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Daniel Post

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I write about modern WordPress development and building a plugin business. Previously at Automattic. ● Better Loop (out now!) → https://betterloopwp.com Autoblue → https://autoblue.co Personal site → https://danielpost.com

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 1d

Autoblue 1.0 is out, officially out of beta and now with support for self-hosted PDS instances! 🎊

Next up: improving the comments block

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 2d

hi yes please! can you email me at daniel at betterloopwp dot com? it's the support system for my other plugin.

I haven't specifically added support for self-hosted PDS so very possible it doesn't work out of the box, but I'd be very happy to add support for it

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Aug 18

Awesome! Let me know how it works for you.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 31

I ran into an issue where my local WordPress installation using Herd wasn't generating thumbnails for PDF files. This is how I fixed it.

Enable WordPress PDF thumbnails for local installations

I’m using Laravel Herd for my local WordPress development, and yesterday I ran into an issue where PDF thumbnails were not being generated in the media library—despite Imagick being installed and active. Trying to generate the thumbnails with WP-CLI surfaced the issue: As it turns out, PHP couldn’t find the Ghostscript command, which is required […]

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 30

And here's the result—a polished file upload UI that looks like it came straight from WordPress core.

Another step closer to releasing the Document Hub extension for Better Loop. 🤞🏼

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 29

I always always always want my plugins to feel like they belong in WordPress. It's very important to me that they feel like a native extension of WP itself.

If that means designing custom icons in the same style for the Document Hub extension, then that's what I'll do 😅

A collection of icons for the Document Hub extension, showing various file types such as image, video etc

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 24

How hard is it to build a loop with multiple filters working together in Better Loop?

Watch me design and build a loop for a recipe page in less than two minutes 😎

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 23

Trying something new: live demos for Better Loop, showcasing the plugin through a made-up website.

Next step is creating a Playground blueprint so you can click around the admin and play with it!

betterloopwp.com/demo-magazine/

Demo: Magazine

See how you can use Better Loop to create a dynamic and engaging magazine website straight from the WordPress block editor.

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 22

Better Loop 1.2 is out! With a new Buttons filter block, more color options and a custom post template block.

I'm experimenting with an "interactive" changelog, with live demos so you can try out all new features right from the changelog: betterloopwp.com/changelog/v1...

v1.2.0

Better Loop v1.2.0 has landed with some exciting updates—I’ve added a new filter block, expanded color options, and introduced a custom post template block. In v1.2.0, I’m introducing the Buttons…

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 16

Yes, they were in spam 😬 replied!

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 15

daniel at autoblue dot co should work, thanks!

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 14

Can you share the logs with me? I'm not sure where else to look, hopefully I can spot something.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 13

Do you have access to the PHP error logs? Those might tell us something. You can usually see them when logging into your hosting account.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 13

Do you have access to error logs? If you could rerun one of the failed jobs and check the logs that would be great.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 13

Are there other calls in there that are failing, or is it only Autoblue? If it’s just Autoblue I can investigate more, if it’s also other things then your host should be able to solve it for you.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 12

Did anything change in the cron configuration of your site and/or server? The "Scheduling share" message means a cron job is scheduled, but it doesn't seem to fire.

You could try the WP Crontrol plugin to see if it's being scheduled/run, that might tell us more: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-c...

WP Crontrol

WP Crontrol enables you to take control of the cron events on your WordPress website.

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 12

For those of you using a filtering plugin (FacetWP, Search & Filter etc), what are some must-haves for you personally? What's something currently missing that you would love to have?

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 10

(and yes I'm using Social Image Generator here, the same version I built 4 years ago!)

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 10

I've been working on the documentation for the different pagination options in Better Loop. Really happy with all the live examples! Check out the infinite scroll docs here to get an idea:

betterloopwp.com/docs/infinit...

Infinite Scroll

Keep on scrolling.

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 10

That's not good! Thanks for letting me know. As a first step, can you try disconnecting and reconnecting your account in the settings page?

If that fixes it, there might be some bug in the reauthentication logic I built.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 9

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 9

First on the list should probably be an About page, heh

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 9

@nathanwrigley.com Thank you for the plug! Much appreciated 🙏🏼

lots of cool stuff to come as well 😁

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 3

Yes definitely, thank you so much! I appreciate that very much.

Daniel Post @danielpost.com · Jul 2

Check out the plans here:

betterloopwp.com/pricing/

Pricing

There’s a Better Loop plan for everyone— from small hobby sites to agencies and enterprise users. 14-day money back guarantee. No questions asked. Starter Perfect for anyone with a single site with…

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