Ryan Welcher

@ryanwelcher
Ontario, Canada
he/him

Advisor

Software Engineering

Open Source Maintainer

Coding

Volunteer

WordPress

WordPress Block Master

WordPress Plugin Author

Mentor

Open Source Contributor

Open Source

Speaker

Hi there, glad you dropped by!

I'm Ryan and I'm a Developer Advocate at Automattic where I focus on improving the experience of working with Gutenberg and WordPress.

I'm open to

open source contributions,

live streaming,

guest lecturing,

speaking on clubhouse,

mentoring,

speaking at events,

writing,

speaking on podcasts,

and brainstorming.

Contact Me

Resume

Aug 2021 - Present

Developer Relations Advocate, Automattic

Jul 2018 - Aug 2021

Lead Web Engineer, 10UP

Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

Senior Web Engineer, 10UP

Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

Web Engineer, 10UP

Portfolio

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https://anchor.fm/blackbird-digital/episodes/19-All-In-on-Gutenberg-with-Ryan-Welcher-e1noamk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hNXRdfYx7g&t=75s

I published a template for use with the/@wordpress/create-block that provides a starting point for a dynamic block. https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ryanwelcher/dynamic-block-template

I wanted to see how quickly I could get up and running using the `@wordpress/create-block` package. Turns out, it's pretty fast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dJs_oyHi38

#100DaysOfCode

I've updated my Dynamic Block Template to utilize the latest changes in the @wordpress/scripts package. https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ryanwelcher/dynamic-block-template

My 2021 Highlights

I got verified on Polwork!

Blog Posts

https://ryanwelcher.com/2021/08/requesting-data-in-gutenberg-with-getentityrecords/

https://ryanwelcher.com/2020/10/limiting-the-block-count-for-innerblocks/

Live Streams

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeX-1qeA_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLZ4LkRcKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcLCZxbuwY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYMPsCdRjSQ