More and more website development takes place using Javascript these days, whether within the WordPress CMS or as part of a streamlined frontend experience. I abandoned jQuery at the end of 2019 and began learning React in earnest. New projects in 2021 are allowing me to use these new skills for some interactive website features.
Read moreUsing register_block_pattern in WordPress can be a pain, as you need to manipulate the HTML in your code. Here’s a much less tiresome solution.
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Using CSS Grid to overlap two rows and allow a content image to “break out” of the text container.
Read moreWordPress’ block editor “Gutenberg” allows us to register custom block styles for a particular block. But since WordPress 5.4, we can use Block Variations to add other presets with different default settings.
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How to mock up a website design when every page can be built individually and controlled completely by the editorial staff.
Read moreSince the release of WordPress 5.2, authors and editors can put together their own reusable content components without needing to do any programming work. This is thanks to a powerful combination of Reusable Blocks and the Group Block.
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Using CSS variables through the WordPress Theme Customizer to make custom colour schemes in the Gutenberg Editor.
Read moreWordPress’ Gutenberg Editor allows you to do much more than create and edit content in a single content column.
Read moreHow to create your own Gutenberg block with only a full or wide alignment option, instead of the usual possibilities.
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The major update of WordPress, scheduled for this year, will contain a brand-new and much-improved editor.
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