How’s this for cool. It’s possible to embed Gutenberg into any backend plugin page, with a custom save callback. You can get access to the rendered Gutenberg HTML or raw blocks array to do fun things with. This is the minimal amount of code to render a functional Gutenberg Block Editor in the backend: The […]
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100 free Modal Popup designs for WordPress
Exciting news!! The Envato Elements WordPress plugin now includes 100 completely free modal popup templates. A preview of all the popups is available below. To get access to these popup designs (along with many more free Elementor page templates) please install the Envato Elements plugin from WordPress.org While you’re waiting be sure to check out the full […]
Elementor Page Builder
Live Page Builder For WordPress Elementor is fast becoming a popular page builder for designers. And not just because it’s free! “With 653,011 Downloads, the word is out that Elementor is your best choice of page builder.” – elementor.com As a designer who spends more time in Photoshop than coding I’ll talk about why I […]
Automatic Visual Regression Testing on WordPress Themes
So the other day I discovered a plugin update broke one of my theme demo websites. The layout on this particular demo page was probably broken for a good week. How can I stop this happening again? Automatic Visual Regression Testing! This basically means “take screenshots of web pages and report any visual differences”. Cool hey! […]
Top Watercolor WordPress Themes 2016
Below are some of my favourite watercolour WordPress themes that are available for download/purchase. Using custom watercolor artwork in websites is really popular right now; it creates a strong website identity without relying on professional photography. The watercolor style themes are great for feminine websites, online creative shops, craft, photography, home bloggers, fashion, florist, gardeners artists or […]
Creating a WordPress theme installation wizard / theme onboarding
When the popular WooCommerce plugin is first installed, the end user is presented with a lovely onboarding wizard helping with initial setup and showing links to further resources. I have adapted this to a WordPress theme, here’s the video showing the installation wizard after theme activation: This wizard will help with the following items: Default plugin installation and […]