As I build WordPress websites for my clients, I share what I learn here as tutorials.
January 9, 2019
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 3, 2019
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 27, 2018
ACF lets you build metaboxes, Gutenberg blocks, and more with their easy-to-use interface. These custom fields are stored in the database and then rendered in the WordPress backend for you…
December 19, 2018
I’ll walk you through building a metabox for tweaking the width of post titles, along with live-updating in Gutenberg.
December 18, 2018
Genesis provides archive settings for adding a title and intro text to archive pages. I’ll show you how to enable this for CPT archives.
January 15, 2019
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.
January 15, 2019
Custom blocks make the new WordPress block editor even more powerful. ACF lets you build Gutenberg blocks fast, efficiently, and with PHP.
January 15, 2019
Gutenberg is the new block-based content editor in WordPress. I’ll show you how to develop a Gutenberg-optimized WordPress theme and provide examples of client sites using Gutenberg.
November 14, 2018
Template partials are small files that hold reusable sections of code in a theme. You can build one “post summary” partial and use it everywhere – archive pages, related posts, and landing page templates.
December 27, 2018
SearchWP is a relevancy-based search plugin. You can also use it to find and display related content.
December 17, 2018
Watch the on-demand webinar Includes a 15 minute presentation on the topic below, and 45 minutes of Q&A. Watch Now What is Genesis? Genesis is a theme framework, a base…
