Blocks

Tim Nash shares how one might…

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2020

Tim Nash shares how one might go about finding all the Gutenberg Blocks used on a site. It's more complicated than you think. Tim also shares five languages he thinks WordPress Developers should learn in 2020: PHP 7, Javascript and…

Here’s Nick Hamze on building Gutenberg…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Here's Nick Hamze on building Gutenberg blocks for the next generation: "Give blocks a chance and maybe ask your kids what they’d like their WordPress to look like." This is a good read, and it takes on a subject I…

Mel Choyce over at 24ways explores…

Dan Knauss

December 27, 2019

Mel Choyce over at 24ways explores how the block editor can be used to create art-directed posts. 🎨 Mel's post shows how to use a number of blocks to build a site, and she also shows how similar results could…

The draft guidelines for plugins submitted…

Dan Knauss

December 6, 2019

The draft guidelines for plugins submitted to the Block Directory are available for discussion according to a recent post on the Plugins Team site. Currently, blocks can be submitted to the directory using the regular plugin submission form. However, you…

Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019

Brian Krogsgard

November 2, 2019

PlanetSecurity

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2019 State of the Word, where he offered a comprehensive overview of the last year of all things WordPress.

One theme to rule them all?

Dan Knauss

October 15, 2019

BusinessDesign

What does the future hold for WordPress themes, for theme developers and end users? Are we ready for a single master parent theme?

The latest Gutenberg 6.5 update brings…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

The latest Gutenberg 6.5 update brings a social links block to the editor, support for local auto-saves (handy!), captions for cover blocks, updates to the navigation block, and more. There's also a new, experimental feature for installing non-local blocks right…

If you work with WooCommerce but…

Dan Knauss

August 26, 2019

If you work with WooCommerce but aren't familiar with the developer chats, you can read summaries of them at woocommerce.wordpress.com. 🛒 Here's a reminder that the recently launched WooCommerce 3.7 requires at least PHP 5.6.20 and WordPress 4.9. It also…

In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be…

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2019

In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be able to tidy your BuddyPress blocks in a separate BuddyPress block category.

Video and Podcast Picks of the…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2019

Video and Podcast Picks of the Week 📹 Here's my recommendation for video watching this week: Alex Young

Gutenberg plugins are maturing rapidly! 🌾 Some…

Dan Knauss

May 31, 2019

Gutenberg plugins are maturing rapidly! 🌾 Some new examples: Grids is a "layout builder" that lets you visually define layouts. You can specify a section for blocks just by dragging its margins. Automattic too is experimenting with a "full site editing"…

A new version of Gutenberg was…

Dan Knauss

May 17, 2019

A new version of Gutenberg was released. It will be part of WordPress 5.2.1, which is close to a first release candidate. Improvements to Gutenberg include the ability to set different widths for each column in the columns blocks, improved usability…

Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is…

Dan Knauss

May 13, 2019

Advanced Custom Fields version 5.8.0 is available now. This release contains the long-awaited PHP-based framework for developing Gutenberg custom block types. Many people are already publishing some demos on Twitter using the new PHP method, which seems sure to open…