Secure Custom Fields is a fork of ACF Pro. It provides all of the features of ACF Pro for free and the number of active installs is rapidly growing. In this video I look at the pros and cons of SCF for users and also consider the issue from the point of view of developers who might be asked to support it.

A very nice video on setting up OpenRouter and using Claude in LiveCanvas.

Speculative loading of links is coming in WordPress 6.8. This was first a feature plugin and now is being integrated into core.

Using some code, code snippets, or writing your own utility plugin is part of the transition from beginner to power user. A little bit of code can unlock a lot of power and flexibility. Jeffrey Dalrymple has a very good video reviewing the options for those just getting started adding code to their sites. He compares the advantages of using Elementor’s own code option, the free FluentSnippets plugin, and WPCodeBox.

In this article Kevin Leary argues against using a framework like Sage for modern theme development and instead advocates for a simpler approach.

This tutorial on creating a plugin with Cursor goes into a little more depth than some of the others I’ve seen.

The Oxygen team released a full rewrite of the popular Oxygen page builder. Is shares a lot of code with Breakdance but has a UI for web professionals interested in a class first workflow. The upgrade is not backwards compatible with previous versions, though the “classic” version will continue to be supported. It is free for current Oxygen license holds as well as for Breakdance users with an active license.

For developers, this article looks at the OWASP told ten vulnerabilities list, so hopefully you can recognize and avoid them in your code.

Greenshift 10.8 features an API Connector that connects the Repeater builder with APIs, Interactions, Dynamic calls, Dynamic Placeholders, and Dynamic Fields.