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WP Queries in PHP and JavaScript – Building a custom Avatar block
In this video, I share how I built a custom solution for displaying guest speaker images on my podcast website using WordPress. I combined plugins like Seriously Simple Podcasting and the outdated WP Term Images, then created a custom Gutenberg block to dynamically display speaker headshots. I discuss the challenges of working with the REST…
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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.
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Local WordPress with Herd, DBngin, and WP-CLI
Local WordPress development made easy with Laravel Herd and DBngin. We’ll use wp-cli to download, install, and manage a local WordPress environment in just a few minutes. Relevant Links Full Transcript AI-Generated and unedited as of yet Okay, so recently I’ve been messing around with Larival Herd, which is a tool for kind of local…
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Speed Up Dynamic Data with WordPress Object Cache | WP Agency Summit
Recent appearance at the WP Agency Summit where I discuss the power of object caching in WordPress. We talk about how object cache can speed up the retrieval of dynamic data and improve site performance.
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Custom fields and post types inside the block editor – An Automattic Adventure
Earlier this week, I livestreamed to talk about Create Content Model, the open source prototype that I was lucky enough to participate in with the team from WordPress.com. If you haven’t already, I recommend watching the stream because I tell the whole story, demo the prototype, and answer a few questions. But I’ll give some…
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Build a Custom AI Block in WordPress with OpenAI Integration
Let’s create a custom WordPress Gutenberg block that connects to OpenAI’s API.
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22 Major Parts of the WordPress Universe w/ Matt Medeiros
This was a fun one. Matt Medieros (WP Minute, Matt Report, Gravity Forms, Podcast Setup, The Honorary WP Podfather) invited me on for a ranging conversation “explaining” the WordPress project. We tackle a few big concepts like GPL and open source, then dig into all the different facets of what makes WordPress WordPress. We try…
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WCUS Full Site Editing Practice Livestream 1
Follow along as I rebuild a site live in FSE in preparation for the WCUS Speed Build Challenge.
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Section Styles in WordPress 6.6
Let’s dig into Section Styles- the pros, the cons, and will theme developers be using them? (coming in WordPress 6.6).
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WordPress 6.6 is changing the game for Custom Fields
WordPress is bringing Custom Fields to blocks. The Block Bindings API is going to change the way we code for postmeta, and WordPress 6.6 is our first glimpse.
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