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December's Word on the Future is jam-packed - grab a coffee and settle in for the good stuff ☕ 📖 This issue looks ahead at where WordPress is going next, from the WordPress in 2026 roadmap and collaboration features in 6.9 to AI readiness insights and what enterprise teams should be paying attention to now. If you build, lead, or make decisions with WordPress, it’s a useful snapshot of what’s coming and why it matters. Read the latest edition 👇 #WordPress #OpenSource #Newsletter

Our Cultural Spotlight series is back — and this time we’re heading to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Meet Gianna Legate, our Head of Content, based in Glasgow. She’s been part of HM for 3 years and shared some of her favourite traditions, places and cultural highlights, including: 🥃 Hogmanay celebrations and the tradition of first-footing just after midnight 🍓 Cranachan, a classic Scottish dessert that’s as simple as it is delicious 🏰 Historic gems like Stirling Castle, with spectacular views and fewer crowds 💃 Lively ceilidh dancing — high-energy and impossible to avoid once the music starts We love learning more about the cultures that shape our team. Keep an eye out for the next Cultural Spotlight coming soon. #HumanMade #RemoteWork #CulturalSpotlight

WordPress Just Killed Manual Data Entry In 1922, predicting the world’s weather required a hypothetical "Forecast Factory", a stadium of 64,000 humans doing math in parallel. By the time they would have finished calculating, the weather had already happened. For 20 years, WordPress was that stadium. We treated it as a "Content Factory," paying humans to manually copy-paste data from spreadsheets and CRMs into visual editors. It was slow, wasteful, and prone to error. Enter Block Bindings. This is WordPress’ "Supercomputer" moment. Block Bindings allow you to connect internal or external data sources directly to your blocks. It shifts the paradigm from duplicating content to architecting connections, turning your site into a dynamic canvas rather than static text fields. The Playbook for the Connected Canvas: ⚡️ Establish a Single Source of Truth: Stop the copy-paste madness. Identify where business data lives (APIs, CRM, JSON) and bind it directly to the block. If the source changes, the site updates instantly. 🔒 Lock Design, Scale Content: Use Synced Pattern Overrides to control the design globally, then map specific data fields to the content. This allows you to generate thousands of programmatic pages (products, directories, bios) without touching the editor. 🤖 Future-Proof for Agents: By moving content out of HTML blobs and into structured data bindings, you aren't just cleaning up your code, you are preparing your site for AI agents to read, query, and orchestrate your system. The stadium is empty. The days of manual entry are over. You are no longer just an editor; you are the conductor. Are you using Block Bindings yet? #WordPress #OpenSource #CMS

The 2025 State of Enterprise WordPress report has landed, and the results are impossible to ignore. WordPress isn't just holding its ground in the enterprise – it’s gaining momentum 🚀 Across global teams, WordPress is powering bigger platforms, faster publishing, and more ambitious digital products. The block editor is reshaping how organisations create. Headless architectures are taking off. Contribution is becoming part of the enterprise playbook. And leadership teams are treating their CMS as a strategic growth engine. Here are the five insights that tell the real story of where WordPress is heading next: - Enterprise adoption is expanding as more industries rely on WordPress for large scale delivery 📈 - The block editor has become the go-to tool for high performing content teams 🏆 - Headless WordPress is rising fast as organisations push for flexibility and modern architecture 🏗️ - Open source contribution is moving from optional to essential for long term stability 🧑💻 - WordPress is now chosen for strategic strength, with scalability and extensibility leading decision making 💪 These trends show a platform that is evolving in all the right ways. Stronger. More capable. More aligned with what enterprise teams need to move at speed. Swipe for the highlights 👉 Link to full report in the comments. #SoEWP25 #WordPress #OpenSource

