September was the month WordPress plugins really started talking to AI assistants in a serious way. You can now manage backups, forms, online stores, and fundraising campaigns just by asking Claude or ChatGPT, and there’s a good chance you already have some of these plugins installed.

WordPress shipped two security releases and WooCommerce shipped two more, so please update before you read the rest.

As always, we’ll walk you through what happened, why it matters, and how you can use it on your own site.

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