I’m Ash Shaw — Founder & CEO of LightSpeed, a WordPress agency specialising in block‑theme systems, WooCommerce, and scalable editorial workflows.
- Build fast, robust WordPress websites using custom block themes and native editor workflows
- Support business growth through WooCommerce, plugin strategy, and editorial automation
- Create design systems to bridge design and development using Figma and WordPress
- Active contributor to WordPress since 2007; WordCamp organiser & speaker since 2010
- LSX Design: a modular block‑theme framework engineered to replace page builders
- TourOperator.Solutions: a toolkit and plugin suite tailored to travel brands
- Figma → WordPress theme.json workflows and component-driven handoffs
- Experimenting with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and custom instructions for developer workflows
- Optimising VS Code workflows using Copilot + Agent Mode custom scripts
- GitHub MCP features and improved CI/CD pipelines
- Scaling Figma MCP (multi‑component projects) for large design systems
- Accessibility and editorial systems at enterprise scale
- WordPress development using block themes and design systems
- Figma‑based handoff workflows and theme redesign
- GitHub Automation (Copilot Agent Mode, CICD tooling)
- Plugin strategy aligned with editorial operations and automation
- WordPress architecture and scaling editorial workflows
- Designing Figma systems underpinned by block themes and theme.json
- Integrating Copilot workflows into real-world agency teams
- Prototype → staging → live review cycles (Figma → BugHerd → client sign‑off)
- My WordCamp Europe 2025 session: “Bridging Design and Development: Figma Design Systems for WordPress Success”, showcased real-world implementations of Figma modes, typography variables, and theme.json workflows for clients like Novus Media :contentReference
- Guest profile & latest blog posts: LightSpeed Author – Ash Shaw – cutting‑edge articles over the last six months on workflow, Copilot, and design systems
- Featured guest on OpenChannels.FM (Publishing Flow series) discussing Figma systems and WordPress workflows