Monthly Roundup – January 2026

We opened 2026 with our 2025 Year in Review. The momentum in the new year has picked up and we are here to tell you how it’s been so far.

To support our OnePress framework, we had OneDesign and OneUpdate, helping enterprises run WordPress networks with unified design systems & codebase. We shipped four more in January, each targeting pain points that enterprise teams deal with everyday: 

• OneAccess for single-dashboard control over user roles and permissions across brand sites. 
• OneLogs for centralized activity logging that turns day-long audits into minutes.
• OneSearch for brand-aware multisite search across your entire network. 
• OneMedia for shared media management with synced assets across sites.

Private Media was one of our signature projects last year. We unified their media brands on a shared stack with WordPress VIP multisite, by applying OnePress principles. The Private Media team claims that their development costs dropped by roughly half, while the roadmap sped up. It validates our pitch for OnePress. We recommend checking out the detailed case study.

Another good showcase is our work with LeadVenture on building cross-brand analytics infrastructure.

In product news, GoDAM now lets brands capture leads directly inside videos with in-video CTAs. We also shared best practices for lead generation with interactive videos.

WordPress news snippets

• WordPress’ Executive Director, Mary Hubbard, has outlined big picture goals for 2026 – three core releases, including WordPress 7.0 with real-time collaboration.
• WordPress has introduced WP-Bench, a new AI benchmark. It measures how well models understand platform APIs, coding standards, and security.
• WordPress VIP has added real-time collaborative editing inside the editor. Teams now co-author, see instant edits and leave block-level feedback. 
• WordPress has consolidated its Education programs on one portal to guide students into learning, building and contributing with Campus Connect, Credits and Student Clubs.
• WordPress announced the release of AI Experiments v0.2.0 which adds AI-powered excerpt generation and an Abilities Explorer admin view. It also improves editorial controls, tooling and developer support.

From around the web

• Redis’ founder, Salvatore Sanfilippo, has opined that AI will reshape programming forever. He urged developers to embrace AI tools, not dismiss them.
• Google and its partners have unveiled the Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard that enables AI agents to shop across platforms.
• Google has released TranslateGemma, a new open translation model family supporting 55 languages. It offers small, efficient versions for phones, laptops, and cloud.

Upcoming events

Registration for WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day is open. Attendees can join hands-on collaboration, beginner workshops and the new Open-Source Library for one-on-one chats. The event will be held on April 9-11 in Mumbai, India.

Blogs by rtCampers

• Why I Built wpm: A Secure, Go-Based Package Manager for WordPress by @Lovekesh Kumar
• Multi-Directional Sticky CSS and Horizontal Scroll in Tables by @Ashutosh Gautam
• Building a Kademlia DHT over WebRTC by @Lakshyajeet Singh Goyal

Watercooler

Popular on our #watercooler Slack channel.

• Content Credentials
• Google Chrome is Finally Embracing Vertical Tabs
• Introducing Moltworker

Links

• Drupal alternatives in 2026: What enterprises must know  
• What enterprise WordPress development really means 
• Critical questions to ask before hiring WordPress migration experts