SMRTR ProgrammingDec 1, 2025Daily.dev

I Vibe Coded a WordPress Plugin and Shipped it to Production

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A developer used ChatGPT and Claude to create a WordPress plugin for quoted content blocks despite not writing PHP in over a decade. ChatGPT's free version initially failed, producing non-functional code after multiple iterations. Claude Sonnet successfully generated a working plugin in one attempt, complete with Gutenberg block functionality and metadata fields for citations.

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