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Pricing, philosophy, and the first 100
Respira moves to subscription pricing with Maker, Builder, and Studio. A letter to the first 100 people who believed before the product was ready.
What happened in March — and what changes today
100 launch licenses claimed. New pricing live. Elemental series shipped. Bricks deep intelligence. 172 MCP tools. The month Respira grew up.
Respira 5.4: Bricks Deep Intelligence
7 new Bricks tools. Cross-site element search, ACSS integration, page health checks, design system export, query loop discovery, style profile analysis, and optimistic locking. 172 total tools.
How to Let AI Edit Your WordPress Site (Without Breaking It)
Compare Respira, WordPress.com MCP, Elementor AI, CodeWP, Divi AI, and AI Engine across page builder support, safety, rollback, and MCP compatibility.
AI Tools for WordPress Agencies: What Actually Works in 2026
Multi-site management, client site safety, page builder coverage, team access controls, and audit logging for WordPress agencies.
The Freelance Developer's Guide to AI-Powered WordPress Development
How freelancers use Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex with Respira to build client sites faster.
How to Use AI to Fix WordPress Accessibility Issues (ADA & WCAG)
Automated WCAG scanning, AI-powered fixes, and a practical workflow for delivering accessible WordPress sites.
Respira 5.2 Elemental: AI That Speaks Your Builder’s Language
65 new tools. Element-level editing targets individual widgets without downloading the page. build_page creates complete pages in one call. HTML-to-builder conversion. Stock images. Tool governance. Dynamic schemas for 1...
Your AI Isn’t Broken. Your Prompt Is.
If your prompts are “make my homepage better”, I have something to tell you
WordPress and AI just entered a new phase. Officially.
For 20y, WordPress has been edited through interfaces, and now two teams shipped products that make conversation the interface.
Respira 5.0 Haven: Every AI Edit Now Has an Undo Button
Automatic version history on every edit, a new Changes mode that preserves URLs, and storage management you can trust.
WordPress.com Officially Ships AI Write Tools — What About Self-Hosted Sites That Don't Use Gutenberg?
WordPress.com launched 19 AI write tools for hosted Gutenberg sites. For the 60%+ of WordPress that's self-hosted with page builders, here's the alternative: Respira with 103 tools across 11 builders.
The Refund That Made Everything Better
What happens when your first refund request becomes your best product feedback
Respira 4.2.0: The Refund That Made Everything Better
Three pain points from Respira's first refund request became compact MCP responses, working copy consolidation, and a real account-wide multi-site setup flow.
Respira 3.3: API v2 Fidelity Rollout Across Plugin, MCP, and WebMCP
Include-gated fidelity contracts, snapshots with diff/restore, stale-base approval protection, duplicate-first safety, deterministic builder patching, and automatic v2/v1 negotiation.
Respira for WordPress 3.0: What we shipped this month ...and some unexpected news
What we shipped this month, what’s unexpectedly starting to happen around Respira, and how to grab launch pricing before it flips.
Respira for WordPress vs Elementor AI: Complete Comparison (2026)
Elementor AI vs Respira: Compare safety, pricing, and features. Respira works with 11+ builders and never touches live pages. See which AI WordPress tool is right for you.
Respira vs CodeWP: Which AI WordPress Tool is Right for You? (2026)
CodeWP generates code, Respira edits pages safely. Compare features, pricing, and use cases to choose the right AI WordPress tool for your needs - developers vs agencies.
We're Building This Together: Respira Updates & What's Next
983 pages edited. 28,045 lines of code written. 14 early adopters trusting me with their WordPress sites.
WordPress Just Got an AI Layer. Here's What Actually Works (and What's Still Missing)
A practical guide to every WordPress MCP integration available right now — Claude Connector, Abilities API, MCP Adapter, and the page builder gap nobody's talking about
Why Your AI Assistant Can't Actually Edit Your WordPress Site (And What I Did About It)
Build-in-public update from respira.press
What I shipped this month — and some unexpected news
February 2025 update: About page with real use cases, Divi 5 support, WebMCP for Chrome, ADA scanner, Community, WooCommerce add-on, and unexpected news.
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Build in public updates
his review came in German. i translated it because it says something i couldn't write myself. "Respira has fundamentally changed how I work...
which AI tools actually edit WordPress sites in production? we track anonymous MCP events across 443 connected sites through Respira for Wor...
choosing the right channels, being open, building in public, showing live stats on the homepage and sharing numbers on reddit threads might...
75 people believed in Respira for WordPress before it was ready. the Starter launch licenses just sold out. all 75 of them. gone. when i cre...
i shipped the biggest Respira release today. here's what it does and why it matters. the problem was simple: if you wanted AI to change a he...
Brașov, Romania - March 20th, 2026 Respira for WordPress: 5.0 Haven Release is live. Every AI edit now has an undo button. The more people t...
