Rather than adding an AI assistant itself, Meta Box abilities are a collection of of tools that AI agents can use via the WordPress Abilities API.

Bill Erickson ran GPT 5.5 and a number of open source AI models against some WordPress task lists to compare cost and how well they performed. His results pretty much mirrored my experience with Kimi.

Novamira Pro 1.5.0 is out and this update seems to focus on supporting the various form plugins. This includes Gravity Forms, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms, Formidable Forms, and Contact Form 7.nov

Available in all Etch plans, the Etch Connector allows you to use any external AI (terminal or IDE) with Etch. In the video Kevin Geary demo’s copying a section from a design source, and copying a section between sites. While it got off to a slow start, AI features in Etch are have become first class citizens.

This is a nice share from Jamie Marsland, who describes his process for building sites using AI. It includes the general design phase, creating a design system, generating the page layouts, and adding the results to WordPress. Even if you have a different approach, you may find something useful in the prompts or thought process.

Ahrefs analyzed site data for sites with llms.txt files and found they are rarely every accessed.

The US Government put restrictions on Claude Mythos and Fable, so Anthropic has pulled it temporarily.

Beaver Builder is adding AI features. Not the first to the party, but the features look well thought-out.

In the AI is stealing your content department, there are some positive developments resulting from a UK watchdog’s intervention.