WordPress is encouraging us to turn on automatic updates, but that seems a bit risky. In this video I discuss update strategies, look at a new feature coming with WordPress 6.6, and also look at the free Fatal Error Notify plugin for reporting on PHP errors.

A very nice, beginner friendly guide to debugging JavaScript.

Coming in a month, WordPress 6.6 introduces overrides in synced patterns. This brings a components-like feature to the block editor and is a very useful enhancement. In this article on the developer blog, Nick Diego gives a full walk-through of synced pattern overrides and how to use them.

For Plugin Developers – WordPress 6.6 standardizes the API for extending the Gutenberg editor so that the same API calls work in the content editor and the Site Editor. This should simplify the process of adding Gutenberg support.

This is a very nice and easy to follow tutorial by Paul Charlton showing how to create a Bento grid layout in Bricks (and he also uses Advanced Themer).

Dave Martin is a product designer for Automattic. He created a free course on getting design feedback which includes a number of techniques and processes for feedback from different groups of people.

The Transients API is used to store information across page loads. Here is a good tutorial on the Transients API and how to use it.

Here are 8 CSS and JavaScript Snippets for Adding Reveal Effects.

Here’s a tutorial on how to clean a hacked site.