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Practical notes on WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, React, APIs, and the tools I use on real projects. Most include code you can adapt or use.
Mostly WordPress — themes, plugins, and the practical notes that help a build ship.
Custom themes, plugins, admin UI, and handoffs shops can keep using.
Plugins, hooks, and clean code another developer can pick up without a scavenger hunt.
Front-end behavior, forms, and small modules from real WordPress projects.
Readable layouts, fluid type, and styles that hold up on phones and wide screens.
Shipping themes safely — builds, updates, and notes so launch is not a fire drill.
Using AI on the repeatable parts, then reviewing every line before it ships.
WordPress 7.2 plans a stable Table of Contents block with server-side rendering. What is planned, why saved headings went stale, and how I plan to keep TOCguide compatible.
I’m a self-taught WordPress developer with about 17 years of in-house web work: Dreamweaver and ASP, Germanna webmaster work on WP Engine, higher-ed marketing web, and a return from Power Apps.
Today I published my first plugin on WordPress.org: TOCguide. It is a Gutenberg Table of Contents…
Notes from shipping TOCguide, my first WordPress.org plugin: Cursor cloud agents, GitHub Actions, directory rules, and how AI fit a dad-of-twins schedule without skipping human review.
WordPress agency overflow for shops that need a white label WordPress developer in the background: you keep the client, I move the work forward, and handoff stays editable.
WordPress GitHub projects from @matthummel-pa: Acreline, WalkRidge, TOCflow, Pressroot, matthummel-theme, Keepary—plus the Code page on this site.
Coming back to WordPress after Germanna webmaster work, Dreamweaver & ASP to PHP on WP Engine, then Power Apps—why I’m returning to WordPress.
Introduction This post walks through a practical WordPress Abilities API integration for…
After nearly five years of enterprise Power Platform work, I’m pivoting my content and personal projects back to modern custom WordPress development.
My AI WordPress workflow helps me finish the parts of a custom WordPress build I already know how to…
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Today I published my first plugin on WordPress.org: TOCguide. It is a Gutenberg Table of Contents block with an optional Reading Guide.…
Read on DEV.toIntroduction This post walks through a practical WordPress Abilities API integration for developers and product teams. It shows how to declare discoverable,…
Read on DEV.toAfter nearly five years of enterprise Power Platform work, I'm pivoting my content and personal projects back to modern custom WordPress development.…
Read on DEV.toMy AI WordPress workflow helps me finish the parts of a custom WordPress build I already know how to check. It does…
Read on DEV.toI'll be honest with you: my website sat half-finished for a long time. Not because I didn't care about it, but because…
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