{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The WP Minute+","title":"How do we get Agents to use WordPress?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3474,"description":"\nThis episode of The WP Minute brings together Alex Panagis, Brian Coords, Andy Peatling, and Mike McAlister to tackle a big question: How do we get AI agents to actually use WordPress?\n\nThe conversation starts with a problem that could have major implications for WordPress: when people ask AI agents to build a website, WordPress isn't always the recommendation. The group digs into why that is, what agents actually need from WordPress, and whether the platform is moving quickly enough.\nThey explore AI-generated websites, discoverability, public benchmarks, design systems, MCP, the WordPress Abilities API, WP-CLI, Gutenberg, and the growing tension between WordPress's flexibility and the simplicity agents are looking for.\nThe bigger question isn't just whether AI can build a WordPress site. It's whether WordPress can become a platform that AI agents actually want to build with.\n\nTakeaways\nAI agents aren't consistently recommending WordPress.\nWordPress needs to become easier for agents to discover and use.\nAI-generated sites are changing what people expect from website builders.\nPublic benchmarks could show whether WordPress is improving.\nDesign systems give agents reusable building blocks.\nMCP could change how agents interact with WordPress.\nWordPress needs stronger opinions about how agents should use the platform.\nThe Abilities API could become an important foundation for agentic WordPress.\nWordPress's open-source architecture creates both opportunities and challenges.\nThe future may involve agents working alongside WordPress rather than entirely inside \nImportant Links\nWooCommerce Developer Resources: https://developer.woo.com/\nOllie: https://olliewp.com/\nMiles: https://buymiles.ai/\nWordPress.com: https://wordpress.com/\nWordPress.org: https://wordpress.org/\nWP-CLI: https://wp-cli.org/\nSubscribe to The WP Minute: https://thewpminute.com/subscribe\nThe WP Minute Slack: https://thewpminute.com/support","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Sc_eJunw7xigqxjwbAQZm4WVha2xRuUoFYgmWEEXnaU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hODUy/NDIxOTQzZmFmNDk3/ZDk4ZGUzZTQ3NzA3/NTk5MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}