Former Partner at @SandhillsDev. Latest project: Keystone - The Internal Knowledge Base for WordPress https://teapawt.net/t.co/K4wT5g4PHs Owner of @CrispyDiv.
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined March 2025
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Sean Davis retweeted
Hello friends! I’m so excited to open founding enrollment for my new course, Vibe Coding Products for Scrappy Founders.
I’m teaching the process I actually use to build with AI, and giving you the guides my own agents use.
It’s how I keep the speed of AI without sacrificing quality control or my understanding of how my systems work. It’s also helped me reduce token usage and, in many cases, offload work to inexpensive local models.
You’ll also get a ready-to-use AI harness I’ve spent the past year refining while building @sirenaffiliates, internal tools for my company, and solutions for my clients at Novatorius.
This isn’t a workflow I put together just to teach a course. It’s how I build.
The first 20 people get a discounted rate and a spot in the founding cohort. That includes a 1:1 call with me before the course opens, where we’ll talk through your product and I’ll offer direct advice on how to move it forward.
Those conversations will help me make the final adjustments to the course: what needs more explanation, where examples would help, and which problems deserve a deeper dive.
You’re not just getting an early-bird discount. You’re getting direct guidance on your product, and helping shape the course around the problems you actually need to solve.
Sean Davis retweeted
This is for @mikemcalister @jamesckemp @fabiankaegy and anyone else asking why we don't have components in WordPress block themes.
It's the top thing agencies asked me about at WCUS (whether they used the word or not).
(This is a pretty long/dry video, so apologies there).
Sean Davis retweeted
Leeeeeeroy mmmmmjenkins......
github.com/georgestephanis/a…
Still very much work in progress, but starting to tinker there.
Sean Davis retweeted
I cannot prove manipulation, but after tracking WordPress.org theme rankings for a long time, some movements are statistically hard to justify.
Several themes on the first 3 pages of the Popular Themes list repeatedly gain or lose 6 to 16 positions while showing the same characteristics:
- no updates for 1 to 2 years
- almost no reviews or a few bad ones
- no support topics
Examples:
wordpress.org/themes/envo-ro…
wordpress.org/themes/envo-on…
wordpress.org/themes/futurio…
wordpress.org/themes/popular…
wordpress.org/themes/spacr/
When you compare these side by side with neighboring themes in the rankings, the difference is obvious. Those other themes typically have frequent updates, dozens or hundreds of reviews, and active support forums.
Anyone who has built and maintained a WordPress theme knows how hard it actually is to climb this list. It takes years of consistent updates, ongoing support work, good reviews, and steady adoption.
Adding third-party usage data makes this even harder to explain.
Inspiro (my theme) has ~70k active installs on wp.org and is detected on ~10,000 real websites according to themesinfo.com.
Envo Royal has ~30k installs, yet is detected on only ~370 real websites ⚠️.
An enormous gap like this suggests that “active installs” do not reliably correlate with real-world usage.
At this point, a review of how these themes' jumps occur would help clarify whether the Popular list reflects real adoption, especially when compared to themes with active users and ongoing maintenance.
Sean Davis retweeted
I need your help. I'm looking for sponsors to keep my open source contribution going. 🙏
Last October 2025 I lost my job. 9 months unemployed now, first time this ever happened in 4 years. I interviewed at Automattic but couldn't pass the trial. Applied to many companies, some never replied.
So I started contributing to WordPress projects to spend my hard time in a good way. This year I made 150+ PRs and just hit the 100 merged mark. Thankful to every reviewer who taught me and merged my work. Coding standards were tough for me at first, but now with practice and AI help, it's much easier.
I don't want to stop here. I'm looking for 40 hours/week sponsorship to keep going full time. Even 1 hour/month means a lot, and I'll promote your sponsorship on my blog, socials, and YouTube.
It's not just about money, it's about giving back. If I don't get sponsorship, I won't stop, but I'll be slower, and that's what I hate most.
Top projects: Co-Authors Plus (18), WooCommerce (15), Mailchimp for WordPress (13), LifterLMS (9), Static Site Importer (9), and more across Imagify, Newspack, Plugin Check, Pods, WP Rocket, Yoast, Gutenberg.
Thanks to @NinjaForms (@JamesLaws) and @dannyvankooten for sponsoring me before, means everything.
