Category: WordPress

WordPress FSE and Block-Based Themes

WordPress 5.8 introduced a new mechanism to configure the editor based on theme.json known as Full Site Editing (FSE). Gone are the days of adding content to templates using HTML and PHP. Now, making updates to your site templates is as easy as in...

Why Our WordPress Agency Works with Other Agencies

At WebDevStudios, we work with clients of all sizes. For many of our clients, we are the only WordPress agency with whom they partner. However, for larger enterprise clients, we are one component to a larger partner program, which generally means we...

Make Five for the Future Part of Your WordPress Company

At WordFest Live, on July 23rd, three team members from WebDevStudios (WDS) joined together to educate attendees on successfully implementing Five for the Future (5FTF) at their WordPress company. While you can watch the post-event video, which includes a live question and...

Why Is Headless WordPress Trending?

Marketers are infamous for jumping on trends. Good marketers investigate them first. Whether it’s fashion, up-and-coming authors, or the hottest TikTok challenge, marketers love to find ways to make trends work for their company or brand. For the past few years, website design...

Your Website Is Never Finished

Ready, set, launch! Your website is up and running. It’s time to open a bottle of champagne, celebrate, and never worry about your website again. Right? Sorry, not sorry, but I have to disappoint you. The truth is that even after your...

Huge WordPress Economy Growth Predicted by Global Study

The results of a global study commissioned by WordPress managed host, WP Engine, were released last Tuesday, June 8th. “The Value of WordPress” study showed the global WordPress economy is expected to grow to $636 billion by the end of 2021. That’s...

WebDevStudios Named WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner

It's with great pride that we announce WordPress VIP, the leading provider of enterprise WordPress, has added WebDevStudios (WDS) to its prestigious listing of Featured Gold Partners. WDS is one of only 14 partners in this prestigious group and the first agency...

More Ways to Contribute to Five for the Future in 2021

One of my favorite benefits of working at WebDevStudios is the company-sponsored opportunity to contribute to Five for the Future (#5FTF). Once a month, usually the last Friday, the whole company spends the day working on various projects and efforts that give back...

Quick Tip: Gutenberg Blocks as JSON

Big Ugly Blobs When WordPress saves Gutenberg blocks to the database, it smashes them together as a string of markup. When you query that via the REST-API or WPGraphQL? You get this big ugly blob of HTML: The screenshot above isn’t that...

Quick Tip: Add Custom Meta Fields to GraphQL

One of WordPress’ greatest strengths, at least in my opinion, is its ability to function as a general-purpose content management system. This is usually done through custom post types and custom meta fields. Putting them onto the website is as easy as...