Tagging and preparing a Github release
I don't normally do releases of my code. Whatever is on Github is what works and what I use to work with the code. There are times when a release of code at specific development milestones is...
Installing plugins and themes using github-updater
As far as I know, unless you put your themes and plugins in the directories, you can't update themes and plugins through the admin interface, you'll have to delete them and upload them...
Linting WordPress PHP code
One thing I've always tried to do is lint my PHP code as I go when working with WordPress so it won't bite me later if I try to submit the theme or plugin to the WordPress repositories. The best, and...
Configuring Vuepress default theme
In the last post we discussed the basic setup of a barebones Vuepress site. This post will cover some basic details of the theme: the navigation menu and the sidebar. To create the configuration you...
Docs as code: The technical side
Docs as code is an interesting way to create documentation for software and technical projects. The idea is that we use the same tools to create our documentation that engineers or technical authors...
Axios toolkit for WordPress API: Working with custom post types
The last two articles on using Axios with the WordPress REST API has worked with standard items in the WordPress world like post and pages. WordPress also gives you the option of creating your own...
Axios toolkit for WordPress REST API
As I'm learning the deep workings of the WordPress REST API I'm also learning how to use Axios as a replacement for Fetch. While I discovered that this will not work with Nuxt and the WordPress REST...
New research into block development
While researching block-based themes I found more information about blocks themselves and how to write them in a way you can submit them for inclusion in the WordPress directory. Most, if not all our...
Gutenberg Full Site Editing and Block-Based Themes
Note # Right now block-based themes and full site editing are still work in progress. I write about it because, sooner rather than later, themes will take advantage of full site editing and they will...
:is() CSS pseudo-class
There are times when we want the same element across the page to do the same. The following block styles the h2 elements inside the header, footer and main elements. header h2, main h2, footer h2 { ...