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Tips this week include:
• WP 7.0 out – don’t update yet
• WP AI Team changes
• WP leaks API keys
• State of WP security in 2026
• Frequent host software updates
• Microsoft dumps SMS 2FA
• Google’s radical change to search – why, backlash, and what it means for us
• Update on DIY SEO Workshops

Tips this week include:
• WordPress 7.0 release
• Kadence under new management – sort of
• OpenAI hit with privacy lawsuits

Tips this week include:
• Real-time collaboration removed from WP 7.0
• Overhaul of WP.org underway
• Google not showing all clicks
• AI Site improvement suggestions could bork you
• New attack vectors increasing
• Shorts are ramping up everywhere
• Target joins social selling
• AI costs more than humans

Tips Tuesday – AI SEO Workshops, Google Search at Risk
Tips this week include:
• New DIY SEO workshops
• How to show up in AI Search
• Is the Google Search ecosystem at risk?
• Crap AI content is all we’ll have left soon
• Being a trusted source will matter again
• Update on progress with my 2 YouTube channels

Tips this week include:
• WordPress 7.0 release date announced
• Accordions keep your content out of AI Search
• Target audience age matters to Google
• How to turn off the new Gemini Intelligence AI in Workspace

Tips this week include:
• How to prep for WP 7.0
• WP 7.0 still on hold
• Google to strip ad data analytics
• Google cracks down on Back button hijacks
• Google testing regular SERPs again
• WP and AI
• Why interoperability will be key
• Plugin to turn off AI features
• Cloudflare’s new AI Agent layer – and why I’m concerned
• AI support is failing – good news for us

There’s only one news item to report this week. And it involves every online connection you have and can indirectly impact your website security.