Episode 181 – A Chat With Rob Ruiz

Episode 181 – A Chat With Rob Ruiz

From Hallway Chats by Topher DeRosia

January 5, 2026 · 54 min · Season 2 · Episode 181

About this episode

In this episode, Topher DeRosia chats with Rob Ruiz about his work as a Senior Full Stack Developer and the WP Rig framework.

Introducing Rob Ruiz Meet Rob Ruiz, a seasoned Senior Full Stack Developer with nearly two decades of expertise in WordPress innovation and open-source magic. As the Lead Maintainer of WP Rig since 2020, Rob has been the driving force behind this groundbreaking open-source framework that empowers developers to craft high-performance, accessible, and progressively enhanced WordPress themes with ease. WP Rig isn’t just a starter theme—it’s a turbocharged toolkit that bundles modern build processes, linting, optimization, and testing to deliver lightning-fast, standards-compliant sites that shine on any device. Show Notes For more on Rob and WP Rig, check out these links: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcruiz WP Rig Official Site: https://wprig.io GitHub Repository: https://github.com/wprig/wprig Latest Releases: https://github.com/wprig/wprig/releases WP Rig 3.1 Announcement: https://wprig.io/wp-rig-3-1/ Transcript: Topher DeRosia: Hey everybody. Welcome to Hallway Chats. I’m your host Topher DeRosia, and with me today I have- Rob Ruiz : Rob Ruiz. Topher: Rob. You and I have talked a couple of times, once recently, and I learned about a project…

People in this episode

Host: Topher DeRosia

Guest: Rob Ruiz

Topics covered

  • WordPress
  • open-source
  • development
  • technology
  • high-performance themes

Keywords

  • Rob Ruiz
  • WP Rig
  • WordPress
  • open-source
  • full stack developer
  • high-performance themes
  • development tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WP Rig, LinkedIn, GitHub

Places: Orlando, Florida, Omaha, Nebraska

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