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.

Developers and power users may find these 4 video lessons by Jonathan Bossenger valuable. They are pretty short, around 5 minutes each, and were just published on WordPress TV.

While this article clarifies the differences between Classic, Hybrid, and Block themes, its real value is in the excellent summary of features available for block themes and how to access them.

This article briefly shows five different ways to add an options page in the WordPress admin for user settings.

A thorough explanation of the WordPress Interactivity API, the reasons behind it, and how to use it.

For product authors – This is a good discussion about hosting your themes and plugins in the WordPress directory in light of the news about the directory ownership. They discuss pros and cons as well as other options.