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The four newest on matthummel.com/projects, refreshed by this repo's Actions. Sample work I built in public — not client sites. Each one has a live demo and a repo.

	Cobble & Candle WordPress theme · Restaurant · tavern · inn · v0.1.0 Cobble & Candle is a WordPress block theme for restaurants, taverns and inns. Guests see live “open now” hours, menus they can filter by diet, and book a table or a room. Owners set it up in a five-step wizard, import… 28 custom blocks  ·  4 style directions  ·  WCAG 2.2 AA tested Project page · Live demo · GitHub
	TOCguide WordPress plugin · The table of contents that reads with your… · v1.5.0 TOCguide is a WordPress plugin that builds a table of contents from the headings in a post. The outline is in the first HTML. An optional Reading Guide adds section previews, read time, and study tools — no accounts… Free download  ·  1.5.0 TOCguide identity  ·  Server rendered Project page · Live demo · GitHub
	WalkRidge WordPress theme · Tours · guides · WooCommerce · v1.7.2 WalkRidge is a WordPress theme for licensed-guide tour shops. Visitors browse tours, meet guides, and book online. Operators change brand, phone, and hours in Theme Settings — no code. 10 Gutenberg blocks  ·  WooCommerce tour shop  ·  GPL theme pack Project page · Live demo · GitHub
	Acreline WordPress theme · Homes · neighborhoods · local agents · v1.5.9 Acreline is a WordPress theme for solo agents and small teams. Featured homes, agent bios, and showing requests sit on Gutenberg marketing pages. I built it so an office can set it up in WordPress without a page builder. 21 Gutenberg blocks  ·  5 setup wizard steps  ·  8 color styles Project page · Live demo · GitHub

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Five newest posts from matthummel.com/blog — WordPress, the Roots stack, web development, and how I actually work.

	Should You Still Learn to Code in 2026? What AI Changed (and What It Didn’t) Oct 24, 2026 Yes, you should still learn to code in 2026. But the reason changed: AI writes the code, and it doesn’t know when it’s wrong. Here’s what the research says to focus on. Read the post →
	WordPress 7.2 Beta 1: What Changed for Developers Oct 23, 2026 WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 landed October 20, 2026. It’s a testing release, not an update for live sites. Here’s what’s new and what developers should check before the December 8 final release. Read the post →
	WordPress 7.2: Release Date, Features, and What to Test Oct 23, 2026 WordPress 7.2 is scheduled to ship on December 8, 2026. Beta 1 landed October 20, and the first… Read the post →
	WordPress 7.2: Release Date, Features, and What to Test Oct 19, 2026 WordPress 7.2 is set for December 8, 2026. See the beta schedule, the new Ipsum theme, Notes suggestion mode, the Secrets API, and how to test it. Read the post →
	Why I Built a Claude Code Playbook for WordPress Oct 15, 2026 How one public repo of rules, skills and commands keeps Claude Code consistent across every WordPress project I work on, and syncs to every machine on merge. Read the post →

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Bejeweled-style match-3 with a web-dev twist — tech gems, pathway heroes (Frontend Mage, Backend Sentinel, WordPress Artisan, Full-Stack Ranger), live side quests, and a trophy case. Open source and looking for collaborators.

Continuous cascades (HTML, CSS, JS, React, Git, Node, and more), Intern → Senior → Expert endgame, Dev tips on the quest rail, cloud saves via Supabase. Vanilla JS canvas engine plus a WordPress shortcode embed. Pages mirror

Same idea as the live board on matthummel.com/code: a custom 90-day heat map (newest week first, navy cells) plus the latest public pushes. Refreshed hourly from this repo's Actions — not a third-party stats card.

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Seventeen years of in-house web work (higher-ed marketing sites, then internal web apps and workflow tools for large teams). Now WordPress full-time. Public GitHub is the trail I started in 2025 — most earlier production code still lives behind employer walls.

1. Node + Composer + a local WordPress (Docker, Trellis, Studio, or wp-env). PHP 8.3.
2. Theme: composer install && npm install && npm run build
3. Do not install Elementor / ACF "because the last theme had it".
4. Open a draft PR early. I review staged URLs, not zip files in Drive.
5. If it is agency overflow: send brand, IA, and who owns hosting first.

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Freelance · contract · full-time · agency overflow. Custom WordPress on the Roots stack, plugins and integrations, and the web apps and automations around them. Based in Gettysburg, PA. Remote anywhere. I usually reply within one business day (ET).

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