Blog posts under the WordPress category

Debugging WordPress with Local by Flywheel, (neo)vim, and xdebug

Introduction Local by Flywheel is a popular tool for getting quick and reliable WordPress installations running on your computer. One of its lesser-known features is the inclusion of xdebug support. xdebug is a PHP extension that allows for real-time debugging of PHP code. Today,...

Going to your First WordCamp? Here’s What You Need To Know!

So, you’ve decided to attend your first WordCamp—a nonprofit, volunteer-organized conference about WordPress and related topics. That’s great! WordCamps are excellent places to learn a new skill, get up-to-date on design trends, meet potential clients and partners, and geek out about WordPress...

WebDevStudios: Powered by WordPress, Powered by Music

As WordPress 5.2 is set to release by the end of this month, WebDevStudios (WDS) thought it would be fun to put together a Spotify playlist of WordPress music. Fans of WordPress are keenly aware that each new release is named after...

Ways to Learn More About WordPress

Anyone and everyone who owns, runs, and/or manages a WordPress website needs to keep their WordPress skills and knowledge up to date. Whether you are a business owner with a WordPress site or a content manager hired to run a WordPress site...

Why WebDevStudios Still Loves Page Builders

What better day than Valentine’s Day for WebDevStudios (WDS) to express our love for WordPress Page Builders? Don’t get it us wrong. We are on board with Gutenberg and look forward to its continued development. We set up Gutenberg’s Block Editor for...

Building a WordPress Theme: Things to Consider in 2019 (And Beyond)

WebDevStudios (WDS) is working to improve our theme framework wd_s based on Automattic’s _s; although at this point, it’s resemblance is only vaguely similar. WDS is dedicated to keeping up to date with the web development industry and making educated decisions about...

How Page Builders Can Help Your Team Create Better Websites

WordPress Page Builders have a controversial history. Early visual design tools for WordPress were clunky and, behind the scenes, outputted code that was slow-loading and poor in quality. Not only that, Page Builders were often bundled together with WordPress themes, which made...

Debugging WordPress Core: Actions and Filters

Most WordPress developers are familiar with the concept of actions and filters. At the very heart of WordPress, these hooks allow developers to extend the functionality of WordPress in numerous ways. Whether you want to run a process when a post is...

Compile JavaScript with Webpack in a WordPress Plugin

The goal of this article is to show you how to configure webpack to watch and compile the JavaScript files in a WordPress plugin. What this article will not cover is how to configure webpack to work with every file type known...

Headless WordPress with React and NextJS (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: The following is Part 2 in a two-part series titled, “Headless WordPress with React and NextJS.” In Part 1 of this series, we set up a simple app to display our posts using React and Next.js alongside our WordPress install....