Andy Fragen
@andy.thefragens.com
Just a geek surgeon.
Developer, Git Updater
Developer, Git Updater
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Free UpTime by Automagically Watching the Watchers
A look between multiple different (mostly) self hosted ways to monitor the uptime of services and websites and more.
halfelf.org/2025/free-up...
A look between multiple different (mostly) self hosted ways to monitor the uptime of services and websites and more.
halfelf.org/2025/free-up...
Free UpTime by Automagically Watching the Watchers - Half-Elf on Tech
A look between multiple different (mostly) self hosted ways to monitor the uptime of services and websites and more.
halfelf.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Free UpTime by Automagically Watching the Watchers
A look between multiple different (mostly) self hosted ways to monitor the uptime of services and websites and more.
halfelf.org/2025/free-up...
A look between multiple different (mostly) self hosted ways to monitor the uptime of services and websites and more.
halfelf.org/2025/free-up...
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FAIR and Patchstack Build Security MVP at CloudFest USA Hackathon
www.therepository.email
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
FAIR and Patchstack Build Security MVP at CloudFest USA Hackathon
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We have release @fair.pm 1.1.0!
fair.pm/blog/2025/11...
Lots of work going on, and we would love to have anyone passionate about distributing code!
fair.pm/blog/2025/11...
Lots of work going on, and we would love to have anyone passionate about distributing code!
FAIR Plugin 1.1 Release Announcement - FAIR
Introducing FAIR 1.1, our newest release as part of our regular 6-week release train. We’ve got some great new features, as well as refinements of existing ones. One of the big features we’ve included...
fair.pm
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We have release @fair.pm 1.1.0!
fair.pm/blog/2025/11...
Lots of work going on, and we would love to have anyone passionate about distributing code!
fair.pm/blog/2025/11...
Lots of work going on, and we would love to have anyone passionate about distributing code!
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New FAIR 1.0 Release Brings Decentralized Package Management to WordPress
www.therepository.email
September 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New FAIR 1.0 Release Brings Decentralized Package Management to WordPress
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🐓 Startup (Early Bird) tickets for PressConf end Sept. 30th!
The room is already filling with the founders, product builders, & agency leaders who shape the future of WordPress. This is your chance to be in the conversations that matter most.
🎟️ Lock in your ticket today → pressconf.events/tickets
The room is already filling with the founders, product builders, & agency leaders who shape the future of WordPress. This is your chance to be in the conversations that matter most.
🎟️ Lock in your ticket today → pressconf.events/tickets
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🐓 Startup (Early Bird) tickets for PressConf end Sept. 30th!
The room is already filling with the founders, product builders, & agency leaders who shape the future of WordPress. This is your chance to be in the conversations that matter most.
🎟️ Lock in your ticket today → pressconf.events/tickets
The room is already filling with the founders, product builders, & agency leaders who shape the future of WordPress. This is your chance to be in the conversations that matter most.
🎟️ Lock in your ticket today → pressconf.events/tickets
August 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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StartUp (early bird) tickets for PressConf 2026 go live tomorrow morning! 🙌🏼
03:00 PST / 06:00 EST 🌞
🎟️ discounted rate
📍 Tempe, AZ
📅 April 8–11
👯♀️ Got a crew? Check our #squadgoals team pricing
The countdown’s on. ⏲️
pressconf.events
#PressConf2026 #PressConf #opensource
03:00 PST / 06:00 EST 🌞
🎟️ discounted rate
📍 Tempe, AZ
📅 April 8–11
👯♀️ Got a crew? Check our #squadgoals team pricing
The countdown’s on. ⏲️
pressconf.events
#PressConf2026 #PressConf #opensource
August 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
StartUp (early bird) tickets for PressConf 2026 go live tomorrow morning! 🙌🏼
03:00 PST / 06:00 EST 🌞
🎟️ discounted rate
📍 Tempe, AZ
📅 April 8–11
👯♀️ Got a crew? Check our #squadgoals team pricing
The countdown’s on. ⏲️
pressconf.events
#PressConf2026 #PressConf #opensource
03:00 PST / 06:00 EST 🌞
🎟️ discounted rate
📍 Tempe, AZ
📅 April 8–11
👯♀️ Got a crew? Check our #squadgoals team pricing
The countdown’s on. ⏲️
pressconf.events
#PressConf2026 #PressConf #opensource
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I've published a new WordPress security plugin: Strict CSP. It helps mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the frontend and login screen (but not yet in the WP admin):
Strict CSP
Enforces a Strict Content Security Policy on the frontend and login screen to help mitigate any XSS vulnerabilities.
