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Daniel Post

@danielpost.com
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I write about modern WordPress development and building a plugin business. Previously at Automattic. ● Better Loop (out now!) → betterloopwp.com Autoblue → autoblue.co Personal site → danielpost.com

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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 02/06/2026
I wonder if Astro has a plug-n-play solution already, probably not yet but shouldn't be too hard
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 02/06/2026
Time to add standard.site to Piccalilli 😁
standard.site
Standard.site - One schema. Every platform.
Standard.site provides shared lexicons for long-form publishing on AT Protocol. Making content easier to discover, index, and move across the ATmosphere.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 01/06/2026
Love this
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 01/06/2026
Als je nog een alternatief wilt proberen: mijn Autoblue plugin doet hetzelfde 😎
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
Added! If you have any feedback I'm all ears. bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
Done! Would love to hear your thoughts. bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
Thank you! I really appreciate the support. I've added standard.site support, would love to hear your thoughts! I'm sure there's some bugs and rough edges but hopefully it's useful already. bsky.app/profile/dani...
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
Of course, the above post was automatically shared with Autoblue, so you can see it in action! 😁 I've also included a few useful settings to customize how your publication/site will be displayed on Bluesky and other apps.
Autoblue publication settings
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
Autoblue v2 is out, now with standard.site support! Your shared posts will now have enhanced link previews. CPTs are now enabled for Autoblue as well. If you have any feedback or run into any issues please reach out!
autoblue.co
Autoblue 2.0 is here, with standard.site support
Autoblue 2.0 is out now! This is a big release, and it brings one of the most exciting additions to Autoblue so far: support for publishing your WordPress posts asstandard.site documents on the AT Protocol. standard.site You can learn more about the standard.site protocol on the official announcement from Bluesky. Practically, what it means is […]
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/05/2026
standard.site support is coming to Autoblue later today!
Screenshot showing the new Autoblue settings page with support for CPTs and standard.site
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 30/05/2026
If it helps, I'm trying to add support for standard.site in the next few days!
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 30/05/2026
I'm hoping to add support for standard.site in the next few days 😎
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 30/05/2026
Making some improvements to Autoblue over the weekend. I've somewhat neglected it (sorry!) but seeing how many still use and like it gives me a lot of encouragement and motivation to keep working on it. Starting with some bug fixes and CPT support. Feature requests are always welcomed!
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 29/05/2026
Looks interesting! I’ll see if I can add it this weekend
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 11/05/2026
If you have any site logs or plugin logs you could share that would be great. It’s using very standard WP cron jobs so I’m not immediately sure what could’ve broken it.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 11/05/2026
Sorry, that’s not my intention! It’s just been crazy hectic for me and it hasn’t been a priority. I will try to look into open issues ASAP. I want to keep supporting the plugin, especially since the bulk of the work is already done anyway.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 15/03/2026
I've been trying out Laravel for a few apps this year, and it's so good. The DX is great. But WP is my baby and I can't keep myself away from it.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 15/03/2026
It's so nice how WordPress just keeps shipping great updates. Loads of improvements in the first two months of the year, and full steam ahead on AI as well.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 14/03/2026
I love this kind of stuff. I’ve never played WoW but this seems like something I’d totally watch.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 10/03/2026
My main goal: shipping more and shipping faster. Code is no longer the bottleneck it used to be, and while it's a bit scary I'm also enjoying this new reality.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 07/03/2026
I've been spending time this week next to client projects to building a new super simple time tracker called Tide. Will be launching it soon, aim is to replace Harvest for my personal use.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 28/02/2026
For context: I've been using Harvest for YEARS, paying for it almost mindlessly. All I really use is time tracking and invoicing, and with the PE acquisition I don't expect it to get any better. I'd also like to add an MCP server, so I can tell my OpenClaw "hey, add 3 hours to project X for task Y"
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 28/02/2026
Weekend project: a minimal Harvest clone with clients, projects and time tracking. I just can't still these days 😂
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 27/02/2026
I haven't been very active on here lately, but I'm planning to change that. I miss having some real interactions on socials. I've been dipping my toes outside of WP and seeing what else is out there, taking my experience from Autoblue and turning it into a social scheduler SaaS.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 27/02/2026
Hi, apologoies for the slow response! This should've been included from the start tbh, not sure how I missed it. I'll try to get it added ASAP!
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 27/02/2026
Everyone is building AI agents right now, and I'm dabbling a bit as well. Is there a clear favorite so far or not really?
