My build setup is figma for design, then claude + novamira for the build

On opus 4.8 and 5 I'd usually go through 3-5 rounds of revisions before a page was right. With opus 5.5 it's mostly been minor changes. honestly kind of insane

Even animations are way easier now. I have my agent build a mini widget that helps me set up the animations right on the live site

is anyone else seeing the same jump? and what are you still fixing by hand?

Hi! I'm kinda desperate as I need this fixed before Wednesday, as I got off a hiatus and am kinda annoyed that the editor seems to have changed to be a bit weirder with the scheduling and whatnot, but oh well, i got used to that.

Yet for some reason when I use the editor to try and edit post, pages, etc... I can't do the SHIFT+ ENTER combo to get a single space line break anymore? Like, it works here, it works on discord, it works on anywhere else you can do that to single line break, but not on my WP site. Or other WP sites. I'm using Safari on my macbook and my iPhone, and I can't seem to get the stupid thing to single space without the <br> thing for the life of me, and I cannot write like that. It's always double spacing, as if I hit the return key by itself, and constantly making new blocks.

Did Automattic do something with the block editor in the past two months or something? I dunno, but it's driving me bonkers how I cannot do a single line break anymore for the life of me and I am just desperate to try and fix it. Is anyone else able to do so still through their editors? In both WP variants, even? I dunno if it's some weird nonsense with Safari, or a universal new bug, but I'm about to lose hope...

Full disclosure first: I'm the founder of the plugin I'm talking about, so take this with the right amount of salt.

A typical small business or agency site we worked with had something like this installed:

• a CRM plugin
• an email marketing plugin
• an automation plugin to glue things together
• a booking plugin
• an invoicing plugin
• a helpdesk plugin
• a client portal plugin
• a project management plugin

Each one is fine on its own. The problem is everything between them: eight licences to renew, eight update cycles, and the same customer stored in four different places. Nobody could answer "what's going on with this client?" without opening five screens.

So we built DoubleScale: one WordPress plugin where all of that sits on a single contact record. Email campaigns, automations, deals, bookings, invoices, support tickets and the client portal all write to the same timeline. You switch modules on and off, so if you only need a CRM and email, the rest stays out of your way. Everything lives in your own WordPress database; nothing goes to someone else's cloud.

Honest trade-offs:

• It's WordPress only. If your team doesn't live in WordPress, a SaaS CRM probably fits better.
• You still need your own email sending service (SES, Brevo, Mailgun and so on), like any WordPress email plugin.
• We're newer, so the community is smaller than the big names.

The core is free on WordPress.org; some modules, like pipelines and SMS/WhatsApp, are in the paid version.

What I'd really like to know:

1. How many plugins does your client/business stack run on right now?
2. Would you trust one plugin with all of it, or do you prefer separate best-in-class tools?
3. What would you need to see before switching?

Happy to answer anything, including the critical stuff. Free version on WordPress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/doublescale/

Hi! I'm kinda desperate as I need this fixed before Wednesday, as I got off a hiatus and am kinda annoyed that the editor seems to have changed to be a bit weirder with the scheduling and whatnot, but oh well, i got used to that.

Yet for some reason when I use the editor to try and edit post, pages, etc... I can't do the SHIFT+ ENTER combo to get a single space line break anymore? Like, it works here, it works on discord, it works on anywhere else you can do that to single line break, but not on my WP site. Or other WP sites. I'm using Safari on my macbook and my iPhone, and I can't seem to get the stupid thing to single space without the <br> thing for the life of me, and I cannot write like that. It's always double spacing, as if I hit the return key by itself, and constantly making new blocks.

Did Automattic do something with the block editor in the past two months or something? I dunno, but it's driving me bonkers how I cannot do a single line break anymore for the life of me and I am just desperate to try and fix it. Is anyone else able to do so still through their editors? In both WP variants, even? I dunno if it's some weird nonsense with Safari, or a universal new bug, but I'm about to lose hope...

Full disclosure first: I'm the founder of the plugin I'm talking about, so take this with the right amount of salt.

A typical small business or agency site we worked with had something like this installed:

• a CRM plugin
• an email marketing plugin
• an automation plugin to glue things together
• a booking plugin
• an invoicing plugin
• a helpdesk plugin
• a client portal plugin
• a project management plugin

Each one is fine on its own. The problem is everything between them: eight licences to renew, eight update cycles, and the same customer stored in four different places. Nobody could answer "what's going on with this client?" without opening five screens.

So we built DoubleScale: one WordPress plugin where all of that sits on a single contact record. Email campaigns, automations, deals, bookings, invoices, support tickets and the client portal all write to the same timeline. You switch modules on and off, so if you only need a CRM and email, the rest stays out of your way. Everything lives in your own WordPress database; nothing goes to someone else's cloud.

Honest trade-offs:

• It's WordPress only. If your team doesn't live in WordPress, a SaaS CRM probably fits better.
• You still need your own email sending service (SES, Brevo, Mailgun and so on), like any WordPress email plugin.
• We're newer, so the community is smaller than the big names.

