We can’t let the holidays get in the way of participating in Five for the Future this month. In fact, what better time of year to contribute to WordPress than during the holiday season? Open-source technology is the gift that keeps on...
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Resolve CORS Errors with WordPress REST API
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!...
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There 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,...
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From 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 WordPressWhy Digital Strategy Is an Important Part of Your Website Project
Are 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...
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When 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 FirstLet’s Get Ready to Rumble! Composer vs npm
TL;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 npmHeadless WordPress: Making Your Own API Endpoints
So 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 EndpointsCore Web Vitals
The 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...
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