Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock is a developer, designer, and writer. He is a one-time winner of National Novel Writing Month. He has worked with WordPress in some form since 2005. He also has too many cats, chickens, and ducks.

Diving Into Automattic’s Block Experiments

One of the repositories I have been keeping an eye on over the past few […]

May 26, 2020

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Shinobi Blocks WordPress Plugin Adds How-To and FAQ Blocks

Shinobi Works, a web development and illustration company based in Japan, released Shinobi Blocks last […]

May 25, 2020

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Should WordPress Provide an API for Third-Party Editors?

Imagine a future where you log into your website’s admin. You head over to the […]

May 22, 2020

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PHP and WordPress Version Checks Coming to Themes

PHP and WordPress version checks are coming to the WordPress theme system — finally. The […]

May 21, 2020

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CampusPress Releases Accessible Content Plugin in Time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day

While it is still Wednesday here in the U.S., some parts of the world are […]

May 20, 2020

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WooCommerce Payments Allows Shop Owners to Manage Payments Without Leaving WordPress Admin

Automattic-owned eCommerce platform WooCommerce launched its new WooCommerce Payments feature today. The company seeks to […]

May 19, 2020

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WordPress Theme Review Team Changes Name, Now the Themes Team

Last week, the official Theme Review Team (TRT) decided to change its name. The re-branding […]

May 18, 2020

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Gutenberg 8.1 Includes Block Copying, Testimonials Pattern, and Patterns UI Update

On Wednesday, the Gutenberg team released version 8.1.0 of the plugin. The update includes a […]

May 15, 2020

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Envato Launches Template Kits Marketplace for Elementor

Watch out block patterns. There is an old player in town making the hard sell […]

May 14, 2020

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Where Gutenberg Went Wrong: Theme Developer Edition

With full-site editing just around the bend, it is a fair question to ask whether […]

May 13, 2020

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Highlight, Underline, and Control Font Size with RichText Extension

Last week, Tetsuaki Hamano contributed his first plugin to the official WordPress plugin repository. RichText […]

May 12, 2020

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Simple Photoblogging with the Instapress WordPress Theme

It is not often that I come across a free WordPress theme that instantly impresses […]

May 11, 2020

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Drag and Drop Nav Menu Items in WordPress

Earlier this week, Sajjad Hossain Sagor released the first version of his Drag & Drop […]

May 8, 2020

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WP Engine Launches Genesis Pro Add-On for Customers, More Features in the Works

Managed web hosting company WP Engine launched the new Genesis Pro add-on for customers of […]

May 7, 2020

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ACF Blocks Provides Assortment of Blocks Built from Advanced Custom Fields Pro

Over the weekend, Munir Kamal released version 2.0 of his ACF Blocks plugin, a project […]

May 6, 2020

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