Four WordPress apps I built with AI that I use every day
For most of 2025, I spent a lot of time using AI the same way I use any other tool: to get from idea to working code faster. Not to replace the boring parts of development (I’m the kind of weirdo that actually likes the boring parts), but to remove friction—setup time, boilerplate, and the “I know what I want, I just don’t want to type it all” moments.
Here are four small, WordPress development-focused apps I built using AI. Each one scratches a specific itch, and each one is designed to be the kind of utility you install and use without needing a steep learning curve.
WP Debug — easier WordPress debugging
While PhpStorm and Xdebug are my go-to setup for step debugging, sometimes all I want is to quickly enable the WordPress debug.log and easily view the output. WP Debug is a small helper that does just that, just by selecting the WordPress installation directory.
WP SQLite — quickly inspect a WordPress Studio site database
In 2025 I switched to using WordPress Studio as my local development environment on macOS. WP SQLite was built to allow me to easily inspect the SQLite database of any WordPress Studio install.
WP Mail — capture and inspect local WordPress emails
I love MailPit, but installing it can be a bit of a pain. I built WP Mail to make inspecting and testing outbound email easier during development.
WP Shell — a little command-line leverage for WordPress
This one is still a bit of a WIP, but I often use wp shell in the terminal run arbitrary PHP code snippets. Based off the success of my other apps, WP Shell is a small utility app built around the concept of wp shell.
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About 80% of this post, including the featured image, was AI-generated using a “Create Post” demo plugin I built for WordPress installs, powered by the WP AI Client.
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