Observations on the world and its inhabitants
MCP — the Model Context Protocol — is a standard that lets AI models interact directly with external services. Instead of copying and pasting between a chat window and an application, the AI reaches into the application itself. It can read data, create content, update settings, and extract information — all through natural conversation. WordPress ...
WordPress powers a huge proportion of the web. It is flexible, extensible, and widely understood. It is also capable of becoming remarkably slow without any single obvious cause. Performance optimisation is the process of reducing the time it takes your server to respond to a request and deliver a page to a visitor. Done well, ...
CaptainsWatch is now lightning fast, after I took action. The few who visit will find that pages and other content load almost instantly. The site had developed what I can only describe as a chronic illness. Pages loaded like they were wading through treacle. The Gutenberg editor — WordPress’s block-based writing tool — was throwing ...
Introduction This document is a complete, honest account of a technical project to connect the Claude Desktop application to a self-hosted WordPress site using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It records what was attempted, what failed, what was discovered, and what finally worked. It is written for anyone — technical or otherwise — who wants ...
1. Introduction The motivation for this workflow exploration was the necessity of converting existing Microsoft Word documents (.docx) into well-structured Markdown (.md) files automatically. While Markdown is an ideal format for documentation, version control, and lightweight text editing (such as in Typora), manual conversion or reliance on simple tools often results in corrupted formatting, particularly ...
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system. It provides the core software for a website, handling everything from publishing content to managing users. However, by default, its design and customisation options are limited. Building a WordPress site with GeneratePress (GP) and GenerateBlocks (GB) is a highly effective way to create a fast, stable, ...
WordPress that runs this site – has recently updated to version 6.4.2. This version changes lots of things for bloggers. In case some do not know, blogs happen on ‘websites’. In previous years had been running a certain ‘theme’ that avoided the confusion caused by all the WordPress development that happened in version 5. [Themes ...
