Alex Standiford

Okay, the fact that CSSGrid enables me to push the footer to the bottom of the page WITHOUT specifying the footer height is HUGE.

I’m REALLY digging the WP-CLI + React combo. I just built out an entire menu in WordPress, and it updated my React site without touching my mouse.

My website is such a gross misrepresentation of who I am today. It’s crazy how much you can change professionally in just a few years. I am FINALLY finding some time to rework it, and naturally, I’m re-building it as a React app using WordPress.

Building a WordPress theme with React is such a different workflow. Things that are trivial in WordPress are significant challenges in the WordPress API. And since I’m not keen on installing tons of plugins, I find myself building endpoints left and right. It’s fun, honestly.

Currently.

SO. MANY. UNIT. TESTS.

The biggest piece of advice I’d offer to someone adding their WordPress plugin to the directory – think very hard about what is needed to allow you to debug WITHOUT accessing their admin dashboard. For example, a common issue I had with Easy Age Verifier was that if the verifier doesn’t display properly, the user would disable the plugin and then submit a ticket. Obviously, I can’t debug the issue if the plugin isn’t activated, but I understand why they do it.