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Notes on Delta, WordPress, and building software that an agent can operate.

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4 November 20266 min read

Build a WordPress site in Cursor, without writing theme PHP

Cursor's agent can operate a WordPress site, not just edit its code. A project folder for the brief and the copy, a one-click connection, and prompts that build the design system, templates and pages.

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3 November 20266 min read

Build a WordPress site with Claude Code: a walkthrough

From an empty WordPress install to a site with a design system, templates and pages, from the terminal. What to say to Claude Code at each step, what it does on the site, and where to look before you trust it.

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2 November 20264 min read

Delta Front Panel: 5 practical use cases

Delta's Front panel boards give you a separate place to compare layouts, collect design references or build a small interactive tool. Try an idea on a board before it goes on a live page.

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2 November 20265 min read

AI WordPress theme: the three kinds

Search for an AI WordPress theme and three unrelated things come back: themes for AI companies, themes that generate pages for you, and a theme an agent operates. How to tell them apart, and what each one asks of you.

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1 November 20266 min read

What a WordPress AI agent is, and what it is not

Three different things are sold as AI for WordPress: a generator, an assistant and an agent. Only one of them acts on your site. What an agent is made of, what it can do today, and the questions to ask before you let one in.

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31 October 20268 min read

WordPress MCP servers compared: the adapter, plugins, hosted relays and a theme

There are now more than twenty ways to give an AI agent an MCP connection to WordPress. They fall into four groups by where the server runs and what it writes. Here is how to tell them apart.

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27 October 20265 min read

Where design intent takes shape in an agentic workflow

After years of fine-tuning design systems, I'm learning to give agents more room to interpret intent and to choose where that work happens.

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15 October 202610 min read

Token naming instinct: a blind study of how five AI models name design tokens

A blind test of how five AI models name the same design tokens: which names they agree on, and which a design system has to spell out.

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13 October 20264 min read

Delta 0.3.0: A front panel for working with your agent

Delta 0.3.0 brings a shared working surface to the live site, with element selection, quick text edits and a Sketchbook for design exploration.

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13 October 20265 min read

How to Give AI Clear Visual Feedback on Your WordPress Site

For me, workflow ergonomics starts with the live site inside the agent’s workspace: point to a change, discuss it and inspect the result.

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13 October 20265 min read

How AI Connects to WordPress: MCP and REST API Explained

MCP and the REST API can both connect an AI assistant to WordPress. Here is how they differ, using Delta’s Connections panel as the example.

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13 October 20265 min read

Can You Build a WordPress Website with AI? What to Expect

What AI can build on a WordPress site today, the routes you can take, and what you still decide.

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