VP of Product at @humanmadeltd, building @altisdxp. Created api.wordpress.org/, co-chair fair.pm/ β bsky.app/profile/rmccue.io
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For the continued health and vibrancy of the WordPress project, WP Engine must win.
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Although WP Engine must win the legal battle, for the strength of the ecosystem, we need to build a stronger Foundation to win the war.
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That is correct. I started and lead the WP REST API project until merging into core. I also wrote the Requests HTTP library which powers WP_HTTP, the core of the systems powering developer.w.org, and other contributions.
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It speaks volumes that the "big group of heavy hitters in the WordPress project" who signed this letter felt they had to stay anonymous. There is such a culture of fear that it is stifling. therepository.email/wordpresβ¦
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My thoughts on contributing to WordPress. journal.rmccue.io/468/on-conβ¦
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Just got OAuth 2 working properly with WP for the first time. βοΈ Time to begin the long process of refining and documenting.
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WordPress now has a REST API: core.trac.wordpress.org/chanβ¦
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βThe culture of WordPress in the past few weeks has become a culture of fear among senior and established contributors.β
therepository.email/core-conβ¦
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Ssh, don't tell anyone about this. π beta.chassis.io/
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I wrote a post about how WordPress rewrites work: journal.rmccue.io/400/how-woβ¦
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Best Q&A moderator award to @glueckpress. #WCEU
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Excited to announce three new React tools/libs for WordPress: react-wp-scripts (create-react-app for WP), Repress (WordPress + Redux = β€οΈ), and react-oembed-container (to fix your Twitter/etc embeds). humanmade.com/2018/03/12/ourβ¦
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You do not need to distribute physical copies of GPL software or sell support in order to charge for software. The FSF's own FAQ covers this: gnu.org/licenses/old-licenseβ¦
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Itβs clear that we need a change in #WordPress, and that has to start with proper leadership. We have to do something to save this project.
I fully support this effort by @jdevalk and @karimmarucchi.
It's clear the #WordPress world needs a change. So I wrote a post about exactly that:
Breaking the Status Quo: A vision for a new WordPress era
buff.ly/4grFfIA
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Created in 10 minutes with the REST API. Fully functional.
What would you improve in core with the REST API?
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We've hit problems with WordPress sites with lots of users, so @joe_hoyle's experimenting with moving roles to taxonomies. Anyone else hit the same issue? github.com/humanmade/roles-tβ¦
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I have no affiliation with WPE :) Iβm not sure why I got blocked, but possibly because of my posts (which Iβd hoped were balanced!)
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For clarity, I have never worked at Automattic. There are also many people who left or stayed there for reasons unrelated to the current situation, so I would not judge anyone on the basis of that decision. :)
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We built a brand new Publication Checklist plugin from the ground up for the block editor: github.com/humanmade/publica⦠- One of our headline features in Altis v2!
(Proper release post coming soon.)
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Literally cannot believe I woke up to find out WordPress 5.0 is being released on Thursday. This is irresponsible.
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Client: we need to do this with absolutely no downtime, this is mission critical!!!!
World's largest company:
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We specifically designed the API schemas to be independent of the implementation, so should be fairly easy. (My hope was that itβd become a de facto standard for CMSes.)
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There weren't any official docs for the Heartbeat API, so I decided to write some: developer.wordpress.org/plugβ¦
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Congratulations to Drupal on beating WordPress in the rankings this year. Hopefully weβll win next year!
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WordPress now officially accepts patches for coding-standards-only changes: make.wordpress.org/core/handβ¦ π
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Excited to reveal what we've been working on for the last few months! Broker Authentication for the WP REST API: make.wordpress.org/core/2016β¦
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Although I don't currently have access to the WP Slack, I am still here :) My hope remains that we can get back to some sense of normalcy - I just want to get back to work!
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I guess that any type of contribution is not allowed, as I have now been banned entirely from .org.
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i wrote a thing pls read: make.wordpress.org/core/2016β¦
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AMP is the exact opposite of democratic publishing, and is a serious threat to the open web. This is disappointing news.
To help the WordPress ecosystem push forward into a user-friendly future, Automattic, XWP, the AMP team and Google have formed a unique collaboration to bolster the plugin capabilities & enable full AMP experiences by default!
#AMPConf YouTube playlist β goo.gl/Fu1Yy7
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oh hey the WP REST API Handbook is now editable on GitHub: github.com/WP-API/docs - send us pull requests!
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Did some experimentation with the navigation components in Gutenberg, based on the existing work in WooCommerce, as a standalone plugin. Give it a try! github.com/rmccue/experimentβ¦
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Also, "stirring the pot" is a miscategorisation - healthy, robust debate is how well-built communities function.
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hey like we shipped a rest api or something so that's pretty cool, you should check it out
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This is not correct, the injunction has not been granted yet; rather, these are the proposed orders from each party, for the judge's consideration.
