Grok 4 for WordPress Developers: Is $30/mo SuperGrok Worth It vs ChatGPT Plus?
SuperGrok at $30/month ships a 2 million token context window, X platform integration, and access to the cheapest production API in Grok 4.1 Fast at $0.20/$0.50…
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The $20 AI Subscription Showdown 2026: Claude Pro vs ChatGPT Plus vs Gemini Advanced for Freelance WordPress Devs
Three $20/month AI subscriptions. One freelance WordPress dev workflow. Here is how Claude Pro, ChatGPT Plus, and Gemini Advanced compare on scoping, plugin pro…
Gemini 2.5 Pro at $1.25/1M Tokens: The Budget Move Every WordPress Agency Should Evaluate
Gemini 2.5 Pro undercuts every serious AI Pro tier on input pricing. Here is a real-world look at what that means for WordPress agencies running code-gen workfl…
Claude Opus 4.7’s Hidden Tokenizer Tax: Why Your April 2026 API Bill Is 35% Higher
Claude Opus 4.7 ships a new tokenizer that expands token counts up to 35% on identical inputs. Here is what that means for your WP agency API bill, and the exac…
WB Ad Manager Pro 1.5.0: five Site Modes and a full membership state machine
WB Ad Manager Pro 1.5.0 is a major upgrade. Five Site Modes, a complete membership state machine, a 3-step setup wizard, direct messaging on classifieds, and 30…
WB Ad Manager: the WordPress ad plugin that replaces three
WordPress ad plugin that ships affiliate link cloaking, ad rotation, and a classifieds marketplace in one install. Free on WordPress.org, Pro adds the advertise…
Jetonomy 1.3.0 to 1.3.5: What We Improved in Three Weeks
Between April 5 and April 18, 2026 we shipped six Jetonomy releases. Almost every improvement came from a problem we hit first on our own community at community…
Why WordPress Is So Hard to Use (And Why That’s Finally Changing in 2026)
People search “why is WordPress so hard to use” hundreds of times a month. An honest founder take on the Gutenberg learning curve, FSE complexity, A…
Claude Opus 4.7 for WordPress Plugin Development: 48-Hour Field Report
Claude Opus 4.7 dropped two days ago. I put it to work on real WordPress plugin code immediately. Here is what changed versus 4.6, the prompt patterns that work…
Why Headless BuddyPress Isn’t Production-Ready (Yet): A Look at v1’s Gaps and v2’s Stall
Headless WordPress is having a moment — payloadcms trending on GitHub, search demand for headless CMS climbing, Next.js front-ends everywhere. But if you are th…
WooCommerce 10.7 Performance: What Changed, How to Measure It, and What to Expect on a Real BuddyX Store
WooCommerce 10.7 is marketed as a performance release. I ran TTFB, LCP, and cart-to-checkout benchmarks on a real BuddyX + WooCommerce store before and after up…
Migrating from @wordpress/scripts to @wordpress/build: A Plugin Author’s Real Diff
The WordPress core team announced @wordpress/build — the next generation of WordPress plugin build tooling. Here is what changes vs @wordpress/scripts, the actu…