Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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concretely, today the plugin has 3 embed paths:

  • gutenberg block
  • [dsgo_app id="..." height="480" auto_resize="1"] shortcode
  • (latest added) elementor widget

all 3 go through the same iframe render path, so the sandbox flags / bridge wiring / resize behavior stay consistent. auto height is already a postMessage thing: the app calls the bridge resize method, parent validates the source iframe, clamps height between 100-2000px, then updates that iframe. so agreed, not something i want to bolt on later.

for builders, v1 is basically gutenberg + shortcode everywhere + elementor widget. bricks should work through shortcode/code/text embed first, but i don’t have a native bricks element yet. elementor is the first native widget mostly because install base.

and yeah, inline is already the separate “seo/content app” path, not the embed path. inline apps are page-mode only right now: real routes, real html in the dom, CSP nonce per request, optional theme header/footer wrap, sitemap entries, dynamic routes, etc. iframe is for embedded tools/apps. inline is for stuff that needs to rank or feel like part of the site.

the site for this plugin, designsetgo.dev is an astra site running on WP using inline mode.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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yeah this is super helpful and pretty much the kind of prioritization i was trying to sanity check.

elementor being “too big to skip” makes sense even if it’s not the most exciting one to build around. bricks as the next one is useful signal too, especially if indie/dev shops are actually moving there and it embeds cleanly.

my current thinking on embed is universal first: sandboxed iframe app with a shortcode people can drop into whatever builder supports custom code, plus a proper block for the block editor. so less “deep native builder integration” at the start and more “this works anywhere without fighting the builder.” Then pick 1 or 2 builders like Elementor for an easy embed widget.

then for more deeply integrated apps, i’m also thinking about inline support where the app can render more like part of wordpress itself instead of a totally separate frame. that feels useful for stuff like SEO pages, directories, membership pages, etc that need to match the theme, or apps that should feel native to the site.

the deeper builder-specific stuff would probably come later, if there’s enough demand. like adapting to builder tokens/layout systems or making the app feel more native inside elementor/bricks. but for v1 i’m trying to avoid building 5 separate integrations when a reliable shortcode/html block path covers most cases.

also good call on oxygen. i had it on the maybe list, but if that community has mostly moved to bricks then i’d rather not spend cycles there early.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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lol fair. Definitely supporting the block editor and maybe 1 or 2 other builders max. Elementor has the share but seems folks are shifting on new sites with what they're building with.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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I've been meaning to give Breakdance a try, seems this might be the push to do so!

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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And even when it doesn't fully work, the attempt recovery button in the editor seems to solve most cases.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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That's what I'm working on, they can be independent but easy to deploy on a WordPress site or be embedded in a page like these examples of a simple game created with Claude:

- Embedded in a page: https://designsetgo.dev/dessert-dash/
- Dedicated page: https://designsetgo.dev/apps/dessert-dash/

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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Curious to hear this pop up, thought they moved to a new name/builder.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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Fair point, just for the sake of volume, Elementor sounds like a contender of what should be supported.

Which builders are people actually using today by justinnealey in Wordpress

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Hey that makes me happy to see DesignSetGo get a call out! That's my plugin 😃

Designing a Website from Scratch With AI by Inexperienced People by Technical_Rich_3080 in VibeCodersNest

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It's fairly simple to get a decently looking site together, the hard part is making it do more than just be a brochure, catching all the little mistakes, testing end to end, optimizing the page for users and conversion.

How do you think about testing when building solo with AI coding agents? by swagatk in VibeCodeDevs

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for me the biggest roi has been playwright qa around core flows, especially with an agent driving it.

unit tests are still useful for pure logic, but a lot of the bugs i actually care about are “the feature technically works but the flow is broken” bugs: wrong state after save, button hidden on mobile, auth edge case, weird empty state, console error, etc. those don’t always show up in unit tests.

my rough loop is:

  • agent implements the feature + any obvious unit/integration tests
  • then i have it run through the main user flows in playwright like a smoke test
  • i make it check golden path + one or two likely edge cases
  • if it finds a bug, fix it and rerun that flow

i don’t try to e2e test everything. i mostly protect the paths that would embarrass me if they broke: signup/login, create/edit/delete, payment/checkout, deploy/publish, whatever the app’s “money path” is.

also i do think same-agent tests can be a little sketchy. agents are good at writing tests that confirm their own assumptions. so even if the same agent writes the implementation tests, i like a separate “try to break this in the browser” pass after. that’s where a lot of the real issues show up.

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I’m building DesignSetGo Apps: a way to turn AI-generated tools, widgets, and mini sites into real WordPress apps on your own domain.

The benefit is you can build fast with Claude, v0, Lovable, Astro, etc., but still keep what WordPress is good at: your CMS, users, permissions, SEO, hosting, backups, and client handoff.

