easter break.

https://www.therepository.email/wordpress-7-0-release-team-pauses-schedule-to-finalize-real-time-collaboration-database-table-design

Zack Katz and Sandra Kurze both loved PressConf 2025. Here's why they're making the trip back to Tempe next week, and what they're hoping to get out of year two.

https://www.therepository.email/pressconf-returns-next-week-heres-whats-bringing-people-back

WordCamp Asia organizers have pivoted Contributor Day following news that WordPress 7.0 will be delayed, pulling the planned live release from the flagship event's schedule.

https://www.therepository.email/wordcamp-asia-2026-set-for-mumbai-next-week-without-live-wordpress-7-0-release

SWORD took the overall prize at CloudFest Hackathon 2026, with Universal Access Browser Extension placing second and Frugal AI third. This year’s event saw 101 attendees from 20 countries hack 10 projects.

https://www.therepository.email/sword-wins-cloudfest-hackathon-2026

WordPress 7.0 won't ship during Contributor Day at WordCamp Asia next week after Matt Mullenweg called for a delay to get real-time collaboration's database architecture right.

https://www.therepository.email/matt-mullenweg-calls-for-wordpress-7-0-delay-to-introduce-database-table-for-real-time-collaboration