Mike Jolley

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  • Twenty Twenty-One in review

    I’ve not been writing much lately, but I have been keeping busy! As 2021 draws to a close, I wanted to reflect on everything I’ve done the past year. Things I learned, things I built, and what’s to come for 2022.

  • Holler Box Interview

    I was interviewed by Scott Bolinger over on the Holler Box blog which covered my thoughts on Headless WP, my work on the WooCommerce Store API, and 🌶 the WooThemes acquisition by Automattic.

  • I made a Super Mario Themed Nursery

    Last year, before the birth of my first son, I was able to get creative and decorate the nursery. Being a huge fan of video games (and retro style graphics!) logically I chose a Super Mario theme for the room and set about making plans to create a large wall mural and other themed objects…

  • So I spoke at WordCamp Netherlands…

    Last week I was lucky enough to attend WordCamp Netherlands in Utrecht, followed by a small WC team meetup in Amsterdam. It was great to talk about work, plan for the future, and meet new and old friends. Rather than just attend the WordCamp I was actually a speaker. I presented a talk on user onboarding for plugins, using…

  • Interview with WisdmLabs

    Last week I had a quick, textual interview with WisdmLabs about my WordPress work. https://wisdmlabs.com/blog/interview-with-mike-jolley-lead-developer-woocommerce/

  • On joining Automattic

    By now you’ve probably heard the news that Automattic (A8c) acquired WooThemes, where I was working as a developer for 3 years. July 1st I officially became an Automattician. The weeks leading up to the acquisition were surreal; full of questions, a few awkward moments (it was top secret after all) but exciting nevertheless, and I was happy to be invited along…

  • Parting Ways with the Download Monitor Plugin

    Download Monitor is old. Around 8 years old in fact and was one of the first plugins I made for WordPress, back in the time before custom post types and all the other luxuries developers enjoy today. It has been rewritten 4 times, seen well over 100 releases, and been downloaded 600,000 times. The latest…

  • Launching WPJobManager.com

    I’m happy to announce I’ve finally flipped the switch on WPJobManager.com, a site which I’ve been working on for a few months now in my spare time. I felt it was about time that I had a better sales platform and a dedicated place for the plugin which has been steadily growing in popularity during…

  • The Blogging for Benjamin contest concludes

    This is the final day of Daniel Espinoza’s Blogging for Benjamin contest and I’m happy to say I managed to post every day in december – a great achievement. I covered a variety of topics including: 9 topics on WooCommerce 11 topics on plugin development in general 2 workflow related posts 3 posts on WordPress…