Month: July 2025
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I’m Not Sure WordPress Can Be WordPress Anymore
(Or: What If It Could Be Something Even Bigger?) Loveable is now valued at $1.8 billion, with $100 million in annual recurring revenue. That’s not a typo. A tool that lets people build and deploy full web apps with AI just passed a milestone that many of us in the WordPress ecosystem would have laughed…
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WordPress Introduces “AI Building Blocks
Based on James LePage’s post on the WordPress Core AI Blog – July 17, 2025 WordPress is laying the foundation for a smarter, more flexible future with the introduction of AI Building Blocks — a set of tools designed to integrate artificial intelligence into the platform in a consistent and open way. These tools are…
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Every WordPress Website Should Have This Free Plugin
There’s a new free WordPress plugin that can make your website feel dramatically smoother and more professional — and most people haven’t heard of it yet. It’s called the View Transitions plugin, and it uses a clever bit of browser technology to give your site beautifully smooth page transitions — the kind of slick experience…
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Why Aren’t Domain Names Free?
You’ve got a brilliant idea, you’re ready to launch a website, and then it hits you: you need to pay for a domain name. Twelve pounds, twenty dollars, whatever the currency. But why? Why are we paying for something that sounds like it should just exist online, freely available like fresh air? It’s a fair…
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How AI Coding Apps Like Lovable and Bolt Actually Work (Explained for non-technies)
AI tools that build websites or apps from a single prompt, like Lovable or Bolt, can feel almost magical. You type something like “Build me a travel blog,” and seconds later, you’re looking at a working website. But what’s really going on behind the scenes?Surprisingly, the magic isn’t just about the AI getting smarter. It’s…