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Evaluating the Technical Skills of a WordPress Agency
For non-technical stakeholders, choosing a WordPress agency can feel like guesswork. Most agencies sound convincing. Many have polished portfolios. Pricing varies wildly. And without a technical background, it is difficult to separate genuine engineering expertise from surface-level competence. That gap matters. The technical decisions made early in a WordPress project shape everything that follows: performance,…
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WordPress 7.0: Enterprise-Grade by Default
After a couple of delays, WordPress 7.0 is scheduled to land on May 20th. We’re looking at this through the lens of the beta releases and recent core updates, so some details may still shift. But the overall direction is already clear, and it’s one enterprise teams have been waiting for. This is the release…
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Why platform evolution beats replatforming
Enterprise platform decisions are often framed as a choice between build or buy. Either you invest in something bespoke, or you purchase a proprietary system that promises speed and structure. But for many enterprise organisations, that framing no longer fits. Digital platforms now have to support multiple brands, markets, teams, channels, integrations, and increasingly, AI-enabled…
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Why enterprise brands are backing WordPress in 2026
Our recent event, WP:26, was a deep dive into the future—and I was completely fired up to see us gather technologists, publishers, and platform leaders to explore the key patterns shaping WordPress in 2026 and beyond. We packed an afternoon full of talks and discussions, covering the massive impact of AI, accessibility, enterprise publishing, and…
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WP:26: Patterns shaping WordPress in 2026
When we started planning WP:26, we kept returning to one question: What patterns are emerging that will shape WordPress in 2026 and beyond? The CMS landscape is changing quickly. AI is transforming how teams work. Expectations around accessibility and performance are rising. Enterprise organisations are rethinking how their digital platforms evolve over time. By the…
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WordPress as an agentic platform
At WP:26, Human Made’s virtual event exploring the future of WordPress, we brought together technologists, publishers, and platform leaders to discuss one big question: What patterns are emerging that will shape WordPress in 2026 and beyond? Across a day of talks and conversations, speakers explored how AI, accessibility, enterprise publishing, and evolving web standards are…
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The shape of the web in 2026
At WP:26, Human Made’s virtual event exploring the future of WordPress, we asked a simple question: What patterns are shaping the web in 2026? To help answer that, Chris Reynolds, Senior Developer Advocate at Pantheon, stepped back from the day-to-day tooling conversations and looked at the bigger picture. While many discussions about the future of…
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Checklist: 5 must-do performance audits before Q1 begins
Q1 has a habit of arriving fast. New campaigns launch. Product updates go live. Traffic spikes. Leadership wants reporting. And suddenly your WordPress platform is under more scrutiny than ever. If you manage an enterprise WordPress estate, performance is not just a technical concern. It directly impacts revenue, search visibility, user satisfaction, and operational efficiency.…
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5 AI Tools Enterprise Teams Should Know (But Probably Don’t)
By now, every enterprise has a position on ChatGPT. Most have piloted Copilot. A growing number are exploring how large language models fit into their product and operational strategies. But the most useful AI tools for enterprise teams in 2026 aren’t the ones making headlines. While the boardroom conversation centres on the big platforms, a…
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How WordPress solves visual editing without the complexity tax
Over the last few years, web teams have been sold a familiar promise: break everything apart and you will move faster. Headless CMSs paired with front end frameworks. Visual editors layered on top. Composable stacks assembled tool by tool. The goal was flexibility, but for many organisations the result has been the opposite. More moving…
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WordPress: From CMS to agentic platform
Most conversations about AI in CMS platforms start in the wrong place. They focus on features. Content generators. Chatbots bolted into sidebars. Assistive tools that demo well but rarely change how work actually happens. These additions feel modern, but they do not compound. They live in isolation, disconnected from the systems that organisations rely on…
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Why trust is built on exit, not lock in
For years, the enterprise CMS conversation has treated lock in as a feature. Proprietary platforms promise stability by owning the stack end to end. Integrations are gated. Extensibility comes at a premium. Exit paths quietly disappear over time. The assumption is simple. If leaving is hard enough, customers will stay. But in an increasingly complex…
