Category: WordPress
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My November in WordPress
Since I’ve started accepting sponsors for my contributions to WordPress, I wanted to add some transparency to what I have done in WordPress. While nearly all the work I do is in public and on my WordPress profile, this roundup is designed to be an at-a-glance look. The biggest thing I did this month was…
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Now accepting Github Sponsors to support my WordPress contributions
I just made the decision to start using GitHub Sponsors with the idea of trying to support my contributions to WordPress. While I am still looking for my next full-time position, I’ve been enjoying contributing to WordPress and wanted to see if the community would support those contributions. Some of what I hope to be…
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A new theme for WordPress 6.4 – Twenty Twenty-Four
WordPress 6.4 comes out next week and to prepare for it, I’ve updated this site to use the new Twenty Twenty-Four default theme. I’ve used most of the default themes WordPress has supplied since Twenty Ten. One of the first things I saw that I liked is how many patterns are available. All together there…
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Transparent Salaries in WordPress
George Akerlof won a Nobel prize largely based on his study of information asymmetry. Effectively, it is impossible for all parties in a transaction to receive optimum benefits when one side has considerably more information. One of the biggest areas where this comes into play is in job searches. In most cases, hiring organizations hide…
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Nine years of being a committer for WordPress Core
Today marks nine years since my first commit to WordPress Core. In that time I’ve made 406 commits which puts me 26th in the list of most commits. The majority of the commits came in the first few years (I had 283 on my third commitiversary). I’ve settled into a role where I try to…
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Random Thoughts on…WordPress Annual Survey
I am currently taking the Annual WordPress Survey and encourage you to as well. Here are my random thoughts on the survey as I take it:
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Art and Commit Messages: Generative Art based on WordPress commit messages
Generative art is a unique form of digital creativity that combines algorithms and artistic expression. The artist sets the rules, but the computer program carries out the creation process. Commit messages are simple ways of knowing work has been completed, and ideally why. For this exercise, I used a browser-based version of stable diffusion. The…
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WordPress – The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)
WordPress turns 20 in just a few days. I’m proud to have been contributing to Core for 13 of those years and being a part of the community for an additional 3. I learned WordPress in large part by coding under trees and in 24-hour coffee shops. During that time I didn’t listen to Taylor Swift,…
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The Ease of Automating WordPress Plugin Releases
A few years ago, my buddy Brad tweeted a small problem he was having with WordPress and I collaborated with Andrew Norcross to make a plugin to solve it. Today, another tweet from Brad encouraged me to take a look at the plugin again. I checked up on BRAD and noticed that the tested up…
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Future of Grunt Patch WordPress
I’ve had some extra time on my hand recently and while I am not quite ready to start looking for full-time work, I have been thinking about code recently and I’m back to thinking about the contribution process to WordPress. Grunt Patch WordPress is a tool that helps people contribute code to WordPress and that…