Last October, we introduced MCP support on WordPress.com, giving AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, OpenClaw, and Cursor a window into your site’s content, analytics, and settings. Thousands of you connected your favorite AI tools, asked questions about your sites, and saved hours of dashboard diving. But you told us you wanted more. Reading your site…
The more time I spend on social media reading posts by AI influencers, the more I see web developers (like myself) worrying that they’ll be out of a job in less than a year. It reminds me of something I read a few years ago, the golden rule of software development: No matter what the…
WordPress version 6.8 launched on April 15, 2025, bringing new features and improvements to enhance your WordPress site-building experience. This update focuses on streamlining workflows, improving design capabilities, and making content creation more intuitive. All WordPress.com sites are already running on WordPress 6.8 or will be shortly—we automatically update your WordPress version for you, so…
Sometimes, a problem you didn’t know existed meets a solution you didn’t set out to build. That’s precisely what happened when a routine conversation about our developer docs turned into an AI-powered tool for our content team. Here’s how it all came together: How It Started At the start of 2025, my team at Automattic…