If you read the page source before reading the page copy, then this report on CSS usage might be of interest. This is an in-depth analysis of what CSS is used on the top 100,000 websites. There are some interesting numbers, for instance, for CSS size, in the 50th percentile sites have 309KB of CSS. Note, there is a navigator on right side of the page to see and jump between sections.

This is a huge update that includes new features in several categories:

• A new style manager with a color manager, typography and spacing scales, and CSS framework importer.
• Updates to components with component slots, component style variants, nested component property binding, and components as blocks.
• A new Array query type, and more.

WordPress 7.0 will include the Abilities API, MCP Adapter, and the WP AI Client interface which can be used together for plugin, theme, and content creation.

The Crocoblock team created a code snippets library. It already has a number of entries for use with their plugins.

Adam Lowe continues his series on Astro. In this video he looks at when it makes sense to use it. The art of the non-sales pitch.

The Dynamic.ooo team has released a free plugin for Elementor that helps with debugging by letting you see the element hierarchy, do performance profiling, and examine visibility conditions.

The release of Oxygen 6.0 is just around the corner. I made a video for new Oxygen users that gives a tour of the settings and editor interface. There is a video version linked near the top. At the end of the article I share some thoughts on the new Oxygen as well as some pros and cons.

The WordPress template hierarchy graphic shows how each template is chosen. In this video Marko Krstic turns that around and looks at it in terms of how content is sorted and displayed. It is a good video for new users who want to understand theme architecture.

Here is a video from Paul Charlton on when you use a taxonomy vs relationship.