I was asking about creating color palettes in the Core Framework Facebook group and the Realtime Colors site was suggested. What is cool about this site is that you can set your colors using the bar at the bottom of the page and the site applies the colors you’ve chosen. Hat tip to Zeik Sparrow for the suggestion.

Here is a tutorial from the Meta Box team on how to show upcoming events using Meta Box and Breakdance.

Riad Benguella shares some best practices and things to avoid when developing for Gutenberg. Overall it seems like a rear-guard fight to keep things lean.

WordPress had a “win” with Create Content Model, but instead of embracing it they labeled it an “oops”. I guess despite what some might want to think, WordPress is not acting like a startup. When an entrepreneur sees something stick they jump on it like a $20 bill being blown down the sidewalk. I like how Matt Medeiros subtly suggest that this kind of functionality in core is not really that outrageous or abnormal.

Joost has a new Progress Planner plugin. This is not a plugin for agencies and freelancers, but rather for bloggers, entrepreneurs, and DIY site owners. Progress Planner gamifies content creation and site maintenance tasks for people who aren’t necessarily “pros” and might need guidance. There is currently a beta of the free version in the WP plugin directory and they are planning a pro version for the future.

The Beaver Builder team is adding support for code snippets into their Site Assistant app.

In the latest ACF live stream they demoed how the upcoming ACF 6.4 will support WooCommerce HPOS. This is the high performance Woo that uses custom database tables. It is great to see that ACF will be able to be used in that context.

Patchstack announces a free Vulnerability Disclosure Platform for WordPress developers to help them manage disclosures. This will help developers comply with the upcoming EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Congratulations to the Code Snippets team for reaching the 1 million active install milestone!