
Delivering WordPress products & projects with passion & purpose
Tintou is the WordPress-centric product studio led by Simon Dickson.
Simon is known as a former Director at WordPress VIP, an on-stage host at several WordCamps Europe, and the founder of two notable consultancies in the WordPress ecosystem, Puffbox and Code For The People – acquired in 2014 by Automattic.
Simon has worked with many leading WordPress teams around the world, directing their product initiatives and helping to deliver their most demanding client projects.
Recent activities & engagements
Sometimes I can’t talk about what I’m up to. Sometimes I’ll talk all day about it.
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Smart kanban in wp-admin
Alpaca Issue Tracker
There’s no better place to log issues on your WordPress website, and manage their progress to resolution, than inside WordPress itself. A free and full-featured replacement for Trello etc, for agencies and small teams. Built in collaboration with VIP partners Rareview®.
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Self-hosted ToDo App
Alpine Task Manager
Applying lessons from creating Alpaca to an alternative take on team task management, built as a WordPress theme, for use by individuals, families or small groups. Use it in a browser, install it as a PWA on your phone, interact via messaging apps like Telegram.
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WordPress plugin
Aliveblog
WordPress needs a modern liveblogging solution, built for blocks and cloud hosting. I’m building a solution aimed at journalists working in a fast-moving news environment, with features like contextual styling and guest contributions. Because it’s about time.
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Client Website Delivery
Action Sports Website 🤐
Working with a notable name in action sports to reimagine and rebuild a beloved website from a bygone era. Secured client confidence to drop dated features, and migrate decades of content to a stunning visual experience integrated with multiple external platforms.
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Website Management
Global Keirin
The only way to understand what really works in content management is to be a content manager yourself. I run the leading English-language website covering the global growth of Japanese-style track cycling, backed by a database of riders and results.
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WordPress Tweak
My Monochrome
There aren’t enough WordPress admin colour schemes, especially when you work with a lot of different WP sites. So I cobbled together a plugin that randomly repaints the admin interface off a single colour, with a single click. Or if you’re picky, there’s a colour picker.
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Plugin for a plugin
CF Easy Purge
Using Cloudflare’s official plugin on your WordPress site? Wish there was an easy way to force a cache refresh when you’re working on stuff? Especially the stylesheet? Add some cache clearance options to your site’s admin bar for instant freshness.
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WordPress plugin
Page As 404
I was once credited with creating ‘probably the greatest 404 page of all time’. Now you can have a go too. Your Page will appear where and when it should, not when it shouldn’t. Built with the crew at Rareview®, to help us test our plugin release processes.
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Strategic Consultancy
Product Direction
I have worked with a number of WordPress VIP partner agencies keen to establish their credentials and increase their contributions. I assess their plugin prototypes and their ambitions, and steer them towards public release and a sustainable future.
Tintou Ltd
1 High Street
Thatcham, RG19 3JG
United Kingdom
Registered as
a limited company
in England and Wales.
Company # 13282416.