The Only People Winning This Lawsuit Are the Lawyers
I want the parties to settle. The lawsuit keeps costing WordPress time, money and trust that everyone involved depends on.
OPEN ENTRYTEDDY'S FILING CABINET · 36 DRAWERS ACTIVE
Hack the Planet
WordPress Deserves Better Typography. Here's the Playbook.
Matthew Butterick changed how I look at type. Here's how I'd apply that advice to WordPress body text, headings and spacing.
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WordPress Needs a Front Door
People are building websites with agents. I want WordPress tools that help them publish and check the result.
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Don't let opposition to AI stop you building
I think companies should address people's concerns about AI while continuing to build things their users need.
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We're Doing AI Wrong
AI lets me build things I couldn't build before. I'd like WordPress to talk more about that and less about saving time on the same work.
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The DoorDash Theory of Premium WordPress Themes and Plugins
I order a sandwich I could make myself. I think people will keep paying for WordPress products for similar reasons: time, convenience and work they like.
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Nobody Rips Out the Plumbing
I use AI every day and still want WordPress to manage content, users and media. I don't see those choices as a conflict.
OPEN ENTRYThe separation made sense until it didn't
Keeping design in themes and functionality in plugins has benefits. Users shouldn't have to navigate that split just to add a block.
OPEN ENTRYThe Long History of "Real Programmers"
People have argued about what counts as real programming through several generations of tools. I hear a familiar argument about AI-assisted coding.
OPEN ENTRYMeet Hey Wapuu, a WordPress dashboard assistant
Hey Wapuu uses local machine learning to help you find things in the dashboard, with a mascot that responds as you work.
OPEN ENTRYUse WordPress and vibe coding together
I use AI to build WordPress blocks and test ideas. I don't see a reason to choose one over the other.
OPEN ENTRYThe Commons and the Committee
A village opens its commons to everyone. After an accident, the rules and committees grow until hardly anyone builds there anymore.
OPEN ENTRYStop Making Your Plugin Names "Clear"
I want plugin names people can remember. A name can explain what something does and still have some personality.
OPEN ENTRYI Just Want to Make Cool Stuff
I've spent three months trying to get a WordPress theme approved. The latest hold-up is an AI image, and I'm frustrated with the process.
OPEN ENTRYI made a Pokémon podcast with AI
I used Claude to research and write a Pokémon episode, then Hume to generate the voices. I liked the result.
OPEN ENTRYSimultaneously Genius and Stupid: On Doing Podcasts I'll Never Listen To
I said yes to a podcast even though I probably won't listen to myself on it. I hope someone hears it and makes something.
OPEN ENTRYBuilding Better with Withered Technology
Gunpei Yokoi's approach to mature technology helped me think about what I could build with WordPress and its constraints.
OPEN ENTRYMy first AI-generated WordPress theme
I used Figma Make for the design and Telex to help turn it into my first AI-generated WordPress theme.
OPEN ENTRYMy Brother Is Trying to Kill Me (So I Built an AI-Powered Lego Pricer)
We started selling Lego at Izzi's Gym, so I made a tool to help price the sets. My brother keeps finding more work for us.
OPEN ENTRYI built a plugin for sharing plugin lists
Plugin Curator lets you share a list of WordPress plugins through a JSON file and display it inside the dashboard.
OPEN ENTRYRethinking Review: A Conversation Worth Having
I'd like WordPress review to distinguish requirements that protect users from suggestions about how to write the code.
OPEN ENTRYWordPress should reconsider AI images in themes
I'd like WordPress to allow AI images in themes with clear rules about disclosure, rights and review.
OPEN ENTRYIntroducing Cozy Mode: Because Fun Websites Need Good Reading Too
Cozy Mode gives readers a simpler view of a post, with adjustable text and a dark mode, while the rest of the site keeps its personality.
OPEN ENTRYTelex is for everyone
I want Telex to introduce itself as a way to make things for WordPress, using words that make sense to people who don't code.
OPEN ENTRYWordPress Zen Garden: Let's Recreate the Magic with AI
I'd like to try a WordPress version of CSS Zen Garden: start with the same block, use AI to change its design, then share the code and prompts.
OPEN ENTRYI 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.
OPEN ENTRYBuilding 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 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 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.
OPEN ENTRYMaking WordPress theme setup easier
We used WordPress's existing template behavior to make theme setup easier and remove the setup notice when it was done.
OPEN ENTRYLet WordPress get weird
We started iconick to make strange themes, plugins and experiments. We want more of that in WordPress.
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