wordpress.org
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've published a new WordPress security plugin: Strict CSP. It helps mitigate cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the frontend and login screen (but not yet in the WP admin):
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Do you like instant navigations on the WordPress frontend? Speculation rules! What if speculative loading was also in WP Admin? Check out this new experimental plugin that adds prerendering with moderate eagerness for links in the Admin Menu and Admin Bar:
GitHub - westonruter/speculative-loading-admin: Adds speculative loading to the WP Admin for prerendering links with moderate eagerness in the Admin Bar and Admin Menu. Experimental.
Adds speculative loading to the WP Admin for prerendering links with moderate eagerness in the Admin Bar and Admin Menu. Experimental. - westonruter/speculative-loading-admin
github.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Do you like instant navigations on the WordPress frontend? Speculation rules! What if speculative loading was also in WP Admin? Check out this new experimental plugin that adds prerendering with moderate eagerness for links in the Admin Menu and Admin Bar:
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Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit.
🤣
🤣
Happy to see the em dash finally sticking up for itself! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit.
🤣
🤣
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We added built-in CI/CD that is GitHub actions compatible so you can use the same workflows and steps as you would over there too, to make the transition easier.
July 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We added built-in CI/CD that is GitHub actions compatible so you can use the same workflows and steps as you would over there too, to make the transition easier.
@briangardner.com I’m seeing this in debug logs. Powder 1.5
PHP Notice Function get_block_patterns was called incorrectly. Could not register file "…themes/powder/patterns/testimonials/testimonials-single-quaternary..php" as a block pattern (invalid slug "powder/testimonials-single-quaternary.")
PHP Notice Function get_block_patterns was called incorrectly. Could not register file "…themes/powder/patterns/testimonials/testimonials-single-quaternary..php" as a block pattern (invalid slug "powder/testimonials-single-quaternary.")
June 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@briangardner.com I’m seeing this in debug logs. Powder 1.5
PHP Notice Function get_block_patterns was called incorrectly. Could not register file "…themes/powder/patterns/testimonials/testimonials-single-quaternary..php" as a block pattern (invalid slug "powder/testimonials-single-quaternary.")
PHP Notice Function get_block_patterns was called incorrectly. Could not register file "…themes/powder/patterns/testimonials/testimonials-single-quaternary..php" as a block pattern (invalid slug "powder/testimonials-single-quaternary.")
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Death to the weekly note - a reply to @jeremyfelt.com
Death to the weekly note
One blog I’ve followed for years is that of fellow Core Committer and friend Jeremy Felt. His “Weekly Note” series has always inspired me to publish more consistently. Today, he published a post about...
jonathandesrosiers.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Death to the weekly note - a reply to @jeremyfelt.com
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☕ How do you start your morning? Me: I'm sipping coffee in the pavilion with the pup and wondering - what's DIDs? #FAIRPM
Decentralized Identifiers
www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/
Decentralized Identifiers
www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/
Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.1
Decentralized identifiers (DIDs) are a new type of identifier that
enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity. A DID refers to any
subject (e.g., a person, organization, thing, data model, abstract entity, etc.)
as determined by the controller of the DID. In contrast to
typical, federated identifiers, DIDs have been designed so that they may
be decoupled from centralized registries, identity providers, and certificate
authorities. Specifically, while other parties might be used to help enable the
discovery of information related to a DID, the design enables the
controller of a DID to prove control over it without requiring permission
from any other party. DIDs are URIs that associate a DID subject with a DID document allowing trustable interactions
associated with that subject.
www.w3.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
☕ How do you start your morning? Me: I'm sipping coffee in the pavilion with the pup and wondering - what's DIDs? #FAIRPM
Decentralized Identifiers
www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/
Decentralized Identifiers
www.w3.org/TR/did-1.1/
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Thank you @mikelittle.com! The Fair TSC team is doing amazing work and now that we are talking to hosts, there is so much we can do for the evolution of #WordPress
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thank you @mikelittle.com! The Fair TSC team is doing amazing work and now that we are talking to hosts, there is so much we can do for the evolution of #WordPress
Reposted by Andy Fragen
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
Reposted by Andy Fragen
I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that, after so long wrangling #WordPress plugins, I have a very opinionated proposal for how #FAIRPM will address things.
