What It Actually Costs to Run a WordPress Plugin Business
A first-person P&L peek from a 13-year WordPress agency shipping plugins like Listora, BuddyX, and Reign. The hosting, AI, support, marketing, and hidden c…
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The WordPress directory plugin I kept failing to recommend, so I built one
An honest note on why I built Listora: a usability-first WordPress directory plugin. The tradeoffs I made on listing types, maps, schema, and the free vs Pro bo…
Why the next thing always feels possible now
What it actually feels like when ideas stop being trapped. A note from inside the rhythm of shipping things that sat for years.…
The Block Design Contract: Tokens, Primitives, and the Same-Family Rule
The four architectural boundaries, the 3-layer token model, the six component primitives, and the same-family rule that holds 100+ products coherent. Part 2 of …
Shipping and Maintaining Gutenberg Blocks at Portfolio Scale
Deprecations done right, the five drift patterns we catch most, the ux-audit.sh and wp-plugin-qa MCP gates, and the 22-item implementation checklist. Part 3 of …
The Block-Quality Foundation: How We Ship Gutenberg Blocks That Last
The five-file anatomy, the first seven commands, and the contract every production Gutenberg block ships with. Part 1 of the foundation we use at Wbcom Designs.…
What You Can Now Do on Your WP Career Board
Post a job in one scroll. Hire without bouncing between tabs. Filter candidates by salary, by who is open to work, by who is hiring. Run boards inside your Budd…
Why Custom Software Is a Bad Business Model in 2026 and What Replaces It
Custom software shops face AI price compression, no asset accumulation, and a talent ceiling. Here is what replaces the model in 2026.…
MCP Servers for WordPress: How AI Tools Are Changing Plugin Development in 2026
Eighteen months after the first version of this piece, the MCP landscape for WordPress looks different enough to warrant a full refresh. What changed, what the …
Jetonomy 1.3.8: FluentCommunity Integration, Space Moderation, and a Friendlier Forum
Jetonomy 1.3.8 is the release where the forum starts feeling like a community. Space-level moderation, front-end member role management, a deep FluentCommunity …
Free AI Credits 2026: What WordPress Devs Actually Get From Together AI, NVIDIA NIM, and Gemini AI Studio
Three platforms are handing out real free AI access in 2026. Here is what Together AI, NVIDIA NIM, and Gemini AI Studio actually give WordPress backend develope…
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…