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Ensuring continuous discoverability with agentic AI for SEO

In our Rethinking SEO in the age of AI article, we briefly explored how AI might move beyond simple prompt-and-response interactions. One emerging direction is…

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What’s AI Useful For?

Not as Google substitute. Not for slide decks. Not for summaries. For tools that work. The Projects page has three live examples — a crypto portfolio…

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Why your product is your most important SEO asset

For a long time, we defined SEO success by rankings and traffic. If you reached the top of the search results and brought people to…

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The forgotten funnel: how brands can nurture post-conversion

Most SEO strategies are built with one goal: getting people through the door. That usually means driving traffic to the website, ranking for high-volume keywords,…

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Celebrating Community at WordCamp Asia 2026

WordCamp Asia 2026 brought the global WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9–11, gathering contributors, organizers, sponsors, speakers, and attendees at the Jio World…

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WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 2

The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not…

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WordPress 6.9.4 Release

WordPress 6.9.4 is now available! WordPress 6.9.2 and WordPress 6.9.3 were released yesterday, addressing 10 security issues and a bug that affected template file loading on…

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New AI Agent Skill for WordPress

Faster Way For AI Agents To Test AI code agents are getting better at writing WordPress plugins and themes, but testing can still be the slow…

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WordPress Playground Brings Speed, Stability, and Momentum

WordPress Playground had a busy year in 2025, with updates that make it more capable for day-to-day development, plugin previews, and learning environments. The project’s…

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Waitete Sawmills

This Wordpress-driven website, for a saw-milling business based in Te Kuiti, milling and producing high-quality processed Radiata Pine for the building industry. The project was contracted…

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Panmure Bridge Childcare

This site, for an Auckland childcare centre, was contracted to Urban Legend web via Elan Design, who provided the graphics and website content. We coded the…

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The Parrot Place

This site is for a thriving wife-and-husband business in Kerikeri, http://theparrotplace.co.nz, a bird park and breeding centre also selling pet products online. Their WordPress-driven site had…

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