Our very own Partner & CGO, Noel Tock, is heading to Bangkok 🇹🇭 We’re thrilled to announce that Noel will be taking the stage as keynote speaker at WordCamp Bangkok — exploring one of the most important conversations happening in our industry right now, WordPress + AI: Building the Future. AI is no longer a buzzword; it’s a tidal wave reshaping every industry, and WordPress is at the centre of the storm. Noel’s talk will uncover the current state of AI in the ecosystem, what AI can do and what’s coming next. If you’re at WordCamp Bangkok, don’t miss it. See you there! 👋 #WCBKK2025 #WordCamp #WordPress

That's a wrap 🚀 Yesterday, we co-hosted a webinar with HM's Tom Willmot and James Giroux at WordPress VIP taking a deep dive on our recent AI Ready research project. If you missed it, the full recording is now live on our webinar recap. You’ll also find a host of content to help you make sense of AI adoption. 👉 Watch the webinar + explore the resources: https://lnkd.in/eyjXfQwH What’s inside: 📊 Data-backed insights from the 2025 AI Readiness Report 📖 The challenges and opportunities that exist for enterprise organisations looking to harness the power of AI 🛠️ Additional tools like the AI Maturity Quiz and the 5 Pillars of AI Readiness framework #AI #WordPress #OpenSource

What a night 🎉 We brought together clients, friends and partners for an evening of drinks, food, games and great company at Roxy Leisure Ltd - Roxy Ball Room & Roxy Lanes in London. It was the perfect chance to unwind, catch up with the Human Made team and spend time with the incredible people who have helped make this year one of our best yet ✨ A huge thank you to everyone who joined us. We loved sharing the evening with you and we are excited for everything we'll build together in the months ahead ❤️ P.S. special shoutout to Jenny W. and Tom Willmot for the fantastic karaoke song choices! 🎤 #WordPress #Meetup #Community

Time's running out ⌛ In just 48 hours, HM's Tom Willmot and WordPress VIP's James Giroux will be going live to unpack the findings from the 2025 AI Readiness Report — and it’s (almost!) your final opportunity to join in the conversation. 📅 When: Wednesday 10 Dec 2025, 4 PM GMT / 11 AM EST 🎙️ What you’ll get: Data-driven insights into how enterprise marketing, content and technology teams are actually preparing for the AI-native future — what’s working, what’s holding teams back and what defines truly “AI-ready” organisations. Why you should care: - Discover how leading enterprises integrate AI into workflows today. - Get a practical framework for moving from pilots to production. - Benchmark your own organisation’s readiness and compare with peers. - Ask direct questions live to experts. If you haven’t registered yet — this is your chance! 🔗 Register now https://lnkd.in/eGifqEwe #AI #WordPress #OpenSource

Clicks are fading fast — and the foundation of the open web is shifting with them. 💀 AI-driven summaries are changing how people find information. Great for users, tough for publishers. When answers appear before anyone needs to visit your site, traffic doesn’t just dip: it plummets. 📉 AI Overviews can slash CTR by nearly 80% 🗞️ News sites lost over half a billion organic visits in under a year 🔎 Zero-click behaviour keeps climbing This isn’t just another search update. It’s a turning point. We’ve unpacked the data behind the drop, what it means for enterprise teams, and where the real opportunity lies. Spoiler: the path forward isn’t resisting AI, but diversifying beyond any single channel and strengthening your entire content ecosystem. Swipe through for the insights — and get in touch if you’re ready to rethink discoverability, resilience, and reach. Let’s protect the open web, together. #OpenWeb #AI #Search

There’s nothing better than discovering the stories that shape the humans we work with ✨ As part of our monthly Cultural Spotlight series, we’re thrilled to introduce you to more of the wonderful humans behind Human Made. This month, meet Ivan K., one of our brilliant Engineers based in Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩 Ivan shared some brilliant insights into his culture, including: 🧹 Childhood memories of celebrating the Qingming festival 🌴 The breathtaking Komodo National Park 🍽️ Favourites like Nasi Goreng (simple, tasty, and customisable!) 🎬 Indonesian classic, The Raid Stay tuned for next month’s edition as we continue celebrating the diverse cultures that make up our global team. #HumanMade #RemoteWork #CulturalSpotlight