{"id":6001,"date":"2026-08-29T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldesigngenius.com\/DownloadAgency\/wordpress-com-changelog-a-new-hosting-dashboard-a-chatgpt-plugin-and-wordpress-7-1\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:53:52","slug":"wordpress-com-changelog-a-new-internet-hosting-dashboard-a-chatgpt-plugin-and-wordpress-7-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaldesigngenius.com\/DownloadAgency\/wordpress-com-changelog-a-new-internet-hosting-dashboard-a-chatgpt-plugin-and-wordpress-7-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress.com Changelog: A New Internet hosting Dashboard, a ChatGPT Plugin, and WordPress 7.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"wpblog-post-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>August 14 \u2013 27, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome again to the WordPress.com changelog. Nowadays, we\u2019re speaking a couple of new technique to organize your websites, operating on them with ChatGPT, and a brand new model of WordPress.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Internet hosting Dashboard in your web page control wishes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Switching between websites you organize used to imply reopening the similar menus, re-finding the similar settings, each and every time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Internet hosting Dashboard now helps to keep a power sidebar and best bar in position as you progress between your websites, so domain names, internet hosting main points, updates, and function stats are all the time simply obtainable, regardless of what number of websites you organize.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Explore the Hosting Dashboard\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgTfyibtykA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be told extra in our announcement weblog publish.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set up your web page from ChatGPT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll be able to now attach ChatGPT (along Claude and different MCP-compatible AI brokers) without delay on your WordPress.com web page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Connect Your WordPress Site to ChatGPT\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMhdLkVH4Ik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask your ChatGPT to draft posts, categorize your posts, reasonable feedback, assist with search engine marketing, repair lacking alt textual content, and extra, right through a dialog. Not anything is printed or modified with out your go-ahead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MCP get right of entry to is incorporated in paid plans, and loose websites can take a look at it for the primary 30 days after the web page is created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be told extra in our ChatGPT reinforce document, and check out the plugin nowadays:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress 7.1 has arrived<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 7.1, the most recent model of the WordPress tool, shipped on August 19, and your WordPress.com web page is already working on it. That\u2019s the take care of internet hosting your web page on WordPress.com: you get the latest, maximum protected model of WordPress with out lifting a finger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two options price figuring out about:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You&#8217;ll be able to now percentage a hyperlink to a selected revision of a publish, so a collaborator or shopper can evaluation its historical past with out you having to stroll them via each and every alternate.<\/li>\n<li>When one publish for your web page hyperlinks to any other, WordPress 7.1 now approves that notification mechanically, so your moderation queue remains fascinated by feedback that want your consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fixes and enhancements<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We additionally shipped a handful of fixes and enhancements over those previous couple of weeks:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There\u2019s now additional coverage in opposition to unauthorized adjustments on your account electronic mail deal with, and our password reset go with the flow is now even more potent.<\/li>\n<li>Take a look at your WordPress Agent settings web page to look how you&#8217;ll arrange web page control by means of Slack. (GitHub PR)<\/li>\n<li>Backup restores now provide you with a warning up entrance if restoring may just cause fees for WooCommerce Subscriptions renewals. (GitHub PR)<\/li>\n<li>Staging websites at the moment are hidden out of your primary websites record by way of default \u2014 a brand new filter out allows you to display them once more. (GitHub PR)<\/li>\n<li>Each and every observe on your Playlist block now has its personal toolbar for extra regulate and customization. (GitHub PR)<\/li>\n<li>The Reader\u2019s teams at the moment are referred to as Cabinets, every with its personal colour and icon within the sidebar. (GitHub PR)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 14 \u2013 27, 2026 Welcome again to the WordPress.com changelog. Nowadays, we\u2019re speaking a couple of new technique to organize your websites, operating on them with ChatGPT, and a brand new model of WordPress. 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