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.
WordPress Development
As I build WordPress websites for my clients, I share what I learn here as tutorials.
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 27, 2018
Using Advanced Custom Fields with version control
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 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 18, 2018
Genesis Archive Settings for Custom Post Types
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.
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.