Tag: Tooling

  • Meet Studio Code: I redesigned my WordPress site in 2 hours

    The shoemaker’s children go barefoot or, as we say in French, Les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés. That’s been me for years. As a developer working on WordPress, I’ve long neglected the design of my site. This ends today. We’ve recently released a new tool called Studio Code, think of it as Claude Code but tailored for WordPress. A…

  • GitAudit, a tool to audit large open source Github repositories

    At Automattic, we are requested to do a yearly support rotation. Regardless of our primary role, we periodically rotate into support-facing responsibilities to stay close to users, understand real-world pain points, and make sure our product decisions are grounded in actual usage. For teams working on WordPress and its ecosystem, this often means spending time…

  • Debugging WordPress Scripts and Styles

    With the move to more JavaScript and Styles in WordPress admin pages and editors, I spend some time debugging what styles and scripts are being loaded on a given page. (Specially important if you’re working on blocks, or JavaScript rendered admin pages) To help with that I use a small vibe-coded tool. It helps understanding…

  • Introducing BlockBook for WordPress

    tl;dr: With BlockBook, you can build, test and showcase your static WordPress (aka Gutenberg) blocks in isolation. It can also be used to test the block styles of your themes. In short, it’s going to change how you develop and style blocks. If you’re a block developer, BlockBook is a must. You can see a…