Brian Coords
@briancoords.com
WordPress developer and educator, father to 5 free-range children Writing 👉 briancoords.com Video 👉 youtube.com/@BrianCoords Podcast 👉 webmasters.fm
Maintaining over building Maintenance work isn't always exciting, but it's what keeps users around....
Maintaining over building
Maintenance work isn't always exciting, but it's what keeps users around.
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Hey, @thewpminute.com's July member meetup is all about #WooCommerce! @briancoords.com will join me to demo new and experimental features. Plus, we'll talk about Woo's future in the e-commerce space. RSVP and join us for free. Tuesday, July 28 at 1:00 pm Eastern. thewpminute.com/event/whats-...
What’s New with Woo? – The WP Minute
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How WP-CLI Aliases Supercharge Your Agents Giving an LLM access to your live WordPress site with a WP-CLI alias opens up new possibilities. Here's a quick overview on setting it up....
How WP-CLI Aliases Supercharge Your Agents
Giving an LLM access to your live WordPress site with a WP-CLI alias opens up new possibilities. Here's a quick overview on setting it up.
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Why you should go to WordCamp US I'll be speaking at WCUS this year, and I have a short survey I'm doing with the WordPress community. Plus links from around the web....
Why you should go to WordCamp US
I'll be speaking at WCUS this year, and I have a short survey I'm doing with the WordPress community. Plus links from around the web.
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The Modern WooCommerce Developer Workflow on Do the Woo This month, I had the pleasure of joining James Kemp and Katie Keith on Do the Woo to talk about developer workflows in WooCommerce. We covered local development… http://dothewoo.com/2026/07/17/the-modern-woocommerce-developer-workflow/
The Modern WooCommerce Developer Workflow on Do the Woo
This month, I had the pleasure of joining James Kemp and Katie Keith on Do the Woo to talk about developer workflows in WooCommerce. We covered local development environments, extensibility, block development, AI workflows, and more.
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Custom product templates for block themes A quick tutorial on how you can offer...
Custom product templates for block themes
A quick tutorial on how you can offer
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The Case for Content Modeling Without Code Are custom post types coming to core? My thoughts on the reaction to the new experimental content modeling features in Gutenberg.
The Case for Content Modeling Without Code
Are custom post types coming to core? My thoughts on the reaction to the new experimental content modeling features in Gutenberg.
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EmDash: First thoughts and takeaways for WordPress Cloudflare launched its big WordPress competitor. What can WordPress learn from where Astro's CMS is heading?
EmDash: First thoughts and takeaways for WordPress
Cloudflare launched its big WordPress competitor. What can WordPress learn from where Astro's CMS is heading?
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Why ‘Future Revisions’ Should be the Next Priority Feature for WordPress Why WordPress is ready for future revision management, plus links from around the web.
Why ‘Future Revisions’ Should be the Next Priority Feature for WordPress
Why WordPress is ready for future revision management, plus links from around the web.
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How AI and Cloud Tools Are Transforming WooCommerce Development and Testing on OpenChannels.fm I sat down with Derek Hanson to talk about how Woo is using AI to improve our release process and take him through an example of how I build Woo extensions with Claude Code.
How AI and Cloud Tools Are Transforming WooCommerce Development and Testing on OpenChannels.fm
I sat down with Derek Hanson to talk about how Woo is using AI to improve our release process and take him through an example of how I build Woo extensions with Claude Code.
openchannels.fm
New Video: PHP-only Blocks and AI Skills WordPress 7.0 introduces PHP-only block registration—build custom blocks with zero build process. Combine it with AI agent skills and generate blocks through conversation with Claude Code.
New Video: PHP-only Blocks and AI Skills
WordPress 7.0 introduces PHP-only block registration—build custom blocks with zero build process. Combine it with AI agent skills and generate blocks through conversation with Claude Code.
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Join us March 31, 2026 for a live discussion with community leaders on how to build meaningful connections, get more from events, and find your people in ecommerce. Guests include @amberhinds.bsky.social @4thhubbard.bsky.social @raquelkarina.bsky.social developer.woocommerce.com/2026/03/10/j...
Join us for our "Building Ecommerce Community" Live Event
Join us online for a panel discussion with community leaders on how to build meaningful connections, get more from events, and find your people in ecommerce.
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Agent Skills are the markdown files I’ve been waiting for Skills are the first AI productivity hack that I can actually understand and enjoy.
Agent Skills are the markdown files I’ve been waiting for
Skills are the first AI productivity hack that I can actually understand and enjoy.
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I wrote a bit about how I'm using my WordPress/Woo sites as my own vibe-coding platform. I shared the boilerplate I use for new extensions, and some thoughts on what I'd like to see in WordPress to make this easier. www.briancoords.com/my-wp-woo-pl...
My WP/Woo Plugin Scaffolding in 2026 - Brian Coords
I've narrowed my last few plugin builds into my own personal 'extension starter' for my Woo and WordPress development.
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My WP/Woo Plugin Scaffolding in 2026 I've narrowed my last few plugin builds into my own personal 'extension starter' for my Woo and WordPress development.
