Quick Guides: WordPress Tutorial Videos for Developers

We love helping WordPress developers solve tricky problems quickly. That's why we've put together this collection of WordPress video tutorials for developers. Each Quick Guide is a simple, to-the-point video tutorial on a topic in WordPress development, plus a text outline that walks step-by-step through the video content.

Do you need a video tutorial for a specific challenge that's come up in your work? We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us on Twitter (@wpshout) or by email with your request.

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Using Gutenberg to Show Your Site’s Latest Posts on a Page
David Hayes
David Hayes / March 19, 2020
Posted In: Using WordPress
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How do you show latest posts with Gutenberg? That’s what we’re here to answer. When I wanted this feature, it was so that my site’s “About” page would be able to list my latest posts. Back in 2007 or so, I more-or-less had to learn to program to get this working in WordPress. Now it’s as simple as finding the right block in the WordPress Gutenberg editor.

Add a Map to WordPress with WP Google Maps

 screenshot of WP Google Maps plugin page on WordPress.org
David Hayes
David Hayes / January 30, 2020
Posted In: Using WordPress
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There are 1000 reasons you might want to show a map on your WordPress site. Everything from a one-time event that happened at a cool place you want to show off to the (probably more common) case where you want to help your site visitors find the physical, real-world location of your business. For all the reasons and more, you’ll likely need to install a WordPress plugin. For this Quick Guide, we’ll show you how to add a map to your WordPress site using the WP Google Maps plugin. (We’ve recommended this plugin for quite some time. Here’s Fred’s pointer to it from 2015. 🙃)

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