Category: Software reviews

EmDash 1.0 is stable: marketplace plugins run in isolated Workers with declared capabilities, authors own their registry entries, hosts need Node or Workers.

cPanel AI is generally available. The interface and assistant come with the license, while the Nova builder is partner-only and sold by the credit.

nginx 1.31.5 adds a REST interface that reads the running config and grades every reload. Whether a server has it is settled at build time.

Hostinger says its AI Builder provisions databases, logins and stores. Customers can export the codebase, while the database itself stays.

Blesta 6.0 ships with a rebuilt admin, an optional AI ticket autopilot, native MRR analytics and signed upgrades. Custom extensions need work.

We put the same three hard questions to six hosting AI assistants. Asked to name a better rival with no list, not one would, and one assistant just quit the chat.

Extendify launched Code, a white-label agentic AI app builder hosts can resell via WHMCS, turning vibe coding into a shelf product for the hosting industry.

WooCommerce 10.9 ships seven agent-callable abilities into core via MCP; what was a roadmap in May is now in the installed base.

WordPress 7.0 ships today. PHP 7.4 is now the minimum. AI integration lands in core. Real-time collaboration was pulled from the build on May 8.

AdminBolt is currently the only self-hosted control panel to ship a working in-panel AI assistant, with WhatsApp as a mobile extension.