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Brian Gardner

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Brian Gardner

@bgardner

✴︎ Head of Community at @WPEngine ✴︎ Design × real estate ✴︎ Believer in simplicity

Phoenix, AZ

Joined March 2007

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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Jan 21, 2025
I’m excited to share that I’ve moved into a new role: Head of Community at @wpengine. I’ll work alongside our customers, agency partners, and the greater WordPress community—leading strategic initiatives, supporting industry events, and pursuing sponsorship opportunities. ⬇️
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 25, 2024
I want to share: WordPress.org has blocked @wpengine customers from updating and installing plugins and themes via WP Admin—disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: wpenginestatus.com/incidents/6401…
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 17, 2021
1) I am pleased to announce that on Monday, 9/20, I am officially joining @wpengine full-time as Principal Developer Advocate.
Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Oct 17, 2024
Since I currently do not have access to my WordPress.org account, I will be requesting the removal of my themes, Powder and Powder Zero, from the #WordPress theme directory. This is a personal decision and ensures that I can provide users with support and updates. (1/2)
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Oct 14, 2024
ICYMI, #WordPress dot org has forcibly taken control of our Advanced Custom Fields (@wp_acf) plugin and renamed it without our consent. We are committed to further developing the ACF plugin through our website, ensuring users receive new features and maintenance updates. 😎
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Feb 12, 2025
I’ve built my career on WordPress, and I still believe in it. But if it wants to stay ahead, it needs to match the relentless innovation of platforms such as Webflow, Framer, and Shopify.
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 26, 2024
It should go without saying, but I want to take a moment and send a canyon-deep THANK YOU to everyone in the #WordPress community who has expressed their support this past week. 🙏
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
May 20, 2022
Not sure how I missed it all these years, but good lord—Christina Aguilera’s vocal range and power is nothing short of sensational. She truly is the voice of a generation.
Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Dec 11, 2024
I’m so incredibly thrilled to share this news. 🙂
WP Engine
@wpengine
Dec 11, 2024
We are grateful that the court has granted our motion for a preliminary injunction that restores access to and functionality of wordpressdotorg for WP Engine, its customers and its users. This ruling provides much-needed stability for the WordPress ecosystem. We deeply
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 25, 2024
My heart is breaking. 💔
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Jun 22, 2023
It continually blows my mind that a gazillion-dollar company makes this kind of avoidable engineering faux-pas. 😳
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 24, 2024
I’ve always been proud AF to work at @wpengine, but I’ve never been more proud than right now. In case this wasn’t clear or ever in question.
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Oct 25, 2024
At @wpengine, we prioritize the security and performance of our products for customers and users and are dedicated to protecting the #WordPress community. As part of our commitment to transparency, we have published a timeline of events and our actions:
Ensuring Stability and Security: WP Engine’s Legal Actions Against Matt Mullenweg and Automattic
From wpengine.com
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Brian Gardner
@bgardner
Sep 26, 2024
More info: WordPress.org has also blocked @HeyFlywheel customers from updating and installing plugins and themes via WP Admin—disrupting essential work for #WordPress users, agencies, freelancers, and plugin developers. Please read: status.getflywheel.com/2024/09/25/plu…
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