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Brian Gardner

@briangardner.com
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✴︎ Designer. Believer in simplicity. ✴︎ Head of Community at WP Engine. ✴︎ Creating at briangardner.com.

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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 19/06/2025
Yep, already been fixed: github.com/bgardner/pow... Just need to remove the . after each of those patterns until the update is shipped.
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Remove rogue . in Testimonials pattern slug. · bgardner/powder@00cba49
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 16/06/2025
Perfect timing, just registered!
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Karim Marucchi @marucchi.com · 06/06/2025
Introducing FAIR for #WordPress! I've detailed the journey from concern to action, explaining how this new decentralized distribution layer (definitely not a fork!) aims to enhance security, compliance, and the plugin economy. marucchi.com/introducing-... #FAIRPM
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WP Engine @wpengine.com · 06/05/2025
We're thrilled to be sponsoring and attending the PPA Festival this year! Be sure to check out the round table with Jason Konen and Jason Agnew where they'll dive into how businesses can strategically optimize their technology ecosystems. wpeng.in/93253e/
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/04/2025
The week is finally here and I cannot wait for this event!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 07/02/2025
Raises hand. 🙋‍♂️
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 26/01/2025
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a squirrel is standing on its hind legs holding an acorn .
ALT: a squirrel is standing on its hind legs holding an acorn .
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 22/01/2025
We > me. </story>
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 22/01/2025
Big thanks to everyone for the kind words and support on my move into the role of Community Manager at WP Engine. It means a lot. Even folks in competing spaces have reached out, and that speaks volumes about the kind of community we have. Appreciate you all! 🫶
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025
This makes me exceptionally happy. Congrats all involved! 👏 aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/new...
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GoDaddy Donates $500K to Support WordPress Community
GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) just invested a half-million dollars in the WordPress community through a donation to The WP Community Collective , an initiative focused on funding and empowering WordPress contr...
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025
I think so as well. 😁
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025
I’ve been working with WordPress since 2006, and while I have—and will continue to—advocate for the software, it’s the people who matter most. This community is its heartbeat, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to stand with those passionate about shaping its future. 🙏
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025
A timeless visionary, Walt Disney, once said: “You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” 🪄
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025
I’m excited to share that I’ve moved into a new role: Head of Community at WP Engine (@wpengine.bsky.social). I’ll work alongside our customers, agency partners, and the greater WordPress community—leading strategic initiatives, supporting industry events, and pursuing sponsorship opportunities. 🔽
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 20/01/2025
Updated my bio today. Official announcement coming tomorrow. 👀
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WP Engine @wpengine.com · 17/01/2025
We are deeply saddened by the devastation in and around LA. Our partners The Webby Awards curated an incredible list to help the communities affected in LA. 🧵⬇️
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 14/01/2025
Proud of all the work we did for the WordPress community and our customers. ✌️
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 14/01/2025
Heyo #WordPress friends, we’re here 👉 @wpengine.bsky.social
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 13/01/2025
As a fellow creator, I call upon the WordPress theme design community: Let’s rise to the challenge and do better together. Let’s make accessibility the fundamental standard, not the exception. Read the letter 👉 briangardner.com/open-letter/...
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An open letter to WordPress theme designers - Brian Gardner
Discover why color contrast should be a priority in WordPress themes. Learn how inclusive design ensures usability for everyone.
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Aaron Jorbin @aaron.jorb.in · 09/01/2025
Now more than ever it's important for organizations that want to see WordPress continue to succeed to step up. I continue to be in search of more sponsors for the work I do on WordPress core. github.com/sponsors/aar...
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Sponsor @aaronjorbin on GitHub Sponsors
I am an independent core committer to WordPress. Current priorities: Build/test tools, PHP Compatability, Minor Releases, and Security
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Joost de Valk @joost.blog · 20/12/2024
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
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Breaking the Status Quo
A vision for a new WordPress era WordPress is at a crossroads, now even more clearly then when I wrote my previous post on WordPress’s roadmap. I had very much intended to leave this topic alone for…
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 09/12/2024
For your reading pleasure: www.artofmanliness.com/character/ad...
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Via Negativa: Adding to Your Life By Subtracting
Sometimes the most important and beneficial things you add to your life are actually things that are subtracted from it.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 09/12/2024
“We are defined by what we don’t do.” —Robert Bruce
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 09/12/2024
I don’t know what pleased me more: the documentary, or the fact that Zach was the one who recommended I watch it. God bless his old soul. ✌️
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 06/12/2024
Seems to be. *waves from Surprise* ☀️🌴
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 04/12/2024
In this case, it was all Chat GPT. Otherwise, most of my #WordPress projects/themes are all coded by me.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 04/12/2024
Worth noting that beyond my OP, I was able to successfully add a Canonical URL field, NoIndex/NoFollow support, exclusion from Sitemap based on those settings, and most/all of the OG stuff. Again, just me nerding out more than anything.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 04/12/2024
To be fair, none of this is meant to be a "product" or deployed in a way that would compete with any premium SEO plugins. I had a few hours of downtime and it was more a practice in "can this even be done with AI".
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 04/12/2024
Looking good!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 03/12/2024
/styles already accepts subfolder support: github.com/WordPress/tw...
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twentytwentyfive/styles at trunk · WordPress/twentytwentyfive
Contribute to WordPress/twentytwentyfive development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 03/12/2024
Allow /patterns/ directory in a theme to accept subfolders for organization. PR is there, tested. Just needs to be merged. 😀 github.com/WordPress/wo...
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Allow patterns files to be organized in sub-folders. by juanfra · Pull Request #7764 · WordPress/wordpress-develop
Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62378 Gutenberg issue: WordPress/gutenberg#50144 This Pull Request is for code review only. Please keep all other discussion in the Trac ticket....
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 03/12/2024
In just a few minutes, I used ChatGPT to create a WordPress plugin that adds a meta box for Custom Title/Meta Description fields per page/post. It also includes a toggle for controlling robots directives (index/follow or noindex/nofollow). What else for basic SEO is missing?
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 03/12/2024
✋ 😀
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 29/11/2024
Proud to be included in this starter pack of #WordPress folks. 😀
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 28/11/2024
What a time it was to be alive back then. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, and for being—well—you!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 25/11/2024
Well then, much appreciated. 🙏 Perhaps we should discuss this in the near future... 😉
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 25/11/2024
Nothing but gratitude for the #WordPress community this week. 💛
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/11/2024
Not all #WordPress block themes need 100+ patterns to shine. Sometimes, the most elegant designs speak through their defaults rather than their options.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 19/11/2024
Any typography fans out there? Love the update to Inter (version 4.1) by @rsms.me. A beautiful font gets more beautiful. Download Inter: rsms.me/inter/
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
It doesn’t suck. 🌞
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
Oh snap—you, me, and @lauramonroe.bsky.social are Twitter circa 2007. That’s more than a collective 1/2 century on the platform.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
👋 Hey there, and yes, you are right!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
Why hello there! 👋
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
I’m thrilled that there’s a social icon in #WordPress core right now. Already added it to my personal website.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 18/11/2024
So @further.net tells me that a strong effort on a personal domain is better than a weaker effort on a branded domain. Do you agree with him?
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 17/11/2024
Curious to see how this holds up against the other place.
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 17/11/2024
Much appreciated!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 17/11/2024
Same!
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 17/11/2024
Here’s to the Discover feed—may it deliver new friends, fresh ideas, and a much-needed vacation from the Echo Chamber Resort. 😁
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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 17/11/2024
Just signed up. Maybe the odds be ever in my favor. ✌️
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