WPBeginner Spotlight 29: WPVibe Passes 100,000 Users, OptinMonster MCP, and an Urgent PHP Fix
October was the month AI assistants stopped being a side feature in WordPress. You can now…
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“Is Web Development Still Worth Learning in 2026?” Reddit Had Opinions
A 17-year-old asked Reddit whether web development is still worth learning if the goal is to…
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15 Reddit Scandals That Changed the Internet Forever
Reddit is one of the web’s biggest experiments in community design: pseudonymous users, volunteer moderators, voting…
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Why Kotlin or Java Is the Wrong Question For Enterprises
If you’ve sat through more than one architecture review, you’ve probably sat through a protracted Kotlin-versus-Java…
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Web Design Schools Have a Giant YouTube University Problem — And AI Just Made It Worse
If you wanted to become a web designer 15 years ago, going to school made sense….
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WordPress Takes Its Turn Leading the Open Website Alliance
I’m happy to announce that I am now serving as president of the Open Website Alliance…
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MCP vs REST/HTTP API vs Kafka: The Architect’s Guide to Agentic AI Integration
Every major AI vendor now supports the Model Context Protocol. The framing is almost always the…
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AI Can Build Your UI. Now Figma Can Tell It When It Screwed Up.
AI coding tools have become remarkably good at turning prompts into working interfaces. The awkward part…
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How To Set Up an NGINX Reverse Proxy for Node.js, Python & Go Apps
There is a significant difference between an application that runs on localhost:3000 and one that is…
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Students Built 108 Websites in Two Weeks in Bangladesh
In July, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites. In eastern Uganda, a…
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This $5,000 Berkeley Humanoid Can Be Built With a Desktop 3D Printer
A humanoid robot you can build with a desktop 3D printer is lowering the barrier to…
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Why Tech Companies Hid the “Log Out” Button (And How to Win It Back)
Try to log out of Netflix on your TV right now. Go ahead. I’ll wait. If…
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AI Creates Opportunity While Artists Ship at WordCamp US 2026
WordCamp US (WCUS) 2026 just wrapped up after 4 days at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix,…
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What’s New in WordPress 7.1? (Features & Screenshots)
WordPress 7.1 is finally here 🥳, and we have been closely following its development. The new…
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WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”
Each WordPress release celebrates an artist who has made an indelible mark on the world of…
