After developing websites for clients for over 20 years, I'm seeing a couple of new trends emerge with the popularity of AI.
Trend 1: Tech-Savvy, DIYers using AI
First, I'm seeing "tech-savvy" clients come with a website design they generated with Claude Code, Base44, Bolt.new, Lovable or some other AI website builders.
The only problem is that they want us to host it like we do WordPress, give it a CMS backend, and make it rank on search engines - none of which is a simple task or part of our workflow.
It is kinda like what Realtor.com and Zillow did to real estate - now homebuyers bring listings to their agent whereas, once upon a time, one had to go to an agent to find all of the listings.
Trend 2: AI Website != SEO-Friendly, CMS
Second, I'm seeing rookie web developers come to market who are selling vibe coded websites to small local businesses. This is a bad idea because even though the vibe coded website might look nice, it is a single-page application and typically isn't SEO friendly. Therefore, it isn't going to help them bring in business anyway.
The worst part is watching these folks think they've got a "future-proof" site when really it's a dead end for actual growth.
I've been the guy on the receiving end too many times—staring at a beautiful React mess at 2 a.m., trying to rip out the SPA stuff, wire up WordPress functions, slap on Yoast, and pray the design survives.
Spoiler: it never does the first try (nor the second or third).
Hours turn into days, the client gets frustrated, and that cool "vibe" they paid for starts looking like a half-baked Frankenstein.
I got so fed up I finally helped built something that actually fixes it instead of fighting it.
It's called PressMeGPT.com.
You drop in any vibe-coded site (Lovable, Bolt.new, Blink.new, Claude, Base44, whatever the flavor of the month is), and the AI turns it into a clean, native WordPress theme in minutes.
No manual rewriting. No extra plugins or page builders required.
It spits out proper Gutenberg blocks compatible with Gutenberg plugins (or Elementor-compatible if that's your jam), keeps the exact look and feel you started with, and hands you a fully working CMS backend that clients can actually update themselves.
The process is stupidly simple:
Paste the URL or upload the export from your AI tool
Let the AI read the vibe and rebuild it as real WP code:
- Download the theme
- Drop it on any WordPress install
- and you're done!
I tested it on a recent Base44 project a client dumped on me (and several other projects including Claude Code, to Lovable (video), to one built with Gemini on Replit (video).
Each time it took under ten minutes from start to WordPress theme.
WordPress still runs 40%+ of the entire web for a reason—it's stable, searchable, and every small business already kinda knows it (or can learn it in an afternoon).
These fancy AI one-pagers look flashy in a demo, but they don't pay the bills when Google can't find them and the owner can't edit a single paragraph without a developer (or more AI credits).
If you're a dev who's been handed one of these vibe sites and you're dreading the migration, or if you're the business owner stuck with a pretty but useless AI build, just go to PressMeGPT.com and try it. There are free credits to kick the tires and test it on your next website migration project.
It saved my sanity and think it can save yours.
Anyone else running into this AI trend lately?
What's been your workaround—manual pain or something else?
Drop it in the comments.
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