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Brian Coords

Developer Advocate at WooCommerce

@bacoords Orange County, CA joined Jan 2016

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    Bio

    Brian Coords is a Developer Advocate at WooCommerce and a long-time WordPress developer, writer, and instructor. He hosts a WordPress podcast at Webmasters.fm, and you can find his writing on industry publications like WP Tavern, MasterWP, The WP Minute, and his personal technology blog.

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    Developer Advocate
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    Specializations

    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Core 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

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    March 2026
    Mar 27 Fri · 21:43
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Rethinking Left Navigation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    +1 to this concept. My ideal would be per-user personalization over generalized changes. Two simple…
    July 2025
    Jul 16 Wed · 11:43
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    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Canada 2025
    Jul 03 Thu · 14:42
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    Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Introduce Maintenance Mode For Components, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    +1 to the proposal, the list of features mentioned, and the previous commenters feedback that…
    February 2025
    Feb 03 Mon · 19:45
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    Created a topic, The new default theme for WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Ollie has been my go-to block theme for a while now. I…
    August 2024
    Aug 16 Fri · 18:54
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Hallway Hangout recording: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg (August 2024), on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Since #core is such a busy channel - could it also be shared in #outreach…
    May 2024
    May 27 Mon · 14:11
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    Posted a reply to PHP Notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes thanks!
    May 25 Sat · 17:42
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    Created a topic, PHP Notices, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I know this was partially addressed in https://wordpre…
    April 2024
    Apr 04 Thu · 22:49
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Latest update broke WP Admin Dashboard colors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Noting here that I've seen similar issues - the latest update loads some opinionated sitewide…
    March 2024
    Mar 22 Fri · 13:40
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    Wrote a comment on the post Making a WordPress Media Corps, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
    I'd like to add to Carl's point that there's a lot of attention driven to…
    January 2024
    Jan 05 Fri · 21:51
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    Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Phoenix 2024

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    Total completed courses: 2