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Beyond the Bloat: Why Embla is the Only Carousel You Should Use for WordPress & React in 2026
If you’ve spent any time building custom Gutenberg blocks, you know the “Carousel Curse.” You find a library that looks great in a demo, but the moment you drop it into the WordPress editor, your Lighthouse score plummets, and your console fills with layout shift warnings. You end up in a deep rabbit hole—and climbing…
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Registering a Custom Post Type & Restricting Access in WordPress
In this blog, we’ll take a deep dive into the process of registering a custom post type (CPT) in WordPress and managing access restrictions. We’ll walk through the code to register the CPT “Custom Posts” (slug: rt-custom-posts) and restrict access to Gutenberg, with custom columns for post metadata. We will explore each function used to…
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Building a Searchable Taxonomy DropDown Component for WordPress Gutenberg
In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into the creation of a customizable, searchable dropdown component for selecting terms from custom taxonomies in a WordPress Gutenberg block. This component is particularly useful for projects that require users to filter or select terms dynamically, enhancing the user experience and making content management more intuitive. Overview of…
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Building a Custom Autocomplete Dropdown with WordPress FormTokenField
In modern WordPress development, enhancing user experience (UX) for custom components often involves handling data from custom post types and ensuring a smooth and responsive interface. In this technical tutorial, we’ll explore how to create a custom autocomplete dropdown using WordPress’s FormTokenField for a tag-like movie selection with added “Load More” functionality. We’ll be focusing…
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Understanding Blocks in WordPress: Server-Side vs Client-Side Rendering
Dynamic blocks in WordPress offer flexibility by allowing the block’s content to be rendered dynamically, as opposed to static blocks which have a predefined structure and content. This approach is essential when working with content that needs to be updated based on external data or user interaction, such as displaying the latest posts or filtering…
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Understanding WP Block Editor: Dynamic Blocks and Beyond
The WordPress Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg, has revolutionized the way content is created and managed in WordPress. With its intuitive interface and robust features, it allows developers and content creators to design layouts and publish posts without touching a line of code. This blog will delve into some of the most important aspects…
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Understanding React: Virtual DOM, Components, and Lifecycle Management
React is a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces, primarily for single-page applications. Its efficient handling of the UI updates through the Virtual DOM, component-based architecture, and state management are some of the features that set it apart. In this blog post, we’ll dive into these concepts to provide a clearer understanding of how…
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Understanding React JSX: The Syntax that Powers React
React has revolutionized how we build user interfaces with its component-driven architecture, and at the heart of this innovation is JSX. JSX (JavaScript XML) is a syntax extension for JavaScript that allows you to write HTML-like code within JavaScript. It is one of the most powerful features of React, providing a more declarative way to…
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Understanding Selective Refresh, PostMessage, and Refresh in the WP Customizer
The WordPress Customizer is a powerful tool that allows developers to provide users with real-time preview changes to themes and settings. Over the years, it has evolved to offer more efficient methods for live previews, such as Selective Refresh and PostMessage. In this blog, we will dive into these options and explore how they work,…
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GraphQL and Its Implementation in WordPress
Introduction In the world of web development, fetching and managing data has long been dominated by REST APIs. However, REST comes with limitations, such as over-fetching, under-fetching, and the need for multiple requests to get related data. This is where GraphQL shines. GraphQL, a query language developed by Facebook, allows developers to fetch only the…