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I’m Jamie, I’ve trained over 5000 people on WordPress in the past 10 years, and my WordPress plugins are used by thousands of customers worldwide. My YouTube channel is dedicated to helping people with WordPress and has now over 100,000 subscribers. I’d love to help you, so please get in touch!

Latest Posts
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How Much Better Are LLMs Than a Human?
“Humans are just models too.” That’s what James Cameron recently said when talking about AI and copyright — and he’s kind of right. We, as…
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Video converts better
The data-driven case for putting video at the heart of your content strategy A few days ago, I shared the infographic below on X —…
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This Small Feature on Loveable.dev Could Unlock a Billion-Dollar Industry
A quiet revolution is underway. Just as the App Store transformed mobile, AI is now unlocking a new wave of digital creation: remixable software. We’re…
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How I Use YouTube to Grow My Email List (And How You Can Too)
How I Use YouTube to Grow My Email List (And How You Can Too) If you’re creating content on YouTube and not using it to…
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How PootleWriter and PootlePhotos Send Content Directly to Your WordPress Site — Privately and Securely
We’ve built two simple, powerful apps — PootleWriter and PootlePhotos — to make creating and publishing WordPress content easier than ever. But just as important…
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Most People Missed Why the WordPress.com AI Website Builder Was So Significant
When WordPress.com launched its new AI-powered website builder, the response was largely positive. People appreciated how easy it made the setup process, how quickly it…
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What William Gibson got right (and wrong) about AI in *Neuromancer* — written in 1984.
A book that predicted cyberspace, rogue AIs, and the future of intelligence…But missed a few big things too. Published in 1984, Neuromancer helped invent cyberpunk.Gibson…
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Meet PootleWriter
Pootlewriter is a simple, fast, and minimal writing app that I built to help me write better and stay focused. It’s designed for anyone who…
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The Man Who Rode Into Luddite Blood: What the Death of William Horsfall Tells Us About AI and Professional Rage
What the Luddites can teach us about today’s AI fears Today, we’re seeing the first signs of resistance. Not in the streets — yet —…
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How Google Slowly Strangled the Open Web
There was a time when Google felt like a generous librarian. You wrote good stuff, it helped people find it. A fair deal. But year…
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The End of Acting? Why AI Characters Might Feel More Real Than Real People
Slightly off-topic, but this post was sparked by a conversation with my daughter Lily, who’s in her second year of film school. Her class was…
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WordPress + Loveable Beginner’s Guide ( Walkthrough + Free Download!)
Thinking about going headless with WordPress and building a beautiful front end using Loveable.dev? This guide walks you through the full process — from setup…
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Curiosity. Hope. Fear. The Emotional Science of a Great YouTube Thumbnail
In the same way that vinyl album covers defined an era of music, YouTube thumbnails are becoming the cultural artefacts of our digital age. They’re…
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Is the Craft of Writing CSS About to Die?
In the 1950s, if you wanted premium print—wedding invites, packaging, letterheads—you went to the die stamper. Heavy metal plates. Pressure. Precision. Each indentation a mark…
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90% of Buyers Won’t Shortlist You Unless They Know and Trust Your Brand – Research Reveals
In B2B sales—especially in industries like web hosting, cloud services, and enterprise software—there’s a persistent myth that buyers make decisions based purely on logic, features,…
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Making WordPress Play Nicely with AI Through MCP
AI is quickly becoming part of how we write, design, build, and interact with the web. As tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Loveable.dev and other AI…
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New in WordPress 6.8: Public Menus via REST API (Perfect for Headless + No-Code Builders)
🧠 What’s New? WordPress 6.8 now lets you make your menus accessible through the REST API without needing users to log in. In plain terms:…
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How to Talk About AI Coding Without Alienating Developers (or Misleading Beginners)
The pace of AI is wild. Every day, there’s a new tool, a new breakthrough, a new trend. It’s exciting—but it’s also chaotic. And as…
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We’re Close to Something Big
I’ve been deep in vibe coding lately—those rare, electric sessions where the ideas are clear, the code flows, and building feels effortless. I’ve shared some…
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Coming in WordPress 6.8: A Faster Website Experience Behind the Scenes
WordPress 6.8 (coming soon!) will include a behind-the-scenes improvement that helps your website load faster. It’s called speculative loading, but don’t worry about the technical…
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Using the WordPress REST API in a Headless Setup to Display Posts
If you're running a headless WordPress setup — where WordPress manages your content but a separate frontend handles the display — the REST API is…
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In the near Future, Code Won’t Be Human-Readable
For decades, programming languages have balanced human readability and machine efficiency, allowing developers to write, debug, and collaborate on complex systems. However, as AI advances,…
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How security works with Pootle Photos
PootlePhotos prioritizes security through a direct device-to-WordPress architecture that eliminates middleman servers where breaches could occur. Your photos never touch our servers—they travel directly from…
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The Future of Search and AI: Where Digital Marketers Should Focus
I’m a big fan of Rand Fishkin—he’s one of the few voices in digital marketing who consistently cuts through the noise. In a time of…
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Lovable.dev: The Fastest Growing European Startup Ever!
The startup world, that frenetic arena of venture capital and audacious ideas, has produced another “disruptor.” This time, it’s Lovable.dev, and they’re growing at an…
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Can Poor-Performing YouTube Shorts Affect Views for Longer Form Content?
There’s a lot of confusion about whether YouTube Shorts impact the performance of long-form videos. Officially, YouTube states that the two content formats operate independently…
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Testing the Most Recommended AI Video Tools: Are They Ready for Promotional Content?
Introduction This week, I set myself a challenge: testing the most talked-about AI video tools I keep seeing on my X feed. My goal? To…
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How I Built a Freakin’ Awesome Website with WordPress and Loveable.dev
Introduction I built a fully functional, beautifully designed personal website in just two hours—and I didn’t have to sweat the technical stuff. All I had…
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The Web is About to Be Appified
Introduction Since its inception, the web has been built on a document-based model—a system of interlinked pages designed for reading and referencing. For over 30…
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Why Your Company Sucks at YouTube
Honestly—most companies are terrible at YouTube. They pour money into high-production videos that nobody watches, treat it like a dumping ground for promotional content, and…