Site redesigns, new shop products, and how I'm using AI to publish faster
I redesigned my websites, launched new products in my shop, shipped major plugin updates, and started using AI workflows that fundamentally changed how I publish content. All in the last few weeks
🔥 What’s Happening in My World
Both Sites Got a Complete Redesign
gauravtiwari.org now has a reworked homepage that actually shows what I do instead of just being a blog feed. You’ll see my services, open-source plugins, tools, calculators, more that I have been working on.
gatilab.com got an even bigger overhaul. It’s the agency side of my work, and it finally looks like it. The old site was doing the work a disservice.
Both sites run on my usual stack: Marketers Delight, custom blocks, FlyingPress, Cloudflare. Sub-second load times on both.
New Products in the Shop
I’ve added several products to the gauravtiwari.org shop. Most are free:
Easy Affiliate Marketing Guide — A new free guide covering the fundamentals of affiliate marketing. No fluff, just what actually works based on years of running affiliate sites.
Trigonometric Identities — For the math nerds (and students) among you. A comprehensive reference sheet, free to download.
The Affiliate Bloggers System — This one’s been around for a while, but I’ve kept it updated. Currently $4.99 (down from $9.99). It’s the exact system I use for affiliate content on gauravtiwari.org.
Plus free ebooks on Cell Biology, Overcoming Student Anxiety, and more. I’m building this into a proper resource library. Browse the full shop here.
🛠️ GitHub and Open Source Updates
ACF Blocks Plugin v2.0
This is the project I’m most excited about right now. Premium ACF Blocks is a free, open-source collection of 28+ custom blocks for WordPress, built on ACF Pro’s Block API v3.
What makes it different from the dozens of block plugins out there: zero configuration, very low effort, LLM friendly markup and full marketing toolkit. Field groups auto-register from JSON. No manual imports, no admin setup. Activate the plugin, install ACF Pro or Secure Custom Fields plugin and every block is immediately available in your editor.
It replaced several plugins for me and I am regularly updating it.
The block library covers the stuff I actually needed across client sites: accordions with FAQ schema, testimonials, hero sections, CTAs, product review boxes, comparison tables, coupon codes, pros/cons blocks, video embeds, and more. Each block conditionally loads its CSS and JS only when used on a page, so it doesn’t bloat sites that only use a few blocks.
I built this because I was tired of installing five different block plugins on every project. One plugin. 28+ blocks. Free forever.
Download it from GitHub or check out the landing page.
Functionalities — My modular site-specific plugin framework got 1.0.0 update. Refactored with modern WordPress coding standards and a clean dashboard. Replaces 10+ single-purpose plugins with one.
97 public repositories on GitHub (159 total). 5,000+ commits. 20+ free plugins. 10,000+ combined active installs.
🔥 How I’m Using OpenClaw + Claude to Publish Faster
I’ve been using OpenClaw with Claude as my publishing co-pilot, and it’s changed how I approach content production.
The setup: OpenClaw running locally, connected to my writing system (voice DNA, affiliate product database, published article index, WordPress block syntaxes). It’s not a chatbot wrapper. It’s a workflow automation platform with persistent memory, SSH access to my servers, WP-CLI integration, and browser automation.
Here’s what this actually looks like in practice:
Content creation: I brief it on a topic, angle, and audience. It references my voice DNA, uses the correct affiliate links from my database, outputs WordPress block markup ready to paste into Gutenberg, and includes proper ACF blocks (FAQ accordions, comparison tables). What used to take 3-4 hours per article now takes a fraction of that.
Image generation: Every article needs a featured image. OpenClaw generates SVG graphics matching my brand style, converts them to PNG using Inkscape CLI, and uploads via the WordPress REST API. Custom, on-brand images with zero stock photo vibes.
WordPress deployment: Instead of manually copying content, formatting, uploading images, setting categories, writing meta descriptions, and configuring Rank Math for each post, OpenClaw handles the entire pipeline via WP REST API and WP-CLI. Batch uploading dozens of properly formatted, SEO-optimized drafts across multiple sites takes hours instead of days.
Multi-site management: I run several content sites. OpenClaw tracks what’s published where, avoids duplicate topics, and handles cross-site content distribution. One workflow, multiple sites, zero confusion.
The key ingredient isn’t the AI itself. It’s the reference file system: voice DNA, affiliate links, published content index, 29 ACF block syntaxes, business profile. Without those files, output would be generic. With them, it’s indistinguishable from my own writing.
I’m not on autopilot. I review everything, make edits, maintain final control. But the time savings are real. Content creation, image generation, WordPress deployment, and SEO optimization are all dramatically faster. That freed-up time goes into client work, strategy, and building new tools.
💡 Industry Pulse
WordPress 6.9.1 dropped February 3. 49 bug fixes. Nothing exciting, but update your sites.
WordPress 7.0 is coming April 9, 2026. Beta 1 scheduled for February 19. Timed with WordCamp Asia. Three major releases planned for 2026 (7.0, 7.1, 7.2). The admin redesign is being discussed, though it’s more “fresh coat of paint” than full overhaul.
Google rolled out a Discover core update this week. Updated documentation to call out clickbait and sensationalism. Also testing ads in AI Mode. Search revenue hit $63 billion, up 17%.
The big SEO story for 2026: Experience-based content from real practitioners is outranking generic corporate content. E-E-A-T isn’t just a framework anymore. Niche bloggers writing from actual experience have a genuine edge over brands pumping out AI filler. If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while, you know I’ve been saying this for years.
📝 From the Blog
Rank Math Review — Nearly eight years of daily use. My exact configuration, code snippets, and honest frustrations. 436 active redirects on gauravtiwari.org alone.
Perfmatters Review — My full exported configuration as of February 2026. Every toggle explained, including my self-hosted Umami analytics setup.
Best WordPress Page Builders in 2026 — Actual opinions. Clear recommendations. Not the “they’re all great” approach.
Content Decay: How to Find and Fix Pages Losing Traffic — Your best articles are quietly dying. How to spot and reverse the decline.
That’s everything for this issue. I’m heads-down on client work, new articles, and expanding the shop over the next few weeks. If you’ve visited the redesigned sites or tried the ACF Blocks plugin, I’d love to hear what you think.
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