Brian Coords
@briancoords.com
WordPress developer and educator, father to 5 free-range children
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Brian Coords
@briancoords.com
· Dec 16
7 Tools for Modern WordPress Development - Brian Coords
Free Video Series 7 Tools for Modern WordPress Development One video every day. Seven days. Learn the tools that advanced WordPress developers are using every day. Hi, I’m Brian Coords and I’m helping...
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Leveling up your WordPress developer skills? Feels like a great time to sign up for my free video series, 7 Tools for Modern WordPress Development.
One video in your inbox every day for a week, plus a few bonuses at the end.
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One video in your inbox every day for a week, plus a few bonuses at the end.
www.briancoords.com/7-tools-for-...
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Call for testing:
WooCommerce 10.3 includes a beta version of the WooCommerce MCP integration. Chat with your Woo store and let us know how it goes!
Full testing instructions on the dev blog👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769181
WooCommerce 10.3 includes a beta version of the WooCommerce MCP integration. Chat with your Woo store and let us know how it goes!
Full testing instructions on the dev blog👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769181
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Call for testing:
WooCommerce 10.3 includes a beta version of the WooCommerce MCP integration. Chat with your Woo store and let us know how it goes!
Full testing instructions on the dev blog👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769181
WooCommerce 10.3 includes a beta version of the WooCommerce MCP integration. Chat with your Woo store and let us know how it goes!
Full testing instructions on the dev blog👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769181
Yesterday I chatted with @ianmisner.com about what makes a checkout page convert and what to think about ahead of Black Friday.
He gave a lot of good advice, including this one about maximizing those new customer relationships:
He gave a lot of good advice, including this one about maximizing those new customer relationships:
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yesterday I chatted with @ianmisner.com about what makes a checkout page convert and what to think about ahead of Black Friday.
He gave a lot of good advice, including this one about maximizing those new customer relationships:
He gave a lot of good advice, including this one about maximizing those new customer relationships:
Reposted by Brian Coords
@ariellethisandthat.bsky.social listens to over five hours of podcasts a day — so she knows what makes a great podcast player.
Check out why she chooses Pocket Casts to support her passion for podcasts and her work in the industry:
Check out why she chooses Pocket Casts to support her passion for podcasts and her work in the industry:
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
@ariellethisandthat.bsky.social listens to over five hours of podcasts a day — so she knows what makes a great podcast player.
Check out why she chooses Pocket Casts to support her passion for podcasts and her work in the industry:
Check out why she chooses Pocket Casts to support her passion for podcasts and her work in the industry:
🎙️ Fresh podcast episode with Ian Misner of Kestrel.
We talk about optimizing checkout ahead of Black Friday, growing your store long-term, and a bit of pontificating about extensibility for developers.
webmasters.fm/optimizing-w...
We talk about optimizing checkout ahead of Black Friday, growing your store long-term, and a bit of pontificating about extensibility for developers.
webmasters.fm/optimizing-w...
Optimizing Woo Checkout for Black Friday ft. Ian Misner - Webmasters.FM
In this conversation, Ian Misner discusses his work with Kestrel and the importance of checkout processes in e-commerce, particularly through their product CheckoutWC. He highlights the features that ...
webmasters.fm
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎙️ Fresh podcast episode with Ian Misner of Kestrel.
We talk about optimizing checkout ahead of Black Friday, growing your store long-term, and a bit of pontificating about extensibility for developers.
webmasters.fm/optimizing-w...
We talk about optimizing checkout ahead of Black Friday, growing your store long-term, and a bit of pontificating about extensibility for developers.
webmasters.fm/optimizing-w...
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Big announcement! 🛎️ I teamed up with @thewpminute.com to create a free course aimed at #WordPress freelancers and agencies. It's called "WordPress Hosting Decoded" and will help you make the right hosting choices for your clients (with no sales pitches). Get started: thewpminute.com/course/wordp...
