Tim Gieseking

Web developer and business owner at Wild Operation, @wpadcommander, @petjunkieco, @drawscout

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

This feature was not on the roadmap, but became the most requested feature by users.

Enable sync campaigns option on each group and all groups on the page will pull ads from the same campaign. Upsell branded pages to clients and control which advertisers show at the same time.

[Ad Commander | WordPress Ad Management @wpadcommander]

New in Ad Commander 1.4.0: Sync ad groups by a campaign.

Tag your individual ads with campaigns, put them in groups, and enable the Sync Campaign option on each group. The result is a branded page.

Several other features and improvements also included.

https://t.co/rHEYb6IqxU

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Maybe the thing Amazon does that irks me the most: They occasionally open a "Case" with a list of products they think you should sell. Receiving an alert for a Case is usually something bad. So they use this to get your attention and suggest ways you can make them more $. Neat.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

As a person who enjoys a good em dash or two, I now find myself afraid to use them.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

An "ad rules" feature was on the roadmap for Ad Commander at one point - an interface for creating thresholds that would automatically unpublish ads.

The WordPress Abilities API and MCP Adapter mean this kind of thing isn't necessary anymore. Instead, simple abilities can be opened that allow agents to manage complex scenarios within WordPress.

More flexibility for users, less feature bloat in plugins.

[Ad Commander | WordPress Ad Management @wpadcommander]

Ad Commander 1.3.1 brings direct access for agents! Agents can now:

🔲 Retrieve a list of ads and their status
🔢 Pull report data for date periods and ads
✅ Publish and unpublish ads
⚡ More abilities coming soon

Full rundown in our documentation: https://t.co/9X1TpmYypZ

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Starting to see the significance of the WordPress Abilities API.

Coming soon to @wpadcommander: Full access to reports and ad management for agents.

"Pull my ad stats for the last 30 days. If any ads drop below a 1% CTR after 1000 impressions, set them to draft."

[Michael Patrón @michaelpatron0]

LMAO - been asking Amazon's own AI about their new fees - even Rufus sees the problems...
Amazon's own AI calls this a "CASH FLOW NIGHTMARE". Amazon AI even recommends sellers "Diversify to eBay, Walmart and Shopify". LMAO...I am dying over here.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

@Shpigford My solution has been to use CF routing like you mentioned, and reply from my main company email (which owns the products). Not ideal, but the least annoying option I've come up with w/o extra cost.

You could maybe use something like Brevo API to reply- up to 300 free/day.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Pushing out updates on a Friday like I've never learned anything

[Ad Commander | WordPress Ad Management @wpadcommander]

Ad Commander & Pro 1.2 are out now and include a few frequently requested features:

✅ Sticky Ads
✅ Max Displays Per Page Load
❌ jQuery is no longer required on the frontend
⚡ All JavaScript files are now deferred
🔢 Ad tracking improvements

https://t.co/rXYCyS4WJU

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

I still use Coda 2 for FTP and making changes in prod (!). It exists outside of space and time and will work forever without updates.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

The coworker who always wants you to quit early to go to happy hour.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Quickbooks is the most expensive software/SaaS that I use, yet I still get bs popups like this almost every time I edit a transaction.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Worked w/ ChatGPT to create a nice security setup for a dedicated server:

fail2ban > Cloudflare IP list > Security rules reference list and block. Fail2ban removes from CF on unban.

I'm not an expert at this kind of thing, but sure feels enterprise-y while on a CF free plan. 👌

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

The cool thing about crypto is that it can continue to lose value long after the market is done losing for the day.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

It's not a bubble, it's a slow motion car crash.

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

"Monthly bills were the second-fastest growing category on GoFundMe this year"

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

I do love the agents that mimic shoppers for testing that @tobi just announced. Seems useful.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Seems like agentic shopping ignores a major part of human nature: The reward response/dopamine rush from buying AND the shopping experience. Is that lost when an agent is the buyer?

I just don't see the appeal yet. Maybe it's nice for some B2B shoppers and, idk, toilet paper.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

Asked ChatGPT to count the number of items in a list of states. None of this response is true or accurate - not the count or explanation.

Always amazed when an LLM completes code that is exactly correct. And equally amazed when simple tasks are so confident and wrong.

🫧

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

The internet, except it doesn't fall apart every time 1 company has a rough morning.

[Tim Gieseking @timstl]

lol, ok.