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Latest issue#603 · Oct 19, 2026
Google Traffic Just Dropped 45%
- My Google Traffic Just Dropped 45%. Here’s What I Found.
- Your Forms Are a Survey That Never Stops Running
- Plus: The Inside Scoop and WordPress News & Updates
- #603Oct 19, 2026
Google Traffic Just Dropped 45%
My Google Traffic Just Dropped 45%. Here’s What I Found. · Your Forms Are a Survey That Never Stops Running
- #602Oct 12, 2026
I Was Selling Hosting For $5 A Month
What’s Actually Changing With Concierge
- #601Oct 5, 2026
I Fired WordPress From One of Its Jobs
WordPress Does Two Jobs. It Doesn’t Have To. · How I Moved 1,300 Pages Off WordPress (Without Leaving WordPress)
- #600Sep 28, 2026
600 Issues. Still Written by a Human.
Half the Internet Is Fighting Over 5% · WordPress Isn’t Going Anywhere. It’s Just Moving Backstage.
- #599Sep 21, 2026
I Left WordPress (On One Site)
I Talked My Website Into Existence · WordPress Is Becoming the Engine, Not the Car
- #598Sep 14, 2026
Great At The Work, Broke Anyway
My Video Pipeline
- #597Sep 8, 2026
Meet My New Hires (They’re Not Human)
A New Kind Of Hiring Process · WordPress Isn’t A Dinosaur. It’s A Harness.
- #596Aug 31, 2026
Nobody Made Me Write This
Why I Just Published an AI Policy… And Nothing Made Me Do It · I Tried To Kill Off WooCommerce (For FluentCart). Not Yet.
- #595Aug 24, 2026
Me? Starting A Vlog? 😜
I’m Bringing Back The Founder’s Memo (Just Not How I Planned) · Why I’m Telling You to Check Out NovaMira
- #594Aug 17, 2026
The WordPress of AI
AI Content Just Got A Lot Easier To Catch · I’m Building My WordPress of AI
- #593Aug 10, 2026
The Million-Dollar Prompt (And A 5-Hour Hack Window)
The “Million Dollar Prompt”. Here’s What’s Actually Happening… · More Security Patches Isn’t A Red Flag.
- #592Aug 4, 2026
Nobody Buys Book #12 For The Plot
You’re Not Selling Content. You’re Selling Yourself. · Stop Discounting Your Own Story
- #591Jul 27, 2026
85% Traffic Loss Due To AI
Why Some Blogs Are Losing 85% of Their Traffic (And Others Aren’t) · Giving Your AI a Memory… Using WordPress
- #590Jul 20, 2026
Built My Own AI. It Sucks. 😜
I Built My Own AI This Weekend. It’s Terrible. · Computers Aren’t Supposed To Do This.
- #589Jul 13, 2026
A Video Per DAY?
A Video A Day – Can I Actually Do It? · Where Are Those Spam Submissions To The Email List Coming From?
- #588Jul 6, 2026
Why So Many Membership Sites Die
Why Most Membership Sites Die Before Anyone Joins · The Image Problem That’s Quietly Bloating Your WordPress Site
- #587Jun 29, 2026
Riding The Revenue Rollercoaster
What WordPress Burnout Is Actually Costing You
- #586Jun 22, 2026
Gmail Was Eating My Newsletter (and My Open Rate)
I Was Quietly Throwing Away My Own Open Rate · How I Actually Fixed It (Build the Email Differently)
- #585Jun 15, 2026
I’m Only 42% to Last Year’s Revenue
The Mid-Year Gut Check · How I’m Actually Running My Business Audit (With AI As My Copilot)
- #584Jun 8, 2026
Online Courses Almost Killed My Business
Is The Online Course Business Dead? · Using AI To Build Custom Tools For Your Website