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Open Source · Joost.blog
Articles by Joost de Valk in the Open Source category — SEO, WordPress, open source, AI, and the open web.
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Contact · Joost.blog
Get in touch with Joost de Valk — via the contact form, Slack, social media, or postal mail.
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Breaking the Status Quo · Joost.blog
Apr 25, 2026 - WordPress is at a crossroads, now even more clearly then when I wrote my previous post on WordPress’s roadmap. I had very much intended to leave this topic alon
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A new path forward for WordPress, and for the open web · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - In December, I wrote about the state of leadership in the WordPress ecosystem. I shared how too much power rests with one person, and how the lack of transparen
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Code · Joost.blog
Code projects, WordPress plugins, and other software I've built and maintain.
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Do you need a CMS? · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - For twenty years, wanting a website meant needing a CMS. That's no longer true. The real question people ask now is simpler: how do I get my content on the web?
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EmDash: a CMS built for 2026 · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - Cloudflare launched EmDash, a CMS designed for AI-native development. Agent-first tooling, sandboxed plugins, edge deployment. Analysis from Joost de Valk.
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My WordPress take on Markdown for Agents · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - Today, Cloudflare announced Markdown for Agents, a feature that automatically converts HTML to markdown at the edge when AI agents request it. Reading their ann
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Build websites like it’s 2005 (and win in 2025) · Joost.blog
Apr 21, 2026 - Last week was a whirlwind, first diving deep into AI and WordPress while working with the WP CLI as MCP host team at Cloudfest, then heading off to SMX Munich f
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Development · Joost.blog
Articles by Joost de Valk in the Development category — SEO, WordPress, open source, AI, and the open web.
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CMS Market Share · Joost.blog
Monthly CMS market share data based on the HTTP Archive — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, and more, tracked over time.
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AI · Joost.blog
Articles by Joost de Valk in the AI category — SEO, WordPress, open source, AI, and the open web.
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Shipping pieces of the machine-readable web · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - I built a piece of the machine-readable web — seo-graph, a schema.org JSON-LD graph engine that now powers four sites and a CMS plugin.
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Videos · Joost.blog
Video presentations, podcasts, keynotes, and interviews by Joost de Valk on WordPress, SEO, open source, and the web.
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WordPress needs to refactor, not redecorate · Joost.blog
Apr 19, 2026 - WordPress's deepest problems are architectural, not cosmetic. Responses to EmDash from Mullenweg, Luehrsen, and Coords show what must change.
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SEO · Joost.blog
Articles by Joost de Valk in the SEO category — SEO, WordPress, open source, AI, and the open web.
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