Your comments are welcome :)
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
Your comments are welcome :)
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
Proposal for a Node/Aggregator Moderation System · fairpm fair-protocol · Discussion #12
Related to #11 TL;DR - Moderation as Infrastructure The docs (and this post) are long out of necessity. There are a lot of moving parts involved. But to summarize, the goal of moderation is to prov...
github.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that, after so long wrangling #WordPress plugins, I have a very opinionated proposal for how #FAIRPM will address things.
Your comments are welcome :)
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
Your comments are welcome :)
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
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. @rogerbikes.com rocking the stage at #WCEU and talking about auto-update rollbacks introduced with WordPress 6.6
Check out ‘dem lit shoes!
Check out ‘dem lit shoes!
June 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
. @rogerbikes.com rocking the stage at #WCEU and talking about auto-update rollbacks introduced with WordPress 6.6
Check out ‘dem lit shoes!
Check out ‘dem lit shoes!
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this is a pretty fun project!
it is basically a decentralized WordPress plugin package manager, using DID PLC as an identifier and store for package signing keys; and atproto for discovery/indexing of plugins in the ecosystem.
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
it is basically a decentralized WordPress plugin package manager, using DID PLC as an identifier and store for package signing keys; and atproto for discovery/indexing of plugins in the ecosystem.
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability
Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem
www.linuxfoundation.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
this is a pretty fun project!
it is basically a decentralized WordPress plugin package manager, using DID PLC as an identifier and store for package signing keys; and atproto for discovery/indexing of plugins in the ecosystem.
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
it is basically a decentralized WordPress plugin package manager, using DID PLC as an identifier and store for package signing keys; and atproto for discovery/indexing of plugins in the ecosystem.
github.com/fairpm/fair-...
Reposted by Andy Fragen
Today, we’re launching something big for the WordPress community. Say hello to FAIR - a new decentralised package manager for WordPress.
We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability
Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem
www.linuxfoundation.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today, we’re launching something big for the WordPress community. Say hello to FAIR - a new decentralised package manager for WordPress.
Reposted by Andy Fragen
so when i’m not yelling about things, i write code. i’ve been part of a group working to decentralize WordPress and i can finally say so publicly.
We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability
Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem
www.linuxfoundation.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
so when i’m not yelling about things, i write code. i’ve been part of a group working to decentralize WordPress and i can finally say so publicly.
Reposted by Andy Fragen
Introducing FAIR for #WordPress! I've detailed the journey from concern to action, explaining how this new decentralized distribution layer (definitely not a fork!) aims to enhance security, compliance, and the plugin economy.
marucchi.com/introducing-...
#FAIRPM
marucchi.com/introducing-...
#FAIRPM
June 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Introducing FAIR for #WordPress! I've detailed the journey from concern to action, explaining how this new decentralized distribution layer (definitely not a fork!) aims to enhance security, compliance, and the plugin economy.
marucchi.com/introducing-...
#FAIRPM
marucchi.com/introducing-...
#FAIRPM
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When rebuilding my blog with a block theme, I was surprised to find the Featured Image block doesn't support caption or lightbox, like the Image block does. I wrote two little plugins to implement these until they land in Gutenberg / WordPress core:
Adding Caption & Lightbox to the Featured Image Block - Weston Ruter
Earlier this year I re-built this site using the Twenty Twenty-Five theme, finally adopting a block theme over the veritable Twenty Twenty classic theme I had been using. In this rebuild, one thing th...
weston.ruter.net
May 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
When rebuilding my blog with a block theme, I was surprised to find the Featured Image block doesn't support caption or lightbox, like the Image block does. I wrote two little plugins to implement these until they land in Gutenberg / WordPress core: