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Oxygen

DESIGN
Velocity6.3

Visual website builder for WordPress with granular design control

Oxygen 6.2 beta adds an MCP server, making the WordPress page builder AI-agent controllable

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Current state
Oxygen is deep in the 6.2 beta cycle (now at Beta 8), with the headlining feature being an MCP Server — meaning AI agents can directly drive Oxygen's page builder via the Model Context Protocol. Alongside the beta track, stable releases 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 addressed a security issue in the Design Library import flow and a regression fix. The 4.9.8 RC 1 branch keeps the legacy Classic version compatible with WooCommerce 11.
Where it's heading
The MCP Server is the most directional move Oxygen has made in recent history. Once GA, it puts Oxygen in the category of AI-agentic design tools — a page builder that an LLM can compose, edit, or debug programmatically. Beta 3's UI localization signals that international market expansion is happening in the same release, broadening the addressable user base alongside the AI capability.
Prediction
Oxygen 6.2 GA is the immediate next move; the question is whether MCP integration depth expands post-launch to cover template generation, responsive breakpoints, and component discovery — the scenarios where AI-driven page building would actually save time.

Recent moves

  1. 11d ago

    Oxygen 6.2 Beta 8: MCP Server iteration and bug fixes

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    Beta 8 continues hardening Oxygen 6.2's MCP Server — the feature that makes this release directionally significant. Each beta iteration on MCP Server functionality brings Oxygen closer to being a page builder that AI agents can operate directly, without requiring users to hand-code blocks or click through a visual editor.

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  2. 12d ago

    Oxygen 4.9.8 RC 1 Now Available

    4.9.8 RC 1 restores WooCommerce 11 compatibility for Oxygen Classic — the legacy branch maintaining its shop page template detection. Narrow scope, no capability change.

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  3. 14d ago

    Oxygen 6.1.3 Is Now Available

    6.1.3 is a single-bug fix release for a regression introduced in 6.1.2. Routine maintenance.

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  4. 17d ago

    Oxygen 6.2 Beta 7

    Beta 7 backports the 6.1.2 security fix into the 6.2 beta track — access control issue in Design Library import. No new 6.2-specific features beyond the backport.

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  5. 17d ago

    Oxygen 6.1.2: Access control fix for Design Library import endpoints

    Three Design Library import endpoints accepted URLs and made server-side requests without proper authorization checks — a server-side request forgery risk. 6.1.2 adds access controls to all three endpoints. Only affects Oxygen 6.0+; Classic is not impacted.

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  6. 24d ago

    Oxygen 6.2 Beta 6

    Beta 6 brought improvements to the 6.2 MCP Server alongside bug fixes — an earlier iteration step in the same MCP Server development thread that Beta 8 continues. The steady cadence of MCP Server updates across betas 4-8 shows it's a priority feature, not a checkbox item.

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