Martin Jost

After months of refining the product, I finally settled on the logo. It isn't just a letter. The blue ribbon represents one continuous workflow. Not dozens of disconnected tools. Not plugin chaos. One connected system. It also forms the "A/V" in have. Have WordPress your way.

@briancoords At least the banners don't look as ugly as they used to 😂

Not a fan of opening the block editor and seeing a fat advertisement instead of my nice blank canvas.

@hiayoola I feel for you 🥹

Not today man 😩

Instead of guessing performance issues… ⚡️💻👨‍💻 I let the app tell me. Built a small performance monitor → exported structured reports → fed them back into AI → optimized step by step. Not just faster code. 📈 A feedback loop that improves the system itself.

I don’t think people hate WordPress. I think they hate what it turns into over time. More plugins. More fixes. More things breaking. Until it stops feeling like a system and starts feeling like a workaround.

@rmelogli Working on a different take on WordPress at @wp_have Trying to reduce the usual chaos: – layouts – plugins – editing experience Still early, but getting there 👀

Hey WooCommerce founders, what are you working on this week?

@andrewhoyer @zodiac1978 @KatieKeithBarn2 @learnwithmattc @mikemcalister @austinginder @stevejonesdev @GinaGindorf This is exactly the issue. Notices, banners, popups… everything just gets layered on top. Instead of fixing the system, we keep moving the clutter around.

New strategy for WordPress product owners! Skip the admin notices and go for the admin bar!

@williamsba The real trend might not be plugins vs services. The real trend is moving from disconnected tools to complete experiences.

Keep your eyes on prominent WordPress product companies. See the trend? They aren't releasing new products to buy and download, they are releasing services with ongoing recurring billing subscriptions. They already see the writing on the wall. Do you?

@JustinFerriman It’s not about low effort. People use plugins because the system is fragmented. Layout here, content there, logic somewhere else. AI won’t fix that — structure will.

Many #WordPress users love to tinker. It's why they use WP to begin with... So it's only natural they'll play around with #AI to replace simple plugins like a regular contact form, social sharing, or optin pop-ups.

@JamesWelbes Most people use AI on top of WordPress. I’m more interested in structuring WordPress so AI can actually work within it. Not just generating content — but generating usable site compositions.

Question for you folks using AI and WordPress. What kinds of things are you doing? And how are you integrating AI into WordPress? Are you using one of those AI WordPress builder services or are you integrating your agent into your sites with a plug-in or WordPress new built in AI stuff? What are you doing, adding blog posts? Adding pages? Auditing posts for SEO? Are you adding functionality that you would normally install a plug-in for?

@iamrichygold Exactly this. The flexibility is real — but so is the chaos that comes with it. At some point it’s not about features anymore, it’s about having a system that actually holds together.

I love WordPress because it's the most flexible CMS in the world I hate WordPress because I just spent 2 hours debugging a conflict between two plugins that both claim to be "lightweight" The freedom is both a blessing and a curse Wordpress Builders know the struggle

@denicmarko @natmiletic WordPress isn’t slow. Bad setups are. Too many plugins, no structure, no system — that’s what people feel.

@natmiletic Wdym? WordPress is slow. 😅

This is my website. Guess the stack!

@andrewhoyer @chriswagoner This is exactly the problem. Not WordPress itself — but everything layered on top of it. Clutter, ads, popups… until the actual experience disappears.

@chriswagoner They don't hate WordPress, but maybe the developers who have questionable ethics.

This is why people hate WordPress. .. at least one of the reasons.

@revcjackson That’s usually not WordPress itself. It’s outdated plugins, bad setups, and too many moving parts. Security isn’t the problem — complexity is.

Huge weak point for WordPress, which is why I don't set churches up on it. It's not a question of if you'll get hacked. It's a question of when you'll get hacked.

@jayhemz Impressive — but not realistic for most. The issue isn’t plugins vs custom code. It’s that you need so many in the first place. Less plugins isn’t the goal — less complexity is.

I hired a lady for a WordPress Developer role recently, and bro, she doesn't use plugins you buy from Envato and other platforms. She builds her own plugins and add-ons custom-made, to, in her words, "reduce how heavy the WordPress site gets." I thought it was a joke o. Simply incredible. Taken a lot of weight off my shoulders for that particular site. I should create a space soon and invite her to speak. There's a difference between "WordPress Developer" and "Plugin installer" oo. 😂

@natmiletic WordPress isn’t dead. But the experience hasn’t kept up. That’s why people keep jumping between tools, builders and stacks — trying to fix what should already feel simple. The opportunity isn’t replacing WordPress. It’s fixing how it actually works.

Two of the laziest takes in tech: "SEO is dead" 💀 "WordPress is dead" 💀 Every year there's a new headline burying it. Which is great, because every dropout means less competition. Focusing on SEO and WordPress in 2026 isn't a disadvantage, it might be an edge.

@wpos_ai Partly true. Plugins are often just a symptom. People stack plugins because the core experience doesn’t guide them well enough. If the system itself was more intuitive and structured, you wouldn’t need 20 workarounds for basic things. Less plugins isn’t the goal, better WP is.

What if WordPress actually felt like this? No clutter. No chaos. Just a clean, structured experience. I’ve been working on something in that direction 👀

@David_mduw I think it’s not just a WordPress thing. But it’s also not solved by switching to code or AI. You can generate and edit fast, but without a real system behind it, things still break over time. What’s missing isn’t speed. It’s structure, consistency and a proper design system.

@ryan_doser13 I’d like to do that too, but I need Photoshop and Illustrator from time to time. What can I use instead?

Today is the day I officially delete Photoshop and cancel my Adobe subscription. Been a long time coming lol