Darin Kotter explains how the official WordPress AI plugin is helping test and refine new approaches to AI governance and safety in WordPress. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...
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The expert WordPress practice of Fueled, a digital transformation agency. The 10up practice crafts impactful websites and tools for clients like Disney, Google, Mayo Clinic, The White House, and the State of California.
A complex content migration could have put A to Z Sports’ NFL Draft launch window at risk. Fueled’s AI-native workflow reduced hours of manual analysis to minutes, helping the team stay on schedule and preserve budget for higher-value product work. fueled.com/work/a-to-z-...
Rebuilding A to Z Sports for Faster Publishing and Smarter Search · Fueled
How Fueled rebuilt A to Z Sports, improving publishing workflows, search, scalability, and AI-native product delivery.
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We partnered with Woo and Square to strengthen Square for WooCommerce, improving reliability, onboarding, payments, sync, and multi-channel commerce features for merchants selling online and in person. fueled.com/work/woocomm...
Improving Square for WooCommerce · Fueled
Fueled helped evolve Square for WooCommerce through product strategy, UX, payments, onboarding, and ongoing platform modernization.
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The official WordPress AI plugin was shaped by 8 years of lessons making and improving our ClassifAI plugin. Darin Kotter discusses how client feedback and real publishing workflows shaped the official plugin. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...
Freedom and control are core values that built WordPress. @jeffpaul.com explains how that philosophy influenced the official WordPress AI plugin, and the freedom to choose your AI model and provider. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...
We've worked with Pantheon to make ElasticPress, our enterprise-caliber, AI-ready search solution, available across their platform. Enable it right from the Pantheon dashboard today. fueled.com/blog/fueled-...
Engineering Director Darin Kotter explains that while he engineered the official WordPress AI plugin for plug-and-play simplicity for a wide audience, our ClassifAI plugin focuses on those needing granular customization and control. fueled.com/blog/open-so...
Our latest case study looks at how we help keep the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ WordPress site secure, stable, and ready for global attention during the annual Doomsday Clock announcement. fueled.com/work/bulleti...
Keeping the Doomsday Clock Website Online · Fueled
Fueled provides WordPress maintenance for the Bulletin’s site, keeping it secure, stable, and ready for global attention.
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When should you use the official WordPress AI plugin, and when does our ClassifAI plugin make more sense? @jeffpaul.com explains: accessible AI features for a broad audience vs. deeper customization, integrations, and control for enterprise. Full Q&A: fueled.com/blog/open-so...
A to Z Sports needed a platform easier to operate and build on. We simplified its WordPress architecture, strengthened search with ElasticPress, and helped bring an AI-built Draft Simulator into production. fueled.com/work/a-to-z-...
Rebuilding A to Z Sports for Faster Publishing and Smarter Search · Fueled
How Fueled rebuilt A to Z Sports, improving publishing workflows, search, scalability, and AI-native product delivery.
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We’ve been integrating AI into WordPress for years, from ClassifAI to the official AI plugin. With the official AI plugin reaching 1.0, @jakemgold.bsky.social sat down with @jeffpaul.com & Darin Kotter to discuss what’s new and where applied AI in WordPress is headed. fueled.com/blog/open-so...
WordPress 7.1 is targeted for August, and it’s expected to ship the move from React 18 to React 19. For most projects, this should be smooth. But long-deprecated APIs like ReactDOM.render(), findDOMNode(), and function component defaultProps are being removed.
Daryll Doyle, Staff Engineer at Fueled, shared a technical deep dive into how Gutenberg transforms can turn Microsoft Word content into clean, structured WordPress blocks. www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
Turning Complex Microsoft Word Content into Clean WordPress Blocks with Gutenberg Transforms
A deep technical look at using Gutenberg transforms to convert Microsoft Word markup into clean, accessible WordPress blocks, with examples.
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WordPress 7.0 marks a major step for AI. AI Connectors give developers a standard way to add AI capabilities, while giving site owners governance and control over connected services. Also shipping: version 1.0 of the official WordPress AI plugin. fueled.com/blog/fueled-...
Fueled Helps Shape WordPress 7.0, AI in WordPress Matures · Fueled
20+ Fueled team members helped make WordPress 7.0, which introduces AI Connectors, an official AI plugin, and editorial improvements.
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WordPress 7.0 is here, and 21 Fueled team members contributed to the release. Our team helped lead testing, engineering, UI improvements, and AI initiatives shaping the future of WordPress. Proud to keep helping build WordPress from the inside. fueled.com/blog/fueled-...
Fueled Helps Shape WordPress 7.0, AI in WordPress Matures · Fueled
20+ Fueled team members helped make WordPress 7.0, which introduces AI Connectors, an official AI plugin, and editorial improvements.
