Brian Gardner (@bgardner) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: December 15th, 2011
Location: Chicago
Website: briangardner.com
Job Title: Principal Developer Advocate
Employer: WP Engine
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Bio

Designer. WordPress Expert. Creator of Frost.
I believe in the power of simplicity and create things that look good, function with purpose, and get people really excited.

WordPress Origin Story

My journey as a creative entrepreneur started in 2006 when I was working for an architectural firm as a project manager. I had a good job, but it wasn’t a great job.

I taught myself how to use WordPress and was the first person to sell premium WordPress themes. I revolutionized the market. In my first month, I made $10,000, which grew to $20,000, $40,000, and $80,000 the following months.

Some days I feel as though it was pure happenstance—that it was merely a stroke of luck and I was in the right place at the right time. Other days, I embrace the fact that I was smart enough to seize the opportunity which presented itself.

Contributions

Brian Gardner contributes 5 hours per week to the following teams: Core, Design, Themes.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Meta Contributor
Pattern Author
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer

Activity
Plugins
Themes

Posted a reply to Blog page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@helenadenley I think you may have found a bug in the theme. Can you do…
22 hours ago
Mentioned in [54235] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Import Twenty Twenty-Three, the new default theme for WordPress 6.1.
1 week ago
Created ticket #125400 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Design Mode – 1.0
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [54105] on Core SVN:
Global Styles: Add support for `heading`, `button`, and `caption` elements.
3 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post TT3 default theme: Announcing style variation selections, on the site Make WordPress Design:
So thrilled at the opportunity to contribute to WordPress with my passion for design. Even…
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #124962 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bright Mode – 1.0.4
3 weeks ago
Created ticket #124407 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.2.2
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Thank you BG, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks so much for the kind words, @onlineheaven. It’s to know that folks appreciate my…
1 month ago
Posted a reply to Theme Demo Content, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jabanag There are patterns available that you can use to insert the content of the…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Theme Demo Content, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jabanag What in particular are you looking to replicate?
2 months ago
Created ticket #122148 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bright Mode – 1.0.3
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Pattern Previews for Themes in the Directory – Beta, on the site Make WordPress.org:
As an FSE theme creator, I have to admit I am a huge fan of…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Individual device sized styling, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Some core blocks handle this now (like columns collapsing down to stacked, etc). Depends on…
2 months ago
Posted a reply to I love this theme!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the kind review, @derintolu! As noted, the theme is only just beginning—lots more…
2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: A new kind of default theme, on the site Make WordPress Design:
✋ I am most definitely interested in participating. ✋
2 months ago
Created ticket #121653 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.2.1
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Please Add Native Meta Title and Description SEO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the message, but the theme will not include native SEO functionality.
2 months ago
Posted a reply to Individual device sized styling, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@helenadenley No, the theme itself will not handle responsive styling—as it is exclusively leveraging core…
2 months ago
Mentioned in [11963] on Meta SVN:
Theme Directory: Add the 'Full Site Editing' Tag to the theme filter bar.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Image Size Limits with Update?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll take a deeper look, though at first glance I don’t see anything in the…
3 months ago
Created ticket #121059 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Bright Mode – 1.0
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Google fonts local ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking this as resolved with update.
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Google fonts local ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yep, I just pushed up version 1.2 which has Google font (Outfit) locally hosted.
3 months ago
Created ticket #120699 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.2
3 months ago
Posted a reply to Sample Content?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure thing, you can download the XML file here.
3 months ago
Created ticket #119641 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.1.1
4 months ago
Created ticket #118526 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.1
4 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Defining Five for the Future Pledges & Contributions, on the site WordPress.org Project:
Given the recent launch of the Pattern Directory, can you please clarify which side of…
4 months ago
Created ticket #118208 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.0.5
4 months ago
Created ticket #117570 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Minimologie – 1.0.1
5 months ago
Posted a reply to Error Began after April 08 update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have the Gutenberg plugin active? I updated the theme with the new way…
6 months ago
Created ticket #116253 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.0.4
6 months ago
Created ticket #115483 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.0.3
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Font sizes on mobile, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you want to change the base font size, you can do that by navigating…
6 months ago
Posted a reply to Header and cover block spacing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is certainly one way to do it and for now it might be the…
7 months ago
Posted a reply to Header and cover block spacing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, and sorry for the delay. It looks as though you have resolved the…
7 months ago
Created ticket #114548 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.0.2
7 months ago
Created ticket #113733 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Avant-Garde – 1.0
7 months ago
Mentioned in [52081] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Import Twenty Twenty-Two, the new default theme for WordPress 5.9.
11 months ago
Created a topic, The Yoda of Accessibility Plugins, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Accessibility is a priority for me and our team at Age…
2 years ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Update & Now Broken Boxes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shrimpsaladcircus My guess is your designer also used the function/filter for adding new icons, which…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to vertical rectangles instead of icons since update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kdunham My guess is that you (or your developer) are using a function/filter to add…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to vertical rectangles instead of icons since update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@coachfletch Can you unminify your CSS caching? Wondering if that is the issue.
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Huge icons since WP update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kdunham Please provide your url, it's never easy to help anyone without seeing the site.
6 years ago
Posted a reply to vertical rectangles instead of icons since update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@kdunham Would be really helpful if you provided a link.
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Update 2.0 Ruined Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@coachFletch Looks to me like all of your theme's (and plugins) style sheets are being…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Custom Icons via simple_social_default_glyphs filter disappeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We made an announcement that some things have changed, and linked to a few wiki…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to WordPress Update & Now Broken Boxes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shrimpsaladcircus Are you using a custom function or filter for your icons? Your plugin style…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Currently broken in v2.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@salutethepig -- are you able to adjust the # of starts in the review? It'd…
6 years ago
Posted a reply to Great plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you, I appreciate it.
6 years ago