Shaun Andrews

Author: shaunandrews

  • Publishing a Block Pattern on WordPress.org

    Here’s a design I made that walks people through filling out the necessary information to submit their block pattern to the WordPress.org directory.

  • Testing Full Site Editing for WordPress 5.8

    WordPress 5.8 is scheduled to release at the end of July, and one of the most anticipated features is what’s been affectionately referred to as “Full Site Editing.” In reality Full Site Editing (or, FSE) is really a collection of numerous features that together enable someone to edit their entire website using blocks. This is…

  • Automattic is Hiring

    In a few weeks, I’ll have worked at Automattic for 10 years. That is just about a third of my life, and the majority of my career as a designer. And here’s the thing, I could see myself doing this for another 10 years. Looking for a job? automattic.com/work-with-us

  • A Welcomed Detour

    Took a little detour today and tried to help with some improvements to the media uploader in WordPress, specifically a new button that will let you quickly copy the URL for a file that you just uploaded. This is related to the following WordPress Core issue: Add a copy-link button at the media upload page

  • The Sweetest Sound

    There’s nothing better than listening to my kids doing the dishes while I enjoy a glass of wine.

  • Testing the Widget Editor for WordPress 5.8

    WordPress 5.8 is scheduled to be released on July 20, 2021 and one of the new features slated for this release is an update to the way widgets work. There’s a “call for testing” up on one of the WordPress community blogs. This post covers my experience running through this test. Its important to note…

  • Iconoir, a pretty nice collection of icons

    I’m not sure what “definitive” means in this context, but its at least a nice collection of free icons.

  • A quick guide for building a WordPress block pattern

    As we progress on building a directory for WordPress block patterns, I thought it would be helpful to put together a guide for building patterns. Here’s a first sketch at this guide, which I think can probably live at wordpress.org/patterns/guide: What do you think — does this help, and does it cover the basics? What…

  • Tonight’s Dinner

    Burgers with onion jam and cheddar, served with garlic butter green beans and spinach. And tater tots. Everything is better with tots. (Photo missing. We ate it too quickly.)

  • The Possibilities of Full Site Editing

    Here’s a handful of tweets I saw while eating lunch today. The future of WordPress is bright.