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The Block Developer Cookbook: WC Asia 2025 Edition
In February of this year, I travelled to Manila to attend WordCamp Asia. I have been lucky enough to attend every WordCamp Asia since its inaugural event in Bangkok, Thailand back in 2023. For the last two years, I have attended as a speaker to developer the same workshop – The Block Developer Cookbook. The…
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Introduction to WordPress SlotFill
In 2019, I presented at the JavaScript for WordPress conference, my first virtual event experience. It was enjoyable, and I recommend attending this year’s conference. You can watch my session’s recording and access the related repository at the provided link.
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@GoodFirstBugs bot is back!
in BlogA couple of years ago, I created a Twitter bot that tweets out WordPress core trac tickets marked as GoodFirstBugs to help new contributors find a good starting place. It got a fantastic response from the community and even got an article on WP Tavern! It had been offline for a while due to some…
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Good First Bugs Twitter Bot
in BlogInitiating contributing to WordPress Core can be daunting, but the Good First Bugs For New Contributors report offers a starting point for newbies, highlighting manageable ‘good-first-bug’ tickets. A new Twitter bot, @GoodFirstBugs, Tweets these tickets to aid newcomers. Launched thanks to inspiration from Congressbot and community support, it operates on Node.js via Heroku with the…
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Same WordPress plugin, new name
in BlogA little while ago, I created a plugin called Suspend Transients. It is a helpful tool that allows developers to bypass get_transient() calls on any page by clicking a button on the admin bar. I felt that the name was not accurate so I have renamed it and it is now available for download on…
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Thanks Adam!
in BlogWordPress 4.7 was just released and it marks the sixth release in a row that I have been lucky enough to contribute to. Contributing to WordPress core has always been a personal goal for me and while I had made attempts in the past, it wasn’t until I joined 10up that I was finally able to…
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Should we trust WordPress Core translations?
in BlogA while ago I was working on a patch to refresh the code for the default widgets that are included with WordPress Core. One of the changes made was to replace the i18n methods currently in-place with their counterparts that escape and translate the output. This is a pretty common practice as translation files can be a potential…
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First WordPress core props!
in BlogIt was a very simple patch, just removing some code that is no longer needed, but now that ticket #31485 has been committed, I will have contributor props for WordPress 4.2! Update: 4.2 was released today and I am very happy to have played a (small) part in it! Photos or it didn’t happen!
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Debug Bar Tracer Plugin
in BlogI have just released a new plugin called Debug Bar Tracer. It is meant to work with the Debug Bar plugin that should be a staple of any WordPress developer’s toolkit. The idea behind it is quite simple – I am always printing data out to the browser when developing and it always breaks the…