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My name is David, and I am a WordPress support professional and writer.

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My name is David Artiss (he/him) and I work at WordPress VIP as a Customer Success Support Lead (EMEA). My team provide front-line triaging and developer support to enterprise customers.

When not working, I am also a journalist for the technology website, The Big Tech Question and have also been known to make appearances on the PC Pro podcast.


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Added a plugin to the WordPress directory? Here’s what to do next

Once you’ve had your plugin accepted into the WordPress.org directory, there are a few steps that I’d highly recommend any developer doing before moving on. Image assets Within your SVN directory there’s a folder named assets. In here you can add your plugin icon and a banner image, both of which are for use in…

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The definitive guide to the WordPress.org plugin assets folder

If you’ve ever added a plugin to the WordPress.org directory, you’ll find there’s a folder named assets waiting for you in SVN. In this article, I’m going to explore what you can add to this, and the various limitations and formats available to you. Images There are various types of images that can be placed…

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Create a live preview of your WordPress plugin using Playground

WordPress Playground, if you’ve not tried it already, is a browser based instance of WordPress, operated by WordPress.org. Essentially, you can create a temporary version of WordPress for use in trying things out. And developer, with plugins in the official directory, can now add a button to their plugin page, with a direct link to…

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