Running WordPress with AI, without giving up control

Set up a powerful, private AI assistant on your WordPress site using local models. No API keys. No subscriptions. Full control. Published: April 2026 | 12 min read | For Developers Why Run AI Locally? The Privacy-First Revolution Every time you use…

AI is becoming a first-class citizen in WordPress. With new capabilities and the emerging Connectors model, more features are starting to depend on AI being available. That’s useful—but not always desirable. I’ve released a lightweight plugin that introduces a kill switch for…

Submitting a plugin to the WordPress.org directory is rarely a one-shot process. My recent experience building a simple plugin to turn off AI features surfaced a few non-obvious constraints that are worth documenting—especially if you’re working on modern features like AI connectors…

AI is becoming a core part of the WordPress ecosystem, but most solutions today rely on external APIs. That often means recurring costs, latency, and data leaving your server. To address this, I’ve released a new plugin:👉 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ai-provider-for-llamacpp AI Provider for llama.cpp…

For a long time, LocalWP has been my go-to tool for local WordPress development. It’s fantastic for setting up big projects, managing databases, and doing a lot of things at once. But recently, I started using WordPress Studio for my smaller projects,…