We are all right in the midst of the early days of having artificial intelligence start to revolutionize some many aspects of our lives. We’re already seeing it in so many different facets of our digital lives, and the most visible of them for most people will be with the way their search query results are offering them more than just a list of search engine results pages. There is a growing need for websites to be maximum oriented to these AI-facilitated search results, and now you have the option to build an AI-powered WordPress website.
Not surprising at all that WordPress is taking the lead with staying ahead of the curve on this, as they’ve been arguably the gold standard for DIY website design and that grew out of their beginnings as an easy-to-use online publishing platform for blogs and the like. Our specialty here at 4GoodHosting has always been reliable Canadian web hosting, but for the folks at WordPress it’s a much wider umbrella and it’s been all about making it easy for people to be taking themselves online.
Many of the folks we’ve kept as customers for years upon years have WordPress business websites, and most will want the advantages of managed WordPress hosting for themselves. Faster website performance and better web security are just two of the many advantages of having this type of hosting for a WordPress site, and it’s not like it’s considerably more expensive too.
If you’re one of the folks who’s all ears when you hear of an AI-powered WordPress website you might want to look into moving over to Managed WordPress hosting if you haven’t already done so. We’ve talked a lot about the entirety of the advantages of doing that, but with this blog entry we’re going to lay out everything we know about the new WordPress AI websites and why you might want to be evenly doubly excited about them.
Apparently these types of sites are set to change everything, and considering nothing stays the same for long in the online world we say bring it on. We imagine you feel similarly, so let’s get right into it.
Building On It
WordPress has been the go-to platform for creating and managing websites for over 20 years now, and as of today the estimates are that it powers 43% of websites worldwide. That works out to nearly 10 times the number of any other platform, and as such it’s plain to see that WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system. That 20 years was a long time ago now, but it was only last year in 2023 that generative AI really started to become incorporated into web technologies of all sorts in a big way.
Especially with the way that OpenAI’s GPT-4 continues to push boundaries with every new release. There’s so much potential there and for many of us there’s no way to NOT be excited about what’s to come with this. Building your own with website with WordPress was never going to be beyond the scope of ability for anyone, but with AI-powered WordPress the reality is that anyone proceeding with that now is going to have it made even easier for them, plus seeing what’s possible increased in the biggest way.
Here’s what it can do for you:
Speedy and Prompt-Based Website Creation
With WordPress and AI you’ll be able to put together a custom website in minutes by simply typing in what you need and submitting replies to a few questions. AI provides the ‘smarts’ that will make the decisions the same way it would be the situation if you were laying out your wants and wishes to a web designer sitting in front of you.
So it really doesn’t matter if you’re a complete beginner and you know nothing of web hosting either. This feature is going to allow you to create high-quality websites without any coding quickly. Just explain what you’re looking for and see what the AI comes up with for smart website design. And if by any chance it’s not what you like, try explaining it again in a different way.
This type of smart interactivity really is a beautiful thing when it comes to AI.
AI Content Creator
A website without good content as a part of it is going to be coming up short, and in more ways that just having good searchability. But for some of you who want to build your own website with WordPress writing good content for the site may not be something you’re confident doing.
No problem at all when AI is involved in the website creation process. With AI WordPress you are now able to leverage the AI Content Creator for product descriptions, blog posts, and it will even suggest images based on your guidelines and the prompts you provide for it. This really isn’t unlike having your own content writer and designer on call 24/7. That’s not all you can do with this part of it either. Browse the Design library and easily drag and drop website sections like call-to-actions, hero banners, and other components that can go directly into your existing site pages.
AI WordPress Assistant
Despite the even-better simplicity that you’ll get by having AI help with web design you’re your new WordPress site, it may still be that some of the aspects of it are still a little much for you. That’s less of a problem now too, as you can taking advantage of the personal WordPress AI assistant in the dashboard to help guide you through some of the WordPress that are still somewhat complex for you.
Step where you’re told to step and you’ll be pleasantly surprised with just how quickly everything comes together. You’ll be going from zero to website in no time and getting more done in much less time, plus quite likely being entirely pleased with the results.
Creation & Management in One
Even for those relatively capable with all of this stuff there’s always been at least some level of tediousness and excess technicality to creating and managing a website. Plus it’s also true that WordPress has been known to have something of a steep learning curve. AI-powered WordPress is putting an immediate end to that, and that’s another huge plus that’s now available for new (or returning) users with this newly super intuitive website builder.
Indeed, what we have here is going to make website creation accessible to practically everyone. Stretching from small business owners to bloggers and creatives to people who more simply want a basic online front for promoting their hobby ventures or something similar. There is going to be no need for technical ability at all anymore, and AI will make it much more likely you find the version of the site that 100% meets your expectations so much faster.
You – and everyone else – can now create professional-grade websites with very little effort required of you.
This also applies for individuals with disabilities. AI is going to reach to them as well when it comes to building a WordPress website and making it doable for those who may not have all the same natural resources that the rest of us do. This will really apply for people who are blind or have dyslexia, with even better intuitive interfaces and the ability to have AI-generated content produced for you without needing to view and / or write it yourself.
It simplifies complex tasks in WordPress and underscores the importance of web accessibility in the evolution of digital technologies. Managed WordPress hosting with these sites is going to be the perfect pairing who wants the best in new and intelligent web design and optimal functionality for the site. You can all also be assured that as the AI continues to learn and evolve that further improvements and expanded ability with sophisticated and tailored website solutions will follow.
