Tom J Nowell
@tjnowell on WordPress.org, @tomjn on Slack
- Member Since: January 6th, 2011
- Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
- Website: tomjn.com
- GitHub: tomjn
- Job Title: Engineer
- Employer: HumanMade Ltd
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contribution History
Tom J Nowell’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post A refresh of WordPress.org/themes, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Absolutely, the mockup only shows 8, for space reasons on that collage, but it should… -
Wrote a comment on the post A refresh of WordPress.org/themes, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I see the number of themes shown has dropped from 10 to 8, there's a… -
Wrote a comment on the post Update on the work to make building interactive blocks easier, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's some exciting things here, but I fear it's using very opaque/technical naming and will… -
Created issue #129 in the WordPress/block-hydration-experiments repository:
Documentation: Nobody ever says what directives are -
Pull request #36158 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove stack exchange from new issue templates -
Created ticket #57078 on Core Trac:
Reading terms from a public REST endpoint is forbidden in the editor ... -
Created issue #45628 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Filter/Remove/Add Heading Levels -
Mentioned in [54672] on Core SVN:
KSES: Display a notice if any of the required globals are not set. -
Created issue #44738 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post Editor: Preview button was removed by a Site Editor change -
Wrote a comment on the post Improving DevHub Code References, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Great work! For those curious here's an example: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/ Only thing I would note is… -
Mentioned in [53933] on Core SVN:
Themes: Add support for `Update URI` header. -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Stop merging experimental APIs from Gutenberg to WordPress Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+10000 It's always deeply unnerving looking at stable shipped code and finding it full of… -
Wrote a comment on the post Moving Core block styling to JSON, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Are there any plans for tooling around this? Currently with LESS/SCSS we get source maps… -
Created issue #127 in the WordPress/wporg-developer repository:
Source folder -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Better REST API handling in JavaScript, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I mention this because it's highly unlikely people will use the variable names as is,… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Better REST API handling in JavaScript, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I like this, though returning an object may be awkward, particularly as it then requires… -
Pull request #41542 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix retrieving autosaves when using a custom rest_namespace -
Wrote a comment on the post Thinking Through the WordPress Admin Experience, on the site Make WordPress Design:
The home button The home button is very un-buttony, it's not obvious for a lot… -
Submitted pull request #41542 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Fix retrieving autosaves when using a custom rest_namespace -
Created issue #357 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
QTags handbook page has a broken code example -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Creating & containing containers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Fun fact, if you group things into a stack, then group stacks into rows, then… -
Wrote a comment on the post Core Editor Improvement: Creating & containing containers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
it's based on CSS flexbox, the browser itself is providing the width values in realtime… -
Created issue #347 in the WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker repository:
Plugin Handbook AJAX doc does not mention or use the REST API -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Refurbishing Camera Kits, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Wireless microphone: Rode Wireless Go This microphone is no longer available according to the link:… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 12 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I had hoped to raise a subject I wanted to talk about last week but… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 5 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
of note, this has broken Frontenberg, and I expect when the 5.9 update lands it… -
Wrote a comment on the post Editor Chat Agenda: 5 January 2021, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Noting here I wanted to discuss workarounds and fixes for https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/37682, the editor assumes the… -
Created issue #37682 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Post Editor always assumes a logged in user with valid session -
Wrote a comment on the post Take more control over Inner Block Areas (as a block developer), on the site Make WordPress Core:
Glad to see this, one note though: Another benefit to using the hook approach is… -
Wrote a comment on the post Redesign of Openverse, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is looking good, glad to see it documented here :) -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I would find WP contribution centred around a tool that tries to sell you hosting… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As an aside, VVV is headed in the direction of point and click UI, but… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Local is also a commercial enterprise with upsells and integrations with particular hosts which isn't… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I've experimented with Multipass from Canonical, but I've not heard of podman-machine, if you have… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Supporting .wp-env.json is something I'd like for the VVV project, supporting some of the functionality… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Different people work in different ways, lets be inclusive and let people use what works… -
Submitted pull request #36158 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Remove stack exchange from new issue templates -
Created issue #36150 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Broken default editor stylesheet font families -
Created issue #36061 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Discussion/i18n: Localising blocks in FSE themes -
Closed issue #174 on the WordPress/twentytwentytwo repository:
Discussion: i18n text in FSE themes -
Created issue #174 in the WordPress/twentytwentytwo repository:
Discussion: i18n text in FSE themes -
Mentioned in [50921] on Core SVN:
Plugins: Add support for `Update URI` header. -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
because when I changed ; to , I forgot to change the explode, it's been… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Treat FLoC as a security concern, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I agree, and to that end, here is a version that in theory is more…
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