Patrick Posner

World Traveller & Photographer & Developer
Building @SimplyStaticWP & @BuildWithOllie

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

My "Year in Review" post will probably take until January, but to give you a glimpse:

I travelled almost 80.000 km (50.000 miles).

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@rmelogli Jeans are definitely a better option here, but either works!

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@BunnyCDN Simply Static Studio is built on top of Bunny (for Platforms): https://t.co/VlrgDIt9Xc

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@rossmorsali @WCEurope @SearchAndFilter CLOSE IT, NOW.

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

Search & Filter is a 100% independent WordPress plugin business. I've been quietly building it for over 10 years and never really shared the story, here it is:

Around 2014 I was running a small agency in London with my business partner. He kept pushing WordPress. Like a lot of devs back then, I had it in my head that it wasn't a "serious" platform, so I resisted.

He wore me down eventually, and then it clicked.

One of our first complex projects needed a filtering system, and nothing decent existed. So I built a small plugin and shared it for free on the .org repo.

Feature requests started coming in. I couldn't keep up.
Then the agency hit a rough patch. Work dried up and I was genuinely running out of money.

I spent four months building a Pro version. My business partner tried to talk me out of it - said the moment I launched, I'd be committed to supporting customers for at least a year - it was "too risky".

The month I launched, it made my rent. Which I otherwise couldn't have paid.

He's been telling me ever since that ignoring him was the best thing I could have done (I remind him whenever I get the chance).

It was easier back then. A solo dev could ship a useful plugin, do no marketing, and find an audience. The WordPress space rewarded the work itself. Not sure that's still true.

I know my approach isn't the popular one. Pieter Levels and a lot of people I respect preach "build 100 businesses." Find what works, move on.

I've done the opposite. Found one thing, kept pushing it for 10 years - not sure that's what I'll keep doing.

I'm spending a lot of time on AI now. Playing with the tools, building infrastructure around them, building internal stuff for my team to see what holds up as a product.

So I'm going to start writing about it. The build, the decisions, what works, what doesn't.

10 years in and I feel like I'm starting over. Same business, very different landscape.

In the photo I'm in the Netherlands for the month. Trying new things. Feels like the right time.

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@dannyvankooten Not really, my bet is it's 99% never change a running system😅

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@benUNC @mikemcalister We also have a dedicated skill and our MCP - you’d be surprised what else is possible with that (build mega menus, create new pattern combinations, swap fonts and much more!)

[Mike McAlister @mikemcalister]

WordPress 7.0 just dropped! This is a huge release with foundational work that will change the course of the platform. The AI infrastructure alone is a game changer, but there's a whole lot more.

I've put together a full video breakdown along with a highlights thread below. 👉

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@PineDigitalCo My mum would definitely be confused about that.

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@jjack_arturo @WCEurope Will be there! 💪

[Mike McAlister @mikemcalister]

A lot of people are talking about the @KadenceWP and @LiquidWeb reorganization that was unveiled recently. Here's a mini pod with some quick thoughts.

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@jamesckemp WHAT?!

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@jjack_arturo @learnwithmattc @theandreboso @itsolelehmann Sure, I'm game and no worries, happens to the best of us!

I just came back from a year of travelling and slowly starting to adjust to German reality again, haha 😅

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@jjack_arturo @learnwithmattc @theandreboso @itsolelehmann Haha, I was about to offer the same, but Jack already beat me to it!

[Remkus de Vries @remkusdevries]

Most WordPress builders don’t need more noise.

They need sharper judgment, better workflows, and a deeper understanding of how WordPress actually works.

That’s why I’m building The Guild: a practical membership for serious WordPress developers, agencies, and builders.

Coming soon: https://t.co/WmXsaso5MB

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@jason_coleman @pmproplugin 100%

We are doing the same with Static Studio - it's just so nice to be able to ship those things right away and send a notification rather than having people stuck with some bug or outdated code.

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@learnwithmattc @roandevries I'm on the photo team at WCEU, and I'll get you a new profile photo, haha😄

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@AdmireTheWeb @setaryapp @WordPress You will fix the alignment, right? RIGHT? 😅

[Patrick Posner @patrickposner_]

@pootlepress I'm adding Google Page Speed reports to our @SimplyStaticWP Studio dashboard: