Liam Gladdy

Liam Gladdy

@liamg.dev

I make parts of the internet, and tools to help others make parts of the internet too. Currently building Advanced Custom Fields for WordPress at @wpengine.com. Enjoyer of Counter-Strike esports.

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Liam Gladdy
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With this code, you'll get the block placeholder instead of a preview, which just says the block name, and the edit block button to launch the new modal editor. The `blocks/preview/render` JS filter could let you render a different view, or component if you wanted to as well!

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The problem with Slow Horses is that I've never been able to watch an episode without ending up doing the whole season in one session. It's really very good TV.

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The AirPods Pro 3 are genuinely next level in terms of fit. I always used to think I must have really weird ears to never see people complaining just how much time you had to spent pressing them back in… I don’t think I’ve touched the 3’s after I’ve put them in once yet.

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I’ll be there! If anyone wants to chat about anything Advanced Custom Fields, look for me in the ACF hat!

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Hello fellow WordPress devs! If your schedule permits, I would be honored if you joined me for @loopconf.com on Sept 25th! I personally curated the schedule and couldn't be happier about the diversity of perspectives and experiences we get to hear. Check it out: loopconf.com

loopconf.comWordPress Developer Conference – 25 September 2025 – London, UKThe premier conference for developers who choose WordPress.
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In Austin again this week. Today, I finally went to Interstellar BBQ after being told for the last 2 years I have to get out there, I figured it was gunna just be the same as standard downtown BBQ, but it really isn’t… it’s next level, and totally as good as everyone says.

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I wasn’t expecting my coffee machine to also have the emergency alert test and siren, but at least I know I’ll be safe during the 5 minutes I’m stood there each morning.

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South Gloucestershire launched a new recycling collection system last week, and the best part is it has an API which contains hidden live status. This means, I can now make my home assistant integration show the live status of each collection.

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The integration is available on GitHub at github.com/lgladdy/ha-s... Just in case there’s any other South Glos HA folks here!

github.comGitHub - lgladdy/ha-southglos-recycling: A Home Assistant integration that uses the new South Gloucestershire recycling APIs to show live data about household recycling dates and statusesA Home Assistant integration that uses the new South Gloucestershire recycling APIs to show live data about household recycling dates and statuses - lgladdy/ha-southglos-recycling
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Picked a great day to travel from Heathrow. The tunnel closure meant no cars could get to the airport this morning, and everyone tried to use the trains… which led to platform overcrowding so they cancelled all the trains too…

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Managed to build a garden that, virtually every day this week, a new flower has appeared. Today’s turn is this spectacular Dahlia!

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Maybe it’ll wear off eventually, but Apple Music’s new automix feature delights virtually every time. Even when it’s super goofy, it’s just delightful.

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Got to experience a Texas storm today. It’s wild how different it is to a storm in the UK. From calm to intense strong winds in a flash, coupled with heavy rain and so much lightning, and then it’s all over again just as quick as it started.

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I did a workout this morning with Workout Buddy and AI music mixing in iOS/WatchOS 26... it's just delightful. I'm glad Apple focused on the small features that bring delight this year. #WWDC25 (Although, no more compact tabs in Desktop Safari is still unforgivable)

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@smarthound.uk Since I moved to a house with both Gas / Elec, the app regularly just falls stops loading data for one source. If I reinstall the app, it immediate repopulates on open. Any debugging I can do to help you pinpoint why?

Liam Gladdy
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Using Advanced Custom Fields PRO (ACF) on WordPress? We’d love your help testing the first of the many big new features we’re planning for 2025 - these features require some fundamental refactors, and ACF 6.4 brings the first of these. www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-pro...

advancedcustomfields.comACF | ACF PRO 6.4 Release Candidate 1We’re excited to announce the first release candidate for ACF PRO 6.4. This PRO-only release introduces support for WooCommerce high-performance order
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Many of the new features we're planning to ship this year require some fundamental refactoring of our codebase, which we've been hard at work at over the last few months. The first of these ships in ACF 6.4 - so even if you don't use Woo HPOS (the main feature it enables) it's still worth testing!

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My twitter subscription is about to expire, and obviously I’m not giving them any more money… Is there any good Mac apps for Bluesky yet?

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I wish Bluesky’s iOS app would let you resize when you run it on a Mac. Or maybe Tweetbot can make a Bluesky client and it could actually replace X for me.

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Last week at #WCEU I demoed how to build a WordPress Slider/Carousel Block with ACF Blocks. The code is available here: https://github.com/lgladdy/wceu-acf-block-demo The block is completely portable (as a plugin), containing its own fields and assets.

github.comGitHub - lgladdy/wceu-acf-block-demo: The code for the ACF Blocks WordCamp Europe DemoThe code for the ACF Blocks WordCamp Europe Demo. Contribute to lgladdy/wceu-acf-block-demo development by creating an account on GitHub.
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At this point, surely Valve have either got some technical issue with the pickems/viewer pass? I guess they might have been waiting for Brazy Party to end, but they could have released after the final last night if that was the case. 🤔

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I hope there is already a contingent of Counter-Strike twitter who’ve already made it over to here. Pickems launch tomorrow, and we’ve got a Major to discuss next week! 🎉

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Expect lots of stuff about WordPress, Counter-Strike esports and general UK nonsense. Hopefully bluesky can capture the magic of early twitter.

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