If you want to understand how to bridge the gap between the REST API and the Customizer, Weston Ruter has you covered. With an incredibly detailed blog post and a sample plugin, you can get started taking advantage of manipulating data using the API, through the Customizer interface. This shows a lot of what is possible in a rapidly evolving Customizer, and his writeup and code are an excellent way to learn.
There is still some negative feedback floating around about converting theme settings to the customizer. I was going to make a list with some good resources in response, but Tom McFarlin did it for me, like the nice guy he is. I’ve found it to be quite well documented in my own experience; and as…
Commercial WordPress theme sales is a known business today. Folks have been selling themes since 2007 and many sellers experienced some very good years. The market commoditized itself quite significantly, and it’s harder and harder each year to stand out. Of course, new entrants can still succeed, but it’s rare to experience a windfall of sales…
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Mel Choyce laid out a slew of customization opportunities for the next several months. Customization is one of three core focus areas, along with the editor and the REST API. She defines the goal for the customizer work as this: our goal is to help people accomplish the following: “I want to make a site…
There are a few roadmaps and active core components that are worth keeping an eye on right now. I figured I’d just lump them together: Preparing your plugins and client sites for term meta Term meta basically got a “clear to go” message in today’s dev chat. That is awesome, and now it’s important that…
Layers is the latest WordPress theme with page building as the core feature. Obox has made a heck of an effort to ship 1.0, and while I have some issues, I’m incredibly impressed with the overall user experience. I think Obox has created something that’s worth checking out, though I think this market has plenty of maturing to do yet.
