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The Meow Apps cat typing in a terminal on a laptop connected to a smiling cube How To: Connect Claude to WordPress with MCP (App, Desktop & Claude Code) The Meow Apps cat reading a long log receipt with a magnifier How to Find and Read Your PHP Error Logs (and Debug WordPress) The Meow Apps cat speeding on a scooter after dropping a heavy backpack How to: Make WordPress Faster & Optimize It
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AI & MCP

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Add AI to WordPress: chatbots, forms, image models, and connecting Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents to your site with MCP.

The Meow Apps cat in front of a torii gate with a laptop showing Mount Fuji How I Run a 70,000-Reader WordPress Site with an AI Agent The Meow Apps cat hugging a big pickle next to a laptop terminal How To: Connect OpenCode to WordPress with MCP (100% Free) The Meow Apps cat fact-checking a page with a magnifying glass: a red cross on the false claims, a blue check on the truth AI Engine vs WPVibe The Meow Apps cat holding one golden key as little AI model cubes hop out of its laptop Use your WordPress AI models in OpenCode The Meow Apps cat lying on its belly and tapping a giant phone with a chat bubble Workspace: the free AI app for your WordPress site, on iOS and Android The Meow Apps cat holding a form clipboard with a glowing lightbulb popping out AI Forms for WordPress: Build a Form That Thinks

Images & Media

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Image sizes, thumbnails, WebP and AVIF, renaming files, galleries and keeping the WordPress media library clean.

The Meow Apps cat squeezing a chubby photo into a slim one How we cut our image bandwidth by 73% with one toggle The Meow Apps cat compressing a photo in a vise How to: Optimize Images in WordPress The Meow Apps cat lining up the same picture in three sizes Learn: The WordPress Images Sizes & The Upload Process

Speed & Database

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Make WordPress faster: caching, cron, database cleanup and the optimizations that actually matter.

The Meow Apps cat dusting a cobwebbed database next to a shiny clean one Database Cleaner vs Advanced Database Cleaner: what the free versions really do The Meow Apps cat pressing a big alarm clock that sends out task cards How to run WP-Cron manually, and how to make it reliable The Meow Apps cat speeding on a scooter after dropping a heavy backpack How to: Make WordPress Faster & Optimize It

SEO

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WordPress SEO that works today: titles, sitemaps, AI search, and how the big SEO plugins compare.

The Meow Apps cat calmly holding an XML sitemap scroll next to a browser window Your WordPress Sitemap Will Look Broken in Chrome on November 17 (It Isn’t) The Meow Apps cat on top of a winners podium raising a trophy SEO Engine vs Yoast vs Rank Math: An Honest 2026 Comparison The Meow Apps cat placing a roof on four small pillars WordPress SEO in 2026: The Four Pillars (and Why Most Plugins Miss Two) The Meow Apps cat planting a flag on top of a rising bar chart SEO Engine: The AI-Era SEO Plugin for WordPress

Security

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WordPress security news and what to do: vulnerabilities, who holds the keys to your site, and how to stay safe.

The Meow Apps cat holding a ring of house-shaped keys while a raccoon tries to grab them The next big WordPress hack The Meow Apps cat sticking a PHP bandage on a smiling server PHP2Shell: what it is, and what to do on your WordPress site The Meow Apps cat as a doorman letting one envelope in and stopping another How To: Whitelist and Blacklist External Requests in WordPress

Fixes & Errors

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Fixes for the WordPress errors you actually run into: cookies and nonces, REST API, timeouts, PHP error logs.

The Meow Apps cat placing small code cards on a clipboard WordPress snippets you actually need, and how to add them safely The Meow Apps cat swapping a stale cookie for a fresh one Cookie Check Failed in WordPress: What It Means and How to Fix It The Meow Apps cat reading a long log receipt with a magnifier How to Find and Read Your PHP Error Logs (and Debug WordPress) The Meow Apps cat listening to a browser window with a stethoscope How to: Check the Console and Network Activity with Google Chrome The Meow Apps cat with a stopwatch next to a slow turtle carrying a loading spinner Fix: Timeout and Memory Errors in WordPress The Meow Apps cat fixing a small bridge between two islands Fix: The WordPress REST API

Hosting & Tools

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Hosting WordPress (even for free), local setups, handy tools, and a bit of WordPress history.

