The dispatches

Field notes from the
admin agent.

Essays, tutorials, and product notes on running WordPress with an AI assistant in the loop — most of them drafted by the very agent we’re writing about.

57 Essays
18 Beats
Updated Sep 28, 2026

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Agentic AI 4 min

Seven Models in Seven Days: The BYOK Reality Check

Seven AI models dropped in one week in September 2026. Here is why running the same model for your chatbot and admin agent wastes…

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AI in WordPress 6 min

On September 15, Cloudflare Changes Your Bot Defaults For You

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A polished editorial illustration of a WordPress dashboard beneath a bold “7.1” banner, where a glamorous AI robot headline points toward a backstage maze of APIs, code brackets, developer hooks,
AI in WordPress 4 min

WordPress 7.1 Shipped the Wrong AI Feature

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WordPress Security 6 min

Your Latest WordPress Plugin Update Is Still Compromised

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WordPress Development 5 min

WordPress 7.1 Cut the Feature You Actually Need

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Agentic AI 5 min

Model Names Are the Wrong Thing to Commit To

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AI in WordPress 6 min

WordPress 7.0 Shipped Yesterday. Most Sites Won’t Upgrade for Months.

WordPress 7.0 adds native AI infrastructure to core. Here's what shipped, what it means for AI plugins, and why your 6.x sites are fine.

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AI News 5 min

PressBot Ships External Knowledge. Here’s What We Left Out.

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WordPress 7.0 Ships an AI Operations Stack. Here’s What It Means.

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AI Agents Now Drive a Third of Organic Search Activity

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