James Koster (@jameskoster) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: August 4th, 2009
Location: UK
Website: jameskoster.design
Job Title: Designer
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

Designer @ Automattic.

Interests

Typography, minimalism, clean code, reading, philosophy, music, football (soccer)

WordPress Origin Story

Discovered WordPress when building Quake III clan web sites back in the noughties.

Contributions

James Koster contributes 40 hours per week to the Design team.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Favorites

Mentioned in [55500] on Core SVN:
Editor: Add more details to template descriptions.
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55405] on Core SVN:
Themes: Add 3 and update 2 shadow presets in `theme.json`.
4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [55201] on Core SVN:
Editor: Add missing controls to flex layouts in `wp_get_layout_style()`.
2 months ago
Mentioned in [55200] on Core SVN:
Widgets: Preserve classic sidebars when switching to a block theme.
2 months ago
Mentioned in [55172] on Core SVN:
Editor: Add support for editing block style variations in global styles.
2 months ago
Mentioned in [55125] on Core SVN:
Editor: Migrate old to the new pattern categories.
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design Share: Oct 24-Nov 4, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This sounds similar to an idea I shared here: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/41747 I could totally see empty/un-configured…
5 months ago
Mentioned in [54370] on Core SVN:
Editor: Make template names and descriptions dynamic, again.
6 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Refining the template creation experience, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for the ping. While not the most common intent, I think it's fair to…
6 months ago
Mentioned in [54280] on Core SVN:
Editor: Make template names and descriptions dynamic.
6 months ago
Mentioned in [54269] on Core SVN:
Editor: Adds template types, `is_wp_suggestion`, and fallback template content.
6 months ago
Mentioned in [54104] on Core SVN:
Editor: Update `single` default template description.
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
That sounds like something to investigate into during implementation.
7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This seems worth embracing even moreso in the “preview” pane, where we can arguably go…
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> This seems worth embracing even moreso in the “preview” pane, where we can arguably…
8 months ago
Wrote a new post, Design Exploration: Encourage editor configuration during on-boarding, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Over time the number of appearance and accessibility options in the Editor has grown, and…
8 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
It would be nice to install a protocol for this, whereby a plugin defines a…
8 months ago
Mentioned in [53590] on Core SVN:
REST API: Add missing options to the settings endpoint.
9 months ago
Mentioned in [53588] on Core SVN:
REST API: Add missing options to the settings endpoint.
9 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'll add you now. I didn't see an appropriate spot in the handbook for this,…
10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thanks @paaljoachim, I added you just now :)
10 months ago
Wrote a new post, Proposal: Creation of a @Gutenberg-Design team on GitHub, on the site Make WordPress Design:
These days when someone needs to request input from a designer while participating in the…
10 months ago
Posted a reply to Choosing replacement for abandoned theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think that for all intents and purposes Blockbase themes (and other "universal themes") are…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Media File Library – Image Caption/Description not showing UP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
> Many thanks for your time James! You're welcome :)
1 year ago
Posted a reply to “+ Add New Page” not working with my own template., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Sorry, I'm not entirely sure what it is you're trying to do? You say…
1 year ago
Created ticket #55077 on Core Trac:
Explain the purpose of input fields like title and description when ...
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Media File Library – Image Caption/Description not showing UP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I can confirm that these fields are not obsolete :) Alt text appears in…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Center Widget, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I just took a look at your site and it seems to be correctly…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Home page not loading properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, It seems to be working just fine for me :) Here's a screenshot of…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to How to set global fonts size in CSS ? p { font-size:14px; }, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I would not recommend adding this to your theme stylesheet because you will lose…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to not able to update my pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Please double-check that your WordPress Address and Site Address settings are correct. In most…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Aligning default image gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Hmmm, I wonder if it's because those last images were uploaded after all the…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In that case my recommendation fits perfectly. The Subscriptions extension allows you to configure the…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Error in the Detail Description after Update WP and Woocommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, All I can think is that your product template has somehow been changed. To…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Perhaps I misinterpreted your original post. It sounded like you want visitors to be able…
1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Preliminary Roadmap for 6.0 (Gutenberg Phase 2), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Everything you do in there influences some aspect of a theme, doesn’t it? The functionality…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Choosing replacement for abandoned theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The "default" WordPress themes (Twenty Twenty-Two and so on) will likely be supported for…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Subscriber plugins with login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, You can use WooCommerce and it's Subscriptions extension to offer this. You'd just…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to remove post navigation from custom post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Using CSS to hide the pagination would certainly be easiest. You can add 'Additional…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Pages vs Posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The main difference is how the content is organised. Posts can be sorted (and…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Aligning default image gallery, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Could you share a link where the gallery isn't working? How are you adding…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Add menu items > Pages > search tab only returns ten results, max, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try the top answer, this one? I just gave it a spin on…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Vertical menu height, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, In your custom CSS you have the following rule: #primary-menu.no-responsive > li > a,…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Error message: Empty template: Index, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try activating just the parent theme to determine if the problem exists in…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Add menu items > Pages > search tab only returns ten results, max, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I found this snippet on the WordPress stackexchange which seems to address this problem.
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Change wp-block-gallery output based on class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, I believe you can use block filters to change class names like so. In…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Pages editor is not the usual now in wordpress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Did the frontend display also change? If not, then this is likely something to…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to theme.json styles rendering on backend but not frontend, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, Do you mean global styles that you've set up using the global styles interface…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Vertical menu height, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, The height looks the same to me. Did you resolve this? If not please…
1 year ago
Posted a reply to Timeline linked to maps plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey, This sounds like an exciting project :) What you're describing is kind of like…
1 year ago