The Meow Apps cat on a stack of books with an old WordPress computer and a laptop The History of WordPress (I Ran Every Old Version) The Meow Apps cat on a desktop computer that doubles as a little house How to Host WordPress for Free (On Your Own Computer) The Meow Apps cat unfolding a map full of colorful pins with a camera around its neck Ikuzo: Why I Built My Own Map Editor The Meow Apps cat coming out of a tunnel through a hill with a lantern How To: Expose Local Sites via a Cloudflare Tunnel The Meow Apps cat pouring map pins into a spreadsheet How To: Export your Google Maps to CSV, JSON or a Spreadsheet The Meow Apps cat choosing between two little server buildings How to Choose a WordPress Hosting Service in 2026

Latest articles

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The History of WordPress (I Ran Every Old Version)

November 2, 2026November 1, 2026

From b2 in 2001 to AI agents in 2026: I installed the real old versions of WordPress and went through every big change. The video, the timeline, and where I think it is going.

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Hosting & Tools
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How I Run a 70,000-Reader WordPress Site with an AI Agent

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026

Offbeat Japan, my travel site: three languages, 70,000 readers a month, 7,000 photos. I write every post in French; an AI agent translates and works on the site through AI Engine’s MCP server, and my photos come straight from Lightroom. The whole setup.

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AI & MCP
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Your WordPress Sitemap Will Look Broken in Chrome on November 17 (It Isn’t)

October 31, 2026October 31, 2026

From November 17, 2026, Chrome 158 shows WordPress sitemaps as raw XML instead of a neat table. Google doesn’t care. What changes, and what to do.

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SEO
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How To: Connect OpenCode to WordPress with MCP (100% Free)

October 27, 2026November 1, 2026

Connect OpenCode to your WordPress site with MCP, entirely for free: free OpenCode, a free AI model and the free AI Engine plugin. No account, no API key, no credit card. Tested step by step.

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AI & MCP
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WordPress snippets you actually need, and how to add them safely

October 23, 2026October 27, 2026

Four small PHP snippets for real WordPress annoyances: the admin email check, noisy auto-update emails, a plugin you want to freeze, and SVG uploads. Tested code, and the safe way to add it with Code Engine.

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Fixes & Errors
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The next big WordPress hack

October 23, 2026October 30, 2026

Backup services, management dashboards and AI connectors hold keys to thousands of WordPress sites. UpdraftCentral just showed what happens when one is breached. Who holds keys to your site, including us, and how to take back control.

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Security
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PHP2Shell: what it is, and what to do on your WordPress site

October 21, 2026October 30, 2026

PHP2Shell is a critical flaw in PHP, the software under WordPress, and WordPress updates can’t fix it. What it is, how to check your site, what to ask your host, and how to tell if you were hacked.

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Security
The Meow Apps cat fact-checking a page with a magnifying glass: a red cross on the false claims, a blue check on the truth

AI Engine vs WPVibe

September 20, 2026October 27, 2026

AI Engine vs WPVibe: both let Claude and ChatGPT work on your WordPress site. AI Engine does it with no account, no daily cap, and without your admin password leaving your site.

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AI & MCP
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Use your WordPress AI models in OpenCode

September 15, 2026November 1, 2026

Use the AI models configured in AI Engine from OpenCode, or any app that speaks the OpenAI API, with one key. Your provider keys never leave WordPress. Setup in three steps, plus the costs and hosting limits to know first.

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AI & MCP
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How we cut our image bandwidth by 73% with one toggle

September 8, 2026October 23, 2026

Before and after numbers from meowapps.com: routing every image URL through Easy IO with Perfect Images cut the images our server sends by 73%, and what reaches visitors from the server by 86%. Where the leaks are, and how to do it.

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Images & Media
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Workspace: the free AI app for your WordPress site, on iOS and Android

September 7, 2026November 1, 2026

A free native app for iPhone, iPad and Android that turns the AI Engine on your own WordPress site into a pocket AI workspace: every model, your keys, your conversations, nothing in between.

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AI & MCP
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Database Cleaner vs Advanced Database Cleaner: what the free versions really do

September 7, 2026November 1, 2026

Both free versions delete revisions and spam. Only one shows you which plugin left which tables, options and cron jobs behind, for free. Where Database Cleaner wins, where the other one is fine, and the prices.

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Speed & Database
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