I feel like I've heard this "block pattern" idea in a few different places for a while. But I've always taken extra interest in WordPress technology once Justin Tadlock writes about it. So I think I'll want to install Gutenberg… [Keep reading]

Here's last week's live Q&A webinar for buyers of our premium WordPress development course Up and Running. It's a wide-ranging session on the practicalities of WordPress development. We've got three more weekly webinars coming up (the next one is this… [Keep reading]

For those who haven't been knocking around the WordPress sphere for a long time, there's a possibility that the name "Chris Coyier" and CSS-Tricks isn't so well known. Chris is great, generous thoughtful guy, and if you've got a front-end… [Keep reading]

WordPress 5.4, "Adderley," launched yesterday, March 31, 2020. It's a very Gutenberg-focused release, with two new default blocks---Buttons and Social Icons---plus a lot of other improvements to the block editor. There are also some non-Gutenberg changes, including one that made… [Keep reading]

From the insular dream-world of COVID-19 Quarantines sweeping into new countries everyday, this feels a little strange to be talking about WordCamp US. The idea that at some point in the future I'll eventually go to a place where hundred… [Keep reading]

WooCommerce 4.0 has shipped. I love WooCommerce, and I can't think of another free software package in WordPress that has been the backbone of so many actually-profitable online small businesses. So I say this fondly: WooCommerce is probably the least… [Keep reading]

An interesting thing as Gutenberg grows is that it's aiming to impact both WordPress themes and page builders. And to do this, we may need or want a way for a theme to say it required a specific Gutenberg block… [Keep reading]

We love WP&UP, the UK-based charity whose mission is "Supporting and promoting positive mental health within the WordPress community." We spoke with trustee/founder Dan Maby at WordCamp US 2018, and were beyond impressed not only with his mission but with… [Keep reading]

As someone who has been tracking both the WordPress world and the Laravel world for years, I was intrigued by Ross Wintle highlighting something I didn't really know much about. (If I'm honest, it's been about a year since I… [Keep reading]

I've loved Torque Mag for a long time as a great source for both technical and editorial content based around WordPress---even if customer satisfaction data and personal experience have me feeling more lukewarm about WP Engine itself. This article reminded… [Keep reading]

One of the first and most powerful lessons I learned while teaching myself to code a decade ago was to read/listen/watch widely. I believe it is one of the most powerful choices you can make in learning to code (or… [Keep reading]

The first WordCamp Asia, scheduled in Bangkok from February 21 through February 23, has been canceled due to COVID-19 fears. It's an unfortunate start to what will be an amazing WordCamp Asia tradition, but there've been a lot of silver… [Keep reading]

Our friend Carl Alexander wrote a (possibly) inflammatory but true argument for Delicious Brains this week. It reflects a lot of thoughts I've had as I've spent the last few years as one of the small minority of people trying… [Keep reading]

I've got a client with a custom nav menu link pointing to a third-party service. He wanted that custom link to open in a new tab, and I realized I didn't know how to do it. Fortunately, opening a menu… [Keep reading]

In 2020, Fred and I are prioritizing featuring writing from people other than ourselves on WPShout. If you've got an urge to write clear, useful, and interesting technical tutorials for the WPShout audience, this is the perfect opportunity for you.… [Keep reading]

Lazy-loading images is one well-known win for site speed, and at present if you want to implement it in WordPress you have to choose among one of many subtly different plugin options. It now looks like WordPress 5.4, due out… [Keep reading]

If there's one problem that developers have with the WordPress.org Plugin (and Theme) directories, it's most likely to be that the process of deploying the Subversion repositories used by that site is annoying, complicated, and cumbersome. I've been looking for… [Keep reading]

They found a security vulnerability in the Elementor plugin. It's patched in the newest version of the plugin, so if you use Elementor, please update to the latest version as soon as you can. (And if you happen to be… [Keep reading]

I'm really excited to know that Cory Miller -- you may know from a year of running a company called iThemes -- is joining Brian Krogsgard at Post Status. While you might not know, Brian is one of the quiet… [Keep reading]

If you're still hesitant to learn CSS's Flexbox module, today's the day. This Flexbox guide from CSS-Tricks is so beautifully clear and so visual that, in my experience, Flexbox almost learned itself---you just need to point your open eyes toward… [Keep reading]

I really appreciated this list from Callie West of conferences for 2020 that may be of interest to WordPress developers. While I trust that her list isn't exhaustive, it does cover all the big conferences that were on my mind… [Keep reading]

Among the most difficult challenges in WordPress development is finding out where a piece of code actually lives. Up to two themes and infinite plugins could be hooking into any part of WordPress and changing things, and if you want… [Keep reading]

I really enjoyed reviewing this post from Steve Burge over at PublishPress (whose plugin we recently published a Quick Guide about). What he covers is the dream of Google Docs-style collaboration in WordPress's native post editor. As he highlights, this… [Keep reading]

As far as I know, I've never gotten editing a hosts file to work. That's a bummer, because sometimes you need to preview a site you've just migrated to new hosting, without pointing the DNS over and dealing with the horrors… [Keep reading]

I was recently talking to my friend Jeremy and mentioned that I'd never quite made a "production" Gutenberg block, but had been meaning to learn for as long as that's been a thing. (For shame!) He pointed me to his… [Keep reading]