Comments for New Website Project https://regionallyfamous.com Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing by Gutenberg Times: Block Theme Guide, AI Galore, Icon Block, WordPress 7.0 — Weekend Edition 357 - https://regionallyfamous.com/nobody-rips-out-the-plumbing/#comment-7411 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:19:55 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=634#comment-7411 […] Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing, Nick Hamze makes a spirited case that AI isn’t replacing WordPress — it’s enhancing it. […]

]]> Comment on I Dug Through 6,162 WordPress Plugins From 2025. Let’s Talk About What’s Missing—And Why 2026 Could Be Different by WordPress in 2026: Big Plans, Big Tensions, Big Risks | WP More – Issue 35 – WP More https://regionallyfamous.com/i-dug-through-6162-plugins/#comment-4220 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:04:44 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=543#comment-4220 […] I Dug Through 6,162 WordPress Plugins From 2025. Let’s Talk About What’s Missing—And Why 2026 … […]

]]> Comment on I Dug Through 6,162 WordPress Plugins From 2025. Let’s Talk About What’s Missing—And Why 2026 Could Be Different by Philip Levine https://regionallyfamous.com/i-dug-through-6162-plugins/#comment-4179 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:19:18 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=543#comment-4179 I am one of those developers and 8 of those plugins are mine. I’ve been using Google Gemini to help me code as it’s a time saver. A couple of points
1) Naming Convention – WordPress guidelines protect branding and copyrights so because of that and to avoid confusion they often require “for….” “addon” or other naming so it’s clear about the plugin author
2) I 100% agree with you about duplication. Before I started working on any of my plugins I search the repo and other places to see if it existed. The only exception to this is that I did write a plugin which took a piece of functionality that another plugin had and created it as a standalone plugin. “All-In-One” plugins are great, however, they are often overkill and have way more features than are actually needed and since the one feature I wanted to use didn’t have it’s own plugin I wrote one.
3) I also feel there could be some consolidation of duplicate plugins

]]> Comment on I Dug Through 6,162 WordPress Plugins From 2025. Let’s Talk About What’s Missing—And Why 2026 Could Be Different by Francisco Torres https://regionallyfamous.com/i-dug-through-6162-plugins/#comment-4177 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:24:15 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=543#comment-4177 Thanks for the post and analysis! I loved it 🙂

Months ago, in the plugins team we were experimenting with an AI to classify plugins. Reading your post gave me new ideas for its use, such as informing plugin authors that they are submitting one of hundreds of similar plugins and encouraging them to be more creative, to consider new approaches.

I love it when I come across a plugin with an unusual feature. Reviewing them tends to be more challenging because one needs to understand what the plugin does, but I very much enjoy it.

Technical barriers are dissipating, and development is accelerating. I believe it’s a great opportunity to experiment and come up with new ideas and specific solutions that we’ve never tried with WordPress before.

]]> Comment on Why Your WordPress Plugin Has 10 Installs (And How to Fix It) by Abdullah K https://regionallyfamous.com/why-your-wordpress-plugin-has-10-installs-and-how-to-fix-it/#comment-4093 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:23:23 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=381#comment-4093 Great Article, Nick.
You’ve covered some very important and often overlooked reasons behind low plugin installs, along with clear and actionable fixes. This is a must-read for plugin authors – well done!
And thanks to Rodolfo Melogli for sharing the link

]]> Comment on Finding WordPress’s Hidden Gems: A Discovery Story by WP Weekly 271 - Premium - MailerPress + SureRank, AI Experiments, 3 WP Releases in 2026 https://regionallyfamous.com/hidden-gems/#comment-4069 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:59:26 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=450#comment-4069 […] Project… Andrew, founder of ABC Stats, has launched the WP Gems project, inspired by Nick’s Hidden Gems post. It is a fully automated way to surface low-install, highly rated plugins, using a simple […]

]]> Comment on I Just Want to Make Cool Stuff by Troy Chaplin https://regionallyfamous.com/i-just-want-to-make-cool-stuff/#comment-4036 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:41:22 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=506#comment-4036 Hope this one gets figured out sooner rather than later, the increase of AI generated content in submissions is likely already pretty high and it’s sure as hell not gonna slow down. Also hope no one puts the blame on Matt for this either. I stood there at WordCamp Canada when this question was posed to Matt specifically in relation to your theme submission and his response was pretty clear, the system needs a review and some change.

]]> Comment on Why Your WordPress Plugin Has 10 Installs (And How to Fix It) by DEV: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice | BytePlate Brand https://regionallyfamous.com/why-your-wordpress-plugin-has-10-installs-and-how-to-fix-it/#comment-3859 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:44:01 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=381#comment-3859 […] Your plugin only has 10 installs? Hey, we all gotta start somewhere! Here’s how to get more. […]

]]> Comment on Why Your WordPress Plugin Has 10 Installs (And How to Fix It) by DEV: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice – Easy Wp Host https://regionallyfamous.com/why-your-wordpress-plugin-has-10-installs-and-how-to-fix-it/#comment-3858 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:49:53 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=381#comment-3858 […] Your plugin only has 10 installs? Hey, we all gotta start somewhere! Here’s how to get more. […]

]]> Comment on Why Your WordPress Plugin Has 10 Installs (And How to Fix It) by Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice - WordPress News https://regionallyfamous.com/why-your-wordpress-plugin-has-10-installs-and-how-to-fix-it/#comment-3855 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:03:50 +0000 https://regionallyfamous.com/?p=381#comment-3855 […] Your plugin only has 10 installs? Hey, we all gotta start somewhere! Here’s how to get more. […]

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