Astro Weekly #80

New leadership for Astro, Sessions API in action, and faster, smarter builds with headless WordPress

Author

Nathan Lawson
April 27, 2025

Hello, Astronauts!

Astro Launch Week might be in the rearview mirror, but the momentum hasn’t slowed down. This week, we’re digging deeper into one announcement you might have missed.

Plus, we’ve got an awesome tutorial putting Astro’s new Sessions API to work, and a guide to building faster, smarter Astro sites with headless WordPress.

Plenty to cover, so let’s dive in. 🚀

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Steering the rocket ship

Astro’s new TSC: Steering into 2025 🛠️

Last week’s Astro Launch Week brought a flurry of big announcements, including the release of Astro 5.7 and the launch of the Astro Agency Partner Program.

But there was one more important update you might have missed: Astro now has a newly updated Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for 2025.

The updated TSC includes Emanuele Stoppa, Florian Lefebvre, Matt Kane, and returning member Matthew Phillips, with Matt Kane also stepping up as framework team lead.

Sarah Rainsberger continues as docs team lead, helping to guide the evolution of both Astro’s code and documentation.

This new structure gives our most active core contributors the well-earned autonomy and responsibility to own the health of the codebase going forward (and frees me up to focus even more of my time on project stewardship, finding new partnerships, sponsors, etc.)

Fred K. Schott, Astro co-creator

What is the role of the TSC?

The TSC is a small group of trusted core contributors responsible for steering the Astro codebase. A refreshed governance model caps the TSC at five members and gives active contributors even greater leadership over the project’s future.

You can learn more about Astro’s governance model model on GitHub.

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Hands-on with Astro’s new Sessions API 🛒

Chris Pennington shows how to use Astro 5.7’s new Sessions API to build real-world features like login flows and shopping carts, all with secure, server-side data storage.

Chris also covers type-safe sessions, real-time DOM updates, and best practices for dynamic Astro apps.

WordPress, but make it Astro

Building Headless WordPress Sites with Astro ⚡

Alex Moon of WP Engine shares how Astro’s flexibility and server-first approach make it a dream for headless WordPress.

By mimicking the WordPress template hierarchy with dynamic routing and smart GraphQL queries, he builds fast sites without sacrificing developer experience.

What else caught my interest this week 🤓

Check out these great posts from the Astro Community ↓

If you have something awesome you’d like to share with the Astro community, you can reach me at [email protected] or via DM on X

Blazing-fast Astro themes ⚡

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Astro on X 💫

What’s happening on Twitter X this week…

Astro Showcase 🤩

Check out these impressive projects built with Astro!

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That’s a wrap for this week!

Got something cool cooking with Astro? I’d love to see it. Drop me a line at [email protected] or slide into my DMs on X.

Astro’s moving fast, and we’ll be right here with all the latest for you again next week.

Until then, Astronauts!

– Nathan 👨‍🚀