Brian Coords

Agent Skills are the markdown files I’ve been waiting for

Skills are the first AI productivity hack that I can actually understand and enjoy.

Yeah it's annoying and large. I'll ask around to see when it'll (if ever) be available as a global package we can reference.

Can you explain further? You mean using DataViews versus not using it at all? Or just the fact that you still have to import the entire DataViews package and the dependency extractor can't just let you reference some global version of it loaded by WP?

My WP/Woo Plugin Scaffolding in 2026 - Brian Coords I've narrowed my last few plugin builds into my own personal 'extension starter' for my Woo and WordPress development.

I wrote a bit about how I'm using my WordPress/Woo sites as my own vibe-coding platform.

I shared the boilerplate I use for new extensions, and some thoughts on what I'd like to see in WordPress to make this easier.

www.briancoords.com/my-wp-woo-pl...

My WP/Woo Plugin Scaffolding in 2026

I've narrowed my last few plugin builds into my own personal 'extension starter' for my Woo and WordPress development.

On WooCommerce’s Challenges and Innovations in a Changing WordPress Landscape (WP Tavern)

In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Brian Coords, Developer Advocate at WooCommerce, about his career path, WooCommerce’s recent rebranding, and its approach to developer relations.

On Teaching English, Tattoos, and Building Community at WooCommerce w/ Seriously, BUD?

In this episode of Seriously, Bud, Brian Coords shares his journey from English teacher to WordPress developer advocate at WooCommerce. Brian talks about raising five kids, playing guitar at home, discovering…

Checkout Summit: A Conference for WooCommerce Devs ft. Rodolfo Melogli - Webmasters.FM Rodolfo Melogli talks about the upcoming Checkout Summit, focusing on the WooCommerce community and the importance of in-person conferences.

This week on Webmasters I chat with Rodolfo Melogli all about Checkout Summit, the conference dedicated to all things WooCommerce.

Learn more about what to expect at Checkout Summit:

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When Typepad Shut Down, We Helped 3,684 Blogs Find a New Home Find out how 3,684 Typepad blogs were migrated to WordPress.com before the service shut down.

30 days’ notice. Years of memories at stake. A race against the clock. Here’s how we stopped up:


✩ When Typepad Shut Down, We Helped 3,684 Blogs Find a New Home

wordpress.com/blog/2025/12...

Thanks AI: Am I a WordPress Developer Now?! ( YouTube video by WP Minute Podcasts

I’m building a podcast plugin for WordPress and @briancoords.com helped user test it live with me

Thanks AI: Am I a WordPress Developer Now?! (
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WordPress Accessibility Meetup: Live Website Remediation with Brian Coords. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for a special hands-on edition of the WordPress Accessibility Meetup! In this session, Amber Hinds will team up with Brian Coords, Developer Advocate at WooCommerce, to perform live accessibility...

Meetup is starting soon! @briancoords.com is joining me live for #WPA11yMeetup at 10 AM central to show how to fix common issues on a real website. #Captioned on Zoom
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#accessibility #a11y

WordPress 6.9 includes a killer new feature for WooCommerce stores: Term Query Loop.

Showcase your product categories&brands on your landing pages or mega menus.

And thanks to Block Bindings API I spun up a "Product Category Image" block with minimal code:

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Building a Woo Product Category Image Block with WordPress 6.9

Let's extend some WordPress 6.9 features for WooCommerce, including the Block Bindings API for integrating data into templates and the Terms Query Loop block for showcasing taxonomy terms.

RSS Readers Still Exist? - Brian Coords I built an RSS reader using new WordPress components. Because people still need RSS readers, right?

Newsletter just dropped: RSS Readers Still Exist?

I built an RSS reader using new WordPress React components. Because people still need RSS readers, right? Right??

(plus links from around the web)

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RSS Readers Still Exist?

I built an RSS reader using new WordPress components. Because people still need RSS readers, right?

Join us at this live accessibility remediation where the a11y GOAT ( @amberhinds.bsky.social ) will help me clean up a real website.

Nice! I've been testing it on my mobile device and it's decent, I just want to incorporate some better navigation/swipe handling.

I'm adding social share/reblogging next.

I wonder if it could submit comments, at least for WP-hosted blogs you subscribe to 🤔

I built an RSS Reader that sits in your WordPress dashboard. It uses the DataViews for a modern WP look and feel.

It's still in beta but try it out!

github.com/bacoords/feeds

I'm working on some more improvements to our extension scaffolds and packages and would love to hear your wishlist/pain points. (I'm mostly fixing stuff around customizing the admin vs the frontend, but I'd be open to hearing anything).

npx @wordpress/create-block -t @woocommerce/create-woo-extension my-woo-extension

Thanks to the help of many smarter devs at Woo, our "create-woo-extension" tool is finally working again.

There's still a bunch of scaffolding work to do, but getting the dependencies updated and the install & build running was a huge milestone here.

📣 Cat's outta the bag! We hope you'll join us and @rmelogli at the first-ever Checkout Summit in Palermo, Italy - April 23 & 24, 2026. Get your tickets now! t.co/b68vbCQ2d0

Call for testing:

WooCommerce 10.3 includes a beta version of the WooCommerce MCP integration. Chat with your Woo store and let us know how it goes!

Full testing instructions on the dev blog👇
developer.woocommerce.com?p=8769181

Optimizing Woo Checkout for Black Friday ft. Ian Misner - Webmasters.FM In this conversation, Ian Misner discusses his work with Kestrel and the importance of checkout processes in e-commerce, particularly through their product CheckoutWC. He highlights the features that ...

You can watch the full episode on YouTube or listen in your podcast app of choice:

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Yesterday I chatted with @ianmisner.com about what makes a checkout page convert and what to think about ahead of Black Friday.

He gave a lot of good advice, including this one about maximizing those new customer relationships:

@ariellethisandthat.bsky.social listens to over five hours of podcasts a day — so she knows what makes a great podcast player.

Check out why she chooses Pocket Casts to support her passion for podcasts and her work in the industry:

Optimizing Woo Checkout for Black Friday ft. Ian Misner - Webmasters.FM In this conversation, Ian Misner discusses his work with Kestrel and the importance of checkout processes in e-commerce, particularly through their product CheckoutWC. He highlights the features that ...

🎙️ Fresh podcast episode with Ian Misner of Kestrel.

We talk about optimizing checkout ahead of Black Friday, growing your store long-term, and a bit of pontificating about extensibility for developers.

webmasters.fm/optimizing-w...

Stop being a coward and release these on a normal podcast feed so I can listen on 5x speed while walking my dog!

WordPress Hosting Decoded – The WP Minute Learn how to select the best web host for your clients with our comprehensive course. Enhance your skills in hosting, performance, security, and WordPress integration.

Big announcement! 🛎️ I teamed up with @thewpminute.com to create a free course aimed at #WordPress freelancers and agencies. It's called "WordPress Hosting Decoded" and will help you make the right hosting choices for your clients (with no sales pitches). Get started: thewpminute.com/course/wordp...

WordPress Studio Gets Good for Local Development ft. Nick Diego - Webmasters.FM Nick Diego joins the show to talk about WordPress Studio and building an open source local development tool at WordPress.com.

🎙️Just published on the podcast: @nickdiego.com takes me behind the scenes of Studio, the open source local development app from @wordpress.com

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Open Source is a Tradeoff

How should we build and advocate for changes inside an open source community?