WordPress Hosting Decoded – The WP Minute
Learn how to select the best web host for your clients with our comprehensive course. Enhance your skills in hosting, performance, security, and WordPress integration.
thewpminute.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Big announcement! 🛎️ I teamed up with @thewpminute.com to create a free course aimed at #WordPress freelancers and agencies. It's called "WordPress Hosting Decoded" and will help you make the right hosting choices for your clients (with no sales pitches). Get started: thewpminute.com/course/wordp...
🎙️Just published on the podcast: @nickdiego.com takes me behind the scenes of Studio, the open source local development app from @wordpress.com
webmasters.fm/wordpress-st...
webmasters.fm/wordpress-st...
WordPress Studio Gets Good for Local Development ft. Nick Diego - Webmasters.FM
Nick Diego joins the show to talk about WordPress Studio and building an open source local development tool at WordPress.com.
webmasters.fm
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🎙️Just published on the podcast: @nickdiego.com takes me behind the scenes of Studio, the open source local development app from @wordpress.com
webmasters.fm/wordpress-st...
webmasters.fm/wordpress-st...
Open Source is a Tradeoff
How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?
How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?
Open Source is a Tradeoff
How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?
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October 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Open Source is a Tradeoff
How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?
How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?
My first video up on the Woo YouTube channel:
Have you seen the updates to Product Collections in WooCommerce 10.2?
We cover the new carousel layout, taxonomy filters, and cross-sells collection over on our YouTube 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GR...
We cover the new carousel layout, taxonomy filters, and cross-sells collection over on our YouTube 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GR...
Level up your Product Collections | WooCommerce 10.2
YouTube video by WooCommerce
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October 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My first video up on the Woo YouTube channel:
Finally had time to watch the @dannysullivan.bsky.social talk from #WCUS - if you haven't seen it, it's a good one.
wordpress.tv/2025/09/03/h...
wordpress.tv/2025/09/03/h...
How (and why!) Google Search keeps evolving
Learn about how Google Search is using the latest technologies to better meet and serve user expectations and connect searchers with high-quality content on the open web.
wordpress.tv
September 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Finally had time to watch the @dannysullivan.bsky.social talk from #WCUS - if you haven't seen it, it's a good one.
wordpress.tv/2025/09/03/h...
wordpress.tv/2025/09/03/h...
Took some prompt engineering but Telex was able to make me an animated bouncing-DVD screensaver WordPress block. For.. you know.. reasons.
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Took some prompt engineering but Telex was able to make me an animated bouncing-DVD screensaver WordPress block. For.. you know.. reasons.
Are you down with MCP?
How I learned to stop worrying and love the MCP craze. And a few interesting links.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the MCP craze. And a few interesting links.
Are you down with MCP?
How I learned to stop worrying and love the MCP craze. And a few interesting links.
www.briancoords.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you down with MCP?
How I learned to stop worrying and love the MCP craze. And a few interesting links.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the MCP craze. And a few interesting links.
Ahh it's my face!
What made WordCamp US unforgettable? The people. 💙
Take a look back at the smiles, stories, and connections that made Portland so special in “The Faces of #WCUS 2025” from Blue Ivory.
👉 Watch now: vimeo.com/1115270711
#WordPress #WCUS
Take a look back at the smiles, stories, and connections that made Portland so special in “The Faces of #WCUS 2025” from Blue Ivory.
👉 Watch now: vimeo.com/1115270711
#WordPress #WCUS
The Faces of WordCamp US 2025
Highlights from WordCamp US 2025 ( #WCUS ) in Portland, Oregon!
vimeo.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ahh it's my face!
Reposted by Brian Coords
ChatGPT asked @bph , @jon_bossenger , @briancoords and myself the hard question about the future of #WordPress and AI in the Creators Studio at @WordCampUS.
👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4B...
👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4B...
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ChatGPT asked @bph , @jon_bossenger , @briancoords and myself the hard question about the future of #WordPress and AI in the Creators Studio at @WordCampUS.
👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4B...
👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4B...
My thoughts on how AI is going to affect WordPress agencies -
A short excerpt from an upcoming conversation with @ryanwelcher.com @bph.social and @jonathanbossenger.com
A short excerpt from an upcoming conversation with @ryanwelcher.com @bph.social and @jonathanbossenger.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My thoughts on how AI is going to affect WordPress agencies -
A short excerpt from an upcoming conversation with @ryanwelcher.com @bph.social and @jonathanbossenger.com
A short excerpt from an upcoming conversation with @ryanwelcher.com @bph.social and @jonathanbossenger.com
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Hate to say it but the future of shopping is not “tell an AI agent what you want and it figures out and buys it for you from a shady site that ships the wrong thing”
It’s “use a trusted app/site with great customer support that has the largest selection of goods and ships today”
It’s “use a trusted app/site with great customer support that has the largest selection of goods and ships today”
September 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Hate to say it but the future of shopping is not “tell an AI agent what you want and it figures out and buys it for you from a shady site that ships the wrong thing”
It’s “use a trusted app/site with great customer support that has the largest selection of goods and ships today”
It’s “use a trusted app/site with great customer support that has the largest selection of goods and ships today”
A quick code snippet since someone asked me: How to hide the default WooCommerce block patterns from the pattern inserter.
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How to hide WooCommerce block patterns - Brian Coords
A quick code snippet to unregister the block patterns provided in WooCommerce.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A quick code snippet since someone asked me: How to hide the default WooCommerce block patterns from the pattern inserter.
www.briancoords.com/how-to-hide-...
www.briancoords.com/how-to-hide-...
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Built in just two weeks with the help of AI, the plugin introduces block-based mobile and dropdown menus, tackling a long-standing gap in WordPress site building.
Ollie’s New Menu Designer Brings Intuitive Menu Creation to the Block Editor
Built in just two weeks with the help of AI, the plugin introduces block-based mobile and dropdown menus, tackling a long-standing gap in WordPress site building.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Built in just two weeks with the help of AI, the plugin introduces block-based mobile and dropdown menus, tackling a long-standing gap in WordPress site building.
Reposted by Brian Coords
Wrote a review of ChatGPT 5 for the company newsletter. aboard.com/desperately-...
Desperately Seeking Software: Paul Ford reviews ChatGPT 5
If you want to be a true platform for the future, you have to actually make the thing work.
aboard.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrote a review of ChatGPT 5 for the company newsletter. aboard.com/desperately-...
Playing with the WordPress Playground CLI and Woo's Smooth Generator to build full Woo demo stores in seconds.
(Next step: how can I push this into WordPress Studio for local development 🤔?)
(Next step: how can I push this into WordPress Studio for local development 🤔?)
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Playing with the WordPress Playground CLI and Woo's Smooth Generator to build full Woo demo stores in seconds.
(Next step: how can I push this into WordPress Studio for local development 🤔?)
(Next step: how can I push this into WordPress Studio for local development 🤔?)
I love the "wordpress/create-block" package, but I don't like the name, now that it's being used for many things other than creating blocks.
If you agree, please join my discussion on GitHub so we can challenge this terrible injustice.
github.com/WordPress/gu...
If you agree, please join my discussion on GitHub so we can challenge this terrible injustice.
github.com/WordPress/gu...
Should the WordPress/create-block package be renamed? · WordPress gutenberg · Discussion #70851
I'm a huge fan of the wordpress/create-block package and all that it's enabled, but I think we need to address the fact that these days, it only sometimes is used to create blocks. Often it's just ...
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July 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I love the "wordpress/create-block" package, but I don't like the name, now that it's being used for many things other than creating blocks.
If you agree, please join my discussion on GitHub so we can challenge this terrible injustice.
github.com/WordPress/gu...
If you agree, please join my discussion on GitHub so we can challenge this terrible injustice.
github.com/WordPress/gu...
