Malcolm Peralty, technical account manager at Pressable, discusses the realities of managed WordPress hosting, from performance challenges with plugin-heavy sites and WooCommerce to infrastructure innovations like database replication and virtual clusters. He explains how Pressable's upcoming MCP (AI-powered control panel) will let agencies manage WordPress sites using natural language — spinning up sandboxes, updating plugins across thousands of sites, and eventually integrating with WordPress Core's AI features. The conversation also covers the hidden costs AI bots impose on hosting infrastructure, the importance of audit logs and backups as AI automation grows, and the challenge of balancing human relationships with increasing automation.
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