Jonathan Bossenger

I had some free time this past weekend (a rare occurrence), so I was able to spend a little time adding features to my WordPress development utilities.

WP Shell

The high-priority item on my list was getting autocomplete and signature help support into WP Shell, to be able to release an official v1. To do this, I implemented the Monaco code editor, the same editor used in VS Code.

At the same time, I added the release workflow, so if you want to try it out, you can download a version of the app for your operating system from the release page on GitHub.

WP SQLite is dead, long live WP SQL

I don’t know why I only thought of this now, but I decided to rename WP SQLite to WP SQL, and support local MySQL databases. I work on both macOS with WordPress Studio and on a Linux workstation using a regular LAMP stack, so I need support for both. I’m also going to try to dogfood my own app on both systems, instead of relying on PhpMyAdmin like I usually do.

You can view the changelog on GitHub.

What’s Next?

I’m planning to continue improving both tools based on community feedback and my own usage. If you try out either WP Shell or WP SQL, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I’m also thinking of merging them into one “Dev Mode” app, but that’s an idea for another weekend.

Happy coding! 🚀