My sister “doing what she does best” making music and therefore spreading happiness. 😊

🔥 Atomic Smash is hiring a Full Stack PHP Support Developer (£35–40k DOE). Office-first (3 days/wk, UK-only). WordPress / WooCommerce sites. Strong PHP, WP, Woo, HTML/CSS/SASS, DNS + server skills needed. Learning time, flexible hours. Full details 👇 bristolcreativeindustries.com/job/atomic-s...

SpinupWP + Cloudflare plugin from Webreact auto-syncs cache purges, simplifying site updates with easy setup and one-click Admin Bar control. barrd.dev/article/word...

✨ Don’t miss out on our Christmas Party! ✨ To enter the festive raffle, you’ll need to be signed up on Meetup and be there on the night. We will have some exciting prizes, drinks, and tasty light bites waiting, so just bring your festive spirit! 🎁 🎄 👉 www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

Wishing my beautiful, talented sister @shirley-sings.bsky.social an amazing birthday 🎉 where she's spoilt rotten. 😁 Hope there's lots of cake 🎂 Big love from big brother! 💚

Last night’s talk, “Beyond Contact Forms: Building a Conversion System” by Jon Payne, had the room laughing and learning! 🎉 Insightful, practical, and hilarious. Huge thanks to Jon for an amazing session and to everyone who joined us! #WordPress #BristolWP

Happy Halloween! 👻 🎃 #Halloween #Github

Go beyond the form! Join Jon Payne as he reveals how to turn fleeting enquiries into real revenue. In “Beyond Contact Forms: Building a Conversion System”, you’ll learn to transform lead capture into lasting client wins. Don’t just collect leads - convert them! www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

Jonny Allbut’s “Web Developers Guide to Understanding Common UX Pain Points That Frustrate Users” slides are now available! There's an additional slide with useful tools including the A/B testing tool he mentioned at the event. docs.google.com/presentation...

Got an hour off. Having a play. #IYKYK

Fantastic session at the Bristol WordPress Meetup! Huge thanks to Jonny Allbut for sharing his “Web Developer’s Guide to Common UX Pain Points” — plenty of practical takeaways to make our sites smoother and more user-friendly. #WordPress #UX #Bristol

Our next meetup is on Tuesday, October 7th, at Temple Studios. Jonny Allbut will be presenting 'A web developer's guide to understanding UX pain points that frustrate users'. Sign up on our Meetup Page; www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

I wrote a short article about the relatively new #WordPress plugin 'Cimo Image Optimizer & WebP Converter' which I've put to work on my site and will be moving over to on others. “It's a kind of magic.” 🪄 🔥 barrd.dev/article/word...

I'm trying out the @vivaldi.com Browser again and attempting to get past my (admittedly personal) myriad list of annoyances. Fixing the contextual menus by reconf'ing them has been a small step forward. barrd.dev/article/edit...

Went for a matinee viewing of “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” and got caught in a downpour on the way home the likes of which I haven't experienced since living in Lisbon. Drenched doesn't cover it. ;) 🌧️ ☔️

~Writing, just because I'm trying to get back into it again. This time it's a basic explanation of how to dequeue 3rd party plugin JavaScripts in #WordPress conditionally. Simples. barrd.dev/article/word...

Congratulations to my v.talented sister. Here's to the next (and even better year) Shirls! 💚

We had a fantastic session last Tuesday with Jamie Marsland on “The Best AI Tools for WordPress (That I’ve Seen So Far)”, you can relive the highlights by downloading a PDF of his slideshow using the link below. 👇 🔥 drive.google.com/file/d/18AiD...

I wrote about something I've been playing with for the last few days when a mate asked me to implement it on a couple of his WordPress sites. Setting up Cloudflare Web Analytics (with a hint of WordPress thrown in.) barrd.dev/article/word...

Jamie Marsland's talk was inspiring last night! We came away much more knowledgeable about AI tools for #WordPress and loaded down with swag from one of our sponsors, thanks to Kinsta. Thanks also to our other sponsors 34SP and Defended dot net, as well as our hosts Atomic Smash and TCN UK.

Great night last night at @bristolwpmeetup.bsky.social where we had Jamie Marsland chatting about AI tools for use with WordPress. I even had a chance to chat to some of the attendees... :)

There's still spaces left for our September Event 'The Best AI Tools for WordPress (That I’ve Seen So Far)' by Jamie Marsland. He’ll share impressive AI tools he's come across in the WordPress space — the ones that aren’t just hype but actually useful. Signup 👉 www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

Shout out to Jaime (L2 Technical Support Agent) with @spinupwp.com - who sorted an absolute belter of an issue I had with calm, ease and wonderful SOH. Appreciated! 🙌 💯🔥

I've finally got round to updating my “How to disable notification sounds in your Mastodon account” article to include the relatively new 'Quotes' notification. 👉 barrd.dev/article/how-...

Using squiggly styled fonts to assist with wireframing You've probably come across “lorem ipsum” as placeholder text, here's an alternative using squiggly fonts to help clients with wireframing woes. barrd.dev/project/usin...

