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Good Interview with Matt Mullenweg & Josepha Haden Chomposy
Good Interview with Matt Mullenweg & Josepha Haden Chomposy → I really enjoyed watching this little interview with between Mark & Keith from Highrise Digital and Matt Mullenweg and Josepha...
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How to Create WordPress Custom Page Templates (& Why)
There are many many ways you can change the look of a specific page on your WordPress site. You can change the content inside the WordPress content editor. You can change the CSS rules that affect the...
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Dynamic Favicons for WordPress
Dynamic Favicons for WordPress → I can’t be the only one who sometimes has dozens of tab open, all from my own WordPress site. And then I lose track of which I was seeing the public side of my site, vs...
View ArticleIntroduction to WordPress (Gutenberg) Block Filters
Introduction to WordPress (Gutenberg) Block Filters → Like many, I’m still very much getting my sea legs when it comes to doing web-development tasks that affect aspects of the (Gutenberg) Block...
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What’s New in WordPress 5.8
What’s New in WordPress 5.8 → Another version of WordPress, 5.8 is about to drop. Like literally it is scheduled to come out tomorrow. You’ve probably seen at least a few headlines about it if you...
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What’s Coming in PHP 8.1
What’s Coming in PHP 8.1 → PHP 8.1 is very much in progress, and is slated to come out in November. While WordPress developers often (and reasonably) don’t use many of the features of PHP 7, nevermind...
View ArticleUnderstanding Block Plugins
Understanding Block Plugins → I loved reading this write-up from Rich Tabor about the what and why of Block Plugins. For those new to this whole thing, I’ll pull his opening summary: What are Block...
View ArticleGuide to the new Query Loop Block
Guide to the new Query Loop Block → I was talking with the current students in the Up and Running Bootcamp last week about the new Query Block in WordPress 5.8. I had to admit I’d not really played...
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Some Emoji-Accessibility Guidance
Some Emoji-Accessibility Guidance → I’m not an accessibility expert, but I am a big emoji fan (as frequent readers may be aware ). So I took a pretty keen interest in a story from Ryan Kan purporting...
View ArticleJustin Tadlock’s Take on WP Theming Today
Justin Tadlock’s Take on WP Theming Today → Those of you who are newer to the WordPress space, just let me tell you that Justin Tadlock is a real WordPress OG (in my ~15 years experience...
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How to Link to Page Content from a WordPress Navigation Menu
It’s pretty common in WordPress: wanting to link to a section of a page. I remember fondly my first time [stares wistfully into the middle distance]. This Quick Guide explains how to do that, and how...
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Understanding theme.json
Understanding theme.json → One of the more consequential features of WordPress 5.8 I didn’t pay much attention to before it was released was theme.json. Which is “just another file in your WordPress...
View ArticleWordPress Learning Curve in 2021
WordPress Learning Curve in 2021 → There’s been some worthwhile discussion of the WordPress learning curve lately. My “main link” here is the article from Courtney Robertson. Though I’d also point to...
View ArticleWirecutter’s Website Builder for 2021: Wix
Wirecutter’s Website Builder for 2021: Wix → This is an interesting little tidbit for “the web industry” generally, and where it interfaces with real people with non-internet-focused lives and careers....
View ArticleJeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee
Jeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee → As an AMP hater, I was gratified to see this headline from Sarah Gooding over on the Tavern. Here’s the core his very frank and pretty interesting...
View ArticleIs WordPress Pushing Freelancers Away?
Over at The WP Minute Eric Karkovack asks a question that’s started to drift across my mind as I think (and study) more about the coming of Full-Site Editing themes and what they mean for the future...
View ArticleA Quick Study of the Kubrick2 Block Theme
I really appreciated this article from Misha Rudrastyh where he breaks down the basics of a block theme by studying Kubrick2. Kubrick2 is a playful block theme made by longtime Gutenberg contributor...
View ArticleDeep Introduction to Block Themes
Over at CSS-Tricks, Ganesh Dahal offers this great summary of the state of block theming. As one of the large majority who hasn’t had the time to follow all the developments in this area of WordPress...
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CUPID not SOLID
This is a little esoteric relative to the world of quick-changes that most of our code in WordPress is. But if you’re writing PHP or JavaScript in much depth, you’ve probably heard of the SOLID...
View ArticleUnderstanding Query Loop Blocks
I really appreciated this little video from Wes Theron over at Learn.WordPress.org about the Query Loop block. Mostly because while I’d fiddled with it a bit, I hadn’t really explored its richness in...
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