Ben Word

Product Engineer
Stella & Half Pint’s dad
Available for WordPress consulting

GitHub: @retlehs
Twitter: @retlehs
Bluesky: @benword.com
LinkedIn: benword

Roots/TW: @rootswp
Roots/BS: @roots.io

Roots: WordPress development tools
Acorn: WordPress with Laravel
Bedrock: WordPress boilerplate

Radicle: WordPress boilerplate
Sage: WordPress starter theme
Trellis: WordPress LEMP stack

Keep Your Git History Clean: Configure GitHub for Squash-Only Merges: 2025-11-10
YouTube Embeds: Error 153. Video player configuration error: 2025-11-07
ansimotd: Retro ANSI Art for Your Terminal: 2025-11-06
Serving Markdown Based on Accept Headers and User Agent Detection: 2025-09-28
Don't tolerate unsolicited spam: 2025-04-12

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