Tag: Extenders

  • The HTML API: process your tags, not your pain

    All by itself, the HTML Tag processor is better than regular expressions. It’s convenient, reliable, fast—and You. Can. Read. It. This article shows you in two examples how to get started using the HTML Tag processor.

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  • An introduction to block variations

    Block variations are one of the most powerful ways to extend WordPress. Learn how to create them and incorporate variations into your workflows.

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  • The anatomy of a letterform

    Typography series part 2: The anatomy of a letterform. Letters have parts! See how they combine to give a typeface its voice.

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  • Navigating the Block Editor Handbook

    The Block Editor Handbook is intimidating even for seasoned developers. If you are new to block development, you’re likely to feel completely overwhelmed. This guide will help you to find your way around the Block Editor Handbook. It suggests a learning path that will help you become an expert in no time.

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  • Using block inspector sidebar groups

    With the introduction of block inspector tabs in WordPress 6.2, block developers have more control over where custom controls should appear by leveraging the group of the InspectorControls component.

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  • useEntityRecords: an easier way to fetch WordPress data

    The @wordpress/data and @wordpress/core-data packages are extremely useful for fetching and working with data in your block development projects, but they are not exactly intuitive to use. This tutorial introduces you to useEntityRecords which is a custom React hook that makes fetching data a great deal easier for the developer.

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  • How webpack and WordPress packages interact

    Learn how WordPress uses Webpack to manage importing from the built-in packages that ship with WordPress.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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