My first Jetpack monorepo contribution Many people have wanted a Yoast-like default social/Open Graph image setting in Jetpack. I opened my first Jetpack monorepo PR to make that setting real in the Traffic screen, where the social preview… https://derekhanson.blog/jetpack-default-social-image/

Nobody clicks your share buttons I don't click share buttons. I never have. When I find something worth sharing, I tap the share icon in Chrome on my phone.... https://derekhanson.blog/nobody-clicks-your-share-buttons/

Amazing! Still a young adult.

WordPress@wordpress.org · 3mo ago

23 looks good on WordPress. 🎂 Since May 27, 2003, WordPress has been blogging, building, publishing, shipping, translating, theming, plugin-ing, and making the web a little more wonderfully weird. Happy birthday, WordPress. 💙 #WordPress

From product idea to Gutenberg PR in a weekend Here’s a good excerpt: I built my first Gutenberg PR from a product idea I had already tested in Opa.blog. The code still has to pass review, but the bigger shift is already clear: AI coding agents can help… https://derekhanson.blog/gutenberg-pr/

Did you know that the open web and WordPress is so cool that I posted this from the WordPress.com/reader web app? That's sick.

Changing things up I’m working on something I’m very passionate about. I’m learning and doing things with WordPress I never imagined. Do you want to know what it is? I think you’ll find interesting, even if just to see how it gets built.

Radical Speed Month: Opa.blog This month I'm working with Marjorie R. Asturias to build something new with WordPress. I'll be sharing my work as I go on my blog, Substack, and here on LinkedIn. I had worked out an idea initially to build a… https://derekhanson.blog/radical-speed-month-opa-blog/

I Built a Second Brain on WordPress: Here’s What Actually Happened I wanted to build a second brain. I spent weeks going in circles on the tech stack. Then I stopped planning and just started building with… https://derekhanson.blog/i-built-a-second-brain-on-wordpress-heres-what-actually-happened/

Cover block parallax style — v1.2.0 The first version of Cover Block Parallax Style was a pretty simple idea: add a smooth parallax scrolling effect to the native WordPress Cover block without requiring custom blocks or shortcodes. Toggle it on,… https://derekhanson.blog/cover-parallax-v1-2-0/

I'm not a developer. I'm a project manager who knows how to communicate a vision. Turns out that's exactly what you need to build a WordPress theme with AI. New post on how Tufte Blocks got made. https://derekhanson.blog/tufte-blocks/

The scroll indicator block, properly done This block has been a long time coming. I first built the Scroll Indicator back in September, when I was exploring what Telex AI could do. The idea was simple: a small animated mouse icon that sits at the… https://derekhanson.blog/scroll-indicator-block/

A full-stack designer/developer who used to code rediscovers his superpower.

Claude Code for Designers

FIRST, the disclaimers: The article I’m about to link to is about working with AI. If you believe AI is a useless or dangerous invention (and I agree with you on the second point, which means I support the idea of regulating AI like any other public utility), you’ll have no interest in learning how to incorporate it into your product design practice.

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I Just Leveled Up: From Telex to Claude Code I built a podcast RSS feed block in Telex last week. I needed it for a project, and within minutes I had a working proof of concept, an RSS block that pulled in episodes with custom… https://derekhanson.blog/i-just-leveled-up-from-telex-to-claude-code/

In my opinion, one of the greatest additions to the history of the open web.

Automattic@automattic.com · 6mo ago

Look out, link rot! We’ve proudly teamed up with @archive.org to help preserve and restore links across the web. 🖥️ Introducing the Wayback Machine Link Fixer, a free @wordpress.org plugin that scans, detects, and fixes broken links ⛓️‍💥 using @waybackmachine.bsky.social!

I'm honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with @zeldman.bsky.social on this one. Can't wait for the full write-up.

zeldman@zeldman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New site design, same great pixel face. HOMEPAGE. Write-up to come. www.zeldman.com

This block took minutes. It took me longer to write the post than it did to ask Telex to make the block for me. I got exactly what I wanted in only two prompts! This is the type of vibe coding I can enjoy, creating blocks for WordPress. I think the simple, specific use blocks are where this tool c

Site Wide Counter Block

My latest Telex AI experiment: The Site Wide Counter Block. I'm not an extremely prolific blogger, but there are many people who blog every day or week. Some bloggers have been writing for years. I always find it impressive when I see a website or blog note its beginning date is in the early 2000s. Some pioneers have been online since 1995…

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Scroll on Hover Image Block The Scroll on Hover Image block allows users to showcase tall images that scroll on hover, with customizable settings.

Scroll on Hover Image Block

The Scroll on Hover Image block allows users to showcase tall images that scroll on hover, with customizable settings.

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I made a scroll indicator block. If you haven't spent any time playing Telex AI, stop reading this post and do it now! https://derekhanson.blog/telex-ai-is-the-future-of-wordpress/