It’s my firm belief that the internet is the single greatest accomplishment in the history of human invention. Its very existence towers over Gutenberg’s movable type, dwarfs the still looming shadow of William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper empire, and is more powerful than the grand sum of energy amassed by Oppenheimer’s Atomic Age. The web provides a cornucopia of entertainment, which puts at our disposal tens of thousands of games, an almost limitless supply of music, and the rolling archives of film and television. All of these treasures, along with the entire chronicle of human knowledge, available at the single flick […]
A New Developer’s Guide to Creating Blocks
If you keep up with the latest WordPress developments, you’ll know that the Block Editor has already landed. This packs a punch with its block-based system, but it’s still missing many options we’d like to see. As developers put out new block-based plugins, it should become easier to find the ones you need. For now, however, the landscape is a bit bare. In other words, if you want to add specific functionality to the Block Editor, you may need to learn how to create your own blocks. This isn’t too difficult, and you’ll be able to use those blocks to add bespoke […]
REST API Custom Fields Revisited
I’ve covered adding custom fields to REST API responses before. While my original post from a few years ago is still largely valid, there are new improvements. I’d like to share what’s changed. When I wrote that post, the only way to add a custom field to a response was using register_rest_field and adding your own read, write and schema handlers. That method still works. But, you can also use register_meta(), which handles the callbacks for you. If your custom fields are stored using the WordPress object’s standard meta API, for example, user meta for users, then this new method […]
7 Button Design Guidelines for WordPress That You Need to Know About
Creating button design guidelines might seem redundant. After all, you already know what website buttons look like, don’t you? So, do you really need help creating them? As common as buttons are, it should not be forgotten that they are a central part of web design with important functions: Buttons often make up the main call to action Buy buttons greatly influence revenue Email sign-up buttons help build your list Form submission buttons are important for lead generation Social buttons help share your content Because of that, in this post, we will give you a number of button design guidelines […]
Torque News Drop: WordCamp Europe Highlights and Upcoming Gutenberg Features
The Torque News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. In this week’s News Drop we cover some of the highlights from WordCamp Europe 2002. We also share some updates about WordPress 5.5 and 5.6. Watch Matt and Mattias’s WordCamp Europe talk here. Love WordPress news but hate reading? My name is Doc and this is the Torque News Drop. In just a few shorts months, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Many lives have been affected, goverments are reacting as best they can and small businesses are having to re-invent themselves overnight. So it’s no […]
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