The core is free on WordPress.org; some modules, like pipelines and SMS/WhatsApp, are in the paid version.

What I'd really like to know:

1. How many plugins does your client/business stack run on right now?
2. Would you trust one plugin with all of it, or do you prefer separate best-in-class tools?
3. What would you need to see before switching?

Happy to answer anything, including the critical stuff.

Hi! I’m a site owner trying to understand why my WordPress site is slow, and I could use a little guidance.

I use Elementor Pro, WooCommerce and WPML. Cached pages respond quickly, but without page cache I’m seeing roughly 3–6 seconds before the server starts responding.

I’ve tried disabling plugin groups separately on staging. WPML made the biggest difference, but the delay never disappeared.

If this were your site, what’s the one thing you’d check next? I’m hoping to narrow down my next test rather than ask anyone for a full audit.

Site URL: https://www.orreke.ee/

PageSpeed test: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-orreke-ee/d51t8di6l9?form_factor=mobile

I’m happy to share specific test results if useful.

Thanks!

I am trying to connect the Automattic 'Wordpress - Website Builder' app to a new install on an internal network - http://192.168.2.169

Wordpress version = latest 7.1.4

Webserver = nginx 1.26.3, PHP 8.4.27

iOS App version = latest (27.4)

This is a plain vanilla, brand new install following the wordpress.org installation instructions with no additional themes or plugins. There are no firewalls and the site can be accessed and is fully operational via a web browser.

Both the iphone and the wordpress server are on the same internal network. The phone can access the wordpress web interface using both brave and safari.

The issues is when trying to use 'http://192.168.2.169' after clicking 'Enter your existing site address' in the iPhone app which spits out a "Application Passwords is not enabled for this site - this is likely because we cannot establish a secure connection to it. Please add an SSL certificate to this site and try again" error.

I've tried checking xmlrpc from a browser, setting the site to 'local', adding an application password. Adding self-signed certs results in an 'Invalid SSL certificate' error and I don't want to go down the route of having to push a cert onto the phone.

This is a test site for a someone who is sure that they have used the app to access a HTTP wordpress site in the past and they would like to use the app on a site I am about to migrate to their internal network for archival purposes. The goal is for them to self-host the wordpress server and to use the app that they are already familar with using their own wi-fi.

Mi servirebbe un plugin RMA per WooCommerce, con queste funzionalità indispensabili, che sono:

1. Richiesta cambio dall'area personale.
   
2. Cambio della variante (taglia).
   
3. Abilitazione per categoria.
   
4. Scadenza configurabile.
   
5. Stati personalizzati e approvazione manuale.
   
6. Conferma di ricezione in magazzino.
   
7. Gestione del costo della spedizione sostitutiva tramite WooCommerce.

I’ve been building WordPress websites for a while now, and for certain types of projects, searching for the right plugins often takes much longer than I expect. Most recently, I needed plugins for a WooCommerce project (a type of project I don’t usually take on) and it took me days to test and find the right ones (and try to avoid only paid plugins), checking wp.org, Google, YouTube, etc.... before finally settling on a solution.

For those of you who work with WordPress: what was the last feature you needed a plugin for?

Where did you start your search, and roughly how long did it take you to feel confident in your choice?

thanks

Hi! I’m a site owner trying to understand why my WordPress site is slow, and I could use a little guidance.

I use Elementor Pro, WooCommerce and WPML. Cached pages respond quickly, but without page cache I’m seeing roughly 3–6 seconds before the server starts responding.

I’ve tried disabling plugin groups separately on staging. WPML made the biggest difference, but the delay never disappeared.

If this were your site, what’s the one thing you’d check next? I’m hoping to narrow down my next test rather than ask anyone for a full audit.

Site URL: https://www.orreke.ee/

PageSpeed test: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-orreke-ee/d51t8di6l9?form_factor=mobile

I’m happy to share specific test results if useful.

Thanks!

Which one is good for seo ?

One thing I find interesting about WordPress is how easy it is to get a site running, but how quickly the complexity can increase once the business starts depending on it.

A basic brochure site might work perfectly well with a suitable theme and a few plugins. The challenges tend to appear when requirements become more specific.

For example:

• A plugin update breaks a customized workflow.
• Several plugins introduce overlapping functionality or unexpected conflicts.
• A client needs a feature that almost fits an existing plugin but requires extensive workarounds.
• Performance problems persist even after basic caching and image optimization.
• The site needs to integrate reliably with an external system.

At that point, adding another plugin isn't always the answer. Sometimes the right solution involves debugging the underlying issue, reviewing the architecture, writing custom code, or replacing an unsuitable component.

For a business owner, the difficult part is often recognizing when continued DIY troubleshooting is costing more than getting the right technical help.

Where do you draw the line between maintaining a WordPress site yourself and bringing in a developer?

One thing I find interesting about WordPress is how easy it is to get a site running, but how quickly the complexity can increase once the business starts depending on it.

A basic brochure site might work perfectly well with a suitable theme and a few plugins. The challenges tend to appear when requirements become more specific.

