Leukemia Has Won

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Despite my best efforts over the past two and a half years, the leukemia has won. Due to liver inflammation and GvHD, the liver is too damaged to continue with treatment and there are no further options. I don’t want to spend the rest of my time in the hospital so I am choosing to remain at home where I can be comfortable with family and friends. If you want to read more about my journey through all of this, here are all of my posts with the cancer tag.

Since all of my plugins are open-source, they are free to be forked by reputable authors in the WordPress community. It would mean a lot to have my legacy go on.

I want to thank everyone who has given me moral support through these difficult times. It has meant a lot hearing all of the love and support pour in from my friends and colleagues from around the world. I have been so grateful for all of the opportunities that have been given to me in my life, professionally and personally. Automatticians have really helped me grow professionally by giving me an amazing career for the past nine years. My car friends have helped me grow socially and provided me so many good memories and life experiences. The people that I have gotten to know in the WordPress community have been very supportive as well. I am amazed by how many friends I have made and how much they have been there for me. They all have enriched my life and helped me grow as a person.

Thank you, everyone.


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  4. It’s a pity didn’t know you. But I know and use every day your professional products.
    But now I hope you are wrong. I hope that you win! Take care!

    Best regards from Poland!

  5. I left a comment on your Facebook update but your blog is your online home and where comments really belong. I’m so very sorry it has come to this, but I hope that you have time to spend with family and friends.

    Your plugins will be in good hands. The contributions you made to the Internet and the Top Gear world will not be forgotten. I’ll be able to help with the former, but I’m sure the latter is being cared for too. 🙂

    Remember the Battlefield days? For some reason I have it in my head that we were playing on a Vietnam server and you were surprised that I was still playing Bad Company 2 so much. Years and years ago. I went looking through your posts on the a8c games p2 and it brought back lots of memories. I still suck at MP games but they were fun with friends.

    BTW, you’re right. Portal 2 is amazing! 🙂

    Goodbye my friend.

  7. For all the people who don’t know you but have watched your work, your joys, and your struggle in silence from the sidelines – know that we are here and that you have meant a lot to us. You have made an impact on the world and will be missed. Wishing you all the best on your journey.

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  10. Hi friend. I’m at a loss for words with these news 🙁 All I can say is that your existence matters – you’ve impacted so many people (reading through the comments here is so moving). Your legacy is so significant to the WordPress community! I feel very blessed to have known you and shared a few moments and conversations. Sending you love and hugs!

  11. I’m a fellow WordPress developer. We’ve never met. Yet all I can think about over the past week is what you’re going through, and how unfair it all is.

    If the masses could pool our collective will, we’d use it to make a miracle. Perhaps there’s still hope…

    https://go.thetruthaboutcancer.com/

  12. Hey Alex!

    Thank you so much for your work with WordPress and making it freely available. I’ve had one of your plugins on my site for years and it makes me happy every time I see its output.

    Peace!

  13. Alex, we have never met in person, just saw you online couple of times. Thank you so much for your work you did for WordPress. You have made an impact to make the world a better one. Much Love and Light to you and your family.

  15. Hi Alex, thank you very much for your work you did for WordPress. It saved us al lot of time.
    Have a peaceful time with your familiy and friends, I wish you all the best!

  16. Alex. Sorry sorry to hear the news. I wanted to say thanks for your WordPress plugins which I have used over the years. Lots of love from London UK. Dave.

  17. Hi Alex, thanks a lot for your work for the wordpress community! I started using Regenerate Thumbnails just a year ago and I wish, I would have found it earlier – great work! Best wishes for you and your family and friends from Germany.

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  24. Hey Alex!
    We do not know each other, but years ago when I was starting up in WordPress you were one of the people I started following, and inspired me to pursuit a career in the field. You’ve greatly influenced a lot more people then you’d probably ever know. I don’t know if that kind of thing will give you any peace, but another great programmer wrote a lot about his experiences with terminal cancer a few years back http://hintjens.com/blog:115
    Good luck!

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  28. hey man, we’ve never met. I have used your plugins on many occasions and reverse engineered some of your code (from regenerate thumbs) for use in one of mine own. thanks for the great work! sending love to you and yours.

  29. Hello Alex Mills I used plugin Regenerate Thumbnails in my and client project thank you for everything.
    Before you leave this world I want you to visit Thailand to see some of your holidays. To Thailand and say hello to me

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  38. Thanks for your great work in WordPress ❤️ and make for us number of such a helpful plugins. i remember you always when-ever i go to use your amazing Regenerate Thumbnail plugin

    Rest in peace, Alex. You’ll be missed 😭

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  48. Hello!

    I used your plugins for years. Today I wanted to install Regenerate Thumbnails and I saw the news.

    I’m sorry.

  49. Came here today to find if a new version of ‘Clean Archives Loaded’ WordPress plugin is available. Been using it for the last 8 years. Shocked and depressed to learn about Alex. May his soul rest in peace.

  50. Thank you for your courageous fighting spirit, and for your contribution to the world whilst here on Earth.
    Rest in peace brother. Rest in peace.

    So sorry to have learned today of the battle you and your family went through.

    I used many of your plug-ins for many years, with no knowledge of who created them.
    I’m happy to learn it was you.
    Sad to learn your time on Earth ended so soon.

    Peace.

    • Your words describes how exactly I felt knowing Alex’s passing. I wrote an article about Alex with your comment with a credit to you. Hope you won’t mind.

      Many Japanese people use Alex’s plug-ins and I wanted them to know about him.

      Please take care,
      Aki

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