Everybody In
AI-powered WordPress web design is going to be such a great fit for all of you who have decided it’s time to create to your own website. This will apply to people with any type of interest for doing so, and also for any profession where the professional sees the need to have a good website for themselves. One good example would be a real estate agent who knows they need one for themselves but they don’t want to spend a ton to hire a web designer.
With one of these new smart WordPress sites they can have one that will set up property listings with detailed descriptions and images in no time. Or maybe it is a group of people who have a tech startup in its early stages. With the new WordPress version backed with AI they will be able to have everything done as efficiently as possible with maximum results, including the crafting of perfectly technical blogs and creation of perfect product pages too if they are needed.
How about fledgling fashion designers? If you’re someone who has created their own fashion line and is ready to launch it then AI can generate product descriptions, create blog posts, and design banners. New restauranters can do much the same, and they can create a website in less than a minute to see if interest is there or create buzz.
Everyone who elects to leverage AI capabilities this way will be best positioned to respond quickly to market opportunities, and having their content kept fresh and relevant. Plus it will significantly reduce the time and effort required for them for maintaining a dynamic online presence. Which works out to faster time-to-market, quicker adaptation to trends, and more efficient updates. This can – and likely will – lead to you having an edge over your competitors, and especially when you have your site on managed WordPress hosting.
The next thing that needs to be mentioned here is that as WordPress continues to be an open-source software the unmatched flexibility and control that has always come with that is going to be expanded upon big time with artificial intelligence now added to the mix. You can choose from thousands of plugins to customize and expand your website as you grow online.
While other website builders may restrict you by locking you in, WordPress always provides full control your data and you’re free to move your site to a different web hosting provider if that’s what you think is best. And keep in mind as well that with WordPress you immediately have a large, active community of developers and users who are providing support, sharing ideas, and offering solutions.
Affordability Too
We can assume that some will be thinking that AI-powered WordPress is going to be a good bit more pricey as compared to what the price for it was before artificial intelligence was incorporated into it. But we’re pleased to tell you here that’s not the case. Generative AI has been brought into the mix without too much being required of WordPress, and so the prices seen for these new platforms isn’t going to be dissuading anyone.
Most of them will be using GPT-4o, and another big gain with that is the way it prioritizes your privacy by ensuring that your prompts are not used for AI training purposes. Your data is going to stay confidential and secure, guaranteed. There is also the option to turn it off at any time, and that will be done by removing the AI plugin.
This will be a powerful tool for agencies too, and the decision makers at many have likely thought about to what extent AI will impact their business. With AI-powered WordPress, web and marketing agencies can now create initial website prototypes in seconds instead of weeks.
Let’s use an example here to provide clarification on this one; a client asks 2 different agencies for a custom website quote. The first one responds with a few examples and a description of the proposed outcome. The other agency is AI-enabled and offers 3 tailored, ready-made website variants that look ready-to-go. Who do you think that client is going to go with?
It’s going to be important for prospective users here to understand that you will still have the option to remove AI from any part of the WordPress website creation process. From where we’re sitting we can’t see any reason why you’d choose to do that, but we also know that for some there’s going to be an inclination to do things the old-fashioned way.
So it’s good for those folks to know that they can choose between the Classic and AI experience, or easily remove it from your WordPress site with just a few clicks. Doing so won’t impact the site and content you already have. Keep in mind, however, you’re your competitors might already be using AI to boost the speed and quality of the content they create. You may be choosing to put yourself at a disadvantage here. Just saying.
Managed WordPress Hosting is Best
Those who are starting at the start with all of this are probably wholly and entirely convinced of paying for an AI-assisted WordPress website design. We touched on why getting the matching web hosting for it earlier and provided 2 primary reasons why that’s such a good idea. But let’s wrap up this blog entry by going into much more detail on that end of it.
Managed WordPress hosting is simple and powerful, and with it you’ll have an intuitive dashboard and advanced features like site staging, GIT, WP-CLI and the brand new site performance monitoring. Our Managed hosting here at 4GoodHosting outperforms competitors’ offerings that cost several times more, and we’ve got what it takes to be able to make that claim.
Next up is reliability, and you’re going to be optimally backed by 4GoodHosting and our 99.9% uptime guarantee, plus 24/7 monitoring to ensure the site is operating optimally at all times. We have customer service reps standing by to lend a helping hand any time people need it here. We’re also big on sustainability here, and that’s a part of the advantage for managed hosting for new WordPress sites here too.
Our eco-friendly datacenters in both Vancouver and Toronto are powered by renewable energy, and a part of why we have the longstanding A record with the Better Business Bureau in both Provinces is because of this. But for most people these attributes are going to be admirable, but their priorities will be with having a smart design website that is serving their online interests best at all times.
We get that, and with AI-powered WordPress design and managed hosting you can be spinning up a new WordPress in a matter of minutes. Not the hours it would have taken you previously before artificial intelligence was incorporated into all of this. It does the heavy lifting for you via optimal configurations, so you can focus on publishing great content and running your business.
Generative AI is an incredible tool, and it is going to help those who want to work faster and more efficiently. We’re talking about how that’s going to relate to building a new WordPress website here, but we’ll conclude by saying that with AI there’s still going to be the need to learn to work with it. Understand its limitations may be equally important as knowing what is going to be increasingly possible because of it.
This technology has come an incredibly long way in such a short time, and the exciting thing is that this is just the beginning. Look for AI-powered WordPress to be available from this Canadian web hosting provider soon.