For example:

• A plugin update breaks a customized workflow.
• Several plugins introduce overlapping functionality or unexpected conflicts.
• A client needs a feature that almost fits an existing plugin but requires extensive workarounds.
• Performance problems persist even after basic caching and image optimization.
• The site needs to integrate reliably with an external system.

At that point, adding another plugin isn't always the answer. Sometimes the right solution involves debugging the underlying issue, reviewing the architecture, writing custom code, or replacing an unsuitable component.

For a business owner, the difficult part is often recognizing when continued DIY troubleshooting is costing more than getting the right technical help.

Where do you draw the line between maintaining a WordPress site yourself and bringing in a developer?

Je m’appelle Mae je suis étudiante en STAPS et je crée des sites WordPress avec elementor et des blocs de codes. Je suis passionnée par les projets en tout genre, n’hésite pas à me contacter pour savoir si ton projet est dans mes cordes :)

SEMRush pulled up that our site needed to minify JavaScript and CSS files and reduce render-blocking resources. I tried to remedy this by downloading the auto optimise plug in for WordPress and tried several different configurations, based on YT videos and blogs However, I tested the Google Lighthouse performance score afterwards, and it declined in all configurations compared with our baseline, where no plugin was active.

A few questions:

1- Are Google Lighthouse scores reliable in this case? Should I expect google lighthouse scores to improve once I've minified the files and removed render-blocking resources?

2- What action would you take next? Should I continue trying out different configurations, pass to a developer or accept that our Word Press theme is not the best and we may need a complete site rebuild to solve this issue?

Every time I hand a WordPress site to a client who is not technical, the thing that decides whether I get calm emails or panicked ones is the admin area. A tidy dashboard means fewer messages asking

where to click. Here is the cleanup pass I now run on every build, mostly so I stop repeating the same support answers.

Hide what the client does not need. Editors and shop managers rarely need Tools, most of Settings, or the plugin screens. Trimming the menu by role removes a hundred ways to break something by accident.

Rename menu items into client language. “Posts” becomes “Blog”, and the developer only menus disappear because they never see them. Small wording changes save real confusion.

Strip the dashboard widgets. The WordPress news feed and most default widgets are noise for a client. I leave a short welcome panel with who to contact and a link to their docs.

Add useful columns to the posts and pages lists. A featured image column and an author column make scanning faster for everyone.

Organise the media library into folders before it hits a thousand unsorted images, because after that nobody ever tidies it.

Give the login screen and admin a light touch of the client brand so the handover feels finished rather than raw.

You can do most of this with code in your theme functions file if you like maintaining it, or with one of several admin plugins if you would rather not. Either way, the win is the same: a back end that matches how the client actually thinks.

What is the first thing you change on a fresh WordPress admin before a handoff? I am always looking to steal a good habit.

Every time I hand a WordPress site to a client who is not technical, the thing that decides whether I get calm emails or panicked ones is the admin area. A tidy dashboard means fewer messages asking

where to click. Here is the cleanup pass I now run on every build, mostly so I stop repeating the same support answers.

Hide what the client does not need. Editors and shop managers rarely need Tools, most of Settings, or the plugin screens. Trimming the menu by role removes a hundred ways to break something by accident.

Rename menu items into client language. “Posts” becomes “Blog”, and the developer only menus disappear because they never see them. Small wording changes save real confusion.

Strip the dashboard widgets. The WordPress news feed and most default widgets are noise for a client. I leave a short welcome panel with who to contact and a link to their docs.

Add useful columns to the posts and pages lists. A featured image column and an author column make scanning faster for everyone.

Organise the media library into folders before it hits a thousand unsorted images, because after that nobody ever tidies it.

Give the login screen and admin a light touch of the client brand so the handover feels finished rather than raw.

You can do most of this with code in your theme functions file if you like maintaining it, or with one of several admin plugins if you would rather not. Either way, the win is the same: a back end that matches how the client actually thinks.

What is the first thing you change on a fresh WordPress admin before a handoff? I am always looking to steal a good habit.

Jesse Nickles runs SlickStack. Same guy from that thread last year where the updater stopped pulling cron files off GitHub and started pulling them through a domain he controls.

He's a WordPress SEO guy who has been harassing companies and people for decades and calls it OSINT.

Thailand issued a criminal arrest warrant for him in May 2024. Warrant 443/2567, defamation by advertising.

Jesse Nickles runs SlickStack. Same guy from that thread last year where the updater stopped pulling cron files off GitHub and started pulling them through a domain he controls.

He's a WordPress SEO guy who has been harassing companies and people for decades and calls it OSINT.

Thailand issued a criminal arrest warrant for him in May 2024. Warrant 443/2567, defamation by advertising.

Exploring new opportunities in WordPress and web development

Hello everyone!

I've been working with website development, online stores, and hosting for several years. More recently, I've started exploring AI and its potential applications in web development.

I'm curious to know what other services or technologies WordPress professionals are currently working with.

Are you incorporating AI into your projects? Have you expanded into areas such as automation, integrations, SEO, or other digital solutions?

I'd love to hear about your experiences and what new opportunities you're exploring in this industry.