Troy Chaplin

When someone provides the ultimate guide to being weird with the insanely impressive Miles site building AI agent, you just do as suggested.

Miles, I'm here for it too!

Current status: getting unhinged with the Cyberpunk Ramen Aracde block theme.

ReadEase: Text Resizer A Gutenberg block that lets site visitors resize text for improved readability and accessibility.

Just released my 6th #WordPress plugin. Particularly proud of this one, it fits a very good purpose, and it's the 1st full block plugin I've released.

Check out ReadEase: Test Resizer and gives users an easy to use way to resize text in your block theme!

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Had fun with this one, and have a few ideas for new features!

Wonder what other blocks or tools I can create for under the ReadEase name to support accessibility?

AI Guidelines for WordPress AI tools are now part of how many people write code, tests, and documentation. To help contributors use them responsibly, we’ve published a first version of AI Guidelines in the Make WordPress Core…

Making it clearer how to contribute to @wordpress.org in an AI era. We just published the first version of our AI Guidelines and would love your feedback!

make.wordpress.org/ai/2026/02/0...

Plugin Jam - Building events for WordPress builders Hackathons and jam sessions for WordPress builders

Keep yours eyes on pluginjam.com for future hackathons!

GitHub - troychaplin/readease: ReadEase: Text Resizer is a Gutenberg block plugin that provides text resizing controls for site visitors. ReadEase: Text Resizer is a Gutenberg block plugin that provides text resizing controls for site visitors. - troychaplin/readease

I recently participated in my first hackathon with the goal of building a Gutenberg block that fit into a theme of "Grow". Today it was selected as the winning submission.

Super happy with what I created and hope that #WordPress block theme builders also find it useful.

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Planned Outage for Block Themes Simple maintenance mode for block themes. Shows a maintenance template to logged-out visitors.

I struggled to find a good name for this one, but happy to say that my new, very simplistic maintenance mode plugin is now officially available!

Download Planned Outage for Block Themes today!

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This is a great idea for a variation block! Gonna use this on a project, have you submitted this to the plugin directory?

Wish there was a better way to find useful variations like this.

Block Finder Easily find and manage Gutenberg blocks anywhere on your site.

Looking for a specific block in your content but are coming up short? Meet Block Finder, a simple dashboard widget that finds your missing blocks.

Version 1.0.7 out now with an improved UI, improved performance, and the ability to filter by Innerblocks.

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And a lot closer to a Metro or Farm Boy! I was surprised why the selection in some locations after I stopped buying Starbucks and started chasing better tasting coffee!

@ipstenu.org these are all light roasts from Canadian brands. 49th and Stock and Crown both came from my local Metro. And I didn’t notice before, 49th is roasted in Burnaby. It’s one of my favs!

Side note: the stock and crown is the strangest brew I’ve ever tasted.

I buy from local roasters, not sure if you can find brands like Equator or 49th Parallel.

I often see a small selection of locally roasted beans at Metro or Farm Boy grocery stores, worth a look.

And if our AI overlords are to be trusted, Spent Grounds is nearby @ipstenu.org and a must visit.

My next #WordPress plugin is nice and simple, Block Theme Maintenance.

Just active, create a template named "maintenance" and keep your site on brand while you fix things up behind the scenes!

Official plugin directory release coming soon!

github.com/troychaplin/...

Thanks for the mention, and promotion of my plugin! Much appreciated!

WordPress 7.0 Call for Volunteers Planning for WordPress 7.0 is underway with a proposed release date of April 9, 2026. This post outlines the key milestone dates and includes a call for volunteers to help lead the release. Whether…

If you've ever wanted to lead a @WordPress release, the call for volunteers to help with 7.0 is out! Give it a read and volunteer in the comments if you are interested in serving on the release squad.

Priority Plus Navigation Adds Priority Plus pattern to core Navigation block. Moves overflow items into responsive "More" dropdown as the users viewport narrows.

Running out of space in your header? Don't hide your menu, optimize it. 📐

Priority Plus Navigation automatically moves overflowing items into a "More" dropdown. It’s the perfect responsive upgrade for your Block Themes.

Download for free: wordpress.org/plugins/prio...

#WordPress

Issue #189 Loop WP My take on the relevance of WooCommerce in 2026: AI, Shopify pressure, FluentCart, shifting client work, and why Woo still matters, but faces a tough fight.

🚨 Issue 189 of Loop WP, my newsletter about WooCommerce and WordPress, is out!

My take on the relevance of WooCommerce in 2026: AI, Shopify pressure, FluentCart, shifting client work, and why Woo still matters, but faces a tough fight.

Read the full issue below.👇

Thanks for the mention, much appreciated!

I’m having way too much fun

Having a ton of fun and learning a lot about leveraging more core components while building an interface for styling the priority plus menu in my new plugin.

I hope this variation will be useful for block theme builders! Excited for the official release!

#WordPress #Gutenberg

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Has anyone vibe coded an app to make the look and feel of the latest Mac OS not suck? It’s been almost 2 weeks and I still hate the design of this OS so much.

Just added support to my Priority Plus core navigation variation to override the default styles for the dropdown in theme.json.

But what I really want to build is a user interface for customizing things in the Site Editor with a proper visual representation of the dropdown.

#WordPress #Gutenberg

Block Accessibility Checks - Block Accessibility Checks Create accessible WordPress content with real-time checks. Fix issues before publishing using the Block Accessibility Checks plugin.

Have you tried implementing custom validation checks yet?

I'm always looking to improve the Block Accessibility Checks plugin. Give the Validation API a spin and let me know what you think!

#WordPress #Gutenberg #Accessibility #Validation

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Type 3: Editor Validation

Validating one block is easy. Validating how they all interact? That’s the real challenge.

Use Editor Validation to scan block patterns and the global content structure. Ensure your document makes sense from top to bottom.

blockaccessibilitychecks.com/validation-a...

Type 2: Post Meta Validation

Are you struggling to validate custom fields in Gutenberg?

Stop writing hacky workarounds. The Block Accessibility Checks plugin hooks right into register_meta(). Get native, real-time feedback for your Post Meta.

blockaccessibilitychecks.com/validation-a...

Type 1: Block Validation

Are your block attributes secretly hurting your accessibility score?

Use Block Validations to lock down titles, image URLs, and settings. It’s the most common use case for the Validation API for a reason, because it works.

blockaccessibilitychecks.com/validation-a...

Want to build more accessible #WordPress sites? Looking for a consistent way to validate content in the #Gutenberg editor?

Block Accessibility Checks plugin offers 3 powerful Validation APIs to keep your content compliant.

Here is a breakdown of the 3 types you need to know:

Just submitted my first #WordPress plugin of the year!

I've been working on a Priority+ pattern variation for the core Navigation block, moving overflow items into a "More" dropdown instead of removing or wrapping items.

Get the early build on GitHub github.com/troychaplin/...

Block Accessibility Checks 3.0: Advanced Validation Control for WordPress - Block Accessibility Checks Version 3.0.0 marks a significant milestone in the growth of Block Accessibility Checks since its creation just a short 18 months ago.

I'm thrilled to release Block Accessibility Checks 3.0 with a major Validation API upgrade! 🚀

Validate block attributes, post meta, and editor elements PLUS disable individual configurations and avoid restrictions in the block editor.

#WordPress #a11y

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