MRK WP

Hi, Im Matt. I have 20 years of experience turning websites into profit machines. I post about WordPress, SEO, WordPress Development and website performance.

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

Do you still need WordPress for your site in 2026?

I build WordPress sites for a living. Sometimes my answer is no.

WordPress is still useful. It runs over 40% of the web. But not every site needs it running out front.

You may not need it if:
→ You rarely change your site
→ You just have forms and search
→ You’re tired of care plans and plugin updates

The upside of going without it is no more care plan and no more weekly plugin updates. The trade-off is that you’ll need other tools to update your site, so it only suits sites that change rarely.

If your WordPress site hasn’t been updated for years, it’s probably costing you more than it should. Our team can revamp it and save you thousands per year in hosting and plugin costs.

When was your site last updated? Tell me in the comments.

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

@ezsmith397 I rebuilt my own site using astro and cloudflare too. It's definitely going to be a go to for alot of people.

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

2/ When buyers ask AI “who has the longest storage access hours in Sydney?”, it answers from structured data. No schema, pricing or reviews on your site = not found.

3/ The fix: build for two audiences. Bots need clean HTML, schema, fast pages and fact-dense specs. Humans need proof, calculators and one-click booking.

4/ What % of your organic traffic dropped this year? Reply with your numbers.

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

Organic search traffic for an Aussie business I audited: −90% in 12 months.

GA4 said traffic was up 13%. Real humans? Down 49%. The rest was bots.

Your website isn’t a brochure anymore. It’s the Repository of Truth AI reads before it recommends you. 🧵👇

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@RinodeBoer So true, SaaS is not dead.

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https://t.co/FR2riWStMH

My latest video on YouTube reviews what is happening for search with business in 2026.

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

@MarkJSzymanski If MCP has permission to do something then the API has get involved you can end up two session, one for MCP and one for REST. If you use an MCP it may use the same code point REST uses, but it has one permission session. This saves overhead of ram and state on your servers.

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@pootlepress I'd suggest sharing a github repo and getting a few contributors to this. Looks like it can solve some pretty big issues for the page editor feeling overwhelming for so many user's.

[Ayaan 🐧 @twtayaan]

The creator of Linux just publicly called out the AI hype. Word for word.

Linus Torvalds took the stage at Open Source Summit 2026 and said this:

"When I see people saying 99% of our code is written by AI, I literally get angry. Because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — 100% of their code is written by compilers. But they never say that."

He is not anti AI. The Linux kernel saw a 20% jump in submissions this release because of AI tools. He uses it. He gets it.

His point is something most people are too afraid to say.

AI is a productivity tool exactly like compilers were. Compilers boosted programming by 1000x. AI adds another 10x on top. Enormous. But nobody says "the compiler wrote my code." So why are we saying AI wrote it?

He also flagged something nobody is talking about.

AI is flooding small open source projects with drive-by bug reports. Someone runs a prompt, files a report and disappears when asked for a patch. Maintainers with one or two people are drowning trying to keep up.

"Sometimes AI reports a bug and when you ask for more information the person has done that drive-by and does not even answer your question. That is the real burnout issue."

And his final warning was the sharpest of all.

"People who do not understand the complexity of systems will prompt systems and write processes that will fail."

The AI hype crowd is very loud right now.

Linus has been building real systems for 35 years. When he talks, engineers listen.

Full interview here:
https://t.co/LmXJtvKc4O

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@godofprompt Gemini

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@SethRubenstein Short array and short ternary would be good but the short open tag syntax is not going to save any time for me. I don't think it makes anything easier to read.

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@PovilasKorop That is a great point and something I have been looking at. It's been 5 years since I did a Laravel App and recently I have an app I am considering building with Laravel. So this is the exact question I have been trying to answer. Which way should I build it and why.

[GDG Kigali @GdgKigali]

Session 3 of #BuildWithAI Kigali is here! 💻
Learn how to modernize websites using Generative AI on Google Cloud ⚡
📍 Digital Transformation Center
🗓️ July 25 | 🕕 6–8PM
💡 Bring your laptop!

@1MRwandanCoders @GlobalKwik57940 @DigiCenterRW
#GDGKigali #GenAI #TechInRwanda

[MRK WP @mrkwordpress]

@thekevingeary Vuepress is used by query monitor - seems to be pretty good

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@SmoleyDG @bennyjohnson @JesslovesMJK The chart says 8000k, which means 8000000. The k is used on the vertical axis to reduce space.

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@richtabor If you look at brand guidelines for medium to big brands they impose colour rules and combination rules to ensure consistency. If wp can do this, it would be a big step forward. I don't know how to do that. Maybe an advanced colour rules tool of some sort.

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@ezsmith397 Zoho projects - has timers etc and is half the price. Integrates with Google drive etc.

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Wordcamp Sydney has began. #wcsyd it's great to get together with my fellow WordPress users and developers in the land down under. #WordPress

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@AspirePressOrg I would like 4 things,

1. Make SEO good without the need of a plugin.

2. custom fields should be good without needing Acf. Cpt should have an easy option for dedicated table in sql.

3. S3 storage as default for media

4. Responsive editing / blocks with a Css framework

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@seanpatward Vitamin d, b, c and e with good water are the best things I have found. B and D make a big difference. Lower imflamation and joint pain is noticeable. I also ground. I'm 44, walk 50k steps a week and workout too. Eat clean - no sugar or alcohol. Low carb, no dairy. No packet food