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  • Tutorials
    January 18, 2025

    Pull WordPress from Prod to Local with WP-CLI Bash Script

    Simple bash script for pulling your wp-content folder and database down into your local environment.

  • Tutorials, Video
    October 22, 2024

    Add custom CSS and JavaScript to any WordPress block

    We’re adding custom CSS and JavaScript files to WordPress core blocks. Modify any block.json with simple PHP to load your own custom CSS and JavaScript.

  • Tutorials, Video
    September 13, 2024

    Build a Custom AI Block in WordPress with OpenAI Integration

    Let’s create a custom WordPress Gutenberg block that connects to OpenAI’s API.

  • Tutorials
    May 21, 2024

    Generate CSS Variables for any global style assigned in the site editor

    How to reference a CSS property that was assigned to a specific block or element by automatically rendering our own CSS variables.

  • Tutorials, Video
    March 27, 2024

    Using Block Variations with the Block Bindings API

    Let’s dig into the new Block Bindings API in WordPress 6.5 – with a focus on how to offer a “no-code” experience for your users with Block Variations.

  • Tutorials, Video
    February 15, 2024

    Using Core Data and Sharing Context across WordPress Blocks

    Extending WordPress blocks to talk to each other means using the WordPress Core Data packages, and hidden block features like “context”. With tools like useSelect and useDispatch, we’ll add a button to a core block that inserts new blocks into it’s parent block.

  • Tutorials, Video
    February 5, 2024

    WP REST API and Postman – Using Application Passwords

    What are Application Passwords in WordPress and how can I use them? Let’s dig into the WP REST API and how you can make authenticated API calls from tools like Postman (and any other code base) by using core WordPress’s Application Passwords feature.

  • Tutorials, Video
    January 22, 2024

    How to Build Dynamic (PHP) Blocks in WordPress

    Let’s build a dynamic block for WordPress. Along the way we’ll discuss the difference between static and dynamic blocks, when to use them, WP_Query, what ServerSideRender is and what the best approach for performance is.

  • Tutorials
    December 13, 2023

    Removing the date permalink structure in WordPress

    How to approach migrating your permalink structure to remove the date directories (ex: /2023/01/01/).

  • Tutorials, Video
    December 1, 2023

    Adding Custom Fields (Attributes) to Core Blocks

    Using just three filters, we’ll add a few custom fields to the core “Button” block in WordPress that will update the button’s content on the front end.

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