Blog - Cameron Jones

From useful code snippets to developer tutorials and presentations, here’s where you’ll find my regular ramblings about WordPress, web development, Human Resources and tech. I usually publish a new post every month.

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Goodbye Skillshare, and Good Riddance

June 12, 2026

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WordPress

Last night I received communication from Skillshare stating that my course, WordPress Plugin Development For Beginners, will be removed from the platform on June 18. Skillshare have decided that programming content, among other categories, are no longer welcome on their platform. This is part of a larger purge of their course library, and you can…

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AMP Bank GO Review – My New Favourite Banking App

September 27, 2025

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Business

When I found myself taking over Shortie Designs in early 2024, one of the first things I had to do was set up a bank account. Initially I chose Commonwealth Bank, for a couple of reasons: Naturally, as the business gained momentum and the tax bill started to mount, I opened a companion savings account….

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Catch Me At Web Directions Enqueue

September 20, 2025

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Advanced Custom Fields, Speaking Engagements, WordCamp, WordPress

I’m proud to be presenting “How We Automated Migrating Thousands Of Blog Posts From ACF Flexible Content To The Block Editor” at Web Directions Enqueue, Australia’s first WordPress conference for developers.

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Speaking at Everything Open 2025

November 20, 2024

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Speaking Engagements, WordPress

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been selected as a speaker for Everything Open 2025. I’ll be presenting “Why 99% Of WordPress Vulnerabilities Are Utterly Irrelevant”, where I’ll be taking a deep dive into how to assess WordPress vulnerabilities and why CVEs don’t work in the WordPress space. Everything Open is a national conference for…

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How Do You Manage A Declining Plugin?

January 1, 2024

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Facebook Page Plugin, WordPress

In April 2015 I took my first step into the WordPress ecosystem by releasing the Mongoose Page Plugin. It took off very quickly, and grew to more than 30,000 installs within the first 3 years. The other day I noticed that the active install count had dropped to 10,000+. From the peak of more than…

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Save Time Creating Content With Block Templates – Page Builder Summit 6.0

September 20, 2023

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Gutenberg, Speaking Engagements, WordPress

I recently presented Save Time Creating Content With Block Templates at the Page Builder Summit 6.0, and you can find the resources from my talk here.

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Catch Me At The Page Builder Summit 6.0!

September 6, 2023

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Gutenberg, Speaking Engagements, WordPress

I’m excited to announce that I’m speaking at the Page Builder Summit 6.0. The summit is running from September 18th to 22nd, and there’s a ton of awesome talks scheduled. Best of all, it’s free to attend! I’ll be presenting Save Time Creating Content With Block Templates. Some of the key takeaways you’ll get from…

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WordCamp Europe 2023 Wrapup

July 3, 2023

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WordCamp, WordPress

I recently spent a whirlwind weekend in Athens for WordCamp Europe 2023. For much of the last 3-4 years I wasn’t sure if I would even get to attend a WordCamp again. The WordPress community in Australia has been very slow to recover from COVID, so this was not only my first WordCamp outside of…

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Adding A Custom Icon To The Social Links Block Should Not Be This Hard

October 12, 2022

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Gutenberg, WordPress

I recently came across the need to add a custom icon to the Social Links block in WordPress. The icon I needed to add was for a platform called PlayHQ, a sports league management platform for many major sports in Australia. While it’s not exactly a social media platform, it’s pretty important to have quick…

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