Devin Walker

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Devin Walker

@innerwebs

Building the future of @Jetpack at @Automattic. Made @GiveWP. Designing, coding, spiking, strumming, and exploring the world one project at a time.

San Diego Katılım Ekim 2009

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Rob Pugh@RobPughCL·6d

It's the end of #RadicalSpeedMonth at Automattic and I'm happy to show off Jetpack Podcast on WordPress.com. I hope this makes it easy for you to start a podcast alongside your blog and newsletter, while retaining ownership of your and your subscribers' data.

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·3d

@brendanocwp Dang. We are looking at June 25th. I recently stopped using cursor as much. WP-admin is my dashboard now for checking results. Analytics, interactions, I want to also bring in social signals. But Claude/Codex/Cursor and GitHub are where the donuts are made.

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Brendan O'Connell@brendanocwp·3d

@innerwebs Would love to, but I'll be in NY for my cousin's wedding and a few extra days vacation starting mid June, so likely missing it. But yeah, I hardly log into WP Admin, I know the feeling. Interesting you don't use IDE - are you just directing agents in Cursor? Gotta see ur set up

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Brendan O'Connell@brendanocwp·4d

finally tried Novamira with Bricks. I guess it's cool but it's...slow? When you've used it for years, is this really faster than muscle memory? Good news it works with ACSS (despite vars not being in the Bricks var manager)...Bad news, it took 12min to make a simple hero section.

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·3d

Just was saying, next to none now.

Theo - t3.gg@theo

You guys still use IDEs?

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·3d

@JustinFerriman @mattmedeiros When it ends, let’s chat. You have unique perspectives. The next thing awaits.

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Justin Ferriman@JustinFerriman·4d

Around this time last year, I stopped coaching other software entrepreneurs to take a break from all things business. Here is where things stand today. justinferriman.com/one-year-later

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Jamie Marsland - Head of WordPress YouTube ❤️@pootlepress·5d

The Quickest & Easiest Way to Connect Claude Cowork to WordPress 👇 1,000 likes. 12,000 views. 106 comments. In just a couple of days on YouTube. Safe to say this video seems to have landed 😊 So, here it is:

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·3d

Adding this to all my skills. I’m always asking, is this DRY?

self.dll@seelffff

karpathy's CLAUDE.md hit #1 on github trending. 220,000 stars. most devs still haven't read it. it's 65 lines. it took AI coding accuracy from 65% to 94%. the 4 rules inside: → think before coding state your assumptions. ask when unsure. never guess. → simplicity first write the minimum code that solves the problem. no abstractions nobody asked for. → surgical changes don't touch code unrelated to the request. every changed line must trace back to what was asked. → goal-driven execution turn vague instructions into verifiable success criteria before writing a single line. that's it. 65 lines. 4 rules. 94% accuracy. save this before everyone else does.

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Matt Mullenweg@photomatt·3d

I've been so inspired by all the work at #radicalspeedmonth, and also all the work by the people keeping the lights on while 695 people at @automattic experimented. Lots of fun is in store. :)

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·3d

🤔 Grok wrapped? trying mid-flight

Elon Musk@elonmusk

Try Composer 2.5

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·4d

@adamzielin This looks great. How about if a marketer goes into production, updates content, moves some blocks around, adds a new page, etc? Will engineers receive those changes when they update in their local environments?

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Adam Zieliński@adamzielin·4d

Here’s something I’m exploring with Jan Jakeš: A Git-like workflow for WordPress. ForkPress lets you branch a local WordPress site, preview each branch on its own URL: github.com/Automattic/for… Jan and I would love feedback from you, WordPress builders!

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·4d

@zeeshanraza How about security? Many times these get disclosed and patched by authors as part of responsible disclosure. You’re not in that loop anymore.

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Zeeshan@zeeshanraza·5d

First time in 7 years, we've decided not to renew our EDD license. 2-3 years, no real updates. Nothing broke. Nothing got better either. Just $500/year with all the add-ons to… keep paying. Plugin still works. If anything conflicts later, we'll fix it ourselves.

