When creating a block for the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), you are often using existing components. WordPress makes these components available under the global JavaScript variable ‘wp’ as well as available as npm packages. Which is the better way to make a component available in your code?
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WordPress Gutenberg Functional Component useState
When creating a block for the WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg), I find that most of the documentation is for class components. However, with React hooks we can use functional components. When you need to import ‘useState’ from React, you can do it as follows in a WordPress block.
WordPress and SQL Injection
An SQL injection vulnerability occurs when you use a variable in your SQL statement and someone uses the variable to add unexpected code. In this article, we’ll look at how this occurs and how to prevent it.
WordPress REST API call to Update Post Status Fails Silently
Recently, I was trying to update the post status of a post from ‘future’ to ‘publish’ publish` with the WordPress REST API and while the submission appeared to work, the value was not modified.
Test WordPress REST API Endpoints from the Browser with jQuery
You can make WordPress REST API calls from the browser console. Here is one way I work with WordPress REST API endpoints in the browser using jQuery.
Sending WordPress Emails Through Gmail
Typically, if you’re sending any volume of email or sending emails to visitors you’ll want to use a third-party. Sometimes, you only need to send yourself notifications and are having deliverability problems with these notifications – this is the case, where you may want to send your emails through Gmail’s SMTP.
Create WordPress Child Theme
You can quickly create a WordPress child theme by creating a new theme directory and adding two files: style.css and functions.php.
WordPress and Forcing Major Updates
On August 7, 2019 a proposal was made on the WordPress Make Core website to Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, which is a long term plan that would start with automatically upgrading those on the minimum supported version of WordPress to the next version. This proposal has created a great deal of conversation and controversy.
Getting Started with CSS and WordPress
A great place to get started with web coding is CSS. CSS tells the web browser how to display the information on the page, for example the color, size, or font to use. WordPress makes it particularly easy to add your own CSS to your website.
ACF database vs JSON Precedence
When an Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) field group is defined both in the database and using the local JSON feature, the settings in the local JSON file always take precedence (except in the case of viewing the definition in the WP Admin screen).