WordPress
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WordPress AI Theme Creation: How Automattic’s New Claude Cowork Plugin Builds Block Themes from a Prompt
Automattic just released a repo that lets you build a full WordPress block theme from a text prompt. I gave it a spin this morning and came away genuinely impressed with a few caveats worth knowing about before you dive in. What Actually Shipped The repo is called wordpress-agent-skills, and it dropped on February 13th.…
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Rethinking Where I Publish My Content
I spent two weeks away recently, travelling, slowing down, taking photos, making notes, thinking. The kind of experiences that stay with you long after you are home. Like most people, I shared parts of it online. A photo here, a clip there, the occasional thought typed quickly and posted without much friction. And somewhere during…
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Behind the Scenes of My Latest YouTube Video: AI, WordPress, and Late-Night Editing
I’ve just uploaded a new video to my YouTube channel where I test how well Claude Code can build a WordPress block theme and honestly, I’m surprised by how good the results were. The video’s called Build a WordPress Theme with AI, and it follows my process of using Markdown context files inside a project…
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Migrating Legacy WordPress Content to the Block Editor: A Real-World Case Study
When WordPress introduced the block editor (Gutenberg), it revolutionised content creation but left many existing sites with a challenge: how do you migrate years of legacy content, custom widgets, and meta fields to the new block-based system? There’s is a tool called try-wordpress that converts HTML into blocks, but it only works with content stored…
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Dancing with AI – Reflections from the Bristol WordPress Meetup
Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Bristol WordPress Meetup, an event that’s quickly becoming one of the most vibrant and growing tech communities in our region. While I run the Cheltenham WordPress Meetup myself, I’m always keen to support other groups, and it was a real honour to be invited to…
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The Power of In-Person Meetups and the Speed Build Challenge
At our latest WordPress meetup, I had the opportunity to participate in a 30-minute speed build challenge. Honestly, it was nerve-wracking, but I’m happy to say I didn’t do too badly! It was a great reminder of how thrilling it can be to put my skills to the test in front of a live audience.…
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Financial investment, community wealth investment, the good the bad and the ugly!
We’re all familiar with the ongoing situation between WordPress and WP Engine. It’s not a topic I’ve wanted to write about, not because I’m undecided, quite the opposite, but because this issue has consumed me, and many others, for the past few weeks. As someone who practises mindfulness, I try to focus on things that…
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WordPress Block Theme Development: Understanding the theme.json File
If you’re diving into WordPress block theme development, one crucial file you’ll come across is the theme.json. It plays a key role in configuring your theme’s settings and styles. But, as with most things in web development, there’s more to it than meets the eye. What is the theme.json file in relation to WordPress block…
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Extending WordPress Core Blocks
I’ve noticed a growing discussion about extending WordPress core blocks and whether it’s necessary to create a custom block when you can often extend existing core blocks. Generally, it’s better to extend them rather than reinvent the wheel IMO. In February 2024, I faced a situation where I needed to convert an old site into…
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