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Welcome to the WordPress Developer Blog
One of the big-picture goals for 2022 was to create a developer-focused site. Since then, contributors have been working toward […]
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Block theme templates: the easy way to build an elegant grid of posts
WordPress block themes offer an immense amount of flexibility, allowing you to configure your home page layout in countless ways. In this tutorial, you will be guided through creating a magazine-style home page layout that displays recent posts while also providing a traditional post list for inner pages.
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What’s new for developers? (March 2023)
Welcome to the second edition of this monthly series. If you’re a developer who builds on top of the WordPress platform, […]
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Block deprecation – a tutorial
There’s no need to use a dynamic block if you foresee that your block will change and evolve over time. You can use a static block and use Block Deprecation whenever you update your block. This tutorial post shows you how.
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Converting your shortcodes to blocks
Learn tips and tricks for creating blocks from existing shortcodes, based on real world examples. Understand when a shortcode should be converted to a block, processes to follow to convert blocks, and useful block development practices.
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Creating a custom block that stores post meta
Learn how to create a custom dynamic block that saves information to custom post_meta and creates a one-to-one experience in both the block editor and on the front end. You will see an example of how to to use @wordpress/create-block package to scaffold a block.
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Static vs. dynamic blocks: What’s the difference?
The Block Editor offers two types of blocks: static and dynamic. The difference between these two types of blocks comes down to how they are rendered on the front-end. Read on to learn more about the details, advantages, and disadvantages of each.
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Intrinsic design, theming, and rethinking how to design with WordPress
One of the oft-repeated questions in developer circles who have closely followed WordPress’ revolution via the Gutenberg project has been: When […]
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Block theme resources roundup
If you have been wondering how to learn everything you can about block theme development, then this post is for you. The links in this post have been collected from official WordPress sources and categorized to help you learn more about block themes and related topics.
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What’s new for developers? (February 2023)
Welcome to the first edition of a new monthly series for developers. This post—and hopefully many more to come—will list […]
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Creating custom block styles in WordPress themes
WordPress introduced the Block Styles API in version 5.3 as a feature for theme authors to create block customizations that […]