Vibe Coding in WordPress, Fast Builds, Real Guardrails

We’re back with another San Diego WordPress Meetup, hosted by Ansir Coworking.

This month’s theme: Vibe Coding for WordPress.

If you’ve been using AI to move faster (or you’ve tried and it felt like chaos), this night is for you. We’ll keep it demo-heavy and interactive, focused on real WordPress work: plugin features, Gutenberg blocks, debugging, and the guardrails that keep you from shipping something cursed.

Drinks provided. If you can’t make it right at 6:00 PM, no worries, but plan to be there by 6:30 PM when we start. Space is limited, so RSVP.

Agenda

6:00–6:30 PM: Pre-networking + WordPress help desk

• Meet folks, grab a drink
• Bring your laptop and questions
• Quick icebreaker: what’s the last thing AI helped you ship?

6:30–6:40 PM: Welcome

• Quick intro + format for the night
• House rule: Don’t paste and pray, test before you ship.

6:40–7:10 PM: Lightning talks (15 min each)
We’ve got 2–3 open slots. If you want to do a quick talk or demo, drop it in the Meetup comments or hit me up.

• AI for debugging WP
• Gutenberg with AI
• Prompt patterns for plugin dev
• Security/perf gotchas
• Agency workflow and scoping

7:10–7:45 PM: Live demos (interactive)

• Build a legit plugin feature fast (with the boring but important stuff)
• “The AI lied” debugging break (and how to recover)
• Gutenberg sprint: scaffold a block, polish it, clean it up

7:45–8:00 PM: Prompt Battle
You submit prompts, we run a few live, then vote:

• best prompt
• best result
• funniest failure
  (Yes, there may be prizes.)

8:00–8:10 PM: Community announcements + wrap
Events, jobs, shoutouts, next meetup teaser.

💬 Want to present, sponsor, or have questions? Use the Meetup comments.