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After a couple weeks of planning and preparing I'm excited to see this announcement. I'm excited to be part of a lineup that includes amazing folks like @jeffpaul.com, @ryanwelcher.com, @briancoords.com, @jonathandesrosiers.com, and many more who I'm looking forward to hearing from, and meeting!
The WordCamp Canada team has been hard at work, and I’m thrilled to share our first 17 speakers and 16 talks! 🌟 From accessibility to block development, there’s something for everyone.
Check out the lineup — canada.wordcamp.org/2025/announc...
#WCEH #WordPress #WC2025 @wordcampcanada.bsky.social
Check out the lineup — canada.wordcamp.org/2025/announc...
#WCEH #WordPress #WC2025 @wordcampcanada.bsky.social
They’re Here! Meet the First Speakers for WordCamp Canada 2025
Meet the first speakers for WordCamp Canada 2025! Explore talks on blocks, design, accessibility, sustainability & the future of the open web.
canada.wordcamp.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
After a couple weeks of planning and preparing I'm excited to see this announcement. I'm excited to be part of a lineup that includes amazing folks like @jeffpaul.com, @ryanwelcher.com, @briancoords.com, @jonathandesrosiers.com, and many more who I'm looking forward to hearing from, and meeting!
Why I'm a terrible vibe coder, thoughts on the future of AI + WordPress, and my response to another Gutenberg "crisis" article.
All that and more in my latest newsletter, sent this morning 📬
www.briancoords.com/newsletter/m...
All that and more in my latest newsletter, sent this morning 📬
www.briancoords.com/newsletter/m...
My AI Coding Wins and Losses + WordPress Theme Debate - Brian Coords
Vibe coding isn't going as well as I'd liked, plus thoughts on another 'Gutenberg is in crisis' article going around.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Why I'm a terrible vibe coder, thoughts on the future of AI + WordPress, and my response to another Gutenberg "crisis" article.
All that and more in my latest newsletter, sent this morning 📬
www.briancoords.com/newsletter/m...
All that and more in my latest newsletter, sent this morning 📬
www.briancoords.com/newsletter/m...
Back on the pod to talk to @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social about whether WordPress themes are dead, why Claude code burns my money, and when we think AI will be able to make decent UI.
webmasters.fm/are-wordpres...
webmasters.fm/are-wordpres...
Are WordPress Themes Dead + Best AI Workflows ft. Matt Medeiros - Webmasters.FM
In this conversation, Brian Coords and Matt Medeiros discuss the evolution of WordPress, the impact of AI on development, and the ongoing debates surrounding themes and plugins. They analyze Kevin Gea...
webmasters.fm
July 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Back on the pod to talk to @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social about whether WordPress themes are dead, why Claude code burns my money, and when we think AI will be able to make decent UI.
webmasters.fm/are-wordpres...
webmasters.fm/are-wordpres...
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🚀 WooCommerce 10.0 is here!
- Major frontend accessibility improvements
- Shareable checkout URLs
- Coupon enhancements
- A better product importer.
And over 400 commits from 67 contributors!
Get the full breakdown on the Woo Developer Blog 👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768580
- Major frontend accessibility improvements
- Shareable checkout URLs
- Coupon enhancements
- A better product importer.
And over 400 commits from 67 contributors!
Get the full breakdown on the Woo Developer Blog 👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768580
July 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🚀 WooCommerce 10.0 is here!
- Major frontend accessibility improvements
- Shareable checkout URLs
- Coupon enhancements
- A better product importer.
And over 400 commits from 67 contributors!
Get the full breakdown on the Woo Developer Blog 👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768580
- Major frontend accessibility improvements
- Shareable checkout URLs
- Coupon enhancements
- A better product importer.
And over 400 commits from 67 contributors!
Get the full breakdown on the Woo Developer Blog 👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768580
Reposted by Brian Coords
Join us for our July live event, focused on the future marketing direction of WooCommerce.
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768617
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768617
July 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join us for our July live event, focused on the future marketing direction of WooCommerce.
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768617
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8768617