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15 Years on WordPress.com
I missed this on the day of (Monday or Tuesday), but this week marked 15 years since I registered my WordPress.com account. I was surprised to see that I signed up for my .com account before my .org one. My 15 year mark on .org is not until September 24th. I don’t really publish directly…
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Happy 40th Birthday Matt!
Today is Matt Mullenweg’s 40th birthday. While I’m not particularly close to him, I do consider him a friend in some ways. I’ve met him in person many times, though it’s often very brief. In the 17+ years I’ve used WordPress, I’ve also listened to him talk more than I can even estimate. Much of…
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I’m the newest contributor to the WordPress Photo Directory
I finally uploaded my first photos to the WordPress.org Photo Directory. Here’s my thoughts on the process and a challenge for myself during the 2024 calendar year.
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Updating WordPress to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm: Part 2
In August, milestone 1 was reached for ongoing work to update the WordPress and Gutenberg build tools to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm. Like anything WordPress, this comes with some interesting challenges and requirements. Here’s the announcement post detailing the changes.
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Five Years: My WordPress Commit-iversary
Today officially marks 5 full years since my first commit to the WordPress open source project. 🎉 In the context of the WordPress project, a committer is a contributor with the ability to modify the main WordPress repository. Since 2004, roughly 90 people have been granted commit status for WordPress Core. If you’re interested in…
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WordPress 6.4.1 Rapid Maintenance Release: Technical Details and Timeline
After the 6.4 release, it was reported that a small change within the bundled library responsible for making and managing HTTP requests was causing problems for a small subset of sites. Here is a technical breakdown of the problem and how contributors to the WordPress project responded.
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Updating WordPress to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm
Recently, I’ve been working with other contributors to update the WordPress and Gutenberg build tools more modern versions of Node.js/npm. Like anything WordPress, this comes with some interesting challenges and requirements.
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10 Years of Contributing to WordPress
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of receiving my very first “props” for contributing to the WordPress project. In WordPress, giving “props” is the way credit and attribution is given to anyone who contributes to a given change in the software. Props should be given to all those who contributed to the final commit, whether…
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Migrating WordPress Core to GitHub Actions: A Retrospective
I just left the stage at WordCamp Asia after giving my talk “Migrating WordPress Core to GitHub Actions: A Retrospective”. Below you’ll find my slides. If you have any questions about, feel free to leave them in the comments!
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Speaking at WordCamp Asia 2023
Today is finally the day! I’ll be speaking at the first WordCamp Asia at 4:50PM Indochina Time (4:50AM EST). The fact of speaking at flagship WordCamp aside, I’m really excited to share my talk “Migrating WordPress Core to GitHub Actions: A Retrospective” with everyone. I was supposed to give this talk at WordCamp Europe in…