Plugin Topics: JSON Block Configuration
Starting in WordPress 5.8, there is a JSON metadata file we can use to register blocks. The block.json file is the block-level equivalent to theme.json and is now the preferred way to register...
Plugin Topics: Meta boxes in the Block Editor
Meta boxes work in Gutenberg but they may not do so for a while or be the best solution for your needs. During the full migration to the Block Editor, WordPress Provides two compatibility flags. Most...
Color.js A CSS Color Tool in Javascript
CSS Color Module Level 4 and level 5 introduce a lot of new color features but unless you're really into the guts of working with colors on computers you probably wouldn't know how to use them. There...
Plugin Topics: Thinking about privacy
Privacy in the context of a web application like WordPress goes beyond legal requirements. It's also answering the following questions: What information we collect Why we collect it How we use it How...
Plugin Topics: Adding Plugin Admin Pages
If we want to allow users to configure our plugin, we can add menus to the admin pages either as a top-level menu or a submenu of an existing menu. When used with the settings and options APIs we get...
Plugin Topics: Meta Boxes and Cron
The next few items (Meta Boxes, and Cron) are nice to have, require a lot more work, and are not necessary for the majority of plugin projects. I include them here because I'm interested in what they...
Additional considerations for OOP plugin development
Rather than writing plugins (or any PHP code) procedurally, we can leverage Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) to write our plugins. OOP is easier to maintain and extend as the needs of the plugin...
Notes On Building A WordPress Plugin
Anyone can build a plugin but it takes a lot of work to get the plugin done right and ready for sharing or WordPress review and approval. I realized the extra work involved when I was looking at the...
Add inline scripts in WordPress
When working with WordPress, you may need to insert an inline script into a page or a template. This post will discuss two ways to do it Method 1: wp_add_inline_script() # The first method,...
Live Core Web Vitals Measurements In WordPress
Building the Core Web Vitals measurement into WordPress is a bit more involved as it depends on whether you've analytics into your site and how you've done it. This function depends on Google's...