Development

In August, GitHub announced that it would change the “master” branch name for all new repositories created on the platform … Continue reading GitHub to Use ‘Main’ Instead of ‘Master’ as the Default Branch on All New Repositories Starting Next Month →

I could hardly sleep last night. Once in a blue moon, I have an idea I want to try out. … Continue reading Addressing the Theme Design Problem With Gutenberg’s New Block-Based Widgets System →

Over the weekend, David Gwyer announced a custom server-side render component for block plugins. The co-founder of WPGO Plugins primarily … Continue reading Improved Server-Side Rendering of Dynamic WordPress Blocks →

August 11, the target release date for WordPress 5.5, is just shy of two weeks away. For developers who have … Continue reading Upcoming in WordPress 5.5: Features and Changes Theme Authors Should Know About →

Riad Benguella released BlockBook, a project that promises to overhaul how developers build blocks and more, on Tuesday. It is … Continue reading Develop, Test, and Showcase Blocks in Isolation With BlockBook →

Theme developers can finally rejoice. For the first time, it is now possible to pass data to templates via the … Continue reading Theme Authors Can Pass Data to Template Files in WordPress 5.5 →

Gatsby announced its new source plugin (v4) for WordPress is now in beta. The plugin has been completely revamped to … Continue reading New Gatsby Source WordPress Plugin Now in Beta →

Flywheel has relaunched Local Pro, the commercial upgrade for its free local WordPress development product. The first version of Local … Continue reading Flywheel Relaunches Local Pro with Revamped Live Links and New Host-Agnostic Pre-Launch Tools →

Hear me out before telling me how wrong I am. Over the past couple of weeks, I have read a … Continue reading The Best Documentation Is No Documentation →

WebDevStudios released its custom block scaffolding tool to the public on Tuesday. It is a fork of the core WordPress … Continue reading WebDevStudios Releases Block Scaffolding Tool for Developers →

Flywheel’s Local development app has received several major updates during the past month. The most recent release brings back support … Continue reading Local Brings Back Support for Apache and Site Cloning →