We're Doing AI Wrong
The WordPress world keeps selling AI as a faster workflow. That is printer-toner thinking. The real promise is not doing old work quicker; it is gaining abilities you never had.
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The DoorDash Theory of Premium WordPress Themes and Plugins
I can make the sandwich. I order it anyway. That is why premium WordPress products will survive AI: capability does not erase convenience, taste, support, or the desire to skip the work.
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Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing
AI can remodel the kitchen, knock down walls, and add strange new rooms. WordPress is still the plumbing: boring, durable infrastructure nobody sane rips out during renovation.
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Your Second Brain Will Outlive Your Notes App
Your notes app may disappear, pivot, or trap your export. WordPress has survived for twenty years and might be the safest place for a second brain you actually own.
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The Intent Layer: Reimagining WordPress Navigation for the AI Era
WordPress organizes its admin around system objects. People arrive with intentions. An interface built around ‘what are you trying to do?’ could close the gap between the two.
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I Dug Through 6,162 WordPress Plugins From 2025. Let's Talk About What's Missing—And Why 2026 Could Be Different
I analyzed all 6,162 plugins added to WordPress.org in 2025. The directory has plenty of volume; what it lacks is audacity—and AI may be how we get it.
OPEN ENTRYThe Separation Made Sense—Until It Didn't
Themes for design, plugins for functionality: smart architecture, increasingly awkward experience. When users ask for a block, WordPress should not make them learn its philosophy first.
OPEN ENTRYThe Long History of "Real Programmers"
Every new programming tool creates a fresh group of ‘real programmers’ certain the next generation is cheating. AI-assisted coding is only the latest chapter in an old argument.
OPEN ENTRYWhy I Built Ask Seraphina
At 2 a.m., with a sick dog and nowhere useful to put the fear, I learned that fear does not always need solving. Sometimes it needs a warm voice that stays.
OPEN ENTRYMeet Hey Wapuu: Turning the WordPress Dashboard into a Magical Adventure
What if the WordPress dashboard felt less like an office hallway and more like a place with a heart? Hey Wapuu brings local machine learning, personality, and magic to admin.
OPEN ENTRYThe False Binary: Why "WordPress vs. Vibe Coding" Misses the Point
WordPress and vibe coding are not rivals. One is durable infrastructure; the other is a faster way to shape ideas. Forcing people to choose misses what each is good at.
OPEN ENTRYWhat If Plugin Developers Could Actually Make a Living?
A great free plugin can become critical infrastructure, then quietly die because its developer cannot afford to keep working. What if WordPress maintainers could make a living?
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