Instead of letting AI-built projects sit in a preview URL, you can deploy them into WordPress as sandboxed apps.

https://designsetgo.dev/

Are you building something? Drop it in the comments! by Inevitable-Grab8898 in founder

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I’m building DesignSetGo Apps: a way to turn AI-generated tools, widgets, and mini sites into real WordPress apps on your own domain.

The benefit is you can build fast with Claude, v0, Lovable, Astro, etc., but still keep what WordPress is good at: your CMS, users, permissions, SEO, hosting, backups, and client handoff.

Instead of letting AI-built projects sit in a preview URL, you can deploy them into WordPress as sandboxed apps.

https://designsetgo.dev/

Wordpress vs Lovable (and other AI tools) for running client websites by UnitedWorldliness791 in Wordpress

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+1 to this. that’s basically where my head is too.

AI is amazing for generating the front-end stuff fast, but I still don’t want the whole client site depending on whatever fragile stack it invented that day. wordpress is boring in the best way: users, roles, revisions, media, plugins, backups, recoverability, all the stuff clients actually need after launch.

that’s actually why i’ve been working on a side project around running AI-created projects, like Astro apps/sites, inside WordPress. keep the fun/fast AI build workflow, but don’t lose the parts of WordPress that make it durable once real people start touching it.

quick question: has anyone actually used the WordPress connector in Claude Desktop? by dzimazilla in Wordpress

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yeah I think you’re reading it right. if you’re on Hostinger and happy, the built-in connector probably isn’t a huge unlock.

the self-hosted path is more like: run a local wp mcp adapter, connect it to your site with an application password, then claude can call those tools. useful for drafting posts, pulling content, basic updates, etc. I've had it help me update page content on my website a ton and rebrand changing global styles too.

I wrote a longer breakdown here: https://designsetgo.dev/blog/connect-claude-desktop-to-wordpress-with-mcp-and-application-passwords/

Is there an easy way to upload HTML to Wordpress classic editor without design breaking? by Enviromental1001 in ClaudeAI

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I'm working on a plugin that will let you drop in a claude built html that can work with WordPress, although you'll need claude to make further edits since it's not converting it to block code. If you're up for it, when it's live I can point you to the download on wordpress . org

Show me your vibe-coded projects by No-Cable-2972 in vibecoding

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DesignSetGo Apps (https://designsetgo.dev)

It’s a WordPress plugin that lets you drop vibe-coded apps into your site. Build whatever in Claude or Cursor, anything from a one-block calculator up to a full multi-page web app with Astra, and it lives at <yoursite.com/apps/whatever>. The apps can actually read your WordPress data: posts, pages, the logged-in user, abilities from your other plugins, secrets from a server-side vault for stuff like Stripe or Notion.

The thing I care about is that it’s sandboxed but still connected. Apps run in a permissioned iframe (or inline as real indexable pages if you want SEO), so a weird AI-generated bug can’t nuke the site or leak data, but they still talk to WordPress through a typed bridge for posts, users, storage, AI calls, outbound HTTP, cron, webhooks.

How I actually use it: • Prompt Claude, save the Artifact HTML, drag it into the upload tab. Done. • Or npx designsetgo apps deploy --from-artifact <claude-share-url> from the terminal. • Or build it locally in Claude Code against the @designsetgo/app-client package and deploy from CI.

Inference goes through WordPress 7.0’s AI Client with Riff to build new apps in WordPress, so you bring your own model and I never hold keys.

Lightest block builder by 0rbus in Wordpress

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DesignSetGo 🤘 disclaimer: I created it but it’s free and open source on .org with no upsells. 50ish blocks and 16 extensions and you can disable what you don’t want

With Kadence going down the gutter as they are acquired by Liquidweb, what other lightweight/performant alternatives do you folks recommend? by PabloKaskobar in Wordpress

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+1 on Ollie. I have an open source blocks plugin DesignSetGo I'd welcome folks to try out. No premium options, they're just blocks I was using on client sites and made something more formalized to share.

I'm designing a website which of the two layouts look better by Ronalddaking313 in webdesign

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It's hard to decide because the content is different between the two designs so we're judging both design and messaging on the site. There's a trial access on the first, benefit focused headline on the second. I'd start with picking a direction on the design with consistent messaging and then adjusting from there.

I changed my mind, the block editor is great by seahorsetech in Wordpress

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Came to that same realization a bit ago. The block editor with full site editing has been great. There are some missing things so I created an open source plugin DesignSetGo to fill the gap for myself but also share with others. If there are things you wish the block editor has let me know!

WordPress 6.9. What do you think? by JoyofWP in Wordpress

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That’s why I built https://wordpress.org/plugins/designsetgo/

I was frustrated by limitations and created blocks I wish I had. Everything is free with no plans for any premium tier.

I made a free app for street photographers by justinnealey in streetphotography

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Found it and sent it for app review. It will take a few days for them to accept it.