Remkus de Vries

This short answer stops all commercially motivated message (spam) I receive in my DMs:

Zero interest.

Let Down Radiohead · OK Computer · Song · 1997

"One day I'm gonna grow wings..." 🎶
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Response headers from a web server showing status code 200 OK, cache settings, content type, and HTTP request details.

Do you know what can ruin a perfectly set up cache strategy for your WordPress site? Response Headers is what.

Let's talk about them remkusdevries.com/response-he...

I know all the API things coming to WordPress 7.0 is the fashionable thing to gush over, but I still very much appreciate the REST API.

And optimizing it for performance and scalability. Maybe you do as well?

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Happy to announce I'll be speaking at the WP Summit Day at CloudFest next month. You'll never guess what I'll be talking about:

www.cloudfest.com/event/agend...

Yeah, I don’t need Codex to also be an editor 🙃

Cheers!

I'm in the market for a new office chair. I'm looking for:
- one that works for a tall man (193cm/6'4")
- thicker than average seat cushion
- armrests
and all the other comforts, ofc.

What's your best recommendation?

This is a first. Client requested a funky custom RSS feed for their dashboard. All I had was the required format, but you could barely call it an RSS feed.

Fed it all into Codex, gave it the requirements of the feed, internal caching needed, etc, and it nailed it in one shot. Zero changes needed.

We hated it - Omnisend

One more reason I love hooking my clients up with Omnisend because they now handle the entire migration for brands moving to their platform.

If you hvae Woo (or just WP) clients stuck on Mailchimp, go check them out: your.omnisend.com/remkus

I keep seeing WooCommerce site owner who've clearly outgrown their email tools, but they stay because migration feels risky.

Simpley because the switch sounds like weeks of chaos, broken automations, and revenue dips. So they tolerate a setup that no longer fits.

Is WordCamp Switzerland happening again?

The question is not whether WordPress survives. The question is whether you are paying attention. The next phase is already taking shape, and those who understand the tooling will see opportunities others completely miss.

I really should do a talk on this, shouldn't I.

AI integrations inside core WordPress are going to propel it into its next phase in meaningful ways. A proper CMS with authentication built in, extensibility at its core, templating, and a massive ecosystem around it becomes even more powerful in an AI-driven landscape.

Anyone who is actually paying attention to the trajectory WordPress is on, and who understands what is going into WordPress 7.0, especially on the AI side of things, cannot miss how relevant WordPress is going to be with this upcoming version.

Second, it could not be further from the truth, in my opinion.

Every so often we see these clickbaity hot takes claiming WordPress is dead, done, and over. No future. Nothing left.

First, as a community, we engage far too much with these posts and feed the algorithms more than we should. We really need to stop doing that.

What is the bigger problem... AI now allowing anyone to "vibe code" plugins or everyone using inherently insecure and bad-performing code snippet plugins?

I know the answer, do you?

Giving myself two tumbs up, because why not.

Something has been shifting in my WordPress Agency work for years, and it finally has a name.

remkusdevries.com/a-new-direc...

Lekkah zen 🧘‍♂️

Tsja. Zo gaan die dingen soms. 🙃

Waar heb je ze voor het laatst gezien? 🤔

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Not From Holland Learn why I always clarify that I'm from Fryslân, not just Holland, and discover the rich history behind these distinctions.

I went rogue a bit and published about something other than WordPress: remkusdevries.com/not-from-ho...

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