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

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.

Here is a tutorial for power users and developers on using WP_Query. WP_Query is a core WordPress helper class for interacting with the database.

Here is a new plugin boiler plate intended to enable modern coding features. It allows for using namespaces and autoloading with Composer.

Beginning with WordPress 6.3 the constant WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE was introduced to by-pass the caching of the theme.json file, which is useful for development purposes. This article outlines the uses and parameters.

The 200th version of the Gutenberg plugin was released and has updates that will be included in the next version of core in March. There were a number of enhancements including improvements to the Style Book and pattern suggestions. What caught my eye was the ability to include hooks in content, which has been a feature only of PHP based themes up to now.

Here are some suggestions for WordPress plugin and theme developers following on the WPE / Matt Mullenweg conflict.

Developer Robert DeVore, who has a number of free plugins in the WordPress plugin directory, has written code to block plugin use on WordPress dot com. He did this to protest Matt Mullenweg’s heavy handed blocking of WP Engine plugins.