Vikas Singhal
Vikas builds tools that take the friction out of WordPress development. He writes about WP-CLI, dev workflows, and running WordPress at agency scale.
WordPress Virtual Patching: How We Block a Plugin Exploit Before You Can Update
Virtual patching blocks a WordPress exploit at the web server, before PHP runs, so a site is protected while it still runs the unpatched plugin. How…
I Cloned 15 Agent Skill Repos So You Don’t Have To: 7 That Actually Survive Client Work
Most public agent skill repos will not survive contact with a client site. I cloned fifteen, measured what was inside each one, and found seven worth…
Vercel Alternative: The Best Option for Full-Stack Apps in 2026
Vercel is excellent at what it was built for. If your app needs a real server, a database on disk, background jobs or a bill you…
Elementor Pro Critical RCE (CVE-2026-32475): What It Means and What We Did
A critical unauthenticated file upload to RCE flaw in Elementor Pro, affecting every version up to 4.2.1. What the bug actually is, who is really at…
How to Connect n8n to WordPress: 5 Workflows That Save Hours
Connect n8n to WordPress step by step with application passwords and webhooks. Includes 5 ready-to-build workflows for WooCommerce, forms and publishing, plus how to self-host n8n…
Inside Our wp2shell Response: How We Protected the Fleet From a WordPress Core RCE (CVE-2026-63030)
The full engineering story of how InstaWP detected, blocked and verified protection against wp2shell (CVE-2026-63030), a pre-auth WordPress core RCE, fleet-wide and within hours.
InstaWP CLI: 5 WordPress tasks you can run from the terminal
Connect, bulk-update, search-replace, reset admin, and export your database, fast, from the command line.
How to Make WordPress Headless with Astro (2026 Guide)
Headless WordPress with Astro means you keep WordPress purely as your content editor and serve the public site as static HTML built by Astro. WordPress exposes…
How to Make Your WordPress Site AI-Agent Ready (2026 Developer Guide)
WordPress 7.0 shipped the foundation for AI agents, but it does not make your site agent-ready. Here are the two doors (MCP and WebMCP) and the…
Is Owning a WordPress Agency Still Relevant in 2026?
I get asked this question every week now. In DMs. On calls. At meetups. On Reddit threads that resurface in my feed every few months. “Is…