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Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a relatively new problem in JavaScript development. Maybe I’m showing my age here, but I can distinctly remember when there were no concerns with loading JavaScript from all over the internet into your blog. It was new! It was...
Read More Resolve CORS Errors with WordPress REST APIThere are a lot of things to take into consideration when it comes to capturing and retaining a website visitor’s attention. No matter what route you take, chances are you will make the use of media to do so, such as pictures,...
Read More Media Solutions and Suggestions for Your WordPress SiteFrom pandemic statistics to election polls and results, now more than ever, news needs to publish quickly and immediately. It’s no wonder that big media companies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions are depending on the power of WordPress to get content up...
Read More Publish Information Quickly with WordPressAre you in the market for a new website, but unsure where to start? The WebDevStudios (WDS) digital strategy team can take you from ideas to execution. We have a brilliant digital strategy team (featured in the photo gallery below) that has...
Read More Why Digital Strategy Is an Important Part of Your Website ProjectWhen Matt Mullenweg said to, “…learn JavaScript, deeply,” in December 2015 (almost five years ago, wow!), he was laying the foundation for the WordPress Block Editor, Gutenberg, which is being built in four phases: Easier Editing — Already available in WordPress, with...
Read More Gutenberg FirstTL;DR? NPM 🥊 Composer 👊 npm install (libraries go in node_modules, executables in node_modules/.bin) composer install (libraries go in vendor, executables in vendor/bin) npm install –production composer install –no-dev npm install –package-lock-only composer update –lock npm install <package> composer require <package> npm...
Read More Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! Composer vs npmSo you want to learn how to start making your own WordPress API endpoints? Great! Today we will be taking a dive into what it takes to write our own restful API endpoints for WordPress starting from the basics and working our...
Read More Headless WordPress: Making Your Own API EndpointsThe experiences on the web have gotten pretty bad. The latest trend of pop-up videos and ad-block interstitials (à la Admiral), banner ads that cause content and layout shifts, and sluggish interactions from heavy JavaScript execution is extremely frustrating for users! Google...
Read More Core Web VitalsWelcome back! In Part 1, we covered preparing our block for frontend editing by implementing unique block identifiers, rendering the block dynamically, and establishing a frontend component. Now, we’ll dive into the WordPress REST API to set up a custom route and...
Read More How to Enable Frontend Editing with Gutenberg Blocks (Part 2)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...
Read More How to Enable Frontend Editing with Gutenberg Blocks (Part 1)