Thank you to all the organisers, volunteers, speakers, and attendees of WordCamp Vienna. I had a great time, and I will definitely make plans to be back sometime in the future. #WordPress #WordCamp #Vienna #WCVIE

WordCamp Vienna 2026 My WordCamp Vienna workshop and talk slides and demo plugins: Build your first AI-Powered WordPress plugin WP AI Workshop Demo plugin WordPress 🤝 AI: A Tour of the Core AI Projects Writing style post generator plugin

My WordCamp Vienna workshop and talk slides and demo plugins:

Build your first AI-Powered WordPress plugin So you’ve heard about the WordPress Core AI projects. Maybe you’ve read the blog posts, skimmed the GitHub repositories, or watched a talk about what’s coming. But there’s a…

This is your friendly reminder that if you're planning to attend my WordCamp Vienna workshop today, there are some specific requirements you'll need to take part. All the details are on the workshop page vienna.wordcamp.org/2026/sessio.... #WCVIE

If you're heading to WordCamp Vienna this weekend, and you want to book a slot to chat with me, you can do so using my Calendly link
calendly.com/jonathan-bo...

Build your first AI-Powered WordPress plugin So you’ve heard about the WordPress Core AI projects. Maybe you’ve read the blog posts, skimmed the GitHub repositories, or watched a talk about what’s coming. But there’s a…

If you are planning to attend my #WCVIE AI plugin workshop this Friday, please plan ahead. We only have 1 hour, so I want to get you into building the plugin as soon as possible. There's a list of requirements in the workshop description. vienna.wordcamp.org/2026/sessio...

How I built and deployed a custom WordPress block theme using AI A step-by-step walkthrough of building and deploying a custom WordPress block theme using Claude, MCP tools, and WordPress Studio — including every prompt, tool, and skill used.

A step-by-step walkthrough of building and deploying a custom WordPress block theme using Claude, MCP tools, and WordPress Studio — including every prompt, tool, and skill used.

This is your friendly reminder that I'll be at WordCamp Vienna next week, taking you through a tour of the WordPress AI Projects. Join me and all the other great speakers for 2 fun days of community learning.
vienna.wordcamp.org/2026

WordCamp Johannesburg is in the early planning stages. If you want to make sure you don't miss any announcements, you can subscribe to updates in the link below. If you're into WordPress and stay in the area, you don't want to miss this.

johannesburg.wordcamp.org/2026/

Dang, I that's funny.

I'm going to be taking a break from livestreaming for a bit. I just got back from a work trip, next week I'll be AFK for Easter Friday, and the following week I'm at WordCamp Vienna. So I'll resume my streams when I'm back from all that.

As someone who learned to use the em dash while writing for the WordPress.com blog in my freelance days, this post especially resonates with me. (Warning: NSFW language) www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

Call for Testing: Community AI Connector Plugins The WordPress AI Team is excited to invite the community to test a growing collection of community-built AI connector plugins. These plugins extend WordPress by connecting it to additiona…

Call for Testing: Community AI Connector Plugins make.wordpress.org/ai/2026/03/2...

WordPress, Your Way Create your site. Share your voice. Earn online.

Your AI agent can now create, edit, and manage content on WordPress.com wordpress.com/blog/2026/03...

One For My Baby: time out for family care. Paid parental leave meant time for a father to care for his wife, support his premature newborn, and focus on his family without the pressure of work or lost income.

“One For My Baby” automattic.com/2026/03/11/o...

I've been sitting on this news for a while now, but I'm pleased to share that I'll be speaking at WordCamp Vienna in April, all about the WordPress Core AI projects. If you're in the area, I do hope you'll join us. vienna.wordcamp.org/2026/en/sch... #WCVIE #WordPress #AI

New AI Coding live stream: Attempting to fix my AI demo plugin. Join me today at 12:00 UTC. www.twitch.tv/jonathanbos...

#wordpress #coding #ai

New AI Coding live stream: WordPress 7.0 AI Features. Join me this Friday at 12:00 UTC. www.twitch.tv/jonathanbos...

#wordpress #coding #ai

🚀 I scored 15,345 in Cosmic Defender 3D! Wave 8 reached, 104 enemies destroyed. Can you beat me? jonathanbossenger.github.io/cosmic-defen... #CosmicDefender3D

I’m curating the WordPress.com Dev & Deploy newsletter Do you want to get WordPress development-focused news, curated by me, in your inbox every week? Well, now you can!

This is your friendly reminder that the WordPress.com Dev & Deploy Newsletter is hitting inboxes soon. If you want a curated round-up of all the fun developer stuff we're working on, make sure to subscribe: jonathanbossenger.com/sign-up-for...

A year of progress: AI agentic coding and the Cosmic Defender experiment In March 2024 I tried to build a 3D space shooter game using AI in just a few prompts. It was a disaster. A year later, I tried again with Claude Code — and it actually worked.

A year of progress: AI agentic coding and the Cosmic Defender experiment

In March 2024 I tried to build a 3D space shooter game using AI in just a few prompts. It was a disaster. A year later, I tried again with Claude Code — and it actually worked.

New AI Coding live stream: WordPress community AI experiments. Join me this Friday at 12:00 UTC. www.twitch.tv/jonathanbos...

WordPress South Africa Join the South African WordPress Community

If you're in the #WordPress space and you live in #SouthAfrica, we have a WP South Africa Slack community, which you can join via wpsouthafrica.org/

Globally ignore .DS_Store files in Git If you're a macOS developer working with Git, you've probably encountered .DS_Store files appearing in your commit history. These system files are created by macOS to store folder-specific metadata, usually related to images, and they have no place in your version control. While you could add .DS_Store to each project's .gitignore file, there's a better solution: configure a global gitignore file that applies to all your Git repositories.

Globally ignore .DS_Store files in Git

If you're a macOS developer working with Git, you've probably encountered .DS_Store files appearing in your commit history. These system files are created by macOS to store folder-specific metadata, usually related to images, and they have no place in your…

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Please send me any relevant site or user information you have access to. Jonathan Bossenger E-mail: jonathanbossenger Website: jonathanbossenger.com Mobile: +27 84 901 3818

In the age of AI assisted coding, here's my top tip, learn to use the available linters/code quality/static analysis and automated testing tools available for your chosen language. Being able to verify AI generated code is going to become very useful.

AI site building with #WordPress Studio + MCP + Copilot in VS Code + Pexels + two prompts (one to build the theme, one to create the preview site) = jbossenger-tmdgb-studio.wp.build/ 🤯

GitHub - nightnei/wordpress-studio-mcp-server Contribute to nightnei/wordpress-studio-mcp-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you want to install the MCP server, check out the GitHub repo here: github.com/nightnei/wo...

(Take 2) I created this site with #WordPress Studio and wordpress-studio-mcp-server in under an hour, without writing any code. Full block theme implementation. What do you think?
jbossenger-pniad-studio.wp.build/

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🤖 AI Coding live stream 🤖 WordPress Studio MCP Server. Join me at www.twitch.tv/jonathanbos...

New AI Coding live stream: WordPress Studio MCP Server. Join me this Friday at 12:00 UTC. www.twitch.tv/jonathanbos...