WordPress News in August

Fresh insights into the WordPress core, the new major release 2025 and the latest information about events and contributions.

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News from our Core Contributors in July

Tammie focused on reviewing design issues, improving editor extensibility, and helping shape priorities for WordPress 6.9 through feedback, triage, and new tickets.

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Introducing the Greyd.Suite Content Creator Program

Forget one-way affiliate programs. We set you up with the real thing. Full sites, dynamic structures, and ongoing support to help you create something great.

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Our first steps in the German Accelerator U.S. Market Access program

Greyd is one of only six companies from Germany selected to join the current cohort of the U.S. Market Access program by German Accelerator.

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Backing brilliance: Tammie Lister

If you’ve spent any time in the WordPress ecosystem, chances are you’ve already used something Tammie Lister helped shape.

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News from our Core Contributors in June

At Greyd, we don’t just build on top of WordPress. We actively invest in the future of the platform itself.

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A powerhouse partnership: Greyd teams up with Remkus de Vries

When deep product thinking meets decades of real-world WordPress experience.

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News from our WordPress core contributors in April and May

This month’s update from our core contributors. Here’s how Jessica and Tammie are helping shape the future of WordPress.

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WordPress News April

Fresh insights into the WordPress core, the new major release 2025 and the latest information about events and contributions.

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Backing the Builders: Why Greyd is Sponsoring WP Core Contributors

Open-source thrives on contribution, but change needs more than goodwill. That’s why we’re sponsoring WordPress leaders Tammie Lister & Jessica Lyschik—investing in its future.

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From 2024 to 2025: Strategy, Technology, and Product Evolution

In 2024, Greyd scaled globally, boosted FSE adoption, and forged key partnerships. In 2025, we’ll focus on innovation, efficiency, and collaboration to drive agency success.

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WordPress News in January

We take a look back at State of the Word and provide some initial insights into the upcoming major WordPress release as well as the next industry events.

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WordPress News November

A few days ago, “Rollins”, the latest major WordPress release, was published – with a new default theme and exciting features in which over 780 contributors worldwide have participated.

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WordPress News October

We are very pleased to give you another short update today on what is currently happening in WordPress Core.

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The resource-saving power of digital experience platforms

We interviewed Sandra Kurze, an expert at creating efficient company processes and executing marketing strategies for fast-growing businesses, about the benefits of a DXP, one of the many possibilities of building web projects with Greyd.Suite.

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Meet with us at WordCamp US!

We’re excited that this edition of #WCUS has a stronger focus on the enterprise side of WordPress, especially for WordPress Product businesses.

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WordPress News September

All you need to know about the new plugin template registration API and preparations for the upcoming WordPress major release.

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WordPress Speed Build Challenge: Greyd.Suite vs Bricks Builder

Greyd participated in this famous challenge where a Gutenberg based way of building is pitted against a commercial page builder. Guess who won?

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WordPress News July

Everything you need to know about the new WordPress Major Release 6.6 can be found here in our blog article.

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Taking Greyd Theme to the WordPress repository

In this interview, Jakob Trost, CTO, speaks about the journey of taking the Greyd Block theme to the official WordPress theme directory.

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The Greyd relaunch from the COO-CMO’s perspective

In this interview Sandra Kurze, COO-CMO at Greyd, shares both her organizational and marketing perspective on the relaunch of the Greyd website and Helpcenter.

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The redesign of the Greyd website and the Helpcenter

In this interview, we look at the most important things that have been improved on the Greyd website and help center, both in the frontend and in the backend.

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Improvements in customer service

Looking back at 2023, the optimization of customer support at Greyd led to a 30% reduction in response time.

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Interview with Jessica Lyschik in the Within WordPress Podcast

Our newest team member Jessica, is a true veteran in contributing to WordPress. Recently she worked on the 2024 default Theme, and co-lead WordCamp Germany in 2023. Remkus de Vries invited our newest team member to his Podcast “Within WordPress”.

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Greyd on the WP Builds Podcast about how we tackle website accessibility

Nathan Wrigley has a conversation with Jakob Trost and Anne Bovelett, exploring GREYD.SUITE, and our philosophy and commitment to digital accessibility.

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Final testing rounds of our beta FSE (Full Site Editor) theme started!

The last round of beta testing has begun. A big thank you to all who tested and gave constructive feedback, we’re so grateful! We have processed bug reports and feature requests. So we are kindly asking you: will you help us one last time to test?

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Multisite demystified – free webinar

Jakob Trost featured by GoDaddy

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Why Big Projects Kill Profit

Big projects mean growth — but only with the right tech stack. Without it, they drain resources and profits. To improve, we must rethink our stack in practice, not just in theory.

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How to Convert Figma to WordPress with Ease

Transferring a Figma layout to WordPress requires careful planning and execution, but it also offers a chance to combine accuracy with efficiency. By following the right steps, you can maintain the integrity of your design while optimizing performance.

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Good for Users, Great for Business: Accessibility

This episode is all about what the European Accessibility Act means for agencies, why many still struggle to make it part of everyday workflows, and how quick fixes like overlay plugins can hurt users and revenue. The conversation shares proven strategies, lessons from a transparent accessibility journey, and a practical toolbox with AI assistants, plugins, […]

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AI & WordPress

This episode features a discussion on the role of AI in the WP ecosystem. The conversation explores current trends, how agencies and customers are adapting, and what the future might hold for building, managing, and scaling websites with AI tools.

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