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@fkadev @WordPress Looks nice! Does it help post-directory acceptance? Or is it more a launch pad. The only thing that I’m not a huge fan of is the triple-“sss” in the brand name.

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fatih kadir akın@fkadev·5d

🎥 Introducing Pressship: a terminal-first, agent-ready CLI workflow for @WordPress plugin publishing. The idea: make plugin releases simpler, more predictable, and more agent-ready, while keeping @WordPress review + SVN flows explicit. → pressship.org

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@KatieKeithBarn2 Here's the Storybook URL: wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/?pat…

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@KatieKeithBarn2 If you check out the new connectors screen {sitename}/wp-admin/options-connectors.php It is using the Admin UI / Page layout, which I believe defaults to a white background. Hopefully this begins making it's way throughout the Core UIs in future versions.

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Katie Keith@KatieKeithBarn2·5d

Here are before-and-after pictures of the WordPress 7.0 admin redesign. The left nav is a definite improvement, but the overall look and feel still looks dated due to the grey backgrounds in the main column. Hopefully that's the next phase.

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WordPress 7.0 “Armstrong” is here. 🎷 This major release introduces foundational AI tools, a refreshed admin experience, expanded design controls, new blocks, and powerful developer APIs. Explore what’s new, update when you’re ready, and start building with WordPress 7.0 today. wordpress.org/news/2026/05/w…

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@alexjpanagis Same. That's such an under valued part if WP Core.

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Alex Panagis@alexjpanagis·6d

Updated to WordPress 7.0 across all our sites... And, as usual, everything went smoothly 🎉

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@therepositorywp Both crushed it.

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The Repository@therepositorywp·6d

After a year that took the WordPress AI Team from zero to core, both founding co-reps are moving on — one to a new AI venture, the other after 12 months of volunteering. therepository.email/james-lepage-a…

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@Aamirfarooq13 @WordPress I agree, it would lower the complexity, but how would this be achieved with the distributed and open-source nature of WordPress? Seems like it would need to depend on a proxy oAuth layer.

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Aamir Farooq@Aamirfarooq13·5d

@WordPress Connector tab is a great step — but requiring API keys to connect Claude,ChatGPT feels like a barrier for everyday users. Someone already logged into Claude Desktop shouldn’t need a separate API key just to use AI in their own site. Hope future updates make this more accessible!

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·5d

@Justinnealey Absolutely, and makes it clear for site admins which plugins are using which connections.

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Nealey@Justinnealey·6d

The Connectors screen is the sleeper feature for me. It turns AI from something every plugin has to configure separately into shared site infrastructure. That is the kind of change that usually looks small in release notes but matters a lot once plugin authors start building against it.

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·6d

WordPress 7.0 released today and marks my 5th major release since my first install in 2008. The new revisions UI and AI Connectors screen are two of my personal highlights. The wp-admin page transitions, color and contrast improvements, also make it feel like a more modern interface. Props to all the contributors! 👏

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Devin Walker@innerwebs·18 May

Can’t wait to see what James does next. I’ve know him for a few years, worked with him for a few months, and over that time he’s shown he’s a sharp leader who knows how to build teams and businesses.

James LePage@jameswlepage

Today's my last day as Head of AI at Automattic, and Core AI lead for WordPress. Shocking to think it's been only 18 months since the WPAI acquisition. j.cv/closing-a-chap… So much has happened. We formed Core AI for @WordPress, built the AI Building Blocks (the last ships in 7.0), grew Automattic AI from from ~10 folks to 50+, and #core-ai went from 0 to 1,000+. @automattic shipped AI site builders, built-in agents, Telex, agentic commerce in Woo, Parsely Sage, MCPs… an incredible group to get to work with each day, async or in the NoHo space.

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@brendanocwp @JustinFerriman @mattmedeiros @automattic @adamzielin @zeeshanraza @fkadev @WordPress