A Farewell from Justin Tadlock
Around three years ago, I was at a crossroads. I had spent nearly my entire [...]
Gutenberg 13.2 Adds Persistent User Preferences and a Visualizer for Margin and Padding Controls
Gutenberg 13.2 was released earlier today. While much of the developer community is gearing up [...]
Catch FSE Is a Bold, Business-Friendly WordPress Block Theme
And another theme shop hops on the block bandwagon. Catch Themes’ first block-based theme, Catch [...]
WordPress 6.0 To Ship New Block Locking Feature
WordPress 6.0 has several new features that should make any extender happy about building on [...]
How To Build Coupon Cards With WordPress Blocks
Last year, I designed several patterns for showcasing coupon codes on a site. They were [...]
FSE Outreach #14: Building Recipe Posts With Lists and Quotes
Round #14 of the FSE Outreach program is now open to the public. Anne McCarthy, [...]
WordPress Should Support Featured Images for Categories, Users, and More
One of the features that I have long wanted for WordPress has been on my [...]
The Image Filters Plugin Adds Over 20 Filters, Including Vintage, Pastel Pink, and More
Kevin Batdorf released the Image Filters plugin for WordPress yesterday. It is a block that [...]
Gutenberg Hub Launches an Online Page Builder App Using WordPress Patterns
I have been raving about the power of patterns for what feels like forever at [...]
Gutenberg 13.1 Ships a Batch of Improvements and Implements a New Border Design Component
Gutenberg 13.1 landed in the WordPress plugin directory earlier today. Not quite as heavy on [...]
Building a “Polaroid” Image Block Style
I am a child of the late ’80s and ’90s. Before we all had cameras [...]
A Look at Twenty Twenty-Two’s Upcoming Global Style Variations
It is no secret that I have been excited about global style variations. The upcoming [...]
Munir Kamal Updates and Overhauls the Block Slider Plugin
A couple of weeks ago, Munir Kamal updated his Block Slider plugin for WordPress. While [...]
Failure and Learning: My Experience Building 4 Block Plugins in a Week
I built four block plugins last week. It was not something I had set out [...]
A Pared Back Web Fonts API May Land in WordPress 6.0 or Not at All
Anyone who has been watching or participating in the development of the web fonts API [...]
Phi Phan Launches a Separator Block With an Icon Option
Less than a week after launching Block Enhancements, Phi Phan has released another project: Icon [...]
Plugin Directory Limits Ownership and Committer Changes on Official Featured and Beta Plugins
Plugin review team representative Mika Epstein announced changes for officially-recognized featured and beta plugins last [...]
How to Align a Nested, Partial-Width Group Block via the WordPress Editor
I was slightly frustrated last week when sharing a tutorial on a hero-style post header. [...]
Gutenberg 13.0 Adds Text Selection Across Multiple Blocks, New Stack Group Variation, and Featured Cover Blocks
Gutenberg 13.0 landed earlier today in the WordPress plugin directory. It is one of the [...]
WordPress 6.0 Might Ship a Feature for Picking a Block Pattern on Page Creation
I once said that full-page patterns were the missing link for block theme development. Theme [...]
