WordPress has some great new features and development patterns to help you get the most out of the stylesheets and scripts you’re adding to your pages. In this post I’ll show you 4 new habits to simplify enqueueing styles and scripts on your WordPress site.
If you’ve been building with WordPress in the past, you may have used or heard of a “child theme” before. In this post I explain how child themes work and why you may (or may not) need one for your project.
If you’re building a custom block that renders a list of posts, you’ll need a way to get those posts! I’ll cover the pros and cons of each so you can choose the right approach for your situation when it comes up.
If you’ve worked with the block or site editor you’ve probably noticed that WordPress generates CSS variables based on what you enter in theme.json. This includes things like your color palette, spacing values, font sizes, font families, and more. In this post I’ll show you how you can add your own custom CSS variable definitions…
If you’re just getting into block development, deciding where to build your custom blocks can be confusing. Much of the documentation from wordpress.org suggests using a plugin, but in the past you probably stored reusable components directly in your theme. In this blog post, I’ll break down why you probably want to store your custom…
In a modern WordPress theme (or any frontend project) one of your first steps is setting up tooling. There are numerous tools to use, but if you’ve done this before you probably have used (or heard of) Webpack. If you haven’t, I’ll explain below. In this article, I’ll show you how you can easily leverage…
The functionality of theme.json has been constantly expanding since the feature was introduced in WordPress version 5.8. This means there are always new things being added, but that also means there’s a whole lot to remember! In this post, we’ll talk about a one-line solution to add autocomplete and hinting to your WordPress theme’s theme.json…
Alignments are a key concept that helps you create dynamic blocks with varying container sizes. In this blog post, I break down how alignments work in Gutenberg and share some tips you can use to leverage this capability to write more maintainable themes and build unique interfaces quickly.
