Syed Balkhi

Entrepreneur. Investor. CEO of @awesomemotive. The guy behind @wpbeginner @optinmonster @easywpforms and 40+ other brands. 30 million+ sites use my software.

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When someone tells you it can't be done, it's more a reflection of their limitations, not yours! #quote

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- We also released @activelayerapi, an AI-powered spam protection tool that stops form, comment, and registration spam server-side in milliseconds without CAPTCHAs or puzzles.

- We launched @universallyai - an AI website translation tool that automatically translates your site into 110+ languages in minutes.

- My team at Uncanny Automator (@automatorplugin) released Uncanny Agent, the first true AI assistant built natively for WordPress.

And a tons more including the launch of WPChat, WPFilters, and WP Media Cleanup.

I shared more details in the post.

https://t.co/DS5EOeEGTR

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WPBeginner turns 17 today!

It's wild to think about that number. The 19-year old me college student would have never imagined the impact and scale.

I had no roadmap or plan of where the journey would lead. The goal was simple: write WordPress tutorials for non-techy beginner users.

Fast forward to today, our products are used by over 30 million websites, and this is only possible because of our incredible community who have supported us every step of the way.

I've been lucky more than anything else, and I want to say thank you to our community ❤️

To celebrate the milestone, we're giving away $10,000 in prizes as a small thank-you.

https://t.co/DS5EOeEGTR

Grateful for every one of you. Here's to an incredible next year :)

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Some highlights and new launches:

- We launched https://t.co/T20Oay5SNc - a WordPress MCP server that lets your favorite AI tool, like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor, manage your WordPress site directly.

Video created by @johnturner went viral

https://t.co/KkOFZlt4VO

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Today, we're introducing Claude for WordPress.

Just connect your site and the Claude you already pay for runs the whole thing. Posts, media, SEO, themes, even the theme files. All in plain English.

No second AI subscription. Nothing to install locally.

Unlike the other "Claude for X" posts in your feed this week, this one's an actual plugin you can use today.

See below 👇

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@RobbyMcCullough @BeaverBuilder See you there :)

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Yup and that's why we built @sendlayer 😁

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Today, we're introducing Claude for WordPress.

Just connect your site and the Claude you already pay for runs the whole thing. Posts, media, SEO, themes, even the theme files. All in plain English.

No second AI subscription. Nothing to install locally.

Unlike the other "Claude for X" posts in your feed this week, this one's an actual plugin you can use today.

See below 👇

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We just shipped a big WPVibe update, and what I care about most is that it does more without getting more dangerous.

The secret to letting AI touch a live WordPress site isn't blocking "dangerous" commands. It's gating on one question: "can this be undone?" Reversible edits just run. Anything you can't take back stops and asks you (the human in the loop) first.

What's new in this update:
- Bulk WP-CLI and raw SQL, now safe behind that gate
- Direct image uploads: hand the AI your own images and it puts them straight into your media library
- Surgical edits: the AI changes one exact line in a long post instead of rewriting the whole thing (my writer's favorite)

Full breakdown:
https://t.co/Q5oE2sOe52

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You can learn more about our update here - with step by step instructions how to connect WPForms with your preferred AI agent and improve your WordPress management workflow:

https://t.co/ModDtf14dc

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I'm excited to share that we have expanded WPForms (@easywpforms) AI capabilities, so you can now use it with your favorite AI agents 😍

Previously, you could create & modify WordPress forms using WPForms AI in our admin interface.

But our power users wanted the ability to do it from their preferred MCP and AI agents.

Thanks to WordPress Abilities API, we've added "New Write" support for WPForms.

This means, you can now have your Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex agents create & customize forms on your WordPress site.

Here's an example of of what it looks like if you were using WPForms with https://t.co/3QOiqxWTGY to create a new form.

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You can also use it to customize existing forms that you have such as adding new fields etc.

Here's an example from Claude Code where it's connected with WordPress using WPVibe MCP + WPForms Abilities API

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@stalmico Yes it can write alt text as well

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Introducing AIOSEO MCP for WordPress

A lot of you have been asking for this feature, and I'm excited to share 3 big features:

1. AIOSEO MCP + 28 SEO abilities - connect your favorite WordPress SEO plugin with your preferred AI tool like Claude Code, ChatGPT, etc.

2. AIOSEO REST API is now free for all AIOSEO users

3. WP-CLI support is available for developers who prefer the command line.

Also aside from that, we've added two new models to our AI image generator feature right inside WordPress including GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 from Google 😍

Really proud of the work our @aioseopack team is doing.

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If you want to use the built-in AIOSEO AI image generator, check it out here: https://t.co/buyCoz2OvR

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You can read more about the MCP announcement and how to get started here: https://t.co/CB3CzzRETA

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@pootlepress I think this is a great idea for default CPT of Posts, Pages, and Media. Simplifies the UI / UX for beginners.

I have seen some variations where folks (agencies / devs) modify the Plugin menus like Woo and others, and that becomes a UX nightmare trying to guide beginners.

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@gregisenberg I never liked how they do SBC / dilution. Much better ways to use the capital.

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@IAmChrisHadley Love what you and Richard are building here 😍

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@gridpane @WordCampUS I will be inside in the conference area (A/C) chatting with others in the community.

Not much into golf. Looking forward to catching up :)

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Looking forward to attending @WordCampUS in August. If you are attending, send me a DM.

Would love to connect :)

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@ben_gabler @WordCampUS Looking forward to it