It’s always a gas when a good person doing good work gets a good deal. In this case, Jason’s viral WPGraphQL plugin has not only become a canonical WordPress plugin, but creator Jason Bahl is joining Automattic as well.

I’m linking this up because it’s notable for a few reasons:

• WPGraphQL is a must-have plugin for creating headless WordPress sites and making it a canonical plugin is WordPress making a big step in that direction.
• Jason is leaving WP Engine to join Automattic and we all know what a dumpster fire that relationship has become. (WP Engine also has a big foot in headless WordPress.)
• You might be hearing about canonical plugins for the first time.

Congrats, Jason! I didn’t know you were in Denver — maybe we’ll bump into each other and I can give you a well-deserved high-five. ✋

WPGraphQL Becomes a Canonical Plugin: My Move to Automattic originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.