Robert Sillo

Building products that reduce complexity and help WordPress professionals work better.

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@jon_bossenger Absolutely! 💪

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How many WordPress freelancers, agency founders, and builders are here?

Say hi 👋

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@jkoussertari I agree with you. Do you rely only on native core blocks, or do you use themes or plugins?

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How many WordPress professionals here use FSE and block themes for real websites?

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@Maximebj Cool! Sounds very interesting. Do you use any tools to teach them, or do you rely completely on the native core blocks?

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@nia_thinks Hey 👋🏻

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@SeanChDavis Initially, I was struggling too, because of obvious reasons, but with recent releases I think it's getting a lot better. The biggest pain for me is the theme.json configuration, but I'm already working on it with a new product I'm developing.

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What's your favorite approach to WordPress website development?

- Custom coding in PHP
- FSE
- Page Builders (Bricks, Oxygen, Divi, Beaver) + Custom Fields

Let me know in the comments💪

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@Ville_AI Hey! Sounds interesting. Want to share more about it?

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@PineDigitalCo Wazzup! 👋

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@alexmansfield Hey, Alex, I know. I'm still setting up my profile. It takes some time. Thanks for checking in. I'll post about my work soon.

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@esaia__ Hey, I'm working on two products at the moment. I'll release the first one the coming days. The second one is a bigger project and I'll release it later this month or in August.

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@7strel Cool. And how's your experience so far? Any frustrating, repetitive tasks you face on every project? And what do you like the most about FSE?

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@mikemcalister I've known Ollie since day one. Great product. I've only used it a couple of times, though.

Out of curiosity, what features do you enjoy the most?

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@kish2011_ How's the experience so far? Any pain points or repetitive tasks you still run into?

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@aaronware @linchpin_agency That's interesting. How has that approach worked out for you so far? Are there still repetitive or frustrating tasks you run into on every project? If so, how are you handling them today?

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@PineDigitalCo @BuildWithOllie @unblockwp Thanks, I appreciate your feedback. It helps me better understand how to shape one of the products I'm working on.

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@PineDigitalCo @BuildWithOllie @unblockwp Could you give me a few examples of the shortcomings you’re referring to? I’d be interested to know more about it.

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@PineDigitalCo @BuildWithOllie @unblockwp What about using only WordPress native blocks?

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@KatieKeithBarn2 @JamesWelbes What makes you think that?

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I keep reading, "WordPress is dead because of AI."

So I tried replacing it too.
Hours later, I was still prompting and fixing the website.

I'd rather spend hours building tools for faster, more predictable WordPress site creation than prompting AI to refine an AI-generated one