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briangardner.com
✴︎ Designer. Believer in simplicity. ✴︎ Head of Community at WP Engine. ✴︎ Creating at https://briangardner.com/.
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submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

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! 🫶

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

This makes me exceptionally happy. Congrats all involved! 👏 aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroom/new...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

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. 🔽

submitted 41 days ago • 14 comments

Updated my bio today. Official announcement coming tomorrow. 👀

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

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. 🧵⬇️

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Proud of all the work we did for the WordPress community and our customers. ✌️

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Heyo #WordPress friends, we’re here 👉 @wpengine.bsky.social

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

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/...

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

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...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 73 days ago • 23 comments

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?

submitted 90 days ago • 9 comments

Proud to be included in this starter pack of #WordPress folks. 😀

submitted 95 days ago • 4 comments

Nothing but gratitude for the #WordPress community this week. 💛

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

Not all #WordPress block themes need 100+ patterns to shine. Sometimes, the most elegant designs speak through their defaults rather than their options.

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

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/

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

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?

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s to the Discover feed—may it deliver new friends, fresh ideas, and a much-needed vacation from the Echo Chamber Resort. 😁

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

Bluesky: where I channel my inner George Costanza and embrace the art of doing the opposite. #Seinfeld

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Hello #WordPress, who’s here?

submitted 106 days ago • 22 comments