All PRs: mypr.pro.bd/faisalahammad
Contact: [email protected]
Special tag: @Automattic @photomatt @gravityforms @Yoast @RocketDotNet @Bluehost @Hostinger @wp_rocket @Barn2Plugins / @KatieKeithBarn2 @kinsta @GoDaddy and everyone who believes in open source.
Sean Davis retweeted
Asked Claude to change the entire design system of wp.md, and the result did not disappoint.
It even added an auto-complete to the search form and some Premium themes & plugins ranking, but it's still wip:
wp.md/premium-themes/
wp.md/premium-plugins/
Next, I will probably create a custom theme, as I have more ideas for the footer/header, etc.
Sean Davis retweeted
That's the start of block states folks 🎉make.wordpress.org/core/2026…
Sean Davis retweeted
This is probably the closest thing you'll see to a 'breaking change' in WordPress, so if your plugin does anything funky with post list tables, I'd recommend testing ahead of WordPress 7.1. Worth it for the accessibility win.
make.wordpress.org/core/2026…
Sean Davis retweeted
It's out now the WordPress 7.1 Source of Truth by Birgit Pauli-Haack @bph and Justin Tadlock @justintadlock reviewed by another on of people
gutenbergtimes.com/wordpress…
Sean Davis retweeted
Most experienced developers could still deliver, but timelines would stretch significantly. AI is a productivity layer, not a replacement for understanding architecture and logic.
Sean Davis retweeted
If you use DISALLOW_FILE_MODS, pay extra care to update your WordPress sites to 7.0.2 as soon as possible.
One of my sites was already hacked because of it. Attacker got in, changed my admin password, created several new admin users and poked around.
No harm done here and all good now, but know that this is already being exploited at scale.
Sean Davis retweeted
WordPress 7.1 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! 🚀
wordpress.org/news/2026/07/w…
Sean Davis retweeted
AI is for raising the floor, use it accordingly. Don't let it lower your ceiling.
Sean Davis retweeted
Responsive styling is coming to WordPress! Soon you'll be able to adjust any of your design settings on a per-screen basis. Tweak your font size, colors, spacing, padding — everything.
Looks like this could land in WP 7.1 in August. Here's a quick preview:
Sean Davis retweeted
We are are hiring for support.
The quality of our support is a huge factor that I think made for our success (I'm writing a post about that for next week).
In the meantime, please help me find someone who can help:
- The first line of support, for new tickets (Tier 1)
- 6-8 hours a day, Monday - Friday
- Fully remote
If working closely with a small ambitious product team (thats us 👇) in the WordPress space sounds like your thing, get in touch.
And if you know anyone suitable, please pass on their details.
Please share for reach.
ALT Three people sit at a restaurant table (the Search & Filter team) with bowls of curry and rice, smiling at the camera. A chalkboard menu with dessert options is visible in the background.
Sean Davis retweeted
Every day I'm working with users' WordPress sites. Every day, I need to install at least 1 plugin to debug things.
I'm actually really glad I built my @WBulkify browser extension as it now takes seconds to install the plugin I need :D. Yes, promo.
Sean Davis retweeted
Back in 2019 I gave a talk at WordCamp Grand Rapids about theme support and documentation. One section was about mental health and touched on succession planning and I remember standing there thinking — a few slides aren't enough for this.
That talk was born out of a loss that stunned our entire community and has stayed on my mind since.
I submitted that talk a couple of times to other WordCamp's but was turned down.
So I finally built something people can actually use.
"Succession Planning Toolkit for WordPress Freelancers, Small Businesses & Agencies".
When I worked at WP Engine I took calls from family members who had none of this written down. They were grieving and scrambling at the same time. That stuck with me.
This toolkit also includes a glossary of terms in plain English — because your family shouldn't have to Google "what is a nameserver" in the middle of a crisis.
It's not about expecting the worst. It's about being the kind of person who prepares for it anyway — just like you have insurance, just like you have a will.
You get the PDF along with a Word document so you can easily edit it.
It's $5.00 (or pay more if you want). Not because I need the money but because free downloads attract spam and fake emails, and I'd rather have it in the hands of people who actually mean to use it. If that's you, it's worth every penny.
payhip.com/b/lbLR3
Go grab a copy. Fill it out. Tell one person where it lives.
There's also a second Succession Planning Toolkit for Designers and Plugin Developers. Here's the link to that one.
payhip.com/b/9txP5
There's a table of contents included in the product images.
I hope you like it.
I hope you share it.
I hope you fill it out.
And, I hope you tell someone you did.
Much love to you all,
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