Mention: Mike McAlister

  • AI Valve, AI Connectors, Pressocampus, REST Pro Tools, and so much more!

    On a Tuesday?! Well, as it so turns out, yes, on a Tuesday. I’ve been very busy in the past couple of weeks with lots of different things, but a big chunk has been CloudFest. I spent 3 days at the Hackathon and was invited to speak at the WP [Agency and Business] Summit as…

  • Create Block Themes with Miles, Ollie <3 Woo, WP Sudo, and much more!

    That was an interesting week, wasn’t it? Three WordPress updates in the span of 24 hours. I don’t think we’ve ever seen this before. Now, it’s easy to be negative about this, but let’s consider the hard work that’s going into these releases. Security fixes need top priority. It’s just then very unfortunate it introduces…

  • WordPress 7.0 Features, Asking the Right Question in WP, Report Sharing in Scanfully

    It looks like WordPress 7.0 will be launching tons of great new features besides the previously explored AI integrations. I’ve collected quite a few of those features, and especially visual revisions have my attention! One tool. Total WordPress Health. WordPress Activity Log + Broken Links Monitor + Broken Media Monitor + Uptime Monitoring = A…

  • Etch Alpha 3, VIP RTC, Faster WooCommerce, and more!

    It’s been a relatively quiet week, but with a few high impact things that caught my eyes. Some stuff you really need to check out. BTW, if you’re considering getting my Make WordPress Fast course, don’t wait too long because the pre-launch discount is not going to be available much longer! I’ve been recording nonstop…

  • ChangelogWP, Ollie Pro Extensions, PHP 8.5 Prep, and More!

    I’ve shared the lows, but love sharing the highs as well. I am happy to report that if you last saw me at PressConf (get your tickets for 2026, btw) or WCEU, I am now 10kg/22lbs lighter. Feels good and I’m â…” of where I want to be. Easy does it. Just realized another win:…

  • MCP (& AI) in WooCommerce, Doom in WordPress, BlaBlaBlocks Formats, and more

    It really feels like we’re ramping up big time with AI in these past couple of weeks. With MCP functionality entering both WordPress and WooCommerce, we’re going to see so many new use cases of what we can build with and on top of WordPress. I’m very excited about what the future brings. This newsletter…

  • Make WordPress Fast, Checkout Summit, Cimo and so much more

    Last week, I finally opened up the prelaunch of my Make WordPress Fast course. The support from friends in helping share that message as well as the support from people buying in early has been humbling. Thank you all in any way you’ve contributed and helped. It truly means the world to me. If you…

  • Easy DB Resets, PHP AI, Abilities API and more

    It’s been a couple of weeks, hasn’t it? There was of course a summer break in Italy, but I was also dealing with some serious no-fun things 😓 , as well as WordCamp US with team Greyd. But… I’ve been busy collecting interesting and newsworthy stuff for you all, and I’m close to finishing this…

  • Magic Mike Strikes Again, Roadmap to 6.9, Ramblings Reintroduced

    This is a long newsletter. There were so many interesting things to share, and I felt like sharing them! Feels like everyone’s pumping out stuff right before their summer breaks, or something. I did as well, btw, as I wrote about Custom Database Tables in WordPress, and when to use them. And, with well over…