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.

36 Essays
16 Beats
Updated May 8, 2026

Archive from the field

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WordPress Plugins 4 min

31 WordPress Plugins Shipped a Backdoor Through Auto-Updates. Here’s Why Every Scanner Missed It.

On April 16, 2026, the WordPress community learned that 31 plugins had been hijacked and used to push a backdoor to thousands of sites…

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WordPress 7.0’s AI Stack Is Ready. The Release Isn’t.

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AI in WordPress 5 min

WordPress Just Got an MCP Server. Here’s Why That Changes Everything.

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A sleek, modern chatbot icon (like a speech bubble with a subtle AI brain or circuit pattern) floats above a blurred WordPress dashboard interface. The style is clean and digital, with a focused, info
WordPress Plugins 7 min

Best WordPress Chatbot Plugins in 2026 Compared

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AI Content Strategy 5 min

The Artificial Hivemind Problem and Your AI Content

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AI Chatbots 5 min

Claude Topped the App Store. People Voted with Downloads.

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AI Ethics and Policy 5 min

Anthropic Rejected the Pentagon. That Matters to Us.

Dario Amodei refused the DoD's ultimatum on unrestricted AI access. Here's why Anthropic's stance on privacy and ethics reinforces our choice to build PressBot…

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A sleek smartphone screen prominently displays a Telegram chat interface, featuring conversational bubbles flowing between a user and an AI agent. The minimalist design emphasizes intuitive, real-time
Agentic AI 3 min

Telegram: The UI for Agentic AI

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A sleek smartphone displays a modern Telegram chat interface, with message bubbles showing WordPress commands and responses like 'Post updated' and 'Plugin activated.' The clean design and integrated
AI in WordPress 5 min

Manage WordPress from Telegram with PressBot

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A sleek, minimalist chatbot interface on a glowing screen features a chat bubble with a visible, stalled progress bar or a 'loading...' spinner, while a subtle, abstract representation of server racks
Web Server Configuration 4 min

Why Nginx Buffers Chatbot Responses (and How to Fix It)

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Fewer tabs, better Mondays

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