Find that SVG you need for that project, quickly svgl.app

Building Brands Bristol Is 'The' event for marketing professionals in the South West of England (11th September 25.) Use this code to get an extra 10% off the already discounted tickets; 🔥 BBEXTRA10 📍 Business School, UWE Bristol www.building-brands.co.uk/conference/b... #Bristol #Marketing

It's time to sign up for our September talk from Jamie Marsland “The Best AI Tools for WordPress (That I’ve Seen So Far)” if you haven't yet done so. He'll share the most impressive AI tools he's come across in the WordPress Space — the ones that aren’t just hype. 👉 www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

Congratulations on thirteen wonderful years to you both! 🤗 💚

Happiest of birthdays to my Big Bro @barrd.dev 🥳! Weekend birthdays are the BEST! Have an excellent day celebrating you ❤️

Be on the lookout, Feathers McGraw spotted lurking with intent near Ashton... 📍Ashton Court, Bristol, UK #Bristol #Tuesday #WallaceAndGromit #Urban #UrbanPhotography #Nature #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome

If you'd like a recap of Julys excellent talk “Get the core right and the resilient code will follow” by @bell.bz you can now view the slides hosted on Google Drive in the link below. For more information about Andy Bell check out; swop.link/andy Slides: drive.google.com/file/d/1VV2Y...

Your's truly with @bell.bz at the end of his talk helping field q's from the audience at @bristolwpmeetup.bsky.social. Always a pleasure to be around Andy and his unique blend of humour and wisdom. We've now as a group got some time off before our next event at the beginning of September.

Another fantastic night with a good turnout to hear @bell.bz's talk “Get the core right and the resilient code will follow.” Big thanks to all who attended and our amazing sponsors who helped make this happen. kinsta.com, defended.net, 34SP.com, turbo-admin.com, The Curious Network & Atomic Smash

Contact Form 7 (v6.1) now natively supports Cloudflare Turnstile Spam Protection… barrd.dev/article/cont... #WordPress #SpamProtection

There's still spaces left for our July Event 'Get The Core Right And The Resilient Code Will Follow' by @bell.bz (Andy Bell) “Improve your code with better planning & giving/receiving feedback, not just focusing on technical front-end skills.” See you soon! Signup 👉 www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

For our July talk by Andy Bell we have an additional Sponsor; @rosswintle.uk (Ross Wintle), creator of Turbo Admin. A magical browser extension that enhances the WordPress dashboard and speeds up your work in any WordPress site you work on. No plugin required. 👉 turbo-admin.com Many thanks Ross 🙌

I’m looking for UK-based #WordPress speakers for upcoming @wpchelt meetups (Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov). Got a talk up your sleeve? Or know someone who does? Hit me up!

✨ Super chuffed to be supporting Jenny Sturgeon at her Hilltop Live Highlands gig at The Loft on Wednesday 10th September! Delighted to have the marvellously talented Nigel Sleaford with me on the night, too. For more details and a ticket link, head to bit.ly/JSLoft1009 ✨

Mentioned earlier, @shirley-sings.bsky.social & I had the opportunity to have a play together which doesn't happen very often when I was back home for a visit. Honest to god, the guitar is little, I'm not that big… yet. 😅 Huge thanks to my mum, sis and bro-in-law for arranging this. 💚

Scotland… with sunshine and folk with hats, whatever next? 😆 Mo & I had a 'top-drawer' time, lovely family, friends and delectable grub (inc. the pie.) Big thanks and much love to my sis (@shirley-sings.bsky.social) for posting and the wee jam we had together at our mum's place. 🎸

It's time to sign up for our July talk from Andy Bell (@bell.bz) “Get the core right and the resilient code will follow” if you haven't yet done so. He'll demonstrate how we can produce simpler, more resilient codebases by improving our planning & core skills. 👉 www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

A great talk from Elliott Richmond last night: “Dancing with AI – A Developer's Journey.” There was a good turnout and we had Gert Lush refreshments thanks to our sponsor defended.net Many thanks to our other sponsors Atomic Smash & TCNUK for helping us host at this fabulous venue.

Rare photographic evidence of the “lesser spotted barrd” actually standing up in front of a crowd and apparently having fun. 😅 Had a great time being an emcee for @elliottrichmond.co.uk at the @bristolwpmeetup.bsky.social last night with thanks to @rholdstock.bsky.social stock for the picture. 🙏

Great talk and an absolutely “top drawer” bloke to boot, t'was a pleasure and privilege to emcee for this wonderful event. Thanks again @elliottrichmond.co.uk.

We wish to send out a big “Thank You” to defended.net for their generous sponsorship of our refreshments! Their support will help keep us fed and watered, and we truly appreciate their contribution to our event's success. 👀 defended.net

My #WordPress browser extension Turbo Admin’s next release is so close! - Plugin install from the repo - User switching integration - Fast, cached search of installed plugins - Better multisite integration - Better REST API discovery = fewer error states Hopefully this week?? turbo-admin.com

#OTD 22 years ago #WordPress was born 🎉 Come celebrate with us next week at Elliott Richmond's talk: “Dancing with AI, A Developer's Journey” - embracing AI as a partner, shifting dev focus from code to creative leadership & innovation. There are 13 spots left… www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

My lil sis doing what she does best. 👏 🙌 😍