Matt Cromwell has some advice for product developers to help navigate the changing WordPress landscape and the integration of AI.

Adam Preiser and the OttoKit team have setup a community space as well as a course on automation and using OttoKit. A cool feature of this is that they used SureDash to set this up, which is a nice way to showcase what you can do with the tools. I love it when companies use their own tools like this.

This interview with Aurelio Volle of WP Umbrella is very insightful. He talks about their AppSumo experience, his view of lifetime deals, the philosophy of WP Umbrella, and his company in comparison with other site management options.

And the solution to AI bots scraping your data and Google now providing answers and not links to your site is … tollbooths. I’m not sure how much money Tollbit is collecting, but it looks like Cloudflare is going to do it also.

The SEO game-like strategy hoops isn’t dead, it has just moved to email.

This is interesting. I don’t recall Beaver Builder ever targeting a competitor before. In the past they have always been the nice ones who avoid drama. In this post they target Bricks and mention some Bricks issues I don’t recognize. By the way, doing a comparison post is legit, it is just a surprise to see them go on the offensive in this way.

A German court ruled that Meta tracking pixels on third party sites violates the GDPR.

The ACF team is again holding an annual survey to learn about how people are using ACF and to get feedback. This is a good opportunity to share your thoughts with the ACF team.

Wow, the stats are pretty scary. Authority content marketing is on the ropes.