My WP/Woo Plugin Scaffolding in 2026
I've narrowed my last few plugin builds into my own personal 'extension starter' for my Woo and WordPress development.
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On WooCommerce’s Challenges and Innovations in a Changing WordPress Landscape (WP Tavern) In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Brian Coords, Developer Advocate at WooCommerce, about his career path, WooCommerce’s recent rebranding, and its approach to developer relations.
On WooCommerce’s Challenges and Innovations in a Changing WordPress Landscape (WP Tavern)
In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Brian Coords, Developer Advocate at WooCommerce, about his career path, WooCommerce’s recent rebranding, and its approach to developer relations.
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On Teaching English, Tattoos, and Building Community at WooCommerce w/ Seriously, BUD? In this episode of Seriously, Bud, Brian Coords shares his journey from English teacher to WordPress developer advocate at WooCommerce. Brian talks about raising five kids, playing guitar at home, discovering…
On Teaching English, Tattoos, and Building Community at WooCommerce w/ Seriously, BUD?
In this episode of Seriously, Bud, Brian Coords shares his journey from English teacher to WordPress developer advocate at WooCommerce. Brian talks about raising five kids, playing guitar at home, discovering WordPress by accident, building community through writing and developer relations, and how tattoos, storytelling, and friendship all shape his life and work.
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This week on Webmasters I chat with Rodolfo Melogli all about Checkout Summit, the conference dedicated to all things WooCommerce. Learn more about what to expect at Checkout Summit: webmasters.fm/checkout-sum...
Checkout Summit: A Conference for WooCommerce Devs ft. Rodolfo Melogli - Webmasters.FM
Rodolfo Melogli talks about the upcoming Checkout Summit, focusing on the WooCommerce community and the importance of in-person conferences.
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30 days’ notice. Years of memories at stake. A race against the clock. Here’s how we stopped up: ✩ When Typepad Shut Down, We Helped 3,684 Blogs Find a New Home wordpress.com/blog/2025/12...
When Typepad Shut Down, We Helped 3,684 Blogs Find a New Home
Find out how 3,684 Typepad blogs were migrated to WordPress.com before the service shut down.
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I’m building a podcast plugin for WordPress and @briancoords.com helped user test it live with me Thanks AI: Am I a WordPress Developer Now?! ( youtube.com/live/ghMnRhz...
Thanks AI: Am I a WordPress Developer Now?! (
YouTube video by WP Minute Podcasts
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Meetup is starting soon! @briancoords.com is joining me live for #WPA11yMeetup at 10 AM central to show how to fix common issues on a real website. #Captioned on Zoom ⬇️ Register Now ⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #accessibility #a11y
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WordPress Accessibility Meetup: Live Website Remediation with Brian Coords. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a special hands-on edition of the WordPress Accessibility Meetup! In this session, Amber Hinds will team up with Brian Coords, Developer Advocate at WooCommerce, to perform live accessibility...
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WordPress 6.9 includes a killer new feature for WooCommerce stores: Term Query Loop. Showcase your product categories&brands on your landing pages or mega menus. And thanks to Block Bindings API I spun up a "Product Category Image" block with minimal code: www.briancoords.com/building-a-w...
Building a Woo Product Category Image Block with WordPress 6.9 Let's extend some WordPress 6.9 features for WooCommerce, including the Block Bindings API for integrating data into templates and the Terms Query Loop block for showcasing taxonomy terms.
Building a Woo Product Category Image Block with WordPress 6.9
Let's extend some WordPress 6.9 features for WooCommerce, including the Block Bindings API for integrating data into templates and the Terms Query Loop block for showcasing taxonomy terms.
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Newsletter just dropped: RSS Readers Still Exist? I built an RSS reader using new WordPress React components. Because people still need RSS readers, right? Right?? (plus links from around the web) www.briancoords.com/rss-readers-...
RSS Readers Still Exist? - Brian Coords
I built an RSS reader using new WordPress components. Because people still need RSS readers, right?
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RSS Readers Still Exist? I built an RSS reader using new WordPress components. Because people still need RSS readers, right?
RSS Readers Still Exist?
I built an RSS reader using new WordPress components. Because people still need RSS readers, right?
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Join us at this live accessibility remediation where the a11y GOAT ( @amberhinds.bsky.social ) will help me clean up a real website.
Want to see accessibility remediation in action? @briancoords.com is joining me live at #WPA11yMeetup this Thursday to show how to fix common issues on a real website. #Captioned on Zoom at 10 AM Central #accessibility #a11y us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I built an RSS Reader that sits in your WordPress dashboard. It uses the DataViews for a modern WP look and feel. It's still in beta but try it out! github.com/bacoords/feeds
Thanks to the help of many smarter devs at Woo, our "create-woo-extension" tool is finally working again. There's still a bunch of scaffolding work to do, but getting the dependencies updated and the install & build running was a huge milestone here.
📣 Cat's outta the bag! We hope you'll join us and @rmelogli at the first-ever Checkout Summit in Palermo, Italy - April 23 & 24, 2026. Get your tickets now! t.co/b68vbCQ2d0