WordPress Embraces AI: Shaping the Future of Web Publishing
WordPress has formed a dedicated AI team to explore and integrate artificial intelligence into its platform. This initiative aims to empower developers and users with AI-driven tools, revolutionizing content creation and consumption.
James LaPage, AI Engineering Lead at Automattic, explains that the timing is ideal. Recent advancements in generative AI and standardized protocols like MCP (Model Context Protocol) allow for more stable and effective integration.
Why Now?
The generative AI boom and its underlying technology are relatively recent. Now, the technology has stabilized enough for a large platform like WordPress to effectively explore and integrate it.
WordPress: An AI-Powered Platform
LaPage envisions WordPress becoming a central framework for AI interaction. He sees a future where AI agents can seamlessly access and utilize WordPress content and tools.
WordPress can become a platform where AI is used to consume information and build new functionality. This will help maintain its position on the open web as a vital space for digital expression.
How Will AI Integrate with WordPress?
The team is focusing on developer tools, enabling third-party developers to connect AI systems to WordPress. This approach avoids embedding generative features directly into the core software.
A key component is the MCP (Model Context Protocol), an open standard that defines how software exposes its functionality to AI agents. This allows AI to interact with and utilize WordPress features.
Within WordPress, the Feature API will play a crucial role. This API will provide a unified way for plugins and core features to interact with AI, streamlining the integration process.
MCP is an open standard that defines how software exposes functionality to AI. The Feature API within WordPress will allow plugins and core features to interact with AI in a unified way.
Get Involved and Shape the Future
The WordPress community is encouraged to participate and provide feedback to the AI team. Join the Core AI Slack channel and follow the Make WordPress AI blog for updates and ways to contribute.
Get involved through the Make WordPress AI blog and the Core AI Slack channel. Help shape the future of WordPress in the age of AI.
