WordCamp Asia, PressConf, Divi inline elements, Google Maps cash, back button hijacking, Claude Design, LinkedIn tips and Brownie Mary. One of our stories this week covers improvements in FluentCart in the first quarter of 2026. I’ve been working with several sites using FluentCart and some of these updates have been really helpful to me. There are a few more on their short-term roadmap that will be a huge help for me. If you’d like help getting FluentCart selling for you on a site, I’d be glad to help you. There are numerous other stories in this week’s news so check them all out below.

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• Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Kali Forms Plugin
• Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them.
• WordCamp Asia 2027 Heads to Malaysia
• Matt Mullenweg Says “The Wheels Have Fallen Off” in Wide-Ranging WordPress Critique
• PressConf 2026 Recap: The Clarity That Comes From Challenge and Discomfort
• WordCamp Asia 2026 Wraps Up in Mumbai With Record Attendance and a Fourth Flagship Announced
• WordPress is very much alive
• Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Ninja Forms – File Upload Plugin
• Matt Mullenweg Calls for Rethink on WordPress Contributions, Says Five for the Future Data Is “Worse Than Useless”
• Decision to Build EmDash Came from Cloudflare CEO, Engineer Reveals
• Defending the open web is not enough
• What’s New in FluentCart — Q1 2026 Roundup
• Supply Chain Compromise: Trojanized Copy of WowShipping Pro Installs Hidden Remote Access Toolkit

• Shorter, Focused Content Wins In ChatGPT
• How To Break Through An Affiliate Site Plateau & Find New Growth – Ask An SEO
• Google Chrome Skills Turn Gemini Prompts Into Reusable Workflows
• How Junior Web Designers Use Google Maps to Generate Cash
• AI Can’t Save the World. But It Saved One I Know.
• AI-powered website builders have come a long way – here’s your best option in 2026

• Google Lists 9 Scenarios That Explain How It Picks Canonical URLs
• New Google Spam Policy Targets Back Button Hijacking
• How Google’s removal tools work for SEO and reputation management
• Why topical authority isn’t enough for AI search
• Google Just Made It Easy For SEOs To Kick Out Spammy Sites
• The AI Slop Loop
• The Modern SEO Center Of Excellence: Governance, Not Guidelines
• Why Your Search Data Doesn’t Agree (And What To Do About It)
• New Google Search Console Message Glitch Gives SEOs A Scare
• Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June
• Google spam reports can trigger manual actions, may be shared with site owners
• Agentic engine optimization: Google AI director outlines new content playbook
• Your homepage matters again for SEO — here’s why
• Why ChatGPT Cites One Page Over Another (Study of 1.4M Prompts)
• Your AI Visibility Strategy Doesn’t Work Outside English
• Why log file analysis matters for AI crawlers and search visibility
• ChatGPT citations reward ranking and precision over length: Study
• Why your website is now the source of truth in local AI search
• Google AI Mode in Chrome Gets Side-by-Side Browsing
• ChatGPT Often Retrieves But Rarely Cites Reddit Pages, Data Shows
• AI traffic converts better than non-AI visits for U.S. retailers: Report
• Why bottom-of-funnel content is winning in AI search
• 68 Million AI Crawler Visits Show What Drives AI Search Visibility
• Google Lists Best Practices For Read More Deep Links
• What Search Engines Trust Now: Authority, Freshness & First-Party Signals

• DaVinci Resolve 21 is Now a Lightroom Alternative: RAW Editing, Tethering, Masking, and More
• DaVinci Resolve just became a photo-editing app, and it could be a game changer
• New Amazon branding is stunningly different
• Logo Design Trends for 2026: What I’m Actually Seeing (And What Most Designers Are Missing)
• New Madonna logo shows the Queen of Pop can still cause controversy
• Why colour is so essential to charity branding
• Adobe Premiere’s New Color Mode Is a ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Color Editing Experience
• Adobe is making bold claims about its new Firefly AI Assistant
• Adobe and Canva releases push AI deeper into creative workflows
• Adobe Lightroom Updates Brings Faster AI Workflows and New Tools
• The DaVinci Resolve 21 Photo Editing Tools Show Promise but Are Imperfect
• Capture One and DaVinci Resolve Now Natively Support Affinity Files
• Canva AI 2.0 can create an entire brand campaign from a text prompt
• Canva and Maxon just dropped free After Effects alternatives for animation and motion design
• Anthropic Pitches New ‘Claude Design’ Tool As a Way to Hand Off Busy Work
• Adobe Has Run Out of Allies
• Anthropic Debuts Claude Design for Creating Prototypes, Pitch Decks, and Mockups
• ‘A serious misstep’: How on earth did this AI billboard ad get approved?
• NASA’s Artemis logo has a deep message you probably didn’t notice

• TikTok Scammers Stole a Camera Store’s Identity
• Want to stand out on LinkedIn? Try this career strategist’s top 3 tips for strengthening your profile

• 7 Discontinued Drinks From the ’90s You Forgot Existed
• In Japan, Taxpayers Enjoy Gifts of Fresh Fruit and Wagyu Steak
• Recteq X-Fire Pro 825 review: A smart grill that pulls double duty
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• How a UC Davis Research Center Is Changing the World of Coffee
• The High-Octane Coffee Fueling Ukraine’s Front Line Forces
• How to Make Vietnamese Egg Coffee
• Remembering ‘Brownie Mary,’ San Francisco’s Marijuana Pioneer

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