News from our core contributors in October
In October, our contributors continued to focus on work in the Core AI and Editor teams, refining design and usability in WordPress.

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In October, our contributors continued to focus on work in the Core AI and Editor teams, refining design and usability in WordPress.


Our CEO shares Greyd’s journey through phase one of the German Accelerator U.S. Market Access Program—from Palo Alto to New York—and how the experience refined their strategy, clarified their positioning, and set the stage for the next chapter of growth.

Our contributors focused on the Core AI and Editor teams, refining design and usability in WordPress. They advanced AI-assisted content creation, improved font preset usability, and strengthened editor consistency and user experience.

Tammie focused on curating design issues, refining triage labels in the core editor repo, preparing contributor resources for WordCamp US, and participating in Contributor Day.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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”.

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

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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Understanding ARIA attributes like aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-describedby, and aria-hidden helps make websites clearer, more usable, and compliant.

Keeping a brand consistent across channels is one of the biggest challenges for design agencies. From creative work to client communication, the right tools make it possible to stay aligned and deliver a unified brand experience.

Conversations about WordPress & Digital Business

This episode explores how smarter tracking turns data into direction. Derek Ashauer and Sandra Kurze discuss analytics, privacy, and real-world clarity.

This episode explores how agencies can scale hosting across hundreds of sites without sacrificing performance. Jessica Lyschik and Zach Stepek discuss common pitfalls, the importance of reliable partners, and how to manage costs, caching, and WooCommerce performance at scale.

For us, PressConf was more than an event. It was a turning point. We came back with more than new business opportunities and insights.

Attending WordCamp US turned out to be a monumental event for us. Partnerships were formed, new connections were made, and we presented our franchise showcase.
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