In the previous blog post, we have briefly discussed about the course objectives, course requirements, why we are learning WordPress and the course learning outcomes/benefits. In this blog post, we will explore some helping material pages, resources and where to look for help when you get stuck while performing any activity.
In the previous blog posts, we have briefly discussed the course help material and where to ask in case of any questions. In this blog post, we will learn what is localhost, why we need to use it, and how to set up localhost on your computer/laptop.
Another contribution to the open-source community. We have developed and released a boilerplate template to develop a new WordPress plugin using Object Oriented Programming (OOP) approach. If you are a WordPress developer and want to develop a custom WordPress plugin from scratch, then this boilerplate may act as a good starting point for your new WordPress plugin.
WordPress is planning major jQuery changes in version 5.5 and future versions. Since WordPress relies on jQuery which is a popular JavaScript framework, the WordPress team wants to update jQuery to the latest possible version. In the long term, they…
I have prepared a list of possible questions which are commonly asked or should be asked from a candidate applying for the position of a WordPress developer. What are WordPress plugins? What are WordPress themes? What are WordPress child themes?…
Following are some general recommendations to enhance security of a WordPress website. Use a security plugin e.g. Wordfence (if not already installed) and make sure that it’s updated to the latest version. Following is a short summary of recommended Wordfence…
Recently, we have updated our PHP version to the latest stable version (7.4.9) for our WordPress website. After the update we started getting PHP warnings. We have listed some of the warnings with their possible solutions in this blog post.
In this post, we will have a demo of our learning management system known as UniLMS which is shipped as a WordPress plugin. We will discuss the main features, modules, and components of the plugin. We will also test the…
WordPress provides a REST API to get, update, and delete the WordPress website data. This means that we can use WordPress CMS as a backend system to create & manage content and Angular or React to design our frontend application to consume the content using the WordPress REST API. In this blog post, we discussed the authentication process to safely and securely consume WordPress data using WordPress REST API.
WordPress is a very powerful and popular content management system to design and develop professional websites. In this blog post, we have provided a checklist for developing a WordPress website.
Sometimes, we need to access the block directory url inside Gutenberg block.js file (see following scenario). Let's say that inside the block folder you have an images folder containing logo.png image and you want to access that image inside the block.js file. In this blog post we will learn how to access the image inside images folder from block.js file.
In previous blog posts, we have learned how to create custom Gutenberg blocks. In this tutorial we will learn how to create Gutenberg template with pre-defined blocks using inner blocks component.
WordPress provides Format API to add custom buttons in formatting toolbar to apply specific styles to the selected text. When a format is applied to a text selection, the text selection is wrapped with HTML tag. In this tutorial, we will learn how to register a new format, add a button in the toolbar and apply the format when the button is clicked.
WordPress 5.4 is planned to be released on March 31, 2020. The first release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is already released on March 03, 2020. In this blog post, we will discuss the new features and important code changes coming in WordPress 5.4 so that the theme and plugin developers can prepare themselves and plan the version updates accordingly.
Updating PHP version may cause issues to some of the features and functionality of the WordPress website due to incompatibility of 3rd party plugins or themes to the PHP version. In this blog post, we have discussed about important things to consider before and after updating PHP version for WordPress website.
Gutenberg block editor have revolutionized the way we add/edit post/page content. The block editor consists of some pre-defined blocks like heading, paragraph, image etc. Other than the default blocks, we can also create custom Gutenberg blocks as well. In this tutorial blog post, we will learn how to add custom category for custom Gutenberg block(s).
In previous tutorial blog post, we have learned how to use Settings Sidebar to add option to change to change the color of Colored Lines block. We have used the PanelColorSettings element with custom color options which lets the user change the color of the Colored Lines. In this tutorial, we will learn about the other type of editable fields (text field, text area field, radio button field etc.) also known as controls for settings sidebar and how to use them inside the edit() function.
In previous blog post we have developed a custom Gutenberg block i.e Colored Lines which adds colored lines in post/page editor. After that we have learned how to use Block Controls (Block Toolbar) to change the alignment of the colored lines. In this tutorial blog post, we will use the Settings Sidebar to add the options to change the color of the Colored Lines Gutenberg block.
In previous post, we have learned how to devlelop a custom Gutenberg block using ES5 syntax. We have developed a custom Gutenberg block which adds colored lines in Post/Page content. That block is not customize-able yet. In this tutorial we will learn how to change the appearance of the colored lines using block controls and attributes.
WordPress released a new post/page editor (Gutenberg Editor) in version 5.0 which improves the post/page development. The editor consists of some built-in blocks which can be used to add different type of content in post/page. In this post we will discuss how to develop custom Gutenberg block using ES5 syntax.