Wix vs WooCommerce

Base44 Launches Base Code, Helping Teams Collaborate and Ship Faster

Base44, a Wix company, has launched Base Code, a new product aimed at helping teams collaborate and ship faster. This is the latest in a series of product launches and updates from Wix and its subsidiaries, including the integration of native Google Ads campaign management and the launch of Symphony by Wix.

Shopify launches Canvas AI site builder

Shopify has introduced Canvas, a new AI-powered site builder that lets merchants create and customize online stores through chat with its AI agent, Sidekick. Canvas renders changes in real time, showing the actual code and enabling full interactivity testing across screen sizes. It presents the store as a cohesive visual workspace, allowing merchants to view, edit, and develop pages without deep coding knowledge. Sidekick can directly access theme files, make coordinated changes, and validate its own work, having already handled over 25 million theme changes in H1 2026. Initially, Canvas lacks support for third-party themes, app blocks, and translations, and is desktop-only, but Shopify plans to expand its capabilities. The tool will roll out gradually, with the existing editor remaining for now, and aims to make e-commerce more accessible to non-coders.

• Shopify launched Canvas, an AI-powered site builder and design interface that lets merchants create stores via chat.
• Canvas uses Shopify's AI agent Sidekick to make real-time changes to the store's actual code and theme files.
• The initial version lacks third-party theme support, app blocks, translations, and is desktop-only.

Wix Investors Can Lead Securities Fraud Lawsuit by September 22

Rosen Law Firm and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP remind investors who purchased Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX) securities between February 19, 2025 and May 12, 2026 of the September 22, 2026 lead plaintiff deadline in the class action lawsuit, Yappi v. Wix.com Ltd. The lawsuit alleges that Wix and certain executives made false or misleading statements about the competitiveness, performance, costs, and benefits of its AI products, including overstated commercial benefits and understated development and promotional costs. Events cited include the Q1 2025 earnings miss, the June 2025 acquisition of Base44, Q3 2025 earnings showing increased costs, analyst downgrades, and Q1 2026 earnings revealing business softness, causing significant stock declines. Investors with losses exceeding $100,000 may seek to lead the case.

• Lead plaintiff deadline is September 22, 2026.
• Class period: February 19, 2025 to May 12, 2026.
• Allegations include overstated AI product competitiveness and benefits, and understated development costs.

WordPress parent Automattic forces CEO Matt Mullenweg on leave

WordPress parent company Automattic's board has placed CEO Matt Mullenweg on a forced leave of absence, with CFO Mark Davies appointed as interim CEO. Mullenweg expressed surprise in internal Slack messages, alleging a 'conspiracy' by board members. The decision follows years of internal tensions and a legal dispute with WP Engine over licensing fees. Automattic confirmed the move to TechCrunch. The company, which also owns Tumblr and WooCommerce, saw mixed reactions from employees, with some feeling relief and others fearing instability.

• Automattic's board forced CEO Matt Mullenweg on a leave of absence.
• CFO Mark Davies will serve as interim CEO.
• Mullenweg claimed in Slack that board members conspired to vote for his leave.

What’s new with WooCommerce 11.1: order withdrawal, image gallery updates, and more

This release includes several exciting enhancements and additions. Here's what to expect.

Softminal launches B2B Suite for WooCommerce

Softminal published a technical explanation and launch notice for its Softminal B2B Suite for WooCommerce, a plugin designed to avoid common B2B pricing and checkout failures. The suite enforces a single pricing resolver pipeline so all price computations follow one deterministic path, stores B2B data in dedicated smb2b_ tables instead of wp_postmeta, and ensures compatibility with WooCommerce HPOS (High Performance Order Storage) and Cart & Checkout Blocks via WC_Order CRUD and the Store API. A free version provides a single-group wholesale channel; a Pro tier adds organizational and accounting features (companies, credit ledger, quotes, EU VIES VAT validation, webhooks). The plugin is available on WordPress.org and at b2bsuitewp.com.

• Softminal released Softminal B2B Suite for WooCommerce and published technical details about its design.
• The plugin enforces a single Pricing\Resolver pipeline so price mutation follows a fixed, deterministic order.
• B2B data (pricing rules, companies, quotes, credit) is stored in dedicated smb2b_ database tables rather than wp_postmeta.