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Terry Arthur

Making Your Website AI-Agent Friendly: SEO Benefits and Site Audits with Playwright

Unlock Hidden SEO Potential: Optimizing for AI Agents with Browser Use and Playwright In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, search engine optimization (SEO) is no longer just about keywords and backlinks. It’s about making your website easily understandable and navigable for AI agents. Tools like Browser Use, combined with frameworks like Playwright, offer powerful capabilities […]

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Claude Plugins: Revolutionizing Web Development Workflows in the USVI

Claude Plugins: Revolutionizing Web Development Workflows in the USVI The world of web development is constantly evolving, and staying ahead of the curve is crucial for businesses in the US Virgin Islands. That’s why Terry Arthur Consulting is excited about the potential of Claude plugins, particularly the official directory of plugins. These tools represent a […]

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The Future of WordPress Development Is AI-Assisted (And That’s a Good Thing)

I’ve spent the last two years integrating AI into every aspect of my WordPress development workflow. Not because it’s trendy. Not because clients ask for it. Because the results are undeniable, and the gap between AI-assisted and traditional development is widening every month. Where We Are Right Now Let’s take an honest snapshot of what […]

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CI/CD for WordPress: Stop Deploying with FTP in 2026

It’s 2026 and I still encounter WordPress agencies deploying via FTP. Direct to production. On a Friday afternoon. With no backup. This article is an intervention. The FTP Problem Let me describe the FTP deployment workflow and see if it sounds familiar: Developer finishes a feature on their local machine Developer opens FileZilla Developer drags […]

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Why I Built a Chrome Extension to Fix WordPress Plugin Discovery

The WordPress plugin repository has over 60,000 plugins. Finding the right one should be easy. It’s not. So I built a tool to fix it. The Discovery Problem The WordPress.org plugin directory has a search function. Technically. In practice, it’s a keyword matcher that returns results sorted by a relevance algorithm that seems to have […]

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SBOMs Aren’t Scary: A WordPress Developer’s Guide to Software Bill of Materials

If you’ve been paying attention to the cybersecurity regulation space, you’ve probably seen the term “SBOM” pop up with increasing frequency. Software Bill of Materials. Sounds bureaucratic. Sounds tedious. Sounds like something you can ignore until next year. But here’s why you shouldn’t. What Is an SBOM? An SBOM is exactly what it sounds like […]

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Building AI Subagents for WordPress: A Practical Guide

I’ve been building AI subagents for my WordPress workflow for over a year now, and the results have fundamentally changed how I work. Not in the “AI will replace developers” way that LinkedIn influencers love to predict, but in the “I automated the boring stuff and now I’m twice as productive” way. What’s a Subagent, […]

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Technical Debt Is a Choice. Here’s How to Choose Zero.

Let me say something controversial: technical debt isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice. Every shortcut, every “we’ll fix it later,” every copy-pasted Stack Overflow answer that you didn’t fully understand — those are decisions. And like financial debt, the interest compounds. How Technical Debt Actually Accumulates Nobody wakes up and says “I’m going to write terrible […]

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How to Evaluate WordPress Plugins Without Getting Burned

I’ve inherited enough WordPress sites to have developed a healthy paranoia about plugins. That “highly rated” plugin with 100,000 active installs? It might be a ticking time bomb. Here’s the evaluation framework I use before any plugin touches a production site. The Five-Minute Audit Before I even install a plugin in a staging environment, I […]

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The EU Cyber Resilience Act: What WordPress Developers Need to Know Before September 2026

If you build, maintain, or distribute WordPress plugins or themes in the EU market, there’s a regulation headed your way that’s going to change how you work. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) isn’t a suggestion — it’s law. And the clock is ticking. What Is the CRA? The Cyber Resilience Act is the EU’s answer […]