I write about modern WordPress development and building a plugin business. Previously at Automattic. ● Better Loop (out now!) → https://betterloopwp.com Autoblue → https://autoblue.co Personal site → https://danielpost.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mh4tclylre2nI've been trying out Laravel for a few apps this year, and it's so good. The DX is great. But WP is my baby and I can't keep myself away from it.15 Mar 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4tclylre2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mh4puv7bpm2uIt's so nice how WordPress just keeps shipping great updates. Loads of improvements in the first two months of the year, and full steam ahead on AI as well.15 Mar 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4puv7bpm2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mgqcy4mzqk2rMy main goal: shipping more and shipping faster. Code is no longer the bottleneck it used to be, and while it's a bit scary I'm also enjoying this new reality.10 Mar 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqcy4mzqk2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mghy34p7by2nI've been spending time this week next to client projects to building a new super simple time tracker called Tide. Will be launching it soon, aim is to replace Harvest for my personal use.07 Mar 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghy34p7by2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mfw5cd6iwg2nFor context: I've been using Harvest for YEARS, paying for it almost mindlessly. All I really use is time tracking and invoicing, and with the PE acquisition I don't expect it to get any better. I'd also like to add an MCP server, so I can tell my OpenClaw "hey, add 3 hours to project X for task Y"28 Feb 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfw5cd6iwg2nhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mfvzvhklo52jWeekend project: a minimal Harvest clone with clients, projects and time tracking. I just can't still these days 😂28 Feb 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfvzvhklo52jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mftqajdgfv2rI haven't been very active on here lately, but I'm planning to change that. I miss having some real interactions on socials. I've been dipping my toes outside of WP and seeing what else is out there, taking my experience from Autoblue and turning it into a social scheduler SaaS.27 Feb 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftqajdgfv2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mftmuw53w22bEveryone is building AI agents right now, and I'm dabbling a bit as well. Is there a clear favorite so far or not really?27 Feb 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftmuw53w22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3mci7sloh4s2sI'm playing around with Laravel and it's actually so incredibly well set up for AI-assisted development. There's some really good tools, official packages for almost everything, and with Laravel being extremely idiomatic the AI is really good at implementing it all.15 Jan 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mci7sloh4s2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3m2ovrum6y222Autoblue 1.0 is out, officially out of beta and now with support for self-hosted PDS instances! 🎊 Next up: improving the comments block08 Oct 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ovrum6y222https://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lvathxghg62bI ran into an issue where my local WordPress installation using Herd wasn't generating thumbnails for PDF files. This is how I fixed it. https://danielpost.com/enable-wordpress-pdf-thumbnails-for-local-installations/31 Jul 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvathxghg62bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lv6m2rgl5c2iAnd here's the result—a polished file upload UI that looks like it came straight from WordPress core. Another step closer to releasing the Document Hub extension for Better Loop. 🤞🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6m2rgl5c2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lv3wmi2nl22sI always always always want my plugins to feel like they belong in WordPress. It's very important to me that they feel like a native extension of WP itself. If that means designing custom icons in the same style for the Document Hub extension, then that's what I'll do 😅29 Jul 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv3wmi2nl22shttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3luposcx4lc2hHow hard is it to build a loop with multiple filters working together in Better Loop? Watch me design and build a loop for a recipe page in less than two minutes 😎24 Jul 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3luposcx4lc2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lumsfk76rk2pTrying something new: live demos for Better Loop, showcasing the plugin through a made-up website. Next step is creating a Playground blueprint so you can click around the admin and play with it! betterloopwp.com/demo-magazine/ https://betterloopwp.com/demo-magazine/23 Jul 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumsfk76rk2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lukk6c2q5s2qBetter Loop 1.2 is out! With a new Buttons filter block, more color options and a custom post template block. I'm experimenting with an "interactive" changelog, with live demos so you can try out all new features right from the changelog: https://betterloopwp.com/changelog/v1-2-0/22 Jul 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukk6c2q5s2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3ltqyjb3igk2fFor those of you using a filtering plugin (FacetWP, Search & Filter etc), what are some must-haves for you personally? What's something currently missing that you would love to have?12 Jul 2025 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltqyjb3igk2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3ltmjxtruns2lI've been working on the documentation for the different pagination options in Better Loop. Really happy with all the live examples! Check out the infinite scroll docs here to get an idea: https://betterloopwp.com/docs/infinite-scroll/10 Jul 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmjxtruns2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3ltkcnci6pk2y@nathanwrigley.com Thank you for the plug! Much appreciated 🙏🏼 lots of cool stuff to come as well 😁09 Jul 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkcnci6pk2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lsyvvalazc2eI've added a pretty steep launch discount to Better Loop (almost 40% off!). It' also the lowest price it'll ever be. I want to reward early customers for their support. As a bonus, early customers get to shape future updates with your feedback and ideas. I want to build Better Loop for you!02 Jul 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyvvalazc2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lsy3bjfbik2eYou can check it out here (the cards linking to each doc item are built using Better Loop): betterloopwp.com/docs/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsy3bjfbik2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lsxxq4xzfk2vNeat lil' feature coming to Better Loop 1.1.0: link to post. This makes the entire card clickable, rather than just the post title. It's also quite fun to get to create a custom icon 🫨02 Jul 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsxxq4xzfk2vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lsvsgqayqc2aInteractivity API, Block Bindings, an AI team, View Transitions... there's actually so much cool stuff happening for WordPress right now.01 Jul 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvsgqayqc2ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lsvrf5orec2gthis plugin is awesome and you should totally check it out [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvrf5orec2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lstavc2mrs2mI've been writing a lot of documentation for Better Loop, and playing around with the ACF and WooCommerce integrations. It's shaping up great. betterloopwp.com/docs/ https://betterloopwp.com/docs/30 Jun 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstavc2mrs2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lso2vovjyc2fI've just created and released a demo video for Better Loop and posted it on the homepage. Hopefully it'll do a good job showing people what Better Loop is and what it's capable of!28 Jun 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lso2vovjyc2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lqb4fnfsas2lPretty happy with how this is shaping up! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqb4fnfsas2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lq6lzizxqk2qI’ve started writing the docs for Better Loop and it’s surprisingly fun?? Yeah it’s hard but it’s also very rewarding—really cool to see something I made take shape, and it helps me to spot bugs and missing features. First draft will be out in the next few days 🦉27 May 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6lzizxqk2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/danielpost.com/post/3lq3f2nelps2rI haven’t yet launched it officially, but Better Loop is now available! I truly think it’ll be a super useful plugin for anyone using the block editor. There’s loads more to come, and I’d love to answer any questions you might have! Also very open to implementing requests whenever possible 🙏🏼26 May 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ctiypgp5ree6tpyxzjietbcg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3f2nelps2r