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The latest WordPress Agent updates make it faster to create a site and give you more control over what happens next.
Start with a custom theme, refine it in the simpler AI Editor, and ask the agent to manage plugins as your site grows.
You get the flexibility of WordPress, the convenience of a platform that runs it for you, and the power of AI, all in one place.
Already have a WordPress.com site? The agent can help you review content, edit images, and make changes to your site.
A custom theme, built for you
You now get a theme made for you. Tell the agent what you’re making and what your goals are, and it designs a fully custom theme based on your answers.
Plenty of AI tools can spin up a site now. The difference is when you build on WordPress.com, you:
- Keep control of your work: Your content is exportable, and your custom theme is built for WordPress.
- Add functionality as you grow: Use plugins to add a store, booking forms, payments, and other features.
- Keep improving your site: Ask the WordPress Agent to make updates, refine content, or troubleshoot issues after launch.
- Leave maintenance to WordPress.com: We manage hosting, security, and WordPress updates, and our support team is available when you need help.
Doing all of that yourself means stitching together hosting, security, plugins, and AI tools, then keeping them working together. On WordPress.com, it comes together on one platform and one plan.
A simpler editor, with the Agent beside you
Generating a site now takes less than half the time it used to. Most sites are ready in under four minutes. You can go from an idea to a site built with your goals in mind while your coffee is still hot.
Once your site is built, you land in the AI Editor. It’s a simplified editor with two tabs:
- Preview shows your site the way a visitor sees it.
- Edit lets you change your text right on the page.
This dual editing mode is helpful to quickly preview the changes you make.
The WordPress Agent is also there. Ask it to rewrite a headline, add a section, or change something you don’t love, and it makes the change for you. Or skip the chat and make the edits yourself in Edit mode. Either way works.
Annotate mode makes it even easier. Highlight the specific parts of your site you’d like to change, stack several edits together, and send them to the Agent in one go.
You can open the AI Editor under Appearance → AI Editor, or the full Site Editor under Appearance → Editor.
Note: The AI Editor is enabled by default if you built your site with the WordPress Agent. To use the AI Editor on an existing site on a paid plan, you’ll need a block theme and to enable the WordPress Agent. See the AI Editor setup guide for instructions.
Install, activate, and update plugins by asking
Need a contact form, better SEO, or a way to take payments? Ask the agent. It recommends plugins that fit what you’re trying to do, then installs and activates them right in the chat. You can also ask it to update the plugins you already have.
You get the flexibility of the WordPress plugin library without the research and setup.
A site that knows you from the first chat
While it builds your site, the agent also generates guidelines for you. These cover your site’s purpose and audience, your tone and voice, your image style, and more.
After that, every conversation starts with a memory about who you are, what your business does, and what you want your site to achieve. You don’t have to re-explain yourself each time.
Your guidelines aren’t locked away. Find them under Settings → Guidelines, edit them whenever your brand changes, and export them if you want to use them elsewhere.
The agent uses them to create the content and images you receive, whether you’re chatting in WordPress.com, Telegram, email, or Slack.
DM your agent on Slack
You heard that correctly – you can now chat with the WordPress Agent in Slack. Have your agent at the ready when you’re working to make changes directly from a DM.
Connect your WordPress Agent to Slack in your account settings.
Put your WordPress Agent to work
If you already have your site on WordPress.com, you can follow these instructions to enable the WordPress Agent on any paid plan.
And if you need a new site, build it with the WordPress Agent.
You get everything WordPress can do, a platform that takes care of the hosting for you, and an agent that builds your site with you and keeps helping after launch.
