Víctor Rodríguez – WordPress Credits

Event: WordPress & AI: Agentic Engineering
Speaker: Al-Amin Firdows
Format: Online
Topic: AI-assisted WordPress development and Agentic Engineering

I recently attended the online WordPress event “WordPress & AI: Agentic Engineering,” presented by Al-Amin Firdows. The session focused on how developers can use artificial intelligence as a development partner instead of treating it only as a tool for generating code.

One of the main ideas discussed during the event was that good AI-assisted development requires more than writing a simple prompt. Developers need to provide clear project context, define the expected result, review the generated code, and maintain control over every technical decision. This is especially important in WordPress, where plugins, themes, and integrations must follow specific standards and remain secure and compatible with the ecosystem.

The speaker explained practical ways to use tools such as ChatGPT, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and other AI coding assistants. These tools can support tasks such as developing plugins, customizing themes, working with the WordPress REST API, debugging problems, refactoring older code, writing tests, and improving technical documentation.

One challenge I experienced during the event was understanding the speaker’s English accent. At times, the pronunciation was unfamiliar to me, so I had to stay very focused and pay close attention, especially during the more technical explanations. Even though this made the session more difficult, it also helped me practice listening to technical English and adapt to different accents in an international community.

A particularly valuable lesson was the importance of reviewing AI-generated code before using it in a real project. Even when AI produces code quickly, the developer is still responsible for checking its security, quality, maintainability, and compliance with the WordPress Coding Standards. AI can accelerate development, but it should not replace technical judgment.

The concept of Agentic Engineering helped me understand that AI is most useful when it becomes part of a structured and repeatable workflow. Instead of asking AI to solve everything at once, developers can divide a project into smaller steps, provide relevant context, validate each result, and improve the solution gradually.

This event was useful because it connected two important areas: open-source development and artificial intelligence. It showed how modern AI tools can support WordPress developers while still requiring responsibility, review, testing, and human decision-making.

Overall, the session gave me a better understanding of how AI-assisted development can be applied to WordPress projects in a practical and responsible way. I learned that the goal is not simply to generate code faster, but to build better solutions while remaining in control of the development process.