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Fast, lightweight, consistent: pick three for the new WordPress Importer: make.wordpress.org/core/2015β¦
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Want better image search in WordPress? @joe_hoyle started a little side project using AWS Rekognition: github.com/humanmade/aws-rekβ¦
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In the lead up to State of the Word at #wcus, I figured it was a good time to look back with a State of the REST API in 2017: journal.rmccue.io/380/state-β¦
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Currently writing a super deep technical post on a fun part of WordPress that I donβt think anyone except me cares aboutβ¦ but itβs fun anyway!
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You know it's a good day when you're reading WP source code and stumble across a "Pretend you didn't see this." comment.
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Wanna patch WordPress via GitHub? Do it right now: rmccue.io/patch/
Or read how it works: journal.rmccue.io/367/patch-β¦
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Just published the intro post for Cavalcade, our solution for running scheduled tasks and asynchronous jobs: hmn.md/2017/05/29/cavalcade-β¦
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Thanks to @jrf_nl, Requests for PHP has a new home: github.com/WordPress/Requestβ¦ - living under the WP GitHub organisation means less bus factor on me, and hopefully a bright future βοΈ
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Plugins using API v2 infrastructure: 20
Time since release: 2 months
Plugins using XML-RPC infrastructure: 115
Time since release: 11 years
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And, extra special thanks to @rachelbaker. Without her, none of this would have been possible. She's been so crucial for this project.
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Here's hoping that with React's relicensing, we can all go back to hating on Trac instead. π¬
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The REST API will be merged when we reach the singularity. #wceu
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Programmers be hatin' on PHP, and PHPers be hatin' on WordPress, and I'm just sitting here like Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
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I've had no communication about either case, and most of my work on the WP Slack was in DMs or private channels (like the security channels). I keep my personal opinions separate to my work in any case. :)
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The WP REST API now has an official lightweight client library for JavaScript (alternative to Node and Backbone): github.com/WP-API/wordpress-β¦
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Posted our roadmap for the REST API moving forward: make.wordpress.org/core/2017β¦ π¬
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The new Gutenberg UI shipping in WP 5.5 is genuinely so shocking to me. It's such a massive downgrade to the UI/UX.
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Iβve said it before, but it bears repeating: the ONLY way for open communities to function is through respectful, honest discourse.
This fear suppresses any real discussion and is paralysing the project and community.
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This is ridiculous.
Nowadays, plugin search in #WordPress admin suggests a product/add-on. I see the future of these suggestions to be used by plugin authors to keep their product first in certain plugin search terms for upsells like admin notices.
What do you think about this? #DontHijackWPAdmin
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This is now available on GitHub: github.com/rmccue/not-trac
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DAMN IT, I HAD ONE JOB! core.trac.wordpress.org/chanβ¦
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Something I feel is constantly underestimated is the work involved in productionising cool things. Building sustainable, scalable, operational things is hard.
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But moreover, donβt let anyone tell you how to work. Explore and be curious, but donβt feel like any less of a developer just because youβre not using something; do what works for you.
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Regardless of whether this is an actual βwe should remove thisβ statement or not, this is just toxic behaviour, and is harmful to the whole ecosystem.
So we spend months building a @WordPress plugin for Unsplash and then @photomatt comes in and says it shouldn't be listed in the plugins directory, even though it absolutely meets all the criteria, because he doesn't like the Unsplash License?
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The REST API console from me + @AutomatticEng is now available at wordpress.org/plugins/rest-a⦠- Try it out at demo.wp-api.org/ !
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My Google Sheets increased 10x in complexity when I discovered you can just write SQL in formulas.
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β¨ππ¬π¬ make.wordpress.org/core/2015β¦
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Wow, @joe_hoyle's new website is amazing! joehoyle.co.uk/
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OK, so, I made this into a real plugin: gist.github.com/rmccue/48fa8β¦
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I wrote some about the state of meta in the WP REST API: journal.rmccue.io/351/the-coβ¦
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Putting it out there: if youβre speaking about the WordPress REST API at any event (meetup, WordCamp, or other conf), I am always happy to help, edit, review, or answer Qs.
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don't you dare drag 3am by Matchbox 20 into this #debate
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Excited to finally announce what weβve been working on.
Beyond WordPress: A 10+ year evolution at Human Made.
πΒ Itβs with great pleasure we announce Altis!
humanmade.com/2019/05/21/beyβ¦
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My talk slides from #loopconf are now available: speakerdeck.com/rmccue/next-β¦
(Bonus blog post coming soon!)
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Clarifying progressive enhancement with the WP REST API: journal.rmccue.io/340/progreβ¦
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"These people at the REST API team should be arrested for creating a public hazard."
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Introducing Feast, the WordPress-powered feed reader: github.com/rmccue/Feast
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Just discovered I wrote `if ( false );` in a file. No reasoning, just that useless line.
Who let me have commit access to 25% of the web?
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What prevents the Foundation from using a subsidiary organisation, such as WordPress Community Support PBC? Such a setup seems to work for addons.mozilla.org. (I am not sure how the PSF hosts commercial packages on pypi.org if disallowed for 501c3s.)
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btw npmjs.com/package/wordpress-β¦ is now available (finally pushed it to npm)
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