WP Edge Issues from 2026
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39 issues from 2026
- #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
- #583Jun 1, 2026
Be the Steak in a Boring Inbox
How To Become The One Email They Actually Open · Turning Off Email Double-Optin. Doing This Instead…
- #582May 25, 2026
Systems, WordPress 7, and a Mac Mini
Your Effort Is Becoming Worthless (Unless You Do This) · The AI Angle of WordPress 7
- #581May 18, 2026
What Happened to Kadence? + My Business Framework
The Framework I’m Building My Entire Business Around Right Now · Kadence Got Sucked Into Liquid Web
- #580May 11, 2026
Sometimes the Kill Switch Is the Right Move
Getting Ahead By Letting Go · Quick Look At FluentCRM 3.0
- #579May 4, 2026
Why Your AI Content Sounds Generic
How To Train Your AI To Write Like You
- #578Apr 27, 2026
You’re Not As Behind With AI As You Might Think
Featured This Week · There Is No “Magic Prompt” — Here’s How to Actually Make AI Useful
- #577Apr 20, 2026
112 Blog Posts… Trashed.
Featured This Week · How I Use An AI Copilot To Supercharge My Content Audit
- #576Apr 13, 2026
You’re A Media Company. Own It.
Featured This Week · The Engine Behind Your Media Company
- #575Apr 6, 2026
OMG! WordPress Is Dying! 😜
Featured This Week · How to Audit Your WordPress Plugin Stack
- #574Mar 30, 2026
A Smarter WordPress
Featured This Week · A Client Had a Privacy Concern About AI. Here’s What I Told Her…
- #573Mar 23, 2026
The AI Content Balancing Act
Featured This Week · Behind the Curtain: How I Set Up An AI Newsletter Assistant
- #572Mar 16, 2026
Your Last Moat (And Why Site Features Don’t Matter So Much Anymore)
The Last Moat (And Why Your Site’s Features Don’t Matter Anymore) · How to Make Your Website Feel Like a Real Human Lives There
- #571Mar 9, 2026
‘Tis the Season… For A Spring Cleaning
Is Your Site Still Doing Its Job?
- #570Mar 2, 2026
When AI Screws Up
Featured This Week · The AI Safety Checklist for WordPress
- #569Feb 23, 2026
“Just Add A Plugin”, They Said
Featured This Week · Got a Frankenstein WordPress Site? Let’s Untangle It.
- #568Feb 16, 2026
An AI Secretary for Your Website
Featured This Week · How to Build the “AI Receptionist” Contact Form
- #567Feb 9, 2026
The Shift That Makes Automation (and AI) Actually Work
Featured This Week · Turn WordPress Actions Into Automated (and AI-Driven) Work
- #566Feb 2, 2026
Train Your AI Like A Team Member
Featured This Week · Why I Decided To Switch Back To Google
- #565Jan 26, 2026
How To Survive Solopreneurship
Featured This Week · The Case For Using A Plugin To Track Your Analytics
- #564Jan 19, 2026
Ship Quickly. Break Things.
Featured This Week · Why Plugin Licenses Are So Important (A Lesson)
- #563Jan 12, 2026
The Online Course Model Is Broken
Featured This Week · Building A Modern Learning Platform With WordPress
- #562Jan 5, 2026
Up Your Game With AI
Featured This Week · Useful Little WordPress Debugging Tools