So far we've installed JWT in our WordPress instance and created a basic infrastructure for the app. This post will take care of the rest of the CRUD system, we'll create/save a post, update it and...
The whole idea of the WordPress REST API is to allow developers to use whatever tools they choose to create front-ends for WordPress systems. We're no longer limited to PHP and the Gutenberg editor...
One of the things I've struggled with when working with headless WordPress is getting stuff that I need to be authenticated to accomplish; for example, I can get a list of posts and get an individual...
In previous posts (this one from 2015, this one from 2017) I did brief writeups about OpenType features and what they were. In Open Type Features in CSS from 2019, I wrote about OpenType features in...
CSS provides a set of functions for creating numerical expressions to use without having to resort to complex calculations using calc() and variables. Clamp # My favorite use for these functions is to...
In May 2019 I wrote a post about Pointer Events as an introduction to Pointer Events and how they could be polyfilled for browsers (Safari) that didn't support them natively. Almost a year later...
The idea is to use Dudley Storey's The new defaults to automate adding the colors on the list as a set of CSS Custom Properties using both Javascript and CSS properties. We will use Node and its...
CSS Properties and Values API Level 1 provides a CSS equivalent solution to CSS.registerProperty, the @property at-rule. Unfortunately, it is not implemented by any browser yet. The reason why I'm...
Blocks are awesome and provide a graphical way to create content but sharing them is not as intuitive as I would like to be, at least not yet. This post will discuss how to use plugins to share both...
In part 1 we discussed how to build variations for specific components. We'll now see how we can create templates ready for the user to fill and either use as-is or modify it when needed. Block...