WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders

18 years building on WordPress. Veteran-owned small business. We care about the web we build. 🇺🇸

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

CPT UI Pro turns Custom Post Type UI from a registration tool into a complete content operations stack for WordPress.

🔥 Display your content anywhere with a single block.
🔥 Manage it in an admin that actually reflects your content model.
🔥 Scale it across a Multisite network.
🔥 Extend it with a full developer API.

https://t.co/iYakIvoIQX

[Brad Williams @williamsba]

"Security fixes like this one aren’t rare. They’re part of running a serious website. The question isn’t whether they’ll happen. It’s whether someone’s got your back when they do."

This Is What “Managed” Actually Means
https://t.co/Cz2YmcWHMU

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

Our own @jpalmes, Principal Technical Manager here at WDS, will be presenting at Enqueue 2026!

[Ben May @benjmay]

First six speakers for Enqueue 2026 are out!

WordPress engineering in the AI era. Sydney, 9 Dec.

Chris Reynolds, JC Palmes, Jerico Aragon, Weston Ruter, Dee Teal and Bryce Adams.

Lineup below, get your tickets and visit Sydney 👇

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

The WordPress MCP Adapter Is Ready for Production. Is Your Site Ready for It?

https://t.co/vLbsVMLlH4

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

On https://t.co/10aj8KCFom, we play out the same launch day twice: once for a vibe-coded site, once for a WordPress site. As you scroll, the clock runs and the incidents pile up.

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

WP Search with Algolia 3.0.0 + Pro 1.7.2 are out!

⚠️ Major update: we've moved to Algolia's PHP SDK v4. PHP 8.1+ is now required, and custom SDK code may need updates.

Also includes a security fix, so update soon.

What to check first:
https://t.co/a5rO1be0m1

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

This Is What “Managed” Actually Means
https://t.co/08aBbPHTO0

[WordPress @WordPress]

WordPress 7.1.3 is now available with 7 security fixes and 4 bug fixes. Update your sites immediately from the Dashboard, or download the release from https://t.co/D96rzeNjAa. https://t.co/ajA6Az8cmI

[Brad Williams @williamsba]

Same design. Two launch days.

AI vibe-coded: gray LinkedIn card, no sitemap, a contact form that goes nowhere, and a Friday security advisory nobody is aware of.

WordPress: a quiet Friday.

https://t.co/r8Md7USHc0

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

When you launch on a CMS like WordPress, compliance and management tools exist within a mature, interconnected ecosystem. When you vibe-code, every legal requirement and tracking script becomes a custom integration you have to build, test, and maintain yourself.

Here is where the hidden operational debt collects:

https://t.co/wiOSyTW52B

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

When you vibe-code a website, you are almost always building for the ideal scenario: a user on a fast connection, clicking the right buttons, viewing a page that exists. But web development is rarely about the ideal scenario. It’s about gracefully handling what happens when things go wrong.

https://t.co/wiOSyTW52B

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

AI gives you a website on Day 1. A CMS gives you a scalable platform for Day 2.

Vibe-coding gets you a stunning UI in seconds, but it skips the invisible plumbing:

✅ Automated SEO & dynamic sitemaps
✅ Edge-case 404 routing & UX recovery
✅ Consent-based privacy blocking
✅ Responsive WebP image optimization

Don't trade platform automation for manual technical debt: https://t.co/VhnhDJm09u

[Brad Williams @williamsba]

WordPress usage data increased by 3.6+ million websites from early January 2026 to the end of August.

https://t.co/iA9vaVWiYj

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

Do you want to migrate from Harvest time tracking, but don't want to lose years of time tracking data? Meet Hayloft!

Hayloft is a self-hosted archive for your Harvest time-tracking history. Every project, client, person, time entry, invoice, and estimate, pulled into your own Postgres database and served as a fast, searchable, read-only web app.

Check it out! 🔥https://t.co/BTqhFW1Fic

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

New blog post: AI-Generated Websites vs. WordPress: An Honest Comparison from a WordPress Agency https://t.co/Zu7nj0SehN

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

@jaidev_bangar Thank you Jaidev!

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

Custom Post Type UI Pro feature highlight:

Admin list table management

The WordPress dashboard list table is where your editors live. CPT UI Pro gives you full control over what you see and what you can filter by.

✅ Column Builder: Add and reorder admin columns with drag-and-drop. No code.
✅ Advanced Filters: Filter list tables by taxonomy, meta field, date, author, and status.
✅ Screen Options Panel: Let each user show or hide columns based on their own workflow.

Easily customize any post type admin screen to show only the fields you want! https://t.co/iYakIvoIQX

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

WP Search with Algolia Pro 1.7.1 has been released and includes a number of bug fixes. https://t.co/tnw0tjyZyX

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

How to Connect Claude AI to WordPress using the WP MCP Adapter plugin: https://t.co/boMjZ439BU

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

"The model knows WordPress. It doesn't know your WordPress."

Alfredo Navas at WordCamp US 2026, on why most teams never get more out of AI than a faster chatbot.

https://t.co/plYnWX3Av2

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

"The model knows WordPress. It doesn’t know your WordPress."

When a talented developer joins your team, you don’t walk up on day one and say “build me a homepage.” You onboard them. Most companies never do this with AI. They skip the onboarding entirely and then act surprised when the output doesn’t match the way the project works.

Three things have to exist before an AI can be trusted with real work on a client project...

https://t.co/8NcJCiKmZI

[WebDevStudios | WordPress Leaders @webdevstudios]

What Agentic AI Development Means for Your WordPress Project https://t.co/BirKHycwJL