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Encouraging to see Fueled’s perspective on applied AI in WordPress gaining traction. Our recent blog post recapping our progress was featured in: 🔗 Loop WP: newsletter.loopwp.com/p/issue-197-... 📨The Repository: www.therepository.email?mailpoet_rou...
ClassifAI 3.8 adds two enterprise features driven by client needs: Usage Monitoring for OpenAI budgets and alerts, plus API Key Credential Filtering for safer secret handling. We also released a plugin connecting WordPress 7.0 to Ollama. fueled.com/blog/ollama-...
Fueled Releases WordPress 7.0 AI Connector for Ollama · Fueled
Fueled’s new AI Provider for Ollama plugin brings open source models to WordPress 7.0; ClassifAI 3.8 adds governance and security features.
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Our team just shipped “AI Provider for Ollama”, a new AI Connector plugin for WordPress 7.0. It offers an open source path to integrating AI into WordPress, with control over infrastructure and privacy. fueled.com/blog/ollama-...
Fueled Releases WordPress 7.0 AI Connector for Ollama · Fueled
Fueled’s new AI Provider for Ollama plugin brings open source models to WordPress 7.0; ClassifAI 3.8 adds governance and security features.
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Publishing teams are navigating big shifts across monetization, distribution, AI, and platform complexity. On April 14, we’re joining @wpvip.com and @the-independent.com for a webinar looking at how publishers are responding: wpvip.com/event/digita...
Digital Publishing Trends Webinar | WordPress VIP
Join VIP, Fueled, and The Independent for a live discussion on the publishing trends reshaping content operations, workflows, and platforms.
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Content-rich WordPress sites now have a better search option. ElasticPress.io Engage helps content-rich sites deliver fast, relevant results without the enterprise price tag. fueled.com/blog/elastic...
Fueled is heading to Tempe for #PressConf, April 8–11 🌵 CEO Justin Livesay will speak on growth strategies for WordPress in the enterprise; Fueled Partner and 10up founder Jake Goldman is also attending. We hope to see you there! pressconf.events
PressConf - Event for Modern WordPress Leaders - April 2025
PressConf is for the engineers, entrepreneurs, artists, creators and leaders of Modern WordPress to level up no matter where they’re starting from or where they’ve been.
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Over the past few months, our experts shared perspectives across interviews, podcasts, articles, and events touching on everything from mobile loyalty to the future of the open web. fueled.com/blog/q1-26-m...
Q1 2026 Media + Events Roundup: Growth and Sustainability · Fueled
A roundup of Fueled’s Q1 2026 media appearances on product growth, open source sustainability, UX research, and digital platforms.
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For small service businesses, the website is often the booking engine. We partnered with Jobber to build WordPress and Wix integrations that make adding booking to a website simple, secure, and scalable. fueled.com/work/jobber/...
AI pilots in healthcare are easier to start than ever, and much harder to stand behind once they touch real content, customers, and compliance constraints. In a recent webinar with @wpengine.com & Vida Health, we discuss how teams can move from hype to “Assured AI.”
VP of Open Source Initiatives, @jeffpaul.com, was featured in @leaddev.com's article on “AI slop” hitting open source, and the real cost it creates for maintainers. 🗞️ leaddev.com/software-qua...
Our Managing Partner, Digital Product, Jessica Wagner was featured in The Food Institute on what restaurant apps get right. From Starbucks’ frictionless loyalty to Taco Bell’s app-only drops, the best apps make loyalty feel personal. foodinstitute.com/focus/lesson...
Lessons Learned From 7 Restaurant Chains Winning the Mobile App Game - The Food Institute
From Starbucks to Yum China, 7 restaurant chains reveal how mobile apps drive loyalty, reclaim margins, and boost repeat visits in 2026.
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Flutter vs React Native vs native mobile. Today, none are an impediment to building outstanding apps in the right hands. The best option comes down to product design, an org’s existing engineering ecosystem, and platform capabilities. Our framework: fueled.com/blog/choosin...
Choosing the Right Cross-Platform Mobile Technology · Fueled
In mobile app and digital product work, one architectural consideration comes up again and again: should we build with Flutter, React Native, or native iOS/Android? In the increasingly uncommon case…
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VP of Open Source Initiatives, @jeffpaul.com, was featured in @leaddev.com's article on what Tailwind’s turbulence reveals about open source in the age of AI. From pressure on sustainability and visibility to where AI might actually help smaller projects. leaddev.com/ai/what-tail...
What Tailwind teaches us about open source in the age of AI
The rise of AI coding tools is a stress test on open source software business models.
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Smarter search for WooCommerce, now starting at $29/month. ElasticPress.io Engage delivers faster product filtering and AI-capable discovery, built for growing shops.
ElasticPress.io Makes Better WordPress, WooCommerce Search More Affordable with New Plans · Fueled
ElasticPress.io, our fast and flexible search solution for WordPress, has added a new Engage plan, making modern, AI-capable search available for as little as $29/month. Engage is a great fit for…
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