If you’re like me and you think building a website is too hard or even complicated, WordPress has introduced a new AI developmental tool to prove you wrong. With Telex, WordPress just made things a whole lot easier.
As reported by TechCrunch, at WordCamp US 2025 in Portland, WordPress’s co-founder Matt Mullenweg introduced Telex. Which is an experimental AI tool that is about to change how websites are build forever.
Imagine this you just type in your computer that you want add a pricing table and that happens in just a few seconds. That’s what Telex is all about.
First Things First What Is WordPress?
Before we dive deeper into what is Telex, let’s take a step back and understand what WordPress is. If you already know what it is good for you, but if you don’t let me explain it in simple words. WordPress is a platform that actually powers over 40% of the websites on the internet. From small blogs to huge news sites, millions of people use WordPress. In fact this blog that you’re currently reading was also written on WordPress! Let’s see why so many people use WordPress:
- It’s free (it’s an open source).
- Super Flexible (you can literally build simple blogs or even complex e-commerce stores).
- It is absolutely beginner-friendly (you don’t need to be a coder). I also started writing professionally on WordPress itself. From a word doc to WordPress the journey was simple.
And now WordPress is stepping up and bringing AI into its mix.
What Exactly Is Telex?
Telex is WordPress’s new AI helper. You don’t need to know how to code, you just need to tell Telex what you want exactly and it’ll do that for you. Telex makes Gutenberg blocks, which are small pieces of a WordPress site like text sections, images, or sliders. These blocks can be seen if you click on the ‘+’ sign or just type ‘/’ You put these blocks together to create full pages or entire websites. For example, you could type:
“Design a three-column layout with an image, title, and button.”
“Make a contact form with name, email, and message.”
Telex then smartly builds that for you and gives it back as a ready-to-use plugin(which will be a small add on for WordPress that adds new features). This installation is just like how you’d install an app on your phone.
It’s safe to say if you’re a beginner or a developer, Telex is going to save you a lot of hours.
Why This Is a Big Deal
You know for years now, WordPress’s biggest strength has been that it provides a platform for everyone in the world that makes publishing so easy. To share your ideas online, you don’t have to be tech expert.
And Telex is here to push it one or more steps further:
- Because now non-technical users can create features just by describing them.
- Developers work has been made easier as they can now work faster by letting AI handle repetitive tasks.
- Businesses can experiment more because building blocks take minutes, not weeks.
As Matt Mullenweg put it:
“WordPress has always been about taking what’s difficult and making it radically accessible. Telex is another step in that journey.”
The Catch: It’s Still Early
The truth is, Telex is not perfect yet. And it has been labelled as an experiment. As, it is very new, testers have actually reported that certain projects need extra fixing. Furthermore, rather than a finished product, it’s just a prototype yet.
But all of this is going to be fixed as these mistakes have been seen, and feedback from the real users have been taken. Automattic which is the company one behind WordPress has already allotted an AI team to improve the mistakes.
What this Means for You and I
So if you’re ever wanted to start a blog about your hobbies or create a small business website. If you haven’t been confident of how you can share your art, photography or music…. WordPress + Telex could make it easier than ever. So, no more excuses! You’ve got a platform that is so easy to use and you don’t even have to spend days figuring out how to set things up. All you need is one push, let me do that for you… You’ve got this! Show the world what it has been missing out. Because it can’t get more simpler than describing what you want, and let AI do the hard work. Check out more AI website builders to explore other tools(not all free) that can help you create websites even faster. Now’s the time to pay attention. Because maybe the next time you want a feature, Telex might build it for you.
Your ideas deserve to be online. And with WordPress and Telex, bringing them to life might be easier than you ever imagined.
