Reusable Blocks are becoming Patterns with a sync option. The change will be included in WordPress 6.3.

Reusable Blocks Being Renamed to Patterns
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
Reusable Blocks are becoming Patterns with a sync option. The change will be included in WordPress 6.3.
Anh Tran @ slimseo.com • 2 years ago
Google is requiring everyone to move to Google Analytics 4 by July 1st, but some people are looking for alternatives instead. Here is a list of 11 free site analytics alternatives.
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
Gravatar has two new updates. One is that you can now use it for an online profile with links to your social accounts, which totally makes sense. The second is that it now has new payment features. That doesn’t, by default, seem like part of a global avatar service.
David McCan @ wpdaily.news • 2 years ago
Not WordPress, but might be useful – Today I learned that the Google team created a free remote desktop app, called Chrome Remote Desktop. I don’t think it is as robust or full-fledged as Microsoft RDP, but I was able to connect to my Windows 10 Home computer from my Mac to do some basic tasks.
The host computer (the one being connected to) has to download and install a program and then when you go to the URL (below) and click to share your computer an access code shows. On the other computer you enter the access code and you are connected to the host.
https://remotedesktop.google.com/support/
Louis-Alexander Désiré @ youtube.com • 2 years ago
The Cwicly Spotlight #3 was a mind bomb – Louis-Alexander Désiré outlined two related mega features that are coming soon. The first is the introduction of Components which is like reusable blocks on steroids. The second is the introduction of Tailwind. The way they are implementing Tailwind there won’t be a slowdown in the editor and only classes you add will be included in the Tailwind style sheet. You will be able to use Tailwind components.
You will be able to turn Tailwind on or off, for those who don’t want to use it or prefer a different framework, but the Cwicly library will use Tailwind, which will allow them to provide pre-designed content that is consistently styled.
The were hints how this will play into a future Cwicly theme builder. A very exciting time ahead for Cwicly users.
Nathan Wrigley @ wpbuilds.com • 2 years ago
In the philosophical reflections department – In this podcast Nathan Wrigley and David Waumsley discuss the GPL and the pros and cons of GPL clubs. There is no groundbreaking insight, but it is a nice discussion of the issues.
Jeff Starr @ digwp.com • 2 years ago
Here is a nice list of WordPress plugins from Jeff Starr that are useful when developing or debugging. I’m happy to see BugFu at the top of the list as I’ve found it easy and useful.
Sarah Gooding @ wptavern.com • 2 years ago
The WordPress Playground is a relatively new way of running WordPress, i.e. running WordPress in your browser, using SQLite, etc. The idea has caught on and the WordPress Playground has been used at WordCamp contributor days. Now there is an iOS note taking app built on WordPress.
I’d love to see an official slimmed down version of WordPress for projects like this with the parts that need to be deprecated removed.
Justin Tadlock @ developer.wordpress.org • 2 years ago
For Block Theme Developers – Block themes come with two template part areas: header and footer. This tutorial by Justin Tadlock tells how to create additional template part areas for your theme, like a sidebar.