February 19, 2019
Block Styles in Gutenberg
Every block type in the WordPress editor can have multiple style options. I’ll show you how to add and remove style options from blocks.
Gutenberg Block Editor
Gutenberg is the new block-based content editor in WordPress.
These developer-focused tutorials will help you extend Gutenberg and build easier-to-manage websites for your clients.
February 5, 2019
Gutenberg Color Palette and Button Styling
A developer’s guide to creating a WordPress color palette and applying the styles to Gutenberg blocks.
January 8, 2019
Full and wide alignment in Gutenberg
The new WordPress block editor includes two new alignment options. To take advantage of the new alignment options, your theme must first support them. Include add_theme_support( ‘align-wide’ ) in your…
January 2, 2019
Recommended Plugins with Gutenberg Blocks
The new block editor in WordPress includes many core blocks, and you can add additional blocks through plugins. These are the tools I recommend using.
December 20, 2018
Change width of post title in Gutenberg
I’ll walk you through building a metabox for tweaking the width of post titles, along with live-updating in Gutenberg.
December 14, 2018
Using Block Templates with Gutenberg
Block templates are one of my favorite new features in Gutenberg. You can specify a list of blocks that automatically appear in the content editor, customize their attributes, and lock the template.
November 19, 2018
Building a block with Advanced Custom Fields
Custom blocks make the new WordPress block editor even more powerful. ACF lets you build Gutenberg blocks fast, efficiently, and with PHP.
November 8, 2018
Gutenberg Theme Development
Start here if you’re interested in creating or customizing a block-based WordPress theme. This guide provides an overview of every feature you should consider, and links to feature-specific tutorials for more information.
March 5, 2018
Disabling Gutenberg on certain templates
If you have templates that depend upon custom metaboxes, you can use this tutorial to disable Gutenberg only on those templates.
February 26, 2018
Adding Gutenberg support to WordPress theme
If you’re building custom themes for clients, you should be adding Gutenberg support right now! Make sure your client’s transition to the new editor is as seamless as possible.
January 22, 2018
Building a Gutenberg Block
After completing Zac Gordon’s wonderful Gutenberg Development Course, I wanted to try building my own block. It was more difficult than I expected, but a great learning experience. For comparison,…