Nick Diego

After nearly three years at Automattic, I'm stepping back into entrepreneurship.

Why I moved my personal blog from WordPress to MDX, and how flat file structures unlock powerful AI workflows.

After several years in WordPress developer relations, I've moved into product marketing at WordPress.com.

While I lost to Jessica Lyschik during the Speed Build Challenge at WordCamp Asia, I was pleasantly surprised with the carousel block I built using AI.

Two of my WordPress plugins have reached 30,000 active users.

The theme.json file in a WordPress block theme is often hundreds of lines long and cumbersome to manage.

After participating in the AI Speed Build Challenge with Ryan and Jamie yesterday, I got the bug to push the limits of AI—specifically Cursor—despite my very limited skills in prompting.

For those wondering, I stayed.

A collection of articles, documentation, and demo plugins to help you build your own WordPress Editor extensions.

This WordPress Editor extension lets you make a Group block clickable while maintaining internal link functionality.

Here's a list of my go-to tools, articles, and videos that will help you curate the editing experience in WordPress.

Experimenting with custom mega menus using the Interactivity API and functionality coming in WordPress 6.5.

You need to try Playground if you haven't already.

Learn how to add or modify block supports in the Editor using client-side filters.

Version 1.4.0 of The Icon Block is now available.

One year and 4,000 active installs later, it's been a fantastic year for the Icon Block.

I recently attended and spoke at my first WordCamp.

Learn how to extend the Icon Block by including your own custom SVG icon set.

How blocks are changing WordPress for the better and my journey building the Block Visibility plugin.

A handful of useful CSS examples to customize the Columns block in WordPress.

How you can use the Block Visibility plugin to improve your content workflow in WordPress.

Using block variations, learn how to add dedicated custom taxonomy blocks to WordPress.

What is SlotFill and how can you use it in your own projects?

How I overcame CORS issues while implementing EDD Software Licensing in a React-powered WordPress admin screen.

Need to add a specific CSS class to block components based on the value of an attribute?

I've had my personal website for a number of years now and never did much with it.