Joost de Valk
@joost.blog
Internet entrepreneur • Investor at Emilia Capital • Founder of Yoast • Husband of Marieke van de Rakt • Father of 4 • 🇪🇺🇳🇱️ • he/him
I found out more over the last year as we worked on FAIR, but I also found out more specifically this week, when I was building a Glossary plugin for WordPress we needed for the FAIR website.
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WordPress needs to catch up to the web
WordPress needs to modernize. FAIR and new standards based tools show how the platform can evolve with today’s web.
progressplanner.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I found out more over the last year as we worked on FAIR, but I also found out more specifically this week, when I was building a Glossary plugin for WordPress we needed for the FAIR website.
progressplanner.com/catch-up-to-...
progressplanner.com/catch-up-to-...
Today’s web runs on distributed systems, verifiable code, and modern APIs. Not on a single, centralized repository that still relies on Subversion. The open web has evolved, and if WordPress wants to remain part of it, it needs to evolve too.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Today’s web runs on distributed systems, verifiable code, and modern APIs. Not on a single, centralized repository that still relies on Subversion. The open web has evolved, and if WordPress wants to remain part of it, it needs to evolve too.
2/3
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Good questions, I love it! I think Ryan (of the McCue kind) has left a long answer already, but I want to thank you for those questions. The whole point is that this is a community effort :)
June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Good questions, I love it! I think Ryan (of the McCue kind) has left a long answer already, but I want to thank you for those questions. The whole point is that this is a community effort :)
I think it’s a helpful tool and can help create great content. But it’s a tool, that shouldn’t be mistaken for a solution. It’s only as good as the artisan using it…
April 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I think it’s a helpful tool and can help create great content. But it’s a tool, that shouldn’t be mistaken for a solution. It’s only as good as the artisan using it…
We should add one to our footer too though. @tacoverdo.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
We should add one to our footer too though. @tacoverdo.com
So, as I explain in this new post, you have to build websites like it's 2005, to win in 2025. But please, do read and I'd love to hear your opinions:
joost.blog/build-websit...
joost.blog/build-websit...
Build websites like it’s 2005 (and win in 2025)
Last week was a whirlwind, first diving deep into AI and WordPress while working with the WP CLI as MCP host team at Cloudfest, then heading off to SMX Munich for non-stop conversations about SEO, AI,...
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March 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
So, as I explain in this new post, you have to build websites like it's 2005, to win in 2025. But please, do read and I'd love to hear your opinions:
joost.blog/build-websit...
joost.blog/build-websit...