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WordPress and Claude – I’ve been waiting for this…
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Beyond the Hype: Navigating AI Anxiety and the Future of Development
There is no doubt that AI is changing the world, particularly within the web development community. From rapid app prototyping to the more peripheral world of image generation, the initial launch was incredibly exciting. However, lately, I’ve noticed a significant psychological shift. We seem to have split into two camps: those who are embracing the…
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The Coming Divide: Why AI Agents Might Leave Most People Behind
There’s a lot of noise around AI agents right now. Tools like Moltbot, (formerly Clawdbot) an open-source agent that runs on your own machine and connects to WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord… are genuinely impressive. And genuinely concerning! The security advice tells you everything you need to know about where we’re headed: run these agents on…
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Register Custom Block Styles Plugin Class
Register Custom Block Styles simplifies the process of adding block style variations by automating stylesheet registration and block style registration. Stylesheets are loaded from the active theme directory, making this ideal for theme-specific block styling. Features Usage Add the following to your theme’s functions.php file: CSS File Structure CSS files should be placed in your…
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Block Theme Cheat Sheet for WordPress
I Made a Cheat Sheet for FSE Block Themes (So You Don’t Have to Reinvent the Wheel) Here’s the thing about developing with Full Site Editing block themes: you’re constantly looking stuff up. What blocks are available in core? What goes in theme.json? Which hook was it that fixes that one annoying thing? I’ve been…
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Maybe It’s Not WordPress That’s Declining
I watched a spat unfold on X recently. It wasn’t pretty, but then again, X rarely is. The argument was between people who genuinely care about the web, specifically about WordPress. The bone of contention? Classic WordPress versus modern block themes. Here’s the thing though: I’m not sure they were arguing about the right problem.…
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Human Protection Over AI Security, Why Developers Still Lead the Dance
In my recent talk, “Dancing with AI – A Developer’s Journey,” one of the most important topics I covered was security and how AI-generated code can make it alarmingly easy to overlook critical vulnerabilities and this isn’t just with WordPress, it can be with any framework: human protection over AI security. AI can be incredibly…
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The Difference Between the WordPress Feature API and MCP
As AI continues to evolve, WordPress is exploring what it means to build smarter, more agent-friendly interfaces. Two emerging experimental projects, the WordPress Feature API and the WordPress MCP Project are at the heart of that conversation. While they sound similar and even work together, they serve different purposes. I’m Elliott Richmond and in this…
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AI Prompting from overwhelm to precision
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-assisted development, how we communicate with our AI tools can make the difference between frustration and success. My recent experience with Cursor AI highlighted the stark contrast between throwing everything at an AI at once versus taking a more methodical approach. The Overwhelm Scenario Last week, I found myself…
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