I Built a WordPress Plugin Twice: Once With My Wallet, Once With AI
I once paid someone to build Mission Ctrl, a block-based WordPress dashboard. Years later, I rebuilt the idea with AI.
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Building Plugins and Themes IS Contributing to WordPress
Plugin and theme developers make WordPress useful and keep it working for their users. We should recognize that as contribution.
OPEN ENTRYWapuu Slaps
Not everyone has to like Wapuu. I like what a mascot gives the people who do: something familiar to draw, share and welcome others with.
OPEN ENTRYA cheat sheet for rewriting your WordPress plugin readme with AI
I put the plugin-ranking advice into a cheat sheet you can give an AI along with your readme.
OPEN ENTRYWhy Your WordPress Plugin Has 10 Installs (And How to Fix It)
A useful plugin can still struggle to get installs. Here's what WordPress.org's search ranking tells us about titles, descriptions, updates and support.
OPEN ENTRYBecoming the WordPress Evangelist I Needed
I like getting people excited about WordPress. This week I realized there's a name for what I've been doing: evangelist.
OPEN ENTRYBuilding My Dream Plugin Curation Tool
I wanted a better way to find and recommend WordPress plugins, so I started building one.
OPEN ENTRYGood Chaos: A WordPress Plugin Discovery Experiment
I'd like to feature eight lesser-known plugins for a week and measure what happens to their installs.
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Telex let me build my ideas
I used to struggle to get my ideas built. With Telex, I can try them myself and keep working on them in conversation.
OPEN ENTRYI'd like Telex to have more personality
Characters and achievements could make building with Telex more fun. Here are some ideas I'd like to try.
OPEN ENTRYBuild a Better Mousetrap (Dad Was Right All Along)
My dad told me to build a better mousetrap. I still think that's better advice than telling someone their idea already exists.
OPEN ENTRYWhy WordPress Lost the Cool Kids (And How to Win Them Back)
WordPress can do more than its reputation suggests. I'd like better defaults, better design tools and more attention to the people making interesting sites.
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