Vibe-Coded WordPress Plugins: Security Mistakes AI Keeps Making
Vibe coding is not the problem. Shipping the vibe is. I use AI coding tools. They are useful for turning a rough idea into a
How to Add AI to a WordPress Plugin Using the WordPress AI Client SDK
Adding AI to a WordPress plugin used to begin with a vendor decision. Choose OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, install an SDK, build a settings screen
Best CodeCanyon Alternatives
CodeCanyon remains one of the best-known places to buy and sell WordPress plugins, PHP scripts, JavaScript components, mobile app templates, and other source-code products. But
How to Build a Lightweight WordPress Block Theme with Minimal CSS Footprints
Removing a legacy page builder does not automatically make a WordPress site lightweight. It is perfectly possible to replace a 700 KB page-builder stylesheet with
How Interaction to Next Paint (INP) Affects Your WordPress Plugin Architecture
A WordPress plugin can ship a 30 KB JavaScript bundle and still make a page feel broken. The user clicks a filter. The plugin sorts
How to Connect the New WordPress Core AI Client API to Third-Party Models
WordPress did not put ChatGPT into Core. It added a contract. That distinction matters. Before WordPress 7.0, a plugin that needed artificial intelligence usually brought
WordPress 7.0.4 Security Release: Author+ RCE Fixed – Update Immediately
If you maintain a WordPress site that gives authors permission to upload media, this is an update to install now—not one to leave for the
How to Partial-Deploy Selective Content from WordPress Staging to Live Environments
The most dangerous button on a WordPress staging site is often the most convenient one: Push to Live. It feels safe because staging started as
Why Agencies Are Switching to Self-Hosted Advertising Networks Inside WordPress
The ad snippet is not the ad business. An agency can have six client sites running display ads and still have no real advertising system.
How to Track AI Search Bot Traffic and Citation Hits in WordPress
You open a server log and find a new visitor: It requested three articles, received three successful responses and downloaded several hundred kilobytes of content.
The Ultimate llms.txt Setup for WordPress: Controlling How AI Models Index Your Site
The first mistake people make with llms.txt is assuming that it is a new robots.txt for artificial intelligence. It is not. An llms.txt file can
WordPress 7.1 Accessibility Change May Break Some Plugins
Most WordPress compatibility notices arrive with a deprecated function, a changed hook, or a database migration. This one looks much smaller: two HTML elements effectively