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  • Announcing S3 Uploads

    Announcing S3 Uploads

    My favourite type of plugin is one that has focused single job, requires little configuration and “just works”. I’m not so interested in user facing features, or admin options; I want a plugin to do one thing and do it well. One such plugin that has been in development for some time here at Human…

  • Make shortcodes a piece of cake – the Shortcake story

    Once upon a time, a long time ago back in release 2.5 in 2008, the shortcode API was released into the world of WordPress.  It allowed users to insert complex page elements, such as a gallery or blockquote, by adding a short piece of code with square brackets, [name attr = “value”], via the post…

  • John Blackbourn Joins Human Made

    I’m really excited to welcome John Blackbourn to Human Made as a full-time Senior WordPress Engineer. John brings a deep technical knowledge of WordPress and his experience applying that to the “real world” of client projects is a great fit for what we do. From his long history of WordPress contributions culminating in his leadership of the WordPress 4.1 release, to…

  • Petya Raykovska Joins Human Made

    I’m really excited to welcome Petya Raykovska to Human Made as a full-time Senior Project Manager. Petya brings a huge amount of experience and passion for her work and for the community at large. From her efforts evangelising the use of Open Source in the publishing industry as the co-founder of the OpenMedia Foundation, to her experience leading client…

  • It’s all about the WordCamps

    Wow – it’s February already, 2015 is going very quickly. After a Christmas and New Year break the Humans are out and about again. This weekend is definitely all about the WordCamps and meetups for Human Made. In the UK it’s WordCamp Birmingham. Human Made are a silver sponsor and there will be a good…

  • Rob O’Rourke Joins Human Made

    I’m really excited to welcome Rob O’Rourke to Human Made as a full-time Senior WordPress Engineer. Although I hate buzzwords, Rob really is one of those rare unicorns; a developer who can design (or a maybe he’s a designer who can develop, I’m never sure :-). Rob joins us from long-time friends and UK-based competitors interconnect/it where he…