In his latest piece for Search Engine Journal, Roger Montti explores how Builderius is bridging the gap between AI-assisted development and WordPress’s growing adoption of GraphQL. The update introduces a system that not only supports GraphQL queries within the Builderius environment but also uses AI as a teaching companion, making the complex syntax and logic of GraphQL more accessible to developers.
Montti highlights that GraphQL offers a more efficient alternative to traditional WordPress data-fetching methods like REST API or PHP. Instead of pulling fixed data sets from multiple endpoints, GraphQL allows developers to retrieve exactly what they need in a single query, a significant efficiency boost for dynamic WordPress sites.
But the real innovation, Montti notes, lies in Builderius’s AI-assisted learning setup. The platform provides schema documentation and configuration guides, allowing AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude to act as interactive mentors. Developers can ask questions, build queries, and receive contextual explanations that deepen their understanding of how data flows through WordPress and GraphQL structures.
As Montti quotes from Builderius, the AI “remembers its role and your learning progression,” turning project work into an ongoing learning experience. The result is a blend of education and production, where developers can learn GraphQL hands-on while simultaneously building complex, data-driven sites.
By framing GraphQL as a performance upgrade and a learning opportunity, Montti positions Builderius’s latest move as part of a broader trend, where AI isn’t just automating WordPress development but elevating how developers learn and create within it.