Monthly Roundup – June 2025

June started with WordCamp Europe, and we have come back inspired by Switzerland’s stunning landscapes and its remarkably efficient public transport system. Engaging with the European WordPress community sparked new ideas for the future of the web and gave valuable feedback and validation to our early-stage product initiatives.

Talking of products, we hope you have already checked out the latest release of GoDAM – our video management tool for WordPress. Also, keep an eye out for WebAuditor – our AI-powered performance insights engine for site owners and agencies. You will soon see cost-effective subscription plans, and deeper performance insights with real-world experiments. 

On the WordPress front, we’re seeing growing interest from enterprise teams looking to unify their web presence — bringing together brand sites, microsites, and internal platforms on one solid digital platform. Managing multiple CMSs adds unnecessary complexity, repeat design work, higher development costs, siloed editorial workflows and increased maintenance. Our WordPress-based framework, OnePress, offers a streamlined solution that you can fully own. If this sounds like a familiar problem you have faced, explore our guide, and discover the OnePress approach.

A quick reminder: Kentico Xperience 13 is approaching end-of-support, making it a good time to consider breaking free from the cycle of forced upgrades and escalating costs. We unpack the strategic shift as businesses make a move to the flexibility and robust ecosystem of WordPress.

WordPress news snippets

• WordPress VIP announced a platform-wide release with new features which include the Integrations Center and Remote Data Blocks. Additionally, the platform now enables GitHub Actions by default for CI/CD. 
• CERN, birthplace of the World Wide Web, is transitioning its websites from Drupal to WordPress for better content management and smoother digital experiences.
• WordPress Performance Team released the View Transitions plugin. It enables fast, smooth, app-like page transitions and is optimized for block-based themes.
• The latest WooCommerce 9.9 release boosts admin speed up to 95%. It adds product filters, conditional checkout fields, and auto DB updates.
• A new proposal recommends supporting only LTS releases of MySQL and MariaDB in WordPress. This aims to improve security, simplify upgrades and ease future compatibility.

From around the web

• Renowned AI pioneer Andrej Karpathy talked on how Software Is Changing (Again) at AI Startup School. He compared LLMs to utilities and operating systems, viewing them as stochastic human simulations with superhuman knowledge.
• Automattic acquired Clay, a relationship management tool, to enhance its messaging ecosystem. Clay’s team joins Automattic’s Other Bets division, integrating with Beeper.
• Google introduced Search Live with voice in AI Mode in the US, enabling hands-free, conversational searches with real-time web links.

Blogs by rtCampers

• How Reasoning Models (pretend to) think by @Danish

Water cooler

Popular on our #watercooler Slack channel.

• Fellou: The World’s First Agentic Browser
• Your Brain on ChatGPT

Links

• Corporate Website Development Services
• WooCommerce Development Services
• OnePress—Our framework for multi-brand enterprises
• Why CMOs and CTOs are moving away from Kentico
• Shift-Left Testing: How Early QA Boosts Speed & Quality 
• How to Avoid Vendor Lock-In: A Guide for Enterprises