Exploring Modern
WP Development
Hi, I’m Brian Coords and I’m helping WordPress developers and agencies make the transition into the new era of the Block Editor.
You can find me:
- Hanging on Twitter and Bluesky
- Making tutorials on YouTube
- Interviewing web experts on Webmasters.fm
- Educating developers in my weekly newsletter
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Exploring WordPress through conversations with leading developers and creatives.
Latest Posts, Videos, and more
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Another Post About What WordPress Core Should be Doing
There’s been another batch of “what WordPress should do” posts this past month. They’re all great, but I think there’s something missing from the conversation.
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WP Queries in PHP and JavaScript – Building a custom Avatar block
In this video, I share how I built a custom solution for displaying guest speaker images on my podcast website using WordPress. I combined plugins like Seriously Simple Podcasting and the outdated WP Term Images, then created a custom Gutenberg block to dynamically display speaker headshots. I discuss the challenges of working with the REST…
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Is WordPress 6.7 Good? With Matt Medeiros at The WP Minute
In this episode, Matt and I talk about WordPress 6.7, some of our favorite features, the 2025 block theme, and then we go on a long tangent about using AI to learn coding or to even replace developers entirely.