Category: WordPress

How to Enable Frontend Editing with Gutenberg Blocks (Part 1)

The WordPress Block Editor (aka Gutenberg), despite all the bumps along the way, has completely changed how we write pages and posts. Instead of a text document, we now have access to an interactive page builder of sorts while editing content, at least on...

Another Five for the Future in Our Forecast

Not only are rising summer temperatures in the forecast as July comes to an end, but there is another Five for the Future Friday scheduled in ours. Tomorrow, the final day of July, WebDevStudios (WDS) will devote the day to giving back...

WordPress for Online Newsrooms

Today’s current events are no further than a fingertip away at all times. We are flooded by the news all day, every day. And not just on television like in the past, but on our computers, on our phones, even on our...

Headless WordPress: Deeper Dive API Primer and How to Post to Other Platforms

Do you have content you want to write once but share everywhere? Headless WordPress (also known as WordPress API) may just be the answer for you! If you aren’t familiar with what Headless WordPress is, check out the article I wrote titled...

Contributing to the WordPress Core

There are many ways to contribute to WordPress and its community. This article is focused on helping developers set up and get started on contributing to the WordPress core. Spoiler: You can definitely do this without SVN! Before anything, I would like...

WordPress Block Development Made Easy

WordPress block development can be daunting. It’s already intimidating enough that you need to know ReactJS, you also need to install and configure tools like webpack, Babel, and ESLint. Here at WebDevStudios, we like to build things; and we love to do...

Building the Next.js 9.4 WordPress Example

A bit of history Before I go into how I got involved with building the NextJS 9.4 WordPress Example, let me give you some background. In the spring of 2019, I was nose-deep in Gatsby. It was all I could think about....

Spice Up Your WordPress Site with These Built-In Gutenberg Content Block Recipes

Goal The goal of this blog post is to dive into the existing Gutenberg content blocks and document some useful examples for all skill levels. Let’s see what’s possible by simply configuring existing blocks to make clean, quick, functional layouts and spicing...

Gutenberg Filters: registerBlockStyle

One of my favorite ways to customize a Gutenberg block is by utilizing registerBlockStyle. It’s a simple Gutenberg filter that can improve styling in the editor or frontend by adding a class name when the Block Style is selected. Not only is...

Ways to Showcase Client Testimonials

What’s the first thing you do when looking for a recommendation? Whether deciding on a new restaurant or looking for someone to replace your roof, when you need a recommendation, you tend to turn to those around you. You ask friends, family,...