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 20/01/2026
How does it compare to lazyvim? I’m very happy with lazyvim with my own tweaks but can’t pass up an opportunity to break my config once again.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 15/01/2026
I'm playing around with Laravel and it's actually so incredibly well set up for AI-assisted development. There's some really good tools, official packages for almost everything, and with Laravel being extremely idiomatic the AI is really good at implementing it all.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 08/10/2025
Autoblue 1.0 is out, officially out of beta and now with support for self-hosted PDS instances! 🎊 Next up: improving the comments block
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 07/10/2025
hi yes please! can you email me at daniel at betterloopwp dot com? it's the support system for my other plugin. I haven't specifically added support for self-hosted PDS so very possible it doesn't work out of the box, but I'd be very happy to add support for it
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 18/08/2025
Awesome! Let me know how it works for you.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 31/07/2025
I ran into an issue where my local WordPress installation using Herd wasn't generating thumbnails for PDF files. This is how I fixed it.
danielpost.com
Enable WordPress PDF thumbnails for local installations
I’m using Laravel Herd for my local WordPress development, and yesterday I ran into an issue where PDF thumbnails were not being generated in the media library—despite Imagick being installed and active. Trying to generate the thumbnails with WP-CLI surfaced the issue: As it turns out, PHP couldn’t find the Ghostscript command, which is required […]
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 30/07/2025
And here's the result—a polished file upload UI that looks like it came straight from WordPress core. Another step closer to releasing the Document Hub extension for Better Loop. 🤞🏼
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 29/07/2025
I always always always want my plugins to feel like they belong in WordPress. It's very important to me that they feel like a native extension of WP itself. If that means designing custom icons in the same style for the Document Hub extension, then that's what I'll do 😅
A collection of icons for the Document Hub extension, showing various file types such as image, video etc
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 24/07/2025
How hard is it to build a loop with multiple filters working together in Better Loop? Watch me design and build a loop for a recipe page in less than two minutes 😎
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 23/07/2025
Trying something new: live demos for Better Loop, showcasing the plugin through a made-up website. Next step is creating a Playground blueprint so you can click around the admin and play with it! betterloopwp.com/demo-magazine/
betterloopwp.com
Demo: Magazine
See how you can use Better Loop to create a dynamic and engaging magazine website straight from the WordPress block editor.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 22/07/2025
Better Loop 1.2 is out! With a new Buttons filter block, more color options and a custom post template block. I'm experimenting with an "interactive" changelog, with live demos so you can try out all new features right from the changelog: betterloopwp.com/changelog/v1...
betterloopwp.com
v1.2.0
Better Loop v1.2.0 has landed with some exciting updates—I’ve added a new filter block, expanded color options, and introduced a custom post template block. In v1.2.0, I’m introducing the Buttons…
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 16/07/2025
Yes, they were in spam 😬 replied!
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 15/07/2025
daniel at autoblue dot co should work, thanks!
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 14/07/2025
Can you share the logs with me? I'm not sure where else to look, hopefully I can spot something.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 13/07/2025
Do you have access to the PHP error logs? Those might tell us something. You can usually see them when logging into your hosting account.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 13/07/2025
Do you have access to error logs? If you could rerun one of the failed jobs and check the logs that would be great.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 13/07/2025
Are there other calls in there that are failing, or is it only Autoblue? If it’s just Autoblue I can investigate more, if it’s also other things then your host should be able to solve it for you.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 12/07/2025
Did anything change in the cron configuration of your site and/or server? The "Scheduling share" message means a cron job is scheduled, but it doesn't seem to fire. You could try the WP Crontrol plugin to see if it's being scheduled/run, that might tell us more: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-c...
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WP Crontrol
WP Crontrol enables you to take control of the cron events on your WordPress website.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 12/07/2025
For those of you using a filtering plugin (FacetWP, Search & Filter etc), what are some must-haves for you personally? What's something currently missing that you would love to have?
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 10/07/2025
(and yes I'm using Social Image Generator here, the same version I built 4 years ago!)
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 10/07/2025
I've been working on the documentation for the different pagination options in Better Loop. Really happy with all the live examples! Check out the infinite scroll docs here to get an idea: betterloopwp.com/docs/infinit...
betterloopwp.com
Infinite Scroll
Keep on scrolling.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 10/07/2025
That's not good! Thanks for letting me know. As a first step, can you try disconnecting and reconnecting your account in the settings page? If that fixes it, there might be some bug in the reauthentication logic I built.
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 09/07/2025
Thank you! 🙏🏼
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Daniel Post @danielpost.com · 09/07/2025
